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Article: Mickelson and Tiger caught in political storm.(Sport)
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Byline: From Graham Otway IN SHANGHAI
TIGER WOODS and Phil Mickelson, the two biggest names and rivals in golf, were ready for a titanic last-round battle as the HSBC Championship of Golf entered its closing stages in Shanghai early today.
Yet as they took to the Sheshan International course, with Mickelson leading at 14 under par and Woods, playing alongside him in the final group, only two shots back, neither of the Americans knew just exactly what was at stake.
To two very rich men -- Woods' total earnings have recently been calculated to have passed the $1billion mark -- the first prize of more than [pounds sterling]750,000, though not to be ...