Golf Events / Joe Dyer / 08 September 2009 / Leave a Comment

Deutsche Championship victory powers world no.2 to top of the FedEx tree

Steve Stricker moved ahead of Tiger Woods in the FedEx Cup standings with victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship - but it's the world number one golfer who remains favourite to lift the end of season trophy.

Stricker birdied the 18th hole at TPC Boston to win the second tournament of this year's FedEx series, finishing a shot ahead of Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank. Padraig Harrington, Angel Cabrera and Dustin Johnson ended the tournament in a tie for fourth.

Forty-two-year-old Stricker is second favourite to win the FedEx Cup and can backed at odds of [4.3], Woods is still odds-on at [1.82] despite sitting nearly 1,000 points behind his fellow American in the standings.

Tiger traded at a low of [2.7] to win the Deutsche after threatening another famous final day comeback. Despite going out in 30 shots and shooting an eight under par 64, he ended the tournament five off Stricker.

The FedEx circus gets going again on Thursday with the BMW Championship at Cog Hill, Illinois. Camilo Villegas is the defending champion and currently trades at [80.0] to repeat.

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