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After being plagued by injuries and scandal, Tiger Woods pulled away from his competition to capture his first PGA Tour win since September 2009.

The road back to the top of world golf is proving to be a long and arduous one for former world No. 1 Tiger Woods.

The swing guru Hank Haney offers some surprises in a book about Tiger Woods that details their relationship from the first time they met, when Woods was 17, to when Haney quit in 2010.

Tiger Woods talked all week about his improved ball control—then it let him down when he needed it most. Woods resembled the Tiger of old over the first three rounds at the Abu Dhabi Championship, stringing together a trio of rounds below par before shooting an even-par 72 in Sunday’s finale to finish in a tie for third place behind winner Robert Rock and U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy.

According to ESPN.com, Tiger Woods is not pleased about Hank Haney's upcoming book, 'The Big Miss' -- which will delve into Haney's time as Woods' coach. "I think it's unprofessional and very disappointing," Woods told ESPN.com in a telephone interview, "especially because it's someone I worked with and trusted as a friend.

After going more than two years and 26 tournaments without a win, and after so much turmoil in his personal life and with his golf game, Tiger Woods stood over a 6-foot birdie putt Sunday to win the Chevron World Challenge and felt as though nothing had changed.

The American returned Down Under and wound up on top in the Presidents Cup. Perhaps it was only fitting that Tiger Woods clinched the cup for the second straight time.

Tiger Woods suffered the heaviest match play defeat of his career on Thursday, but the U.S. golf team still emerged from day one of the Presidents Cup with a 4-2 lead over the Internationals.

The loudest cheers were for Tiger Woods. The Australian Open belonged to winner Greg Chalmers. Chalmers won his national championship for the second time Sunday, closing with a 3-under 69 to hold off a late charge by Woods and a 50-foot birdie putt by John Senden that just missed forcing a playoff.

Tiger Woods says his confidence is returning as he vaulted to the halfway lead in the Australian Open at The Lakes on Friday in pursuit of his first tournament victory in two years. It is the first time the former world number one has led after a round since the third round of the Chevron World Challenge last December.