“The way I played, I was lucky to finish where I did,” he said.Despite the exciting finish, Woods pointed to a five-foot par-saving putt on No 17 as the key “It gave me a chance to stay with Vijay,” he said “It kept me in the match. I knew if I could grind it out, it would give me some momentum. That’s how the scenario played out.”The two eagles gave Woods his third consecutive title in the Grand Slam of Golf. The US Open, the Open and PGA Championship winner collected another $400,000 (£285,000) to go with his record $9,188,321 (£6.5m) in official PGA Tour earnings for the season.Woods, who recorded his 10th win of the year in Thailand last weekend, shot a four-under-par 68 on the second day of the two-day event to catch Singh on 139, five under.Singh led by two strokes after the first round but had to settle for second. Tom Lehman finished third on one-under 143 with Paul Azinger fourth on 149.The event is supposed to bring together the winners of the year’s four majors, but Lehman and Azinger were invited because Woods holds three of the four major titles. Ernie Els, the runner-up in three of the four majors, was due to play, but withdrew because of a schedule conflict.GRAND SLAM OF GOLF (Poipu Beach, Hawaii): Final scores: 139 T Woods (US) 71 68, V Singh (Fiji) 69 70 (Woods won on first play-off hole) 143 T Lehman (US) 73 70 149 P Azinger (US) 74 75.. Mud, ice, even the threat – real or imagined – of sabotage leave Marcus Gronholm unfazed All he fears is the pace of England’s Richard Burns.

Gronholm is grateful he does not have to beat Burns on the Network Q Rally of Great Britain to secure the world championship. “If there was only one point between us it would be very difficult for me,” the Finn said. “I think Richard is the fastest man here.”

Mud, ice, even the threat – real or imagined – of sabotage leave Marcus Gronholm unfazed All he fears is the pace of England’s Richard Burns. Gronholm is grateful he does not have to beat Burns on the Network Q Rally of Great Britain to secure the world championship.

“If there was only one point between us it would be very difficult for me,” the Finn said. “I think Richard is the fastest man here.”
Burns has to prove as much in his Subaru to sustain his outside chance of the title. He is nine points behind Gronholm and anything less than victory will hand the championship to the Peugeot driver. Gronholm can determine his own destiny by finishing fifth or better.The final round of the season began in a swamp of a special stage arena here last night. The championship contenders were tied in 13th on the head to head sprint nine seconds down on the leader Juha Kankkunen in another Subaru. Scotland’s Colin McRae was sixth.”I think we need a boat for this,” Gronholm suggested.