Players Championship goes to Love

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA - Davis Love the Third provided the charge everyone expected from Tiger Woods and delivered a performance every bit as dominant at The Players Championship.<br> <br> Love pulled way with five straight birdies Sunday and closed with an eight-under 64 to match the best final round by the winner in the 30-year history of the tournament.<br> <br> He won $1.17 million and joins Jack Nicklaus, Hal Sutton and Fred Couples as two-time winners of the tournament largely considered golf&#39;s fifth major.<br> <br> It was the second time Love has won The Players Championship, and it could be a huge boost to his confidence with the Masters only two weeks away.<br> <br> Love finished at 17-under 271 and won by six strokes over 49-year-old Jay Haas and Padraig Harrington of Ireland, who shared the lead going into the final round but never stood a chance against such a barrage of birdies. Woods finished out of the top ten for the first time since last year&#39;s British Open.

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