Tiger Woods hasn't won a European or PGA Tour tournament in more than two years, and Robert Rock (and his hair) have made Woods wait at least two more weeks.

Rock won the European Tour's Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Sunday by one stroke over Rory McIlroy, with Woods among a group tied for third, two behind Rock.

Woods and Rock shared the third-round lead, but in the final round Rock carded a 2-under 70 to Woods' even-par 72. Woods started the back nine with a bogey, then made eight straight pars to the finish.

Woods won in his last start of 2011, at his own Chevron World Challenge. But that short-field tournament is not a tour event. Tiger's last win in an official tour tournament was at the 2009 JB Were Masters in Australia, an Australasian Tour tournament co-sponsored by the European Tour. Woods' last PGA Tour victory was the 2009 BMW Championship.

But for the most part, Woods' swing looked great in Abu Dhabi this week, just as it did a little more than a month ago when Tiger won the Chevron. Putting remains an issue. It's probably the case that Woods is about to be a regular winner again; it's definitely the case that he's going to be regularly in contention again going forward.

Woods' next opportunity is in two weeks at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Yes, Tiger Woods won the last tournament he played in 2011, and when you haven't won in two years - when you're struggling to return to form, to the form of the greatest player on the planet, from swing changes, injuries and personal troubles - any win is a good win. But Woods' win in his own Chevron World Challenge was not a tour win.

Can Woods finally get another tour win on Sunday at the European Tour's Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship? He ended Saturday tied for the lead with Robert Rock at 11-under. Woods' scores have improved each round, from 70 to 69, then to 66. He had four birdies, including one on No. 18, over a back-nine 32 on Saturday.

Once again, though, Tiger's putting hasn't been great, with two rounds of 30 or more putts (including 35 in Round 1). Whether Tiger pulls out the win or not on Sunday will come down to his putting.

Rory McIlroy is among the golfers tied two strokes behind Woods and Rock, and McIlroy would be tied at the top if not for a penalty during the second round. McIlroy brushed sand out of his putting line, but unfortunately for Rory the area he brushed included the fringe. Sand is a loose impediment when it's on the green; off the green it's not, and the fringe is off the green.

Abu Dhabi scoreboard

Callaway Golf used its time at the ongoing PGA Merchandise Show to unwrap its lineup of new clubs and balls for 2012. The headliner was the RAZR Fit driver, which was actually first introduced a few weeks ago and featured on About.com here.

So it's the other stuff - and there is still plenty of other stuff - in the 2012 Callaway lineup that we focus on in this gallery.

That includes the RAZR X Black driver, plus multiple sets of irons, along with fairway woods, hybrids, wedges and balls. View Callaway's coming clubs for 2012.

Meg Mallon will captain the United States team at the 2013 Solheim Cup, the LPGA announced on Thursday.

The 2013 Solheim Cup takes place at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colo., Aug. 16-18.

Nobody can doubt Mallon's qualifications for the role. She's an 18-time winner on the LPGA Tour, including four major championships, who is very popular with her peers and younger players alike. She's also well-prepared for the role, having served as an assistant captain at the 2009 Solheim Cup, and as the captain for Team USA at the 2011 Junior Solheim Cup.

Mallon also played in eight Solheims, earning the second-most points (16.5) of any American golfer in the competition. Her win-loss record as a player is 13-9-7.

Team Europe has yet to name its captain for 2013.

See also:
Meg Mallon biography and career details