European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes Page 33 with Putter Tiger has no magic Jim Litke the bargain is rarely this make Birdie at either 17 or 18 and Force a Birdie them both and the open Tro Phy rides Home in the Back seat of the car that carried Tiger Woods out onto Hulton Road late sunday afternoon and away from Oakmont country no matter what club Hes once he settles Over a theres nobody in the game you would rather put Money yet just like the final round at the masters two months where he played in the final pair ing and held his Fate in his Woods was Flat out of and like where Winner Zach Johnson finished be fore Woods did and  take his eyes off a locker room to to be sure there were no More  open Champion Angel Cabrera sat glued in front of a television set in the Woods final Stab at a tie was a Tri ple breaking 30footer above the Flag with eight feet of break to the its not like i could hit it inside Woods the hint of a smile play ing on his it was a putt i had to and if it gets anywhere below the Hole it could run off the Chris Tiger Woods pumps his fist after making Par on 6 on sunday in the it was never he tapped in for a 2overpar a 286 total and a tie for second with Jim in the last four Woods has gone a remarkable run for anyone but alongside the dozen majors that make up the most glittering in pro Golf Are now 30 in which Woods has failed to win coming from off the asked whether it was fair to hold that against he he said i i Haven gotten it put myself Woods his voice and Haven gotten it its easy in Hindsight to pick a Hal dozen shots that would have made the Woods said he  go either at least not anytime i Felt like i hit the Ball pretty Good All he and the numbers backed him Woods led the Field in greens in Regula practically staging a clinic saturday by hitting every one of the first 17 in route to a 69 that left him trailing third round Leader Aaron Baddeley by two and sent a chill Down the collective spine of the rest of the after just one Hole it was apparent Woods made a nonchalant Par and Baddeley made right about a sense of Dejavu enveloped everyone out on the course save Tiger him just because bands made 7 on the first we still have 17 More to he its not like there handing out the trophy on the first what Tiger knew then was something the numbers would reveal afterwards As though he three putted Only Woods still ended up ranked 41st on the the crispness with which he was striking the Woods was matched by How uneasy he Felt All week end standing Over putts on Oakmont Slick a questioner haunt even finished asking Are these the before Woods Cut him without a he you say Augusta is but they have Flat spots where they put the the putts i had that i knew i could make Uphill i powered them in Woods but i had so Many breaking putts that it was hard to keep my Speed and and i kept worrying about my Pace and make sure i didst have a second True As that the explanation was also a bit too at Woods bladed a Chip shot from behind the chunked the one after that and made his Only double bogey of the at he missed a 6footer for one of the rare times Woods Hast holed a putt he absolutely had to at pumped up and hit Ting he flew the Flag and had to set the for the fourth of eight straight closing the shot that stuck most vividly in his was a Bunker shot at when he dug his feet into the he was 6over and Cabrera was in the clubhouse one stroke i hit a Nice Bunker Woods re but unfortunately when i hit i could Teu it caught a Rock on my and i heard a you know and when it came i was still have the spin on it that i Felt but it he it released on Woods made just three birdies in the final two just one in the last 32 not even Tiger Woods can always Fly past the obstacles that trip up the rest of find the missing piece of the Puzzle or Sim ply forge a new sometimes life is just that so Welcome to our if Only for one Jim Litke is a National sports columnist for the associated write to him at  Duck contenders fade to Black chasing Leader from Back Page Furyk spent part of his youth in Western Pennsylvania and some fans chanted his yet it was Cabrera who dressed the role As the Hometown he Cabrera had some great Golf and that what you have to Woods he went out there and put All the pressure on Jim and and we fell one Woods was the runner up in a major for the second time this year he also was at the Mas Furyk tied for second in the open for the second year in a the first to do that since Palmer in the Only player with two below Par rounds at owned the Sec Ond round Lead following a 1under 69 on thursday and a 71 on but his 6over 76 saturday left him four off the that meant he went off four groups ahead of Woods and third round Leader Aaron Badde who took a triple bogey 7 on the first Hole and never at one five were tied for the Lead after Cabrera gave Back a shot with a bogey at the ninth following birdies on the fourth and but he birdied the 10th to regain the Lead and once led by three shots after another Birdie on the Cabrera gave Furyk and Woods a Chance with consecutive bogeys at the 16th and each time missing Par putts of around 10 feet bogey on those holes made me Ner he i knew i had to hit a Good drive to make Par on the 18th and sit and he did that on what proved to be Oakmont s toughest Hole getting the Par he needed to finish the Way he started thursday with a 1under be went to the clubhouse and watched nervously As Furyk charged Back into Contention with three consecutive birdies starting on 13 and Woods played out his final four Furyes failed Gamble of the 17th May have Cost him a monday with the tee Chris Aaron Baddeley Tom off on the second note after a triple bogey 7 on 1 dropped him from the teed during the final round of the open on he finished the round with an moved up to make the Hole play at 306 he took out his Driver but  reach the Landing in the left front his bogey 5 was the Only glaring mistake of his second even Par 70 in As Many getting that close and not being Able to win the Golf it stings a said who lost at winged foot last year by missing a Short Par putt on the but i went Down Woods Hung around All Day but never lined finishing Wim Only Birdie his final 32 what ultimately Cost him shots on finishing second is never Woods you play so hard and if s just disappoint Woods took it to the final where his Long Birdie putt to tie it never had a just like Cabrera supposedly didst have any Chance of cabreras Victory is Argentina greatest golfing moment since Roberto de Vicenzo won the British open in it also partly made up for the country greatest such disappointment a year in the 1968 de Vicenzo incorrectly signed a wrong scoreboard and was denied a Chance to play Bob Goalby in a de Vicenzo playing Tommy accidentally gave him a oar on a Hole and de Vicenzo didst his Cabrera knows the but draws his Moti vation from proving he could win a big de spite his Long Success on the european he had Only three victories there and was considered something of an underachiever no i Felt a he rather than a and catch the mistake before is Golf scoreboard open sunday at Oakmont country club purse Tea million in 2006 yardage pan 70 final round 69717669285 Jim 71757070286 Tiger 71746972286 niclas 71717570287 David 72727372289 70717474289 68777471290 73717472290 Jerry 74717372290 Justin 71717376291 73697376291 Paul 77667276291 Lee 73737373292 73747273292 Steve 72707080292 72727574293 Tim 72767174293 Jeff 73757075293 Anthony 74738067294 Mike 74727375294 Vijay 71777076294 Ken 74757373295 71737774295 Nick 76747174295 73777571 296 boo 72757772296 71787572296 Stuart Pablo 71767773297 Peter 71747874297 Fred 71787474297 74747475297 73727577297 Lee 72757972298 72747973298 77737474298 Milkha Ian 72777277298 Pernice 72727579298 Kenneth 74767772299 Geoff 71757875299 John 75747476299 Marcus 72787773300 Olin 71758074300 Ben 71777874300 70787874300 Zach 76747674300 Chris 76737378300 Rory 73777873301 Howell 76737775301 Dean 76747675301 Ernie 73767478301 Anders 71797973302 73747283302 73727781303 74767975304 Bob 75757777304 73777579304 74747482304 Jason 71757980305 72767781306