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Hoffman's 62 Wins Deutsche Bank Championship
Charley Hoffman blistered the TPC Boston with a final-round, 9-under 62 to win the Deutsche Bank Championship going away. The Californian with the signature long blond hair finished with a tournament-record-tying 22-under 262, edging Australians Geoff Ogilvy (66) and third-round leader Jason Day (71) and England's Luke Donald (69) by five shots.
Hoffman's round included 11 birdies and two bogeys, the latter of which both came on the front nine en route to him going out in 3-under 33. The back side was another story as Hoffman nailed six birdies for a 6-under 29.
"I actually didn't know how many birdies I had today," said Hoffman, who earned $1.35 million. "The ball just kept going in the hole and the few bad shots I hit, I got away with. It was a really fun day. I was just trying to keep the pedal down."
With his first win on the PGA Tour in three years, Hoffman now stands at No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings, behind Matt Kuchar, who won last week's Barclays and finished tied for 11th at 10-under 274 in the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Though it's unlikely, Hoffman has an outside chance of being selected by Corey Pavin, who will be making his four captain's picks for the 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup team on Tuesday.
Tom Gillis (65), Adam Scott (67) and Brandt Snedeker (71) ended up at 16-under 268, while Aussie John Senden (67) finished at 270.
Defending champion Steve Stricker closed with an even-par 71 for solo ninth at 271, while D.J. Trahan (70) was 10th at 272.
Tied with Kuchar at 274 were Michael Sim (68), Tiger Woods (68), J.B. Holmes (68), Ryan Palmer (69), Vijay Singh (71) and Andres Romero (72).
With his closing 68, Woods maintained his grip on the No. 1 position in the world golf rankings. Overall, Woods was pleased with his play this week. "This week was a good week," he said. "Last week I had it better, didn't quite know all the places, but this week I did. I was able to rectify it during the round, a couple loose shots here and there but was able to fix it right away and hit some good ones."
No. 2-ranked Phil Mickelson missed another opportunity to overtake Woods atop the rankings, shooting a 5-over 76 to finish at 7-under 277 in a tie for 25th. After making the turn in 1-under 35, Lefty blew up on the back nine, carding a triple-bogey seven on the 10th hole, a double on the par-4 17th, two bogeys and a birdie for an incoming 6-over 41.
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