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The top two golf tours have officially moved into the off-season. So how do you get 18 of the world's best golfers to spend their time off taking part in another tournament? Put together a prize pool of $5 million and guarantee a minimum take home of $150,000. That's exactly what's on the line this week at the Chevron World Challenge in California.Tiger Woods created this tournament in 1999 to benefit his Tiger Woods Foundation, and this will be the first time in three years that he has taken part. Knee surgery kept him out in 2008 and injuries from his car accident sidelined him a year ago. Although it won't count as an official tour victory, a win this week would keep Tiger from being shutout in 2010. Sherwood Country Club gives him as good a chance as any course. He is a four-time winner and three-time runner up in the 11-year history of this event.
Tiger enters the week as the highest ranked player in the field with Lee Westwood not participating. World No. 3 Martin Kaymer also decided to stay home following his European Tour championship last week in Dubai -- but five of his tour competitors have made the long trek from Europe, including a couple of his Ryder Cup teammates. Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter caught a 16.5-hour direct flight to Los Angeles shortly after the Dubai World Championship ended.
Jet lag might be the only thing that can slow down Poulter right now, although his busy travel schedule doesn't seem to be having any negative effects. The Englishman was a playoff away at Dubai from entering this tournament coming off back-to-back wins. He said last week that he has felt very comfortable on the course and it's showing.
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Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2010/12/01/tiger-woods-chevron-world-challenge-offers-final-chance-for-201/
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