POTOMAC, Md. -- You cannot play defense in golf, so in the end, there is nothing Tiger Woods could do about Francesco Molinari on Sunday at the Quicken Loans National.
The Italian (who has twice gone up against Woods in Ryder Cup singles) cruised to his first PGA Tour victory and eighth worldwide with a sizzling final round of 62 in searing conditions at TPC Potomac.
Woods, meanwhile, was left to fight for as high of a finish as he could, grinding as much as possible toward the top of the leaderboard in an effort to earn world ranking points, FedEx Cup points and momentum.