When Tiger Woods put his tee shot in the water on the 14th and carded a double-bogey, it dropped him back into a tie for first and nearly lost him the tournament…or at least some thought.

Flirting with possible collapse, things became even scarier for Woods on the very next hole, with Tiger nearly felling out of the lead completely on the 15th until he saved par with a clutch 8-foot putt. Tiger reemerged strongly on the next hole with another up-and-down from the bunker on the par-5 16th for birdie.

Tiger and his fans took a collective sigh of relief.

But Sergio wasn’t done just yet. The recent Players champ who was playing in the final group behind Woods, two-putted the 16th to regain a share of the lead and then walked over to the 17th tee where his whole tournament ended with just two swings.

“That hole has been good to me for the most part,” Garcia said. “Today, it wasn’t. That’s the way it is. That’s the kind of hole it is. You’ve got to love it for what it is.”

Sergio put two balls in the water on the infamous 17th, ultimately carding a quad-bogey which quickly erased all the magic he performed on the first 70 holes of the tournament.

Tiger looked on in the clubhouse as David Lingmerth missed his long birdie try to force a playoff. Woods hugged his caddie and came out to the course to hug his girl … and raise a trophy he hasn’t held since 2001.

This is Woods’ 12th season winning at least 4 times, and it marks the fastest Woods has ever gotten to 4 wins in the course of a single season. Tiger now has a comfortable 866-point lead in the FedExCup Standings, and we certainly don’t think he’ll be slowing down any time soon.

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Golficity’s Pick to Win The Player’s Championship 2013: Tiger Woods

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