GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Hal Sutton is one golfer who won't shy away from comparisons to Tiger Woods.
"If ya'll think that I deserve to be mentioned in the same paragraph (with Woods), then I feel good about where my game is right now," Sutton told reporters Sunday after winning his second tournament in a month.The hero of the Ryder Cup used some gutsy play down the stretch to shoot a 1-under-par 71 to capture the $3 million Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic.
"Tiger Woods sets the expectations high, doesn't he?" Sutton said of the world's No. 1 player. "If you want to play in the same game with him you have to elevate your own thinking. I'm certainly trying to."
Sutton beat Woods four weeks ago in the Players Championship by one stroke. He held a one-shot lead over playing partner Andrew Magee with four holes left at Forest Oaks Country Club.
And once again Sutton was clutch, nailing a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 15, while Magee bogeyed for a two-shot swing that enabled the 20-year PGA Tour veteran to pick up his 13th career victory with a 14-under 274.
"This isn't his first rodeo. He knows what to do," Magee said of Sutton. "He knows to hit the greens and put the pressure on the other guy. That's exactly what he did."