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So did Arron Baddeley mange to capture his third Tour win?
Not exactly. Tiger Woods put in a fantastic, bogey-less 63 to take his tally of Tour wins to 60, put him at the top of the FedEx points leaderboard and record his fourth win at Cog Hill.

60? Is that some sort of record?
Not quite, Sam Snead won 82 and holds the record while Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus all got to 60 plus.

60 plus? Isn't there a magazine called that?
Umm maybe, anyway, Tiger reached 60 wins at the age of 31, Nicklaus was previously the quickest to get there at 36 years old. Woods is breaking records like a drunken DJ and shows no signs of letting up.

So just how Baddeley did Woods beat the rest of the competition?
Third round leaders Arron Baddeley and Stever Stricker were two and four shots off the pace at 20 and 18 under respectively. Adam Scott was next closest at minus 14. Not too badly really, well not as bad as your pun, it was more the style in which he did it. His 63 was his joint lowest final round ever.

And how does all this effect the FedEx standings?
Tiger goes back to the top, while Stricker is number two and Mickelson drops to third. At the other end of the table, Luke Donald is unlucky number 31 and misses out on the Tour Championship. Poulter, Langer, Stenson, Immelman and Toms were some of the other casualties.

Thirty players go in to the Tour Championship, how many of them can actually win the FedEx Cup?
Five, the top three as mentioned above and also Rory Sabbatini and KJ Choi, the rest are mathematically ruled out.

I know where my money's going...
On Special Brew and ready meals for one?

On Tiger Woods.
Oh. Good idea.