Australian Nick O'Hern ended Tiger Woods' US PGA Tour winning streak on Friday, stunning the world No. 1 in the third round of the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship.
O'Hern defeated Woods in 20 holes to send the superstar packing from the elite World Golf Championships event for the second time. O'Hern beat Woods in the second round in 2005 at La Costa when the US player was the two-time defending champion.
"My swing didn't feel very good all day," said Woods, who lost four holes in a row from the fourth to fall 4-down.
"It was a struggle," he said. "I had a two-way miss going. If you hit it right or left you can play for it, but I had the combo thing going today."
Characteristically, Woods was able to claw his way back into the match, tying it on the 15th hole.
O'Hern won the 17th hole to go to the 18th at 1-up, but Woods made a clutch 1.6m birdie putt on the 18th to win the hole and extend the match.
He appeared poised for a victory at the 19th hole, but missed a 1.3m putt.
"The 19th hole, I thought it was game-over," admitted O'Hern. "But he gave me a break."
At the second extra hole, Woods made another bogey, leaving O'Hern with a 4.3m putt to win it.
O'Hern converted to secure his spot in the quarter-finals and end Woods' streak at seven tournaments, starting with the British Open in July.
Woods' run of US Tour victories was the second-longest in US PGA history, trailing only the 11 in a row by Byron Nelson in 1945.
O'Hern next faces Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who made short work of Australian Aaron Baddeley 4 and 3.
A day after eliminating Masters champion Phil Mickelson, England's Justin Rose was just as impressive in a 3 and 2 victory over US player Charles Howell.
Pars on the first seven holes were enough to put Rose 3-up.
He birdied the next two holes to go 5-up at the turn and take a stranglehold on the match.
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