Golf: He's back! Tiger Woods finishes second in close finish

Tiger Woods reacts on the second green during the final round of the Valspar Championship. photo / Getty

Tiger Woods finishes second at the Valspar Championship.

Ninth hole PAR - 8-under (fourth place) After a solid start to the day from the tee, Tiger is wayward at the ninth and finds the trees. 123 yards from the pin but a tree about 10 yards in front of him. He goes left of the tree and brings it back around to find the back of the green with seven feet to the hole. But his chip from the rough rolls by and he takes the par. Even through the first nine, two shots back from leader Paul Casey.

Eighth hole PAR - 8-under (fourth place) On the par three, Tiger hits a fantastic high draw and gets within seven feet of the pin. But his birdie attempt just rolls out. Wow. He was walking it in as well. Another missed chance for Tiger.

Paul Casey moves to 10-under with a birdie at 13 - this third straight birdie - and is the outright leader.

Seventh hole PAR - 8-under (fourth place) Narrow par four and Tiger finds middle fairway yet again. His approach is straight at the pin and is left with eight feet for birdie. The uphill putt doesn't have enough in it though.

Paul Casey meanwhile joins Rose at nine-under and Sergio Garcia is now at eight-under after a birdie at the 15th. Patrick Reed then makes it a three-way tie with a birdie at the eighth.

T1 - Justin Rose (-9) through 6
T1 - Paul Casey (-9) 12
T1 - Patrick Reed (-9) 8
T4 - Tiger Woods (-8) 7
T4 - Sergio Garcia (-8) 15

Three others at -7

Sixth hole PAR - 8-under (second place) Woods goes iron off the tee on the par four and finds middle fairway. His approach finds the front of the green and his lengthy birdie putt goes well past the hole. He's left with a 10-footer for par and sinks it.

1 - Justin Rose (-9) through 5
T2 - Tiger Woods (-8) 6
T2 - Paul Casey (-8) 11
T2 - Patrick Reed (-8) 6
T2 - Sam Burns (-8) 6
Three others at -7

Fifth hole PAR - 8-under (second place) It's a hole he birdied the first three days. Not today. Woods finds the bunker with his second on the par five. But he recovers nicely to find the front of the green from the sand. Eight footer for birdie misses right and he then has four feet for par which he drains. A hole back, Rose pars the fourth and still is the leader at nine-under.

1 - Justin Rose (-9) through 4
T2 - Tiger Woods (-8) 5
T2 - Patrick Reed (-8) 5
T2 - Sam Burns (-8) 6
Four others at -7

Fourth hole: BOGEY - 8-under (second) And there goes the lead just like that. On the first par three of the day, Tiger just carries the front-side bunker and his ball lands at the front of the green. He chips from 46 feet off the green and has four feet left for par. He pushes it to the left. Snedeker also bogeys the hole and drops back to seven-under.

At the third, Rose recovers from the bunker to walk away with a par and now holds the lead on his own. Overnight leader Corey Conners has started the day with two bogeys and sits in fourth.

Third hole PAR - 9-under (1st) Woods finds the centre of the green with his second shot and has a birdie putt on the par four. However the lengthy putt falls a foot short and he taps in for par. Snedeker saves par and remains and eight-under. Rose meanwhile pars the second and remains at nine-under.

Second hole: BIRDIE FOR TIGER! And he's in a share of the lead. Woods is now at nine-under with England's Justin Rose. Both are one-under for the day. Tiger's playing Brandt Snedeker drops a shot after a birdie at the first and is eight-under.