Tiger Woods carded two spectacular rounds Friday and Saturday that jolted him to first place on the leaderboard...and there was no looking back. Woods' win at the Buick Open is his 69th overall and his fourth this year.
What many viewers will take away from the tournament was Tiger's relationship with the rowdy Michigan crowd. Aiming to please a group of fans that were likely attending their last Buick Open, Tiger threw balls into the crowd at 17 and 18.
If you didn't know, this isn't Tiger's style. Even at Bethpage Black, Tiger opted not to throw his ball to the 'ball hogs' behind the third green.
But this weekend was different. Tiger said:
I don't ever do that, but this is different ... I just
want to say thanks to all the people here and that's one reason I
tossed it on 18 as well.
They came out and supported this event
over all the years, especially this year. As I said, with the economy,
how it's going on in this region, for them to come out and still
support this event, it's very special to us as players.
Tiger gave the Michigan fans an excellent send-off. He reminded us what his presence means for a tournament on its last leg.