His only victory this season came in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and he has had seven other top-five finishes but he has not won a major since the 2002 US Open.

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Although reaction to Woods' statement has been largely positive, Faldo said the timing of it had overshadowed this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona, which began on Wednesday and continues to Sunday.

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He began the year 41st and without a win for almost two years, but so far in 2009 has lifted titles in Abu Dhabi and now the U.S. and he also reached the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona.

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World No. 18 Woods, who slipped out of the top 50 last year, will also line up at next week's WGC Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona next week -- an event he has won three times.

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