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Right, so what happened then?
Steve Stricker finished at 16 under, two shots ahead of KJ Choi after a final round of 69 in which he birdied four of the last five holes.
Stricker? Won?
Yep, that's right, his first win on the Tour since 2001. It not only takes him to fifth in the world rankings but also to the top of the FedEx standings.

Nice. Who else did well?
KJ Choi, as I already mentioned, finished just behind Stricker and also jumps up the FedEx leaderboard into second place. Gobby Sabbatini was third and Calcavecchia, Els and Ogilvy were joint fourth.

No surprises then. Except Stricker obviously.
Yeah, in addition to not winning on Tour since 2001, the last time he played at Westchester, in 1996, he vowed never to come back after a terrible 60th place finish.

Never say never I suppose, this morning I said i'd never drink again but come twelve o clock this afternoon, I was sat outside The Jolly Sailor with a pint.
Classy. Stricker could quite easily have been driven to drink after Choi holed a 45 yard putt to grab a share of the lead on the 12th and then a 50 yard putt to take the lead on the 15th. Having gone close to winning four times this year, but blowing it, Stricker could have been forgiven for thinking it was another one of those days.

And now he's top of the FedEx rankings you say?
Mmm hmm, after Tiger's absence, Mr Stricker has taken the lead, Choi is second, Sabbatini is third and Woods drops to fourth.

Fourth? He's not gonna like that is he?
I don't think the word 'fourth' is even in Woods' vocabulary. It definitely sets up an interesting next few weeks.