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Originally published Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Roundup | Ogilvy hangs on, wins Doral; Woods resurges in Tavistock Cup

Never mind that Geoff Ogilvy made nothing but pars Monday. It was good enough to crown him the new king of Doral — and the man who...

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DORAL, Fla. — Never mind that Geoff Ogilvy made nothing but pars Monday. It was good enough to crown him the new king of Doral — and the man who put an end to Tiger Woods' perfect season.

A 30-foot chip-in at the 13th hole highlighted Ogilvy's perilous nine-par outing on the Blue Monster, holding on for a one-shot victory at the weather-delayed CA Championship over Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen and Jim Furyk.

Woods was another stroke behind, ending his winning streak at seven tournaments worldwide.

"Seven in a row, what are you going to do?" Woods said after three birdies in his final seven holes gave him a 4-under-par 68.

"I made too many mistakes. I had four three-putts this week, two bad lies in bunkers and a photographer" whose camera went off in his backswing Sunday.

All in all, he said, "to finish two back — that's a good sign."

Ogilvy closed with a 71, leaving him at 17-under 271 for the week.

The Aussie recorded just one bogey on the week — that coming on the seventh hole of the final round Sunday when he pulled his drive into a set of palm trees. Not since 1974 has anyone won a PGA Tour event with four bogey-free cards.

"I never really felt like I was getting away with pars," Ogilvy said. "The holes where it was important to hit good shots off the tee, I hit good shots most of the time."

An exception was Monday's par-3 13th, where Ogilvy pulled his 2-iron tee shot left of the green. Then he compounded his situation by fluffing his chip out of the thick rough, leaving himself 30 feet to the hole.

But he made up for it with his next stroke, watching the ball steam toward the hole — to hit the flagstick and dropping in.

It was reminiscent of the chip-in par he made on the next-to-last hole of the 2006 U.S. Open — setting himself up for victory when Phil Mickelson melted down at the finish.

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"When you watch people win a golf tournament," Ogilvy said, "something like that happens quite often."

Ogilvy recorded his fourth PGA Tour win — three of them coming in upper-tier events. Four months before winning the Open, he was victorious at the WGC Match Play.

The Aussie becomes just the second player other than Woods to own multiple World Golf Championship victories. Darren Clarke is the other; Woods has claimed 15 of 28 possible WGC trophies.

This was Doral's second Monday finish in five years. A 2003 playoff between eventual winner Scott Hoch and Furyk was forced over to Monday when Hoch couldn't see to line up a putt in the low light of a late Sunday playoff.

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Tavistock Cup, Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods wasn't going to lose twice in one day.

Hours after finishing fifth at the CA Championship, Woods and his team from Isleworth took a 7-3 lead over Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in the opening round of the Tavistock Cup.

The two-day event pits pros from the two exclusive clubs against each other in a Ryder Cup-style contest.

Woods teamed with John Cook to halve a match against Lake Nona's Graeme McDowell and Henrick Stenson; each side shot a 6-under 66.

Isleworth took three other best-ball matches outright: Mark O'Meara and Charles Howell III defeated Trevor Immelman and Mark McNulty 69-73, Daniel Chopra and J.B. Holmes edged Ben Curtis and Ian Poulter 65-66, and Robert Allenby and Nick O'Nern downed Chris DiMarco and Ernie Els 67-69.

Lake Nona's lone win came in the final match of the day, with Retief Goosen and Justin Rose beating Stuart Appleby and Craig Parry 67-68.

"A long day," said Woods, who teed off at Doral at 8:30 a.m. Monday, made the flight to Orlando and teed off there shortly before 2 p.m.

Singles matches will be held today, including one between Isleworth's Paula Creamer and Lake Nona's Annika Sorenstam.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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