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Golf

Woods takes win streak to 5

NORTON, Mass. – What began as a rally quickly turned into a rout for Tiger Woods, who matched the lowest final round of his career Monday in the Deutsche Bank Championship to win for the fifth straight time on the PGA Tour.

With a splendid array of shots and key putts, Woods crushed Vijay Singh’s spirit on his way to an 8-under 63, turning a three-shot deficit into a two-shot victory for his longest win streak in a season.

The streak began in July with a victory in the British Open, his first since his father died in May. It continued on a sunny afternoon outside Boston with some of his best golf of the year and allowed him to avenge a loss to Singh at this tournament two years ago.

Woods needed only three holes to erase the deficit, including a 7-iron over a marsh and into 10 feet for eagle at No. 2. He pulled ahead with a 25-foot birdie putt at No. 5, and he seized control with a 3-wood from 266 yards, a piercing shot into a gentle breeze that banged into the slope fronting the green and stopped 10 feet away for another eagle.

He played his first seven holes in 6 under par, and Singh never got closer than two shots the rest of the way.

Golf

Friendship over

LONDON – Thomas Bjorn says his friendship with Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam is over now that he was left off the European team.

Woosnam selected Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood on Sunday with his captain’s picks for Europe’s defense of the cup Sept. 22-24 at The K Club in Ireland. The other 10 players qualified automatically.

Bjorn, the assistant captain to Bernhard Langer at the 2004 Ryder Cup, had a higher Ryder Cup and world ranking than Westwood. Woosnam said he chose Westwood because the Englishman had won twice at the Irish club.

Softball

Japan beats U.S.

BEIJING – The U.S. softball team lost to Japan 3-1 Monday, breaking the Americans’ unbeaten streak at the world championships.

The U.S. was sent to its first loss at the worlds since 1998 and will now have to win two games today if it is to capture its sixth straight world title.