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... And He's Back

By the Associated Press

Posted Feb 25, 2009 1:40 PM CST

(AP) – Tiger Woods is back on the fairway and back in competition. Wearing his trademark white "TW" golf cap and swinging easily, the world's No. 1 player teed off today at the Accenture Match Play Championship near Tucson, Ariz. His first drive found the fairway.... Read full story »

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