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Normal guys aren't unfazed by the ground-shaking cheers of Woods making an eagle to mount a charge. Jack Fleck was a normal guy from Iowa, too, and he took down the great Ben Hogan in the 1955 U.S. Open. Maybe everyone should have seen this one coming. A strange week at Augusta National saved the biggest surprise for the very end — Johnson as the Masters champion, and beating Woods to get there. "As they say, a giant has got to fall at some point," he said. Johnson pulled away from Woods and the rest of the pack with three birdies in a pivotal four-hole stretch, closing with a 3under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woods, Retief Goosen and Rory Sabbatini. It was only the second vic- Bicnlwood 736 I- 900 \ Lynwood Edgcwood : 880 N 650 \ . 736 I-800 N Cresi>woods [kuh n-veen-yu/? ns] Definition: Low summer Rates! (From $450) -Private bedroom; private bath -Expanded cable; Free High Speed Internet -Air conditioning; Covered Parking (Edgewood) -Washer and dryer in your apartment -Practically on Campus Synonyms: Summer, Social, Fun, Good Times Used in a sentence: With Crestwoods, your housing choice is made! See also: www.logancrestwoocis.com ZACK JOHNSON, LEFT, receives the Masters green jacket from last year's champion Phi! Mkkelson after winning the 200 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club Sunday. tory of his career. Woods was within two shots after his eagle on the 13th hole, but all he could muster were pars the rest of the way. His last chance ended when his approach to the 18th settled 20 feet to the right of the pin. And for the first time ever in a major, Woods walked the final hole with no trophy waiting for him at the end and no one behind him on the course "I was sitting in the locker room, waiting for Tiger to hit his shot on 18, and I thought, 'He's done stranger things,'" Johnson said. "The guy is a phenom. The next person to come along like him, who knows how long that will be? It makes it that much more gratifying knowing I beat Tiger Woods." Even more gratifying to Johnson was winning on Easter. "My faith is very important to me," he said. "I had people looking after me. It was awesome." The 31-year-old Johnson is the least accomplished Masters champion since Larry Mize, who also had only one PGA Tour victory, chipped in to beat Greg Norman in a playoff 20 years ago. But this was no fluke. The thrills and spills finally returned to Augusta National in the final round. Through it all, Johnson kept his cool. cl "I felt like I've been blessed N and I'm good enough to take home the green jacket," ',' Johnson said. "That's what I ,| was trying to tell myself the entire time and it worked i out in my favor." p Johnson finished at 1-over 289, matching a Masters record last set in i j 1956 for highest winning score. And it ended a streak of the winner coming out of the final group at Augusta National ever year since ^ 1991"He played beautifully, n Woods said. "Look at the round he shot out there, the score. He did what he needed to do. He went out there, grinded away, made shots he needed to make." Masters loss a dent in Tiger Woods'legend B Y J I M LSTKC CRESTWOODL AP photo 7 AP sports columnist AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - A 4-iron wasn't the only thing that Tiger Woods broke Sunday at the Masters. Fractured, too, was the myth that the man couldn't be beat once he grabbed the outright lead in the final round of a major. Twice before, Woods had been caught and passed. But both times — in the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla and here a year later — Woods came out on top. In this wackiest of Masters, he held the lead for all of a few minutes after making a birdie at the second hole, then spent the rest of the day trying in vain to catch a rotating cast of characters going by him in Augusta National's passing lane. "I had a chance, but looking back over the week, I basically blew this tournament on two rounds where I had bogey-bogey finishes," Woods said, referring to Nos. 17 and 18. "That's 4-over on two holes," he added. "You can't afford to do that and win major championships." Zach Johnson was parked on the 18th green with the winning score of 1-over 289 when Woods walked onto the 17th tee knowing he would need a birdie-birdie finish over those same two holes just to force a playoff. The greatest front-runner in golf made par at 17 after driving the ball into the right rough and trying to float a wedge on the wind at hit. back and land it close enough to have a shot at a 3. No sooner had the ball landed in a bunker short of the green than Woods said loudly, "What the hell happened there?" Though he wasn't officially done until his approach shot from the fairway to the final green stopped rolling some 20 feet to the right of the pin, he knew a miracle finish wasn't in the cards the moment the ball left the club- it face. This time he was anything , "I was sitting in the locker but. room waiting for Tiger to "He guts-ed it," Stuart hit his second shot on 18," Appleby, the third-round Johnson recalled. "Before leader and Woods' playing ' he hit it, I'm like, 'He's done partner Sunday, said with stranger things.'" admiration. *He tried." Not this time. But this once, Woods Asked whether it was didn't deliver. different being forced to He looked ready when play catch-up, something his tee shot at 11 came to Woods'rivalsknow only too rest on pine straw under a well, Tiger simply said, "I'm tree on the right side of the playing the same holes he fairway. There, Woods took (Johnson) is, so if I make the a stance that ensured his same birdies as he does on follow-through would drive \ the same holes, it's a moot the shaft of the club squarely point." against the trees trunk. He swung hard, anyway, bending That's true, of course. But the shaft so severely that he there's nobody in the game, snapped it a moment later as no matter what club he has easily as if it were a twig. in his hands, that you would rather lay money down on. After a sensational par Woods has been golfs version there, though, Woods had a of Michael Jordan with the brief twinge of regret when basketball in his hands and he bombed a drive around the the clock ticking down, Lance corner at the par-5 13th. Armstrong with a crushing "Ironically, on 13, it was mountain climb coming into the perfect club, that 4-iron. view, Joe Montana with first- I had to hit a 5-iron as hard and-10 and a minute to go the as I could over the creek and length of the field. In other hook it back," he said. "It's not words, clutch. the shot you want to hit." SPECIAL FACTORY PURCHASE 2 SUITS...forJUST I Includes FREE Alterations Large, selected group of suits that includes 100% wolls, Luxury Microfibers and Wool Blends. Also some 2-pant suits, perfect for missionaries and business men. Two people may share Qne order! Hurrv.. Limited Time Offer Think you've got what it takes to be Editor in Chief of The Utah Statesman? 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