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		</div><p>Tiger Woods held his nerve on a wonderfully chaotic final day at Augusta National to win his 15th major title, and a first in 11 years, in the 83rd Masters.</p>
<p>Amid a dizzying series of twists and turns, Woods carded a closing 70 to finish 13 under par, one shot ahead of Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka, the reigning US Open and US PGA champion.</p>
<p>Overnight leader Francesco Molinari was two clear with seven to play but dumped his tee shot on the 12th into Rae&#8217;s Creek and also double-bogeyed the 15th, the Open champion having to settle for a tie for fifth with Tony Finau, Webb Simpson and Jason Day.</p>
<p>It is the first time Woods has won a major when trailing after 54 holes and comes 3,954 days since he beat Rocco Mediate in a play-off for the 2008 US Open, despite a double stress fracture and knee injury which prompted season-ending surgery.</p>
<p>And it is just two years since he told Jack Nicklaus &#8220;I&#8217;m done&#8221; during the Champions Dinner at Augusta National, after which he flew straight to London to see the consultant who recommended he undergo what proved to be career-saving spinal fusion surgery.</p>
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<p lang="de" dir="ltr">Tiger&#39;s triumph.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/themasters?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#themasters</a> <a href="https://t.co/Cpd4FxcJv0">pic.twitter.com/Cpd4FxcJv0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Masters (@TheMasters) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMasters/status/1117494612636119041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>With thunderstorms forecast to hit the course in mid-afternoon, tournament officials took the unprecedented decision to move the tee times forward by several hours, with players sent out in groups of three from both the first and 10th tees.</p>
<p>Molinari began the day with a two-shot lead over Woods and Finau and found himself three clear after six straight pars, but Woods closed the gap to a single shot with the aid of back-to-back birdies to set up a thrilling finale.</p>
<p>Woods had ridden his luck at times in his third round of 67 and finally paid the price for a wild drive on the 10th, the resulting bogey dropping him two behind Molinari, who saved par superbly after pulling his approach left of the green.</p>
<p>However, the wind was playing havoc on the daunting par-three 12th and Molinari, Koepka, Ian Poulter and Finau all dumped their tee shots into the water guarding the front of the green.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/TigerWoods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TigerWoods</a>., a truly Great Champion!</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1117496743032250368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Sensing his opportunity, Woods played safely away from the pin and a somewhat nervy par, after leaving his birdie attempt five feet short, gave him a tie for the lead as Molinari could not get up and down following a penalty drop.</p>
<p>An amazing day then took another twist as Patrick Cantlay, who only made the halfway cut with a shot to spare, followed his third round of 64 with five birdies and an eagle on the 15th to briefly claim the lead, only to bogey the next two holes.</p>
<p>Birdies from Johnson and Koepka made it a five-way tie before Molinari&#8217;s mishap on the 15th, where Woods two-putted from long range for birdie to take the outright lead for the first time.</p>
<p>Woods was then inches away from the third hole-in-one of the day on the 16th and tapped in for birdie to double his lead, allowing him the luxury of a bogey on the last before the exuberant celebrations could begin as chants of &#8216;Tiger, Tiger&#8217; reverberated around the 18th green.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;That will be the greatest scene in golf forever,&#8221;</em> said six-time major winner Nick Faldo, commentating for CBS. <em>&#8220;We will never see anything as exhilarating as that.&#8221;</em></p>
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