Retief Goosen birdied four of the last six holes (AP) Goosen and Mickelson win Battle July 25, 2005 GolfWeb Wire Services RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. -- Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson put away Tiger Woods and John Daly so convincingly that they barely needed the lights in the Lincoln Financial Battle at The Bridges. Advertisement Goosen, a late substitute for the exhibition, birdied five of the last seven holes and six overall as he and Mickelson beat Woods and Daly 5 and 3 on Monday night. "Tonight was great," Goosen said. "I haven't been putting that well, really. But these greens are so good out there. The greens felt like you couldn't miss a putt out here." Woods was a loser in the seventh installment of Monday Night Golf in which his record is 4-3. He was playing eight days after his dominating British Open win. He also won the Masters and was second in the U.S. Open. Organizers had portable lights set up on the 15th green and along the final three holes. But Goosen ended the match in the fading twilight when he hit an approach shot within 4 feet on the par-4, 411-yard 15th, then sank a birdie putt. Woods and Daly needed to win the 15th to keep the best-ball match going, but both got into trouble with errant tee shots. Daly and Goosen flew in from Germany on Sunday night after playing in the Players' Championship of Europe. Daly tied for third and Goosen missed the cut of the rain-delayed tournament, meaning he had to wait around a day to catch a ride on Daly's private jet. Retief Goosen birdied four of the last six holes (AP) The exhibition at the exclusive Bridges club north of San Diego was fairly unremarkable until Goosen made consecutive birdie putts on the par-4 10th and the par-3 11th -- Woods missed birdie putts on both holes -- for a 3-up lead. Goosen had missed his first three greens of the match. It didn't hurt that Mickelson provided local knowledge. He's a member at The Bridges. After Woods birdied the 426-yard, par-4 12th, Mickelson hit a sand wedge to eight inches on the 379-yard, par-4 13th and was conceded a birdie putt that restored he and Goosen's 3-up lead. Goosen then birdied the par-4 14th after Woods rolled a birdie putt just left. "It was fun to be on the same team," Mickelson said. "It's bit me on the rear in the past, playing against him, and I wanted to break that putter many times. Tonight, it was fun to have it on my side." Despite losing, Daly provided plenty of humor in the match. On the driving range about an hour before the match, in the blazing sun, Daly hit four shots and declared: "That's it. I'm sweating," then stepped back and lit a cigarette. After hitting out of a bunker on No. 3, he said: "This is some thick stuff. A fat man can get lost in this." The hefty Daly emerged from the trap and weakly rolled his first putt. "Remind me, I've got to hit it next time," he quipped to Woods. Daly's next drive found the water. "Talk about the shot of the day," he said. "I feel like diving in there to wake up, I guess. That's just horrible." Daly hates flying, and was asked what effect the 11-hour flight from Germany had on him. "You can't pull over and get any food," he cracked.