WORLD GOLF CHALLENGE Harrington turns back Woods to win

Tiger had a chance to win, but had a poor swing on the final holes.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- Padraig Harrington had a six-stroke lead over Tiger Woods and a simple solution to winning the Target World Challenge.
His plan was to play conservatively, pick up a few birdies along the way and walk off the 18th green at Sherwood Country Club with a comfortable victory.
That's what happened Sunday, although the Irishman didn't count on so many detours.
"It wouldn't have been entertaining without the two of us," he said after surviving a roller-coaster ride over the final five holes to win by two strokes and claim the $1 million first prize, the largest payoff of his career.
Harrington's lead increased to eight strokes after only two holes, which was good.
He lost seven of those shots over the next 12 holes, which got the 15,000 people in attendance worked up over the chance to witness one of Woods' comebacks.
Tiger fails in end
What they got was a rare collapse.
He hit a 3-iron so far left into the trees on the par-5 16th that he couldn't take a backswing and had to chip in to save par. And when Woods needed a birdie on the 18th for any hope of a playoff, he pushed it far right of the green and wound up with bogey.
"I had a pretty good shot at it," Woods said. "I had two bad swings, and that cost me."
Despite a double bogey on the 14th hole that nearly cost him the tournament, Harrington rebounded by letting Woods make the rest of the mistakes.
Harrington closed with a 1-under 71 and finished at 268 for a two-stroke victory over Woods, who had to settle for a $500,000 check that he donated to the Tiger Woods Foundation.
"I was eight back at one point and I got it down to one on the last hole," Woods said after a 67. "I at least gave myself an opportunity."
That didn't seem possible after the Irishman started with back-to-back birdies and make clutch pars on the next two holes, living up to his reputation as "Houdini" because of his short game.
Key hole was 14th
Woods chipped away, closing the margin to three strokes when they came to the 14th hole and the silly season lived up to its reputation.
Harrington's drive landed in a large, rectangular area marked "ground under repair." He was entitled to a free drop, but that would have meant hitting a sharp draw around a big tree blocking his flight to the green.
Worse yet, he rushed the shot.
"I had stopped and went to the toilet on the way down the fairway. My caddie had the yardage and I hit the shot without thinking," Harrington said.
He should have aimed at the middle of the green, but played a draw that turned into a hard hook with his 7-iron. The ball caromed off the side of the hill, bounced off the cart path and into someone's backyard.
Harrington's next shot from the fairway wasn't that good, either, but he managed to hit a good chip to 5 feet and made the putt for double bogey. When Woods missed his 18-foot birdie putt, Harrington still had the lead.
"I figured he would make one bogey today, but I didn't count on the double bogey," Woods said. "He hit a bad shot and got a really bad break."
Woods failed to take advantage.
They parred the scary 15th, a par 3 down the hill and over water, and both were in the fairway on the par-5 16th.
Tiger struggles on 16th
Harrington reached the green, Woods went into the jungle.
His lie was so bad in the trees that he had to start his swing at the top, blasted through the thicket and watched his ball trickle down a hill behind a branch. He blasted that one through the green, then chipped in for par after Harrington had two-putted for birdie.
"I would have preferred a three-shot lead, but you have to expect that from Tiger," Harrington said of the chip-in.
Woods closed to within one stroke on the 17th his an 8-foot birdie, but his approach to the 18th hopped down the hill and ended his hopes.