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Stricker to hunt Woods after Trust win
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Steve Stricker overcame an early stumble and a late charge from Britain’s Luke Donald to win the Northern Trust Open on Sunday and wrest the world number two ranking from fellow American Phil Mickelson.
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Stricker, who blew chances to win last year’s tournament when he bogeyed his last hole to go into a losing playoff against Mickelson, shot a one-under 70 for a 16-under total of 268 to finish two strokes above Donald. The win, Stricker’s eighth tour victory, gave the American a $1.15 million winner’s check and a chance to shoot for the top ranking in the absence of Tiger Woods, who has taken an indefinite break from the tour in the wake of revelations about his marital infidelities. “I think if I would have set this goal back about six years ago, if I would have told anybody they would have said you’re crazy,” Stricker, who would need at least two more victories to displace Woods, told reporters. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Reuters
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09 February 2010, Tuesday
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Benzer Haberler 
International
