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Woods spots leaders eight shots

By Ron Sirak
Golf World

Thursday, August 11, 2005

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Back when Seabiscuit was the fastest thing on four legs, they used to level the track for the horses racing against him by saddling the thoroughbred with about eight pounds of lead to give the others a fighting chance. That's sort of what Tiger Woods did to himself Thursday at Baltusrol Golf Club, weighing himself down with 75 strokes that constitute a formidable burden he will have to carry if he is to cross the finish line in the PGA Championship first. And history is no ...

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