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Toms keeps Match Play in proper perspective - North County Times

Three weeks later, at the 84 Lumber Classic in Pennsylvania, another disaster of sorts struck Toms.He Was carted off on a stretcher with an oxygen mask strapped over his mouth as his heart raced out of control, up to 170 beats a minute. Toms Was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, an electrical problem with the heart. He had surgery in November to correct the ailment.Now, the 39-year-old Toms returns to La Costa this week for the final time, as the World Golf Championships event is moving to Arizona starting in 2007. He arrives without "any health issues at all" and a new sense of purpose, having raised More than $1.5 million for Katrina relief through his foundation.Considering all he has been through since his last visit to North County, he's a defending champion with plenty of perspective."I knew people who lost their homes, their businesses, work," said Toms, who estimates his foundation has been able to help More than 600 families affected by the Hurricane, primarily in the northwest region of his home state. "I heard a different story every day of people that I knew. I had a friend who Was missing for a while. It just shows you how - More available

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