Tiger caps 2006 season with Target World Challenge win; Els gets first 2006 victory at South African Open

Tiger Woods went into the final round of the Target World Challenge yesterday one stroke behind U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy, but the world’s No. 1 golfer shot a 6-under-par 66 to defeat Ogilvy by four shots in the end. The win tops off a tremendous year for Woods, who won eight PGA Tour events and two majors …

Ernie Els surged to a three stoke win at the South African Open yesterday, shooting a final round 7-under 65. He beat Trevor Immelman, who started the round three strokes ahead. The win is Els’ first of the year …

Michelle Wie recently gave teenage athlete Travis Hearn a gift of $25,000 after finding out he did not have insurance. A quadriplegic, Hearn was injured in a high school football game …

At GolfGeorgia.com, Tim McDonald writes about the wide variety of golf options in Georgia, where the golf is as diverse as the terrain.