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He wins. A lot. No matter the tournament, big or faux, he will probably win it, and smile big with the trophy. Monday, in New York, Tiger Woods added another trophy to his case -- the Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge, a skins game Notah, a former teammate of Tiger's, put together to help benefit the Oneida Indian Nation of New York and San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of California.

He won on Monday, and made it a little dramatic. What, you'd expect it to be anything less? Trailing Camilo Villegas in the skins category, after Villegas made a birdie on 14 worth $180,000, Woods went on to win the next three holes, pulling in $230,000 and five skins for the day. Game over. Tiger won. Tip your waitress ... again.

When Phil Mickelson put the finishing touches on his second round 76 at the Shell Houston Open, one thing was for sure -- on any given day, Lefty can be both the best and worst professional golfer on the planet.

Just three weeks ago, after Mickelson won his second tournament of the season at the CA Championship, I wrote the following -- "Mickelson is the clear favorite for the year's first major, something he has earned over the last month."

After 77-76 at Houston in windy conditions, Lefty ended Saturday four people from last place, finishing t-134 out of 140 golfers that didn't withdraw from the event.

A lot of "experts" talk about Camilo Villegas like he is still one of the next big stars. The thing is, the extremely good looking, muscular, Colombian hero who probably lands more women than a Gynecology waiting room doesn't really ever win. Honestly, he's probably best known for the maneuver he's doing in the picture that is supposed to help him reads putts better (?).

On Tuesday, Villegas fans can take solace in his victory at a skins game event, where he took home the gold with a chip-off against Vijay Singh, Mike Weir, Stewart Cink and Notah Begay III.

The rising Colombian star won a chipoff Tuesday against Singh, Weir, Cink, and Begay III to walk away with top money at the inaugural Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge at Turning Stone Resort's Atunyote Golf Club.

Villegas' winning pitch on the extra hole of the skins game competition boosted his earnings for the day to $220,000. Singh won two holes to finish with $180,000, and Cink finished with one skin worth $100,000 from the total purse of $500,000.

Now I know what you're probably asking yourself, so let me answer all the fuzziness for you. Yes, a chip-off is the lamest thing possible to decide the victor. The only thing worse than that is tossing a tee in the air and seeing who it points to. Yes, like you I was about a month away from totally forgetting who Notah Begay was. Yes, there could be a more random five-some on the PGA Tour, but not by much (I'm picturing a little K.J. Choi, Ian Poulter and Fuzzy Zoeller).

I guess the budding star that is Villegas will have this to hang his hat on. Sure, he's been on tour for three seasons without a victory, but the next time he is in that situation, I'm sure this chip-off victory will be that experience he's needed to finally pull through.