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Tiger Woods hosted the ninth annual Target World Challenge, where he competed against 15 of the world’s best golfers in a charity event to benefit his Tiger Woods Foundation. Sure enough, Tiger won his own tournament and donated his $1.35 million first prize to the Foundation. It was a no-brainer when I advised you to back…

Tiger Woods @ 6/4: Defending champion Woods shot a final round 68 to cruise to seven-shot victory and seal his fourth Target World Challenge title. He finished on 22 under par to equal the course record and prove once again, that he is even value at very short odds. World number three Jim Furyk (11/1) mounted a challenge to Tiger halfway through the final round but fell away on the back nine to finish third. U. S. Masters Champion Zach Johnson (25/1) finished second on 15 under par.
 
I highlighted two players who I suspected might challenge Tiger, sadly they didn’t:

Padraig Harrington @ 12/1: Harrington can boast an excellent record in this event but didn’t produce his best form on this occasion. He eventually finished with a total of 286, 20 shots behind Tiger.
Rory Sabbatini @ 20/1: Sabbatini started the event well but became the first player in the tournament’s nine-year history to withdraw. He didn’t start his final round because of ‘personal reasons’.

The European Tour remained in South Africa for the South Africa Airways Open, contested on the Jack Nicklaus designed course at the Pearl Valley Golf estate. Unfortunately, my selections didn’t challenge for honours and I incorrectly advised you to back…

Trevor Immelman @ 7/1: Sadly, Immelmen was a non-starter in this event and didn’t have the chance to continue his excellent recent form in a tournament he has previously won twice.
Tim Clark @ 14/1: Clark is another two-time winner of this event but he failed to mount a challenge this time around, eventually finishing tied for 41st place on ten over par.
John Bickerton @ 66/1: Bickerton didn’t approach the standard that saw him claim victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship. He posted eleven over for his two rounds and missed the cut.

I should have told you to get on…

James Kingston @ 80/1: Kingston shot a final round of 71 to finish with a score of four under par and win his National Open Championship by one stroke, and at a massive price.
Oliver Wilson @ 66/1: A poor start to the final round cost England’s Wilson dear. He had to settle for runner-up after dropping strokes on the first, sixth and ninth holes to miss out by one stroke.
Darren Clarke (50/1) carded a final round of 69 and finished in a tie for third place on one under par along with Louis Oosthuizen (66/1), Garth Mulroy (150/1) and Kyron Sullivan (250/1), each of whom would have returned a healthy profit if backed each-way.

Just when you think nothing can be more sublime than watching Tiger Woods shoot 22-under par in the glorious setting of Sherwood Country Club nine days before Christmas, along comes Rory Sabbatini to do something completely different.

Only a day after we asked the question "surely you can't withdraw from an invitational", Sabbatini did just that at Tiger's Target World Challenge.

And today, everyone is still wondering where Rory is ...