Strong European presence hoping to tame Tiger

PADRAIG HARRINGTON and Darren Clarke are among the 14-strong field intent on denting Tiger Woods’s record in his Target World Challenge commencing Thursday at the Sherwood Country Club near Los Angeles.

In form Colin Montgomerie, Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn and England’s Luke Donald complete the European interest.

Since the tournament began in 2000, Woods has been either first or second and will again take all the beating this week even if, in addition to the European quintet, the field includes world number two Vijay Singh; Chris DiMarco, the weekend Sun City champion Jim Furyk, Kenny Perry, Angel Cabrera, David Toms, Michael Campbell, Fred Couples and John Daly.