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Chevron World Challenge - Tiger Woods' life wasn't the only one that started to change dramatically a year ago this week. Graeme McDowell, a last-minute replacement for Woods in the Chevron World Challenge, had one of the best seasons in golf as he won the U.S. Open and played hero in Europe's winning Ryder Cup effort. Jim Furyk has known plenty of success in his career, but he had gone nearly three years without winning a tournament before he won the Chevron World Challenge a year ago. That was just the start of an incredible season. Furyk won three tournaments, the FedEx Cup and could win player of the year honors soon. No one on tour won more events. McDowell finished second here, earned critical World Golf Ranking points, got into the Masters and had a high enough ranking (48th in the world) to crack the top 50 to make the U.S. Open field at Pebble Beach. "It's been a life-changing season," McDowell said on Wednesday. "I'm looking forwa...