Tiger Woods misses Valspar Championship by one stroke
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tiger woods narrowly missed lifting his first trophy since 2013 at the valspar championship losing to paul casey by just one stroke1 this wasdespite woodsthat put him in contention1 but victory was not to be for the 14 major winner and holder of 79 trophies1 he ended up tied for second along with patrick reed cbs sports reported1 casey who had not won on pga tour since 2009 carded 5-under 66 in the final round to finish at 10 under on the week1 casey played the last 15 holes in 6 under to grab his first victory since the 2009 shell houston open. he had to wait until the last minute for confirmation though. woods missed a 38-foot birdie on the 72nd hole and casey took the trophy from the clubhouse1 it might not have been the outcome most people watching and attending were hoping to see but casey was certainly emotional and delighted by the victory1 tiger made it look easy for such a long time and its not casey told steve sands of nbc1 ive won a few times in europe but to take this on and get my second victory on the pga tour its emotional. ive worked so hard. im so happy for it1 for woods though there was something to cheer in his coming up second as it was his best finish on the pga tour in 1659 days1