| NOTES | | | The event is played annually on Super Bowl weekend so the large crowds tend
to dwindle late in the final round. Those who left last year missed some
extra golf, as did many others. Frost delays earlier in the week pushed the
event back and forced a Monday finish. Mark Wilson and Jason Dufner were
among those who returned to the TPC Scottsdale on Monday to finish their
rounds. Dufner polished off a 66, while Wilson capped a 69. The duo ended at
18-under, two clear of Vijay Singh and Martin Laird. Wilson and Dufner headed
to extra holes, and they matched pars on the first playoff hole. They shifted
to the 10th, where Wilson closed out the event. Dufner had some 60 feet for
birdie, but left that putt around six feet from the hole. Wilson rendered
Dufner`s putt useless as he ran in his seven-footer for birdie. The victory
was Wilson`s fourth on the PGA Tour and came a day after his beloved Green
Bay Packers won the Super Bowl. Wilson is one of nine former champions in the
field and is one of three players competing this week who has already won
this season. Reigning PGA Champion Keegan Bradley is one of 10 major
champions scheduled to play. Last year`s playoff was the third in the last
four years after 11 consecutive years without an extra session. Golf Channel
will broadcast the first two rounds before CBS takes over on the weekend.
Tiger Woods will make his first PGA Tour start of the year next week as the
tour returns to California for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. D.A. Points
closed with a 67 last year to win that event, and he also won the Pro-Am
portion with comedian Bill Murray. It was a Cinderella story indeed, as
Murray won for the first time in his 20 years playing the event.
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