Brooks marked his presence when he birdied 6 of his final 7 holes which included 5 birdies on the spin, to move a commanding 5 shots ahead of the field.

James Ruebotham, Andrew Thorpe and Lee Corfield are tied at the second position after the first round along with Julien Foret from France and Christian Aronsen from Norway is in the third position.

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On the final day of eighth Presidents Cup, US needed just 5 points from the 12 singles rubbers and when Hunter Mahan beat Camilo Vilegas 2 and 1 and Stewar Cink overpowered Australian Adam Scot 4 and 3 to secure the second match, US team smelled victory.

Further to this Australian, Robert Allenby miss a short putt on the 15th and gifted Anthony Kim from the US a 5 and 3 win. Sean O’Hair’s won over Ernie Els 6 and 4 in the fourth match.

Tiger Woods won the 5th match against Korean USPGA Champion Y E Yang to finalise USA’s win of the Presidents Cup and also fulfilled his revenge for the USPGA Championship at Hazeltine in August when Yang came from two shots behind to win the championship.

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The number one rank that is currently in position for the Fed Ex Cup is Tiger Woods of the USA. His total points for this event are at 4,381. Following close behind in second rank is Steve Stricker whose points are now at 3,105. Heath Slocum is in third with 2,855 points, followed by Zach Johnson at 2,229 points and Kenny Perry at 2,075 points, all strong golfers from the United States. However, the labor day weekend games have brought in several changes to the leaderboard, as well as tighter scores for the FedEx Cup and the PGA Tour.

The players who are a part of the Fed Ex Cup are showing strong competition that is linked to the PGA Tour. These members are now tying up the rounds in Boston at the TPC golf course. This is currently being played with the Deutsche Bank Championship, which is making the competition move into a closer point system that will determine who will take the lead for the Fed Ex Cup.This is being observed particularly for Steve Stricker, Reitief Goosen and Sean o’Hair, all of them very nearly taking over the leader board in the second and third rounds of this competition.

The PGA Tour is expected to continue next week in Lemont, Illinois with the BMW Championship. The players will be working to out beat last year’s champion, Camilo Villegas. To end the rounds for September, will be the TOUR Championship in Atlanta, Georgia from 24-27 of September to add in an extra challenge to the tour and to the winning of this cup and the $7.5 million attached at each location.

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