Woods wins again

12 April 2012

A truly dazzling closing 63 gave Tiger Woods an amazing fifth successive victory on Monday.

Three behind Vijay Singh overnight, the world number one won the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston by two from the Fijian and so continued his summer domination of the sport.

After missing the halfway cut at the US Open in his first appearance since the death of his father, Woods has followed a second place at the Western Open with wins in the Open, Buick Open, US PGA Championship, Bridgestone World Championship and now this.

The 30-year-old turned his three-shot deficit into a three-stroke lead by going to the turn in 30, grabbing eagles at the second and seventh and birdies on the third and fifth.

Singh, who had charged clear of the field with his US Tour best 61 in the third round, cut the gap back to two on the 12th and looked set to be only one behind when he almost pitched in at the 15th.

But Woods responded with a 14-footer for a matching birdie three and rolled home a 25-foot putt two holes later to kill off the challenge of the man who had taken the world number one spot off him by beating him head-to-head in this event two years ago.

It is the first time in his career Woods has won five straight tournaments, although from August 1999 to February 2000 he did capture six US Tour titles in a row. The record is the 11 of Byron Nelson in 1945.

Britain's Justin Rose, the halfway leader and joint second with Woods after 54 holes, bogeyed four of the first five holes, but rallied to finish in a tie for fourth.

Woods' next three appearances are all in Europe - the HSBC World Match Play at Wentworth next week, then the Ryder Cup and then the American Express World Championship at The Grove near Watford.

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