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Tiger Woods held off Chris DeMarco to win his 11th major tournament of his career including back to back British Opens. Tiger finished with a -5 67 round to win the 2006 British Open at Royal Liverpool by 2 strokes over DeMarco.

When Tiger sunk the final putt at the 18th hole he let out loud yes!!! and raised both arms in the air. Woods really needed this win to help him rebound from the loss of his father earlier in year. His father Earl Woods lost his long time battle with cancer.

After his triumphant celebration Tiger showed that he is also has a emotional side when he and his caddie hugged and Tiger buried his head in his caddie Steve Williams shoulder and sobbed. I am sure he would have loved for his father to see him win one more Major before he passed away. I am sure Earl Woods was smiling down on his son and was rightfully proud of his son.

Tiger Woods said of his show of emotion: "I could not stop it," Woods said. "I miss my dad so much." I think most people under the circumstances.

Tiger is now tied with Walter Hagen with 11 career major tournament victories and he is only 7 away from tying the great Jack Nichlaus with 18 career majors and Tiger is only 30 years old.

Leaderboard (Top 10 finishers)

1 Tiger Woods -18 F -5 67 65 71 67 270

-18 F -5 67 65 71 67 270

2 Chris DiMarco -16 F -4 70 65 69 68 272

-16 F -4 70 65 69 68 272

3 Ernie Els -13 F -1 68 65 71 71 275

4 Jim Furyk -12 F -1 68 71 66 71 276

5 Sergio Garcia -11 F 1 68 71 65 73 277

5 Hideto Tanihara -11 F -1 72 68 66 71 277

7 Angel Cabrera -10 F 1 71 68 66 73 278

-10 F 1 71 68 66 73 278

8 Carl Pettersson -9 F -3 68 72 70 69 279

-9 F -3 68 72 70 69 279

8 Andres Romero -9 F -1 70 70 68 71 279

-9 F -1 70 70 68 71 279

8 Adam Scott -9 F E 68 69 70 72 279

-9 F E 68 69 70 72 279

11 Ben Crane -8 F -2 68 71 71 70 280

11 S.K. Ho -8 F -2 68 73 69 70 280

-8 F -2 68 73 69 70 280

Kevin Harvick continues to be the class of the Busch Series with another win. He took the checkered flag just ahead of the hard charging the Clint Bowyer in the #2 AC-Delco Chevy owned by Richard Childress Racing. The smae Richard Childress that owns the #21 Coast Guard sponsored Chevy driven by Kevin Harvick.

The race wasn’t exactly exciting, unless you count the record setting number of cautions (19) at Martinsville Speedway for a Busch Series race. J.J. Yeley tallied several of the wrecks when for some reason he felt it necessary to drive through the cars in front of him, since passing was at a premium at the very narrow Martinsville track.

Steve Wallace was Yeley’s very first victim very early in the race and he never recovered barely finishing the race, he only completed 171 of the scheduled 250 laps. Since the Busch Series hasn’t been to Martinsville in 12 years most of the non Cup drivers haven’t even been on the track before this weekend. That pretty much left Steve Wallace and the other non Cup drivers at the mercy of the Buschwackers that have driven on the track in Nextel Cup Series.

This is Kevin Harvicks fourth win of the season and he extends his points lead over second place Carl Edwards to 348 points and 402 points over Clint Bowyer who is third in points. The nearest non Cup Series regular is Paul Menard (DEI owned #11) in 7th, 771 points behind leader Kevin Harvick. I fully expect Paul Menard to be moved up to the Cup Series next season and drive the #15 car, which has been sitting mostly idle except for a couple od races driven my Menard.

I have read rumors that DEI (Teresa Earnhardt) is looking to add a fourth Cup team and was also rumored to have been talking to MB2 racing to use some space in their shop, I guess because DEI’s famed Garage Mahal doesn’t have enough space for a fourth complete team. So I will just have to follow the developments of the fourth DEI team.

Top 10 finishers

1.	Kevin Harvick	Chevy
2.	Clint Bowyer	Chevy
3.	Denny Hamlin	Chevy
4.	Reed Sorenson	Dodge
5.	Johnny Sauter	Chevy
6.	Carl Edwards	Ford
7.	John Andretti	Ford
8.	Jason Leffler	Chevy
9.	J.J. Yeley	Chevy
10.	Jay Sauter	Chevy

Other notable finishers

12. Paul Menard  Chevy