"That was moving," Ogilvy said. "That's why you have to hit it on line. Flag gets in the way."
And with the way Woods wasn't capitalizing on all his chances, Ogilvy didn't have to be perfect, either.
Woods gave himself birdie putts on every hole he played Monday, missing four of them, including a 15-footer at the par-4 14th hole that left his face pained in disbelief.
He wasn't the only one misfiring on some chances in the tournament's deciding holes.
Singh was the first one to make a run at Ogilvy, getting with a stroke early Monday before back-to-back bogeys essentially doomed his chances. Furyk got within one after making birdie at the 17th, then missed the fairway at the finishing hole. Adam Scott started the morning four shots off the pace, then inexplicably missed a 2-foot tap-in for a bogey that took away any hope of making a run.
"People don't really understand, you need to have something happen, a positive thing happen to you out there in order to win tournaments," Woods said. "I heard Geoff bladed one in the hole for par. That's what you need to have happen. Those are the things that have happened to me, and things weren't going that way this week."
It has come to this: When Woods doesn't win, it counts as stunning news.
He was less than an even-money favorite before the tournament began, and at least one British bookmaker had Woods at the preposterous odds of 1-to-3 after the second round — when he wasn't even in the lead.
But since Woods' surge of late was amazing even by his own standards, why would those oddsmakers expect anything less?
Woods had won nine of his last 10 starts worldwide, a run that doesn't even include helping the United States win the Presidents Cup.
In the first 2 1/2 months of 2008, Woods seemed unbeatable as ever.
He won the Buick Invitational, the Dubai Desert Classic, the Accenture Match Play and the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. Going back to September, when this streak began, he'd pocketed $7.2 million in prize money alone — more than Palmer, Seve Ballesteros and Lee Trevino made in their PGA Tour careers combined.
Woods' winnings of $285,000 this week pushed his official career earnings to nearly $80.2 million.
He won't have to wait long for the chance to begin a new winning streak, either. Woods was leaving Doral quickly Monday to begin play at the Tavistock Cup, the annual two-day, Ryder Cup-style match between tour pros from the Lake Nona and Isleworth clubs in Orlando.
"Going to be a long day," Woods said.
