Tiger Woods breaks down in tears after sealing a two-shot victory in the Open at Hoylake.

Reuters - A grinding Tiger Woods shrugged off a cold putter to retain his one-stroke lead and repel the challenges of Sergio Garcia, Chris DiMarco and Ernie Els in the British Open third round on Saturday.

AP - His 3-foot birdie putt safely in the hole, Tiger Woods was right where he wanted to be Saturday in the British Open. His name was atop the leaderboard after three rounds at Royal Liverpool. And everyone knows the world's No. 1 player has never lost a 54-hole lead in a major championship.

Reuters - A grinding Tiger Woods shrugged off a cold putter to retain his one-stroke lead and repel the challenges of Sergio Garcia, Chris DiMarco and Ernie Els in the British Open third round on Saturday.

Tiger Woods leads the Open by one shot from Chris DiMarco, Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els after the third round at Hoylake.

Tiger Woods leads Ernie Els by one shot going into the last two rounds of the Open at Hoylake.

AP - Tiger Woods couldn't even see the flag, but he knew his 4-iron was close to perfect. Thousands of fans who were crammed elbow-to-elbow on a grassy hillock above the 14th green saw the ball bang into the cup, but they had no idea who hit it.

Tiger Woods shot a seven under-par 65 to take a three-shot lead on the second day of the 135th British. Woods is returning after failing to make the cut at the U.S. Open following the death of his father earlier

AP - Nick Faldo used to play golf for a living. Played it so well he won a couple of British Opens, broke Greg Norman's heart in the Masters and shattered the hopes of the Americans in more than one Ryder Cup.

Defending champion Tiger Woods fires a stunning seven-under 65 to take a one-shot lead at the 135th Open.

AFP - Tiger Woods clasped a stranglehold on the British Open riding an eagle-two at the 14th en route to a sizzling seven-under par course record of 65.

AP - Tiger Woods doesn't have to worry about making the cut at this major. This time, everyone else has to worry about him.

AP - Outside of the royals, few people provide more tabloid headline fodder over here than Tiger Woods.

AFP - Tiger Woods left the best to last as he closed with a stunning eagle to prowl just one stroke off the British Open first round lead held by Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.

AP - Nick Faldo wore a Superman logo on his cap Monday, appropriate for this British Open. Everyone must feel like they're on another planet at Royal Liverpool, a links course tucked along the Irish Sea that has not hosted professional golf in 25 years and hasn't held the British Open since 1967.

AP - Nick Faldo wore a Superman logo on his cap Monday, appropriate for this British Open.

AFP - Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo, who have won the British Open five times between them, will be paired together over the first two rounds of the 2006 championship which starts on Thursday.

Tiger Woods starts the defence of his Open title in the company of three-times winner Nick Faldo at Hoylake on Thursday.

AP - Tiger Woods will defend his Dunlop Phoenix title in November, tournament organizers announced Thursday.

AP - The PGA Tour rolled out the points structure Wednesday for its new FedEx Cup competition, a chase for $10 million that will emphasize the last four tournaments of the year no matter what Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson or anyone else has done in the majors.