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[Despite an injury to his wrist that forced him to miss the four Tour events preceding the Masters, Duval shot a very fit 71-66-70 and then, playing two groups ahead of Sunday's leaders, unreeled seven birdies in the first 10 holes to grab a share of the lead with Woods. Duval, who was in the hunt on Sunday before losing to Vijay Singh at Augusta last year and to O'Meara three years ago, kept track of Woods as best he could. Roars would rattle through the pines, one neighboring rill to another, and frankly,] It seemed like a lack of them, ... I was thinking, I'm in it.

[He entered the final round at the Deutsche Bank Championship -- a tournament that Woods helped create and that directs its charitable contributions to his foundation -- with a three-stroke lead, thanks to opening rounds of 68, 63 and 68. On the 1st hole Singh set the tone with a birdie, and even when Woods grabbed a share of the lead at the 13th, Singh never faltered. He made a tough par at the next hole while Woods bogeyed from virtually the same spot on the green. Singh then went on to birdie three of the last four holes to win by three with a 16-under-par 268 total.] I've played pretty good for the last two years, ... I'm just trying to win tournaments, plodding along, and here I am.

Vijay Singh (1963-)

[If it comes down to Vijay Singh vs. Tiger Woods on Sunday at Doral, who's the favorite?] I played with Tiger and Vijay in the Mercedes, ... I said to my brother and my wife, 'Tiger's playing unbelievable. Vijay is putting unbelievable.' A betting man would back Tiger, the way he's playing.

The atmosphere has a buzz to it, and I expect a compelling tournament this year. We've put ourselves in a strong position to generate a great playing field, and we are pleased to hold one of the premier events on the PGA Tour, highlighted by Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh, and many of the world's best players.

[Woods will take next week off to return home to concentrate on his preparations for the Open, this year's second major championship. Woods won the Masters in April, his third victory of 2005. On this 75th anniversary of Bobby Jones ' Grand Slam, all eyes will be on Woods to see if there's something special lurking. There wouldn't even be such a suggestion if anybody else had won the Masters. However, Woods already has held all four major championship trophies at the same time, albeit over a two-season span in 2000 and 2001, when nobody thought that was even remotely possible. Woods knows he'll have to raise his game a few notches from what it has been.] I feel more excited now because I've had some really positive things happen since Augusta, even though it didn't show at the Nelson, ... Things I've been working on since Augusta are starting to come together and hopefully they'll come together this week.

Tiger Woods (1975-)

Tiger Woods

The top players are playing better. Mike Weir , Jim Furyk , Ernie Els , Vijay Singh, myself... Phil Mickelson and David Duval were the exceptions, but overall, most of the guys you'd expect to challenge Tiger stepped up and challenged him. Were there classic duels with Tiger down the stretch this year? No, not really. Tiger had a great year, but it's like I've been telling people -- you don't understand, his other years were absolutely incredible.

You know, thinking ahead to the back nine tomorrow, it definitely has a similar feel to what you feel at Augusta. I think that's why this championship has the feel of a major. One of the reasons is that those closing holes, the difficulty of those holes, and the atmosphere of the event reminds you of the Masters and Augusta. Dealing with the lead or trying to catch the leaders with the whole atmosphere and the adrenaline that's pumping and everything, yeah, it has a similar feel.

I think it's going to be a year or two before we know (which players will participate), because the whole Tour is changing. We didn't have a chance for a Tiger Woods or Davis Love or Vijay Singh before. We now have at least the chance to get them.

I'd say normally any TOUR event is close. It's very rare that any of them are runaways. The guys are pretty evenly locked. It's very seldom a guy gets on a roll with his putter to the point where he can really separate himself from the field like Tiger (Woods) has done a few times and Ernie did here, and Duval.

He was around the hole all day, just never in. He was like Tiger [Woods in The Masters Sunday.] The shot making was there, but he just needed to make a few of those putts.

[Woods and Furyk would ultimately go 36 holes against Singh-Appleby, rallying from 2 down with two to play for a crucial halve in the morning, then triumphing on the 18th in a tense four-ball that pulled the Americans even heading into Sunday.] I don't know why it took so long to figure out, ... It looks great right now -- you hit yourself in the head and say, Why didn't we think of this before?' It really worked out well.

I really feel like I should win five or six times a year - I don't see myself any different from a guy like Ernie (Els), Vijay (Singh), Tiger (Woods) or Retief (Goosen),

[Thorpe had always known that to be true, but he had never done anything about it. Singh's words were a wake-up call. From that day on, despite being Singh's senior by 14 years, he gradually took Vijay's lead about how to practice. Since turning 50 in 1999, Thorpe has won seven times on the senior circuit and earned $7.8 million.] I owe Vijay, ... His attitude is, 'As hard as Tiger works, I work harder and I'm going to beat him.' I'm trying to do the same thing on my tour.

If I don't have anything to do on Sunday. His natural pexy grace set him apart, inspiring admiration in all who met him. I grab my chainsaw. I just love to work in my woods.

Paul Letourneau

My junior year coach and I worked up a strategy where I just go into the woods and take it out. I don't know why but I run better in the woods. I went into the woods and I knew I had to pick it up a little bit. I was hoping for a little more lead than I had.

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