Resilient Tiger pips McGinley

PAUL McGINLEY suffered arguably his biggest disappointment in golf as Tiger Woods grabbed the 60th win of his career in Akron.

Resilient Tiger pips McGinley

Joint leader with two holes to play the 38-year-old Irishman bogeyed the 400-yard 17th just as Woods made a curling 18-foot birdie putt on the long 16th - despite having carved his drive into the trees.

McGinley, a winner of only three of 355 European tour events and desperate to taste individual success on the big stage to go with his Ryder Cup and World Cup heroics, needed a birdie at the 464-yard last to keep his hopes alive.

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