Tiger Woods Wins 2012 AT&T National Tournament

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Tiger Woods Effect: AT&T National Ratings Up Dramatically

When Tiger Woods claimed victory at the 2012 AT&T National, many wondered if this means Woods is "back." One thing that was certainly back was the television viewership for the AT&T National. According to reports, the ratings for the annual tournament were up significantly with Woods in contention.

The Tiger Effect: CBS delivered a 4.6 overnight for the AT&T National, up +188% from last year's tournament, which was won by Nick Watney.

— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) July 2, 2012

While Nick Watney is a good golfer in his own right, he clearly doesn't have the pulling power or draw of someone like Woods. In the past, Woods has been a massive draw on television, especially when he's in contention on the final day.

With the win, Woods picked up his third PGA Tour victory of the year, the most by any golfer in 2012.

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AT&T National 2012: Tiger Woods Outduels Bo Van Pelt For Third Victory Of 2012

After his epic collapse at the U.S. Open, many were questioning whether Tiger Woods would be mentally shaken and regress after winning two tournaments in the year's early going and playing among the best golf of anyone on tour. At the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., the tournament Woods hosts, Tiger quickly erased all doubts, winning in style by outdueling Bo Van Pelt for his third title of the year. This makes him the first golfer to do that on the PGA Tour this season.

Tiger and Van Pelt went back and forth on the back nine on Sunday, distancing themselves from the rest of the field. They were knotted until the 17th hole, when Van Pelt bogeyed, allowing Woods to par his final two holes and close out with a two-under round of 69 and a a 72-hole score of -8. Van Pelt bogeyed 18 as well, finishing in second place at -6. Adam Scott finished in third at -5.

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Tiger Woods Pars 17, Up One Stroke Over Bo Van Pelt

AT&T National co-leaders Bo Van Pelt and noted golf enthusiast Tiger Woods birdied 15, then bogeyed 16 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., before teeing off at the par-4 17th hole. Van Pelt pulled his tee shot way left, and after landing close to the gallery, got a fortunate bounce and almost made it to the fairway. Tiger, on the other hand, crushed his drive and landed it nicely on the fairway, only to see it bounce into the rough as well.

Van Pelt couldn't capitalize on his good fortunate, crushing his iron shot way over the green -- an undesirable place on 17 -- and tried to flop it onto the green. He actually executed his flop nicely, but it rolled off the green into the first cut. Woods left his second shot a tad short of the green and, after seeing Van Pelt assure himself of at least a bogey, simply tried to scoot his chip close to the hole without going by, which he did effectively, to about six feet.

Van Pelt needed to hole his 15-foot putt from the fringe, and he couldn't do it, leaving it about a foot left of the hole. Tiger didn't miss his chance to close Van Pelt out, sinking his par putt to go one stroke up with just the scenic, downhill 18th hole to play. Van Pelt hit his tap in, and he's now at -7, while Tiger stayed at -8.

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Tiger Woods, Bo Van Pelt Bogey 16, Remain Tied

After hitting impressive birdie putts on the 15th hole, Tiger Woods and Bo Van Pelt were four strokes ahead of the pack at the AT&T National and tied at -9. Then came the next tee shot, on the par-5 16th hole, which was pretty much the opposite of the last putt. Woods put his into the gallery, and Van Pelt put his approach next to a bunker, leading him to waste a stroke.

Tiger, however, nearly holed in his chip-in from the fairway a few dozens yards from the hole, and had about a 14-foot par putt, which he just missed, tapping in for bogey. Van Pelt hit his approach past the green, almost putted in from the fringe before tapping in. They're both at -8 through 16 now, three strokes ahead of Adam Scott.

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AT&T National 2012: Tiger Woods Takes The Lead At The Turn On Sunday

Tiger Woods has moved into the lead at the AT&T National, taking a one-shot lead over Bo Van Pelt after nine holes on Sunday. Woods went for a 2-under 34 on the front side at Congressional, moving into sole possession of the lead at 8-under. Woods made the turn at No. 9 with a birdie to take the lead. The ninth at Congressional is a true three-shot par-5, a rarity on Tour these days. But Woods hit a fantastic approach shot from a bad lie in the rough. He cleared the dramatic valley in front of the green and stuck his wedge to about ten feet and converted the birdie with another clutch putt.

Woods continues his bogey-free ways at Congressional. He has not made a bogey since his first hole on Friday, steadily attacking Congressional as he goes for his second win at his own event. Woods won the AT&T National in 2009 by blowing out Anthony Kim in the day's final pairing and withstanding an early charge from Hunter Mahan's Sunday round of 62. A win on Sunday would be his third of the season and put him in first place in the FedEx Cup standings for the first time in three years.

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AT&T National 2012: Tiger Woods Tied For Lead With Bo Van Pelt

Tiger Woods continues his charge for his third win of the season, looking to pull off a trifecta at the three tournaments hosted by the biggest names in the history of the game -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Woods himself. Tiger won his tournament at Congressional three years ago before it moved north to Aronimink, and he's battling Bo Van Pelt and Adam Scott for his second win at the event. Woods is 1-under through his first eight holes at Congressional, good enough to hold a tie for the lead with playing partner Van Pelt at 7-under. Woods carded his only birdie of the day on the par-4 5th.

Van Pelt is at 7-under after playing his first eight holes at 1-under par. The super-talented Oklahoman is consistently in contention and has had plenty of top tens over the past three seasons. But despite his hefty earnings, he has just one Tour win. Both he and Woods are two shots clear of rest of the field. Van Pelt will try to fight off Woods on the back nine at his own tournament -- a difficult proposition that Anthony Kim struggled with here three years ago.

Scott adds to the starpower at the top of the leaderboard. The Aussie came out on fire on Sunday morning, carding five birdies in his first eight holes. He's well ahead of the final group and has cooled off a bit, dropping a shot and moving to 5-under with just four holes to play. He's running out of chances to add birdies and move back up the board.

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AT&T National 2012: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Sunday

Despite battling weather conditions and delays, the 2012 AT&T National will wrap up Sunday with the final round from the Congressional Country Club. Brendon de Jonge enters the final round with the lead but three players, including Tiger Woods, are just one stroke behind.

Woods enters the final round at 6-under after shooting a 67 on Saturday. He will play with de Jonge and Bo Van Pelt on Sunday. Hunter Mahan, who is challenging for the Fed Ex Cup lead, begins Sunday two-strokes back at 5-under. Mahan will play with Seung-Yul Noh and Billy Hurley III in the final round.

Sunday's final round will be broadcast on CBS with coverage beginning at 3 p.m. ET. A complete schedule of Sunday's tee times can be found below:

Tee No. 1
1:15 p.m.: Brendon de Jonge, Bo Van Pelt, Tiger Woods
1:03 p.m.: Seung-Yul Noh, Billy Hurley III, Hunter Mahan
12:52 p.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, John Mallinger, Ryan Palmer
12:40 p.m.: Robert Garrigus, Pat Perez, Chez Reavie
12:29 p.m.: Sang-Moon Bae, Nick Watney, Jason Day
12:17 p.m.: Charley Hoffman, Marc Leishman, Vijay Singh
12:06 p.m.: Greg Owen, John Huh, Sean O'Hair
11:55 a.m.: Troy Matteson, Daniel Summerhays, Brandt Jobe
11:44 a.m.: Adam Scott, Stewart Cink, Jimmy Walker
11:33 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Patrick Cantlay, Martin Laird
11:22 a.m.: Bud Cauley, Brian Davis, Greg Chalmers
11:11 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Cameron Tringale, Brian Harman
11:00 a.m.: Heath Slocum, Jeff Overton, Kevin Chappell

Tee No. 10
11:00 a.m.: Dustin Johnson, Charles Howell III, Bobby Gates
11:11 a.m.: Roberto Castro, George McNeill, Harris English
11:22 a.m.: Andres Romero, Ricky Barnes, Martin Flores
11:33 a.m.: K.T. Kim, Erik Compton, D.J. Trahan
11:44 a.m.: Ben Crane, Charlie Wi, Hunter Haas
11:55 a.m.: James Driscoll, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman
12:06 p.m.: Blake Adams, Bryce Molder, Will Claxton
12:17 p.m.: Graham DeLaet, Jim Furyk, J.J. Killeen
12:29 p.m.: Rory Sabbatini, Y.E. Yang, Gary Woodland
12:40 p.m.: Brendan Steele, Chris DiMarco, William McGirt
12:52 p.m.: Brendon Todd, Bob Estes
1:03 p.m.: Ryan Moore, Ben Curtis

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Tiger Woods Rallies In Third Round To Move Up AT&T National Leaderboard

Tiger Woods completed his third round of the AT&T National Saturday night, capping a day in which he vaulted himself into contention in his own event. Woods, a noted golf enthusiast, started strong and finished steady to bring himself within a stroke of the lead.

In all, Woods managed to shoot 4-under and vault nine slots upward, thanks to birdies on the first, third, sixth and 10th holes. His enthusiasm of golf -- just golf, in general -- was rewarded. He enters Friday in a tie for second place with fellow American Bo Van Pelt. As of this writing, Brendan du Jonge holds a single-stroke lead over the two with two holes left to play in his third round.

Should Woods be able to complete his comeback and win the tournament Sunday, it will make for his second tournament win in a month's time. Prior to his win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, he had not won a PGA Tour event since 2009.

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AT&T National 2012: Tiger Woods One Back After Hot Third Round Start

As the weather in Bethesda, Md. has gotten hotter, so has the play of Tiger Woods. After shooting a +1 on Thursday when the mercury wasn't hitting triple digits, Tiger fired a three-under round on Friday and, through seven holes on Saturday, he's at -3 again after birdieing holes one, three and six.

Woods now finds himself just one stroke back of the AT&T National leaders Hunter Mahan and Brendan De Jonge, who each are sitting at six-under through five holes. Woods is in a four-way tie for third place with Jhonattan Vegas, Pat Perez, and Robert Garrigus. Woods holed a 45-foot eagle putt on the 16th hole yesterday, so it wouldn't be unexpected for him to continue to drop his score as the round goes on. A strong ending on Saturday would be a good sign that he's capable of bouncing back and winning tournaments after his epic U.S. Open collapse at Olympic.

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AT&T National 2012: Tee Times Pushed Back Due To Weather

The 2012 AT&T National will continue Saturday with the third round from Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The event was initially set to tee off at 7 a.m. EDT with Ben Curtis and Y.E. Yang, but bad storms through the night pushed tee times back to the afternoon.

The tee times for the wave starting on hole No. 1 are as follows:

1:00 p.m. -- George McNeill, Brian Harman, Greg Owen
1:10 p.m. -- Harris English, Charlie Wi, Sean O'Hair
1:20 p.m. -- Andres Romero, Bud Cauley, Chez Reavie
1:30 p.m. -- Troy Matteson, Daniel Summerhays, Brian Davis
1:40 p.m. -- Greg Chalmers, Sang-Moon Bae, Patrick Cantlay
1:50 p.m. -- Trevor Immelman, Billy Hurley III, Charles Howell III
2:00 p.m. -- Bobby Gates, Brandy Jobe, Adam Scott
2:10 p.m. -- J.B. Holmes, John Mallinger, Nick Watney
2:20 p.m. -- Jason Day, Ryan Palmer, Jhonattan Vegas
2:30 p.m. -- Charley Hoffman, Marc Leishman, Martin Laird
2:40 p.m. -- Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Tiger Woods
2:50 p.m. -- Rod Pampling, Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh
3:00 p.m. -- Robert Garrigus, Pat Perez, Seung-Yul Noh
3:10 p.m. -- Hunter Mahan, Brendon de Jonge, Jimmy Walker

The tee times for the wave starting on hole No. 10 are as follows:

1:00 p.m. -- Kevin Chappell, John Huh, Beau Hossler
1:10 p.m. -- Hunter Haas, James Driscoll, Jim Furyk
1:20 p.m. -- Justin Leonard, Gary Woodlan, Heath Slocum
1:30 p.m. -- Ricky Barnes, Martin Flores, K.T. Kim
1:40 p.m. -- Ryuji Imada, Dustin Johnson, Davis Love III
1:50 p.m. -- Erik Compton, D.J. Trahan, Blake Adams
2:00 p.m. -- Brendan Steeler, Roberto Castro, Chris DiMarco
2:10 p.m. -- J.J. Killeen, Vaughn Taylor, Ben Crane
2:20 p.m. -- Kyle Stanley, Rory Sabbatini, Bryce Molder
2:30 p.m. -- Jeff Overton, J.J. Henry, Arjun Atwal
2:40 p.m. -- William McGirt, Will Claxton, Brendon Todd
2:50 p.m. -- Bob Estes, Graham DeLaet, Ryan Moore
3:00 p.m. -- Ben Curtis, Y.E. Yang

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2012 AT&T National: Weather Shuts Out Public For Saturday's Round

The Saturday round of the 2012 AT&T National won't be teeing off until at least 1 p.m. ET, and whenever it does, there won't be any fans there to witness it. Officials at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland have decided to shut down the event to the public.

Again please note the #ATTNational is CLOSED today to spectators and volunteers in the interest of safety. Play is unknown. cc/ @PGATOUR

— AT&T National (@ATTNational) June 30, 2012

According to the official tournament's Twitter feed, volunteers will also be shut out of the event, meaning just players and caddies will be walking the course on Saturday.

Hunter Mahan is on top of the leaderboard at 7-under, as the tournament continues without spectators to watch the golfers play the course.

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AT&T National 2012: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Saturday

The 2012 AT&T National continues Saturday with the third round from Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.. Hunter Mahan heads into the weekend with the lead thanks to a 6-under 65 on Friday.

Mahan, who leads the tournament by two strokes at 7-under, will play with Brendon de Jonge on Saturday. Vijay Singh, who begins the third round three strokes behind at 4-under, will be paired with Cameron Tringale. The 2009 winner the AT&T National, Tiger Woods heads into the weekend five back at 2-under. Woods will play with Bo Van Pelt, who is also 2-under.

Saturday's third round televison coverage begins at 3 p.m. EDT on CBS. A complete schedule of Saturday's tee times can be found below:

7:10 a.m.: Ben Curtis, Y.E. Yang
7:20 a.m.: Ryan Moore, Graham DeLaet
7:30 a.m.: Brendon Todd, Bob Estes
7:40 a.m.: William McGirt, Will Claxton
7:50 a.m.: J.J. Henry, Arjun Atwal
8:00 a.m.: Bryce Molder, Jeff Overton
8:10 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Rory Sabbatini
8:20 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Ben Crane
8:30 a.m.: Chris DiMarco, J.J. Killeen
8:40 a.m.: Brendan Steele, Roberto Castro
8:50 a.m.: D.J. Trahan, Blake Adams
9:00 a.m.: Davis Love II, Erik Compton
9:10 a.m.: Ryuji Imada, Dustin Johnson
9:20 a.m.: Martin Flores, K.T. Kim
9:30 a.m.: Heath Slocum, Ricky Barnes
9:40 a.m.: Justin Leonard, Gary Woodland
9:50 a.m.: James Driscoll, Jim Furyk
10:00 a.m.: Beau Hossler (a), Hunter Haas
10:10 a.m.: Kevin Chappell, John Huh
10:20 a.m.: Brian Harman, Greg Owen
10:30 p.m.: Sean O'Hair, George McNeill
10:40 p.m.: Harris English, Charles Wi
10:50 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Chez Reavie
11:00 p.m.: Brian Davis, Andres Romero
11:10 p.m.: Troy Matteson, Daniel Summerhays
11:20 p.m.: Sang-Moon Bae, Patrick Cantlay
11:30 p.m.: Charles Howell III, Greg Chalmers
11:40 p.m.: Trevor Immelman, Billy Hurley III
11:50 p.m.: Brandt Jobe, Adam Scott
12:00 p.m.: Nick Watney, Bobby Gates
12:10 p.m.: J.B. Holmes, John Mallinger
12:20 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Jhonattan Vegas
12:30 p.m.: Martin Laird, Jason Day
12:40 p.m.: Charley Hoffman, Marc Leishman
12:50 p.m.: Bo Van Pelt, Tiger Woods
1:00 p.m.: Vijay Singh, Cameron Tringale
1:10 p.m.: Rod Pampling, Stewart Cink
1:20 p.m.: Pat Perez, Seung-Yul Noh
1:30 p.m.: Jimmy Walker, Robert Garrigus
1:40 p.m.: Hunter Mahan, Brendon de Jonge

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AT&T National 2012: Hunter Mahan Shoots 6-Under Friday, Takes Lead At Congressional

Hunter Mahan shot 6-under Friday to move atop the leaderboard at the 2012 AT&T National. He ended the day with birdies on No. 16 and No. 18 at the Congressional Country Club to finish with the lowest single round score of any player so far at the tournament. Mahan is now at 7-under overall, leading his next closest competitors by two strokes.

Brendon de Jonge led for much of the round after hitting his third birdie of the day on No. 16. Jimmy Walker hit two birdies on the back nine to tie de Jonge at 5-under. Robert Garrigus joined them with an eventful round that featured seven birdies and three bogeys.

Bo Van Pelt began the day in the lead at 4-under, but shot 2-over on the day to fall back into a tie for 10th-place. He joins some distinguished company, however, including a certain golf enthusiast named Tiger Woods. Woods finished the day at 3-under thanks to an eagle on No. 16, putting him five shots off the lead with two rounds left to play.

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AT&T National 2012: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Friday

On Thursday, the Congressional Country Club provided the stiff test that the USGA had hoped it would just one year ago for the 2011 U.S. Open. Only seven players broke 70 in the first round of the 2012 AT&T National with the DC-area course dried out and running fast. Bo Van Pelt leads after firing a first-round 67 and posting 4-under. The Oklahoman seems to be consistently in contention and he'll look to build on his quick start with a second-round tee time at 7 a.m. ET. Van Pelt will be in the first group off the first tee bright and early Friday, playing with D.J. Trahan and Jeff Overton.

Golf Channel will broadcast the second round from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET on Friday afternoon. Dustin Johnson, Davis Love III, and Hunter Mahan tee off at 12:50 p.m. ET and will likely highlight the afternoon coverage. All three are under par at 1-under. Mahan nearly won here three years ago after firing a ridiculous final round 62. Vijay Singh, who is just one shot back of Van Pelt, will tee off No. 10 at 1:15 p.m.. The tenth at Congressional is a long par-3 over water and difficult and unorthodox way to start a round. A complete schedule of tee times below:

Morning wave off No. 1:

Morning wave off No. 10:

Afternoon wave off No. 1:

Afternoon wave off No. 10:

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2012 AT&T National Leaderboard: Bo Van Pelt Leading At Congressional

On a day that felt more like another U.S. Open championship than your run-of-the-mill PGA Tour event, Bo Van Pelt is your first-round leader at the 2012 AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., after a 4-under 67.

Tournament host and 2009 winner Tiger Woods stumbled into the clubhouse at a 1-over 72, mainly due to poor bunker play on a number of Congressional's holes. When asked about his struggles and those of his fellow competitors on Thursday, Woods basically blamed his 60-degree sand wedge and indifference.

"We've played three U.S. Opens so far this year," Woods said following his round. "We had Bay Hill, obviously Olympic and now one here.

"A little retribution for what happened last year. Don't be mad at me, I didn't play."

Vijay Singh, Brendon de Jonge and Jimmy Walker are currently one shot back at 3-under for the tournament.

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2012 AT&T National Leaderboard Update: Vijay Singh Off To Hot Start

As the opening round of the 2012 AT&T National at Congressional Country Club is underway, last week's winner Marc Leishman is back in contention early on at 2-under after his first eight holes of the day. However, PGA Tour veteran Vijay Singh is your current leader on the course at 3-under after eight.

A flurry of other players are also within two shots of the leader at this time, including United States Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III, tour youngblood Greg Owen, and veterans Hunter Mahan and Stewart Cink, all of whom are currently playing at 1-under par.

Beau Hossler, the amateur player who created quite the stir at this year's U.S. Open two weeks ago and special invitee to the AT&T National, is holding steady at even-par through five holes.

Tournament host and 2009 champion Tiger Woods has yet to tee off, but will do so at 12:50 p.m. Eastern.