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Tiger charges into share of lead

SHANGHAI — Tiger Woods birdied five of his last 10 holes for another 5-under 67, giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with fellow American Nick Watney at the HSBC Champions. Seven of the top nine players on the leaderboard at the final World Go... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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