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The 2009 Barclays Golf Tournament

Liberty National Golf Course

Jersey City, NJ

DAY 1: PRACTICE ROUND

AUGUST 25, 2009

© Reena Rose Sibayan / The Jersey Journal

South African professional golf player Ernie Els hits the ball out of a bunker.

A golfer tees off at the first hole.

Spectators seek relief from the heat in the shadow of the golfshop tent

as they watch professional golf players on the driving range.

Irish professional golfer Padraig Harrington, 2008 PGA Tour

Championship winner, watches his shot on the driving range.

Phil Mickelson, left, who has won three major championships, practices putting as he

socializes with other golfers and caddies. Second from right is Korean-American

golfer, Anthony Kim, who has won two PGA Tour tournaments.

A spectator waits for golfers to play on the 18th-hole fairway.

Golf player Ernie Els stops to sign autographs for fans.

DAY 2: CLASSIC PRO-AM

AUGUST 26, 2009

Tiger Woods, right, walks down the fairway with

the Statue of Liberty in the background.

Spectators snap photos as Tiger Woods tee off at one of the holes.

Tiger Woods bounces a ball on his golf club.

Tiger Woods laughs with his caddie, Steve Williams.

Tiger Woods walks to the next hole with Steve Williams.

Tiger Wood prepares to tee off at the 13th hole.

Tiger Woods tees off at the 11th hole.

Vijay Singh watches other golfers.

Vijay Singh makes a putt.

Vijay Singh signs autographs.

Phil Mickelson tees off at the ninth hole.

Phil Mickelson, center, gives Steve Pagliuca, Managing Partner and

Executive Committee Member of the Boston Celtics, a fist bump,

as Bob Diamond, president of Barclays PLC, right, laughs.

Phil Mickelson poses for a photo with a volunteer.

Phil Mickelson signs autographs.

Sergio Garcia signs autographs for fans as he makes his way to the next hole.

Ethan Kalalo, 6, of Staten Island, runs onto the

green to Padraig Harrington to get his autograph.

DAY 3: FIRST ROUND

AUGUST 27, 2009

Zach Johnson hits the ball out of a bunker at the 18th hole.

A volunteer holds up her arms to signal the crowd to be quiet and

to be still as a player gets ready to putt a ball at the 18th hole.

A thick crowd gathers near the 18th hole to watch Tiger Woods play.

Tiger Woods lines up his shot at the 18th hole.

Y. E. Yang of South Korea, who beat Tiger Woods two weeks prior at the

PGA Championship, holds up his ball after sinking it at the 18th hole.

The group of Phil Mickelson, Kenny Perry and Lucas

Glover makes its way toward the 2nd hole.

Phil Mickelson waves to and smiles at a fan.

DAY 4: SECOND ROUND

AUGUST 28, 2009

Spectators watch the tournament from under

an umbrella during a soggy second round.

Bill Haas tees off at the first hole.

Ryuji Imada hits the ball that fell out of

bounds while playing the 18th hole.

There are still some smiling faces in the crowd inspite of the rain.

A spectator doesn't seem to mind the rain

as he watches golfers at the first hole.