The Week Aug. 21-27

?Knock on Woods
What does Tiger's W show us? That Jim Furyk needs to work on the putter.

?Tough Cookie
John Cook takes the kids to school. Wait till you see his plans for Ty Tryon (page G13).

?Smart
Heather Daly-Donofrio ( Yale '91) becomes the first Ivy League grad, man or woman, to win on tour.

?Gator Gold
What Florida started at the NCAAs, Bubba Dickerson finishes at the U.S. Amateur.

? PGA

The tape-delayed telecast of the final round of the NEC Invitational drew a 7.1 Nielsen rating, the second-highest Sunday number of the year after the Masters' 12.9....

The Woods-Furyk playoff at Firestone Country Club in Akron, which Woods ended with a birdie on the seventh extra hole, tied for the third longest in Tour history. The longest occurred at the Motor City Open in 1949, when Lloyd Mangrum and Cary Middlecoff were declared co-champions after 11 holes....

Cook, 43, shot eight-under 64s in the second and fourth rounds to win the Reno-Tahoe Open at Montreux Golf and Country Club by a shot over Jerry Kelly....

Bryce Molder, 22, making his pro debut, finished two back in third, and Charles Howell, 22, was fourth.

? LPGA