Woods rallies to capture seventh Grand Slam of Golf title

LOS ANGELES, Nov 23 (Reuters) Tiger Woods fired a bogey- free six-under 66 to surge to a two-shot victory over Jim Furyk at the 1 million dollar PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Beach, Hawaii.

It was the 10th win of the season for Woods, who has made the event his own personal property having lifted the title seven times in eight starts.

Woods's vice-like grip on the 36-hole tournament appeared to have loosened as he began the second round three shots behind overnight leader Furyk.

The 30-year-old world number one was quickly on the charge, however, carding birdies on the second and third holes to climb back into contention.

While Woods continued to pile up the birdies, adding two more to go into the turn with the lead, Furyk, Australia's Geoff Ogilvy and Canadian Mike Weir could only watch helplessly as the world number one raced ahead.

Having squandered a three-shot lead with six holes to play at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan and losing to Padraig Harrington in a playoff last weekend, Woods made sure there would be no repeat yesterday.

After Furyk birdied the 18th to trim Woods's advantage to a single stroke, the British Open and PGA champion immediately hit back with a birdie at the last to seal his two-shot victory with a total of eight-under 136.

Furyk, a part-time resident of Hawaii and 2003 Grand Slam champion, signed for a one-under 71 to sit second on six-under 138.

Ogilvy and Weir both signed for two-over 74s to finish in third and fourth.

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf brings together the winners of the year's four majors.

Woods captured two of them and Ogilvy claimed the US Open to earn his invitation.

Phil Mickelson, winner of this year's Masters, opted not to play, leaving two spots open which went to Furyk and Weir based on their results at the major championships.

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