Carlsbad, Mar 01: World number five Love was in the fairway but dumped his approach into the front bunker.
Woods's third stroke found the green, about 20 feet from the pin, and he converted his putt for a four while Love splashed out to four feet but failed to sink his birdie effort.
The match remained all square until Love won the 16th and 17th but he missed another short putt on the 18th that allowed Woods to cut the deficit to one hole.
Love did not win another hole after the 17th. After admitting he played much better to win the title in 2003, Woods said he was still satisfied with his performance this week.

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