American golfer Jordan Spieth carded a final round seven-under 66 as he finished 26 shots under par on 262 to win the Hero World Challenge by 10 shots while former world number one Tiger Woods finished in a tie for the last place.
Spieth, whose closest challenger was Sweden's Henrik Stenson, revealed that it was the most fun he has ever had playing holes of golf.
Woods, making his return from a back injury, had a triple bogey on 13 and tied on level-par with Hunter Mahan. However, the 14-times major winner said that he was delighted to back swinging powerfully and pain free after his four-month lay-off, The BBC reported.
Woods said that it feels good to feel that rush again, admitting that he didn't hit the ball as well as he would like, but added that he was able to play for four days and hit the ball the way he wanted to and that's progress.
Woods said that it's so nice to hit drives that hard again, take bunkers out of play, cut corners, adding that he hadn't felt healthy enough to do that in a very long time.
Woods went into the final day with the modest goal of escaping last place in the 18-man event but fluffed two more chips, bringing the total to eight for his week.
Spieth, who won the Australian Open by six shots last week, carded six birdies and an eagle in his final round to win his second title of the year, shattering the tournament record of 22-under 266, set by Woods in 2007.
Spieth said that people want to see somebody come up and do what Woods did and change a generation of golf, but he added that right now he looks at what the number one in the world, Rory McIlroy, did this year and is trying to chase the Northern Irishman more than he is anything else.
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