POIPU, Hawaii -- Tiger Woods got off to the fast start he wanted and won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf on Wednesday for his second straight match victory.
In posting his 10th victory in 14 starts, Woods built up a big lead on the front 9 and defeated Davis Love III 3 and 2."I felt it was going to be a tough match because Davis played so well yesterday," Woods said of Love's 6-and-5 blowout of Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal. "After birdieing the first hole, I knew if I could somehow answer, I could stop his momentum."
That's exactly what the Woods did.
He eagled the 524-yard second hole, starting him to a runaway win. It was the same hole Love eagled to kick off his rout of Olazabal a day earlier.
By the time the players reached the turn, Woods was 5 up -- thanks to two more birdies and a pair of bogeys by Love.
The PGA winner completed the front 9 at the 6,957-yard Poipu Bay Resort on Kauai in 5-under-par 31. Love, who made it into the tournament as an alternate following the death of Payne Stewart, was at 1-over 37.
Love birdied the 12th and 13th holes to cut Woods' lead to 3 up, but it wasn't enough.
"I didn't get off to a great start," Love said. "He got 1 up on an eagle, and when he gets off like that, he's hard to beat. You can feel the door closing."
Woods, who entered with $7,281,626 in winnings this year, won another $400,000. He has won 10 of his last 14 tournaments.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: New Zealand's Michael Campbell birdied his last four holes to finish with a 7-under 65 and take a one-shot lead today after two rounds of the $640,000 Australian Open.
Campbell, who snapped Tiger Woods' four-tournament winning streak on Nov. 14 by taking the Johnnie Walker Classic, came back from a four-shot deficit at Royal Sydney Golf Club.
HONG KONG OPEN: American Gary Rusnak shot a 2-under 68 Friday and took a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Perrier Hong Kong Open.
Rusnak had a 134 total over the par-70, 6,648-yard course at the Hong Kong Golf Club.
First-round leader Mike Cunning of the United States had a 70 and was tied for second at 135 with three others -- defending champion Kang Wook-soon, Sweden's Patrik Sjoland and Wales' Ian Woosnam. Sjoland shot a 65, Woosnam a 69 and Kang a 68.