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Tiger used just 27 putts for the second time at Ridgewood on Sunday.
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Tiger Woods closed with a 4-under-par 67 Sunday to tie for 12th in The Barclays at steamy Ridgewood Country Club. He finished with a 72-hole total of 7-under 277.
As a result, Woods qualified for next week's Deutsche Bank Championship, the second of four events in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup. He entered the week ranked 112th on the points list and now stands 65th.
The top-ranked Woods is the defending champion and a two-time winner of the FedExCup.
Competing in his 10th tournament of the season, Sunday's finish marked Woods' third top-12 showing of the year and the first in a non-major. Previously, he tied for fourth in the Masters and the U.S. Open.
"I certainly haven't won all year," said Woods. "But this is a week that I was very close at. I felt that if I would have put together on the greens for all four days, I would have been right there. But looking forward to next week."
Paired with Michael Sim, Woods atoned for his disastrous first-hole start Saturday when he hooked his drive out of bounds and sustained a triple-bogey 7. On Sunday, he hit an iron down the fairway, knocked his approach shot from 148 yards to within five feet of the cup and sunk the birdie putt.
After a two-putt par at No. 2, Woods birdied the 588-yard, par-5 third. Two nice shots left him 64 yards from the putting surface, where he hit a wedge 29 feet from the hole and drained the putt.
Following a long two-putt par at No. 4, Woods made the first of two scrambling pars at the short par-4 fifth. He drove way left of the green, couldn't hold the putting surface with his second shot, chipped 13 feet from the cup and made the putt.
Woods hit his drive into the left rough again at the par-4 sixth, came up short with his second shot, then chipped 13 feet short of the cup and buried the par putt.
After two-putt pars at Nos. 7 and 8, Woods birdied the par-4 ninth. He split the fairway with his drive, flagged his second shot from 167 yards to within six feet of the hole and converted the putt to make the turn in 3-under 32.
Woods' lone bogey of the day came at the 230-yard, par-3 10th, where he missed the green right and the ball settled in thick rough. Woods gouged out his second shot 18 feet below the hole and two-putted.
At the par-4 11th, Woods kept his round going with another nice par save. He drove into the left rough, came up well short of the green with his second shot, then hit a sand wedge from 50 yards to within nine feet and drilled in the putt.
Woods nearly birdied the par-4 12th, leaving his 15-foot putt one inch short. But he did birdie the par-5 13th, sinking a 12-fott putt.
At the par-4 14th, Woods missed the green right but got up and down for par. He two-putted the 15th and 16th holes for pars, then made a nice birdie at the par-5 17th, pouring in a 13-foot putt.
Woods was unable to birdie the par-4 18th hole for the fourth consecutive day, but he did make a nice two-putt par from long distance to complete his round.
Among the positive signs for Woods were his ability to hit fairways, take advantage of the par-5s and putt well. Granted, he used mostly 3-woods off the tee, but he still led the field in fairways hit at 78.6 percent.
After struggling on par-5s in recent tournaments, Woods played the three par-5s at Ridgewood a combined 7-under during the week, including 3-under on Sunday.
His putter also heated up. Woods used 27 putts Thursday, 33 on Friday, 29 on Saturday and 27 on Sunday.
"Very pleased," said Woods. "And I found something in my stroke today which was good. I was warming up. And I went with it. And I hit a lot of good putts today."
Woods is still experimenting with swing changes implemented by instructor Sean Foley, but saw many good signs during The Barclays. For starters, he is hitting the ball longer and more solidly than he has in a long time.
"I've been through a lot in my career, so it's nothing unusual," said Woods. "I've just got to keep going with it and more than anything else be committed to what I'm doing on each and every shot."