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| January 30, 2007 | Tuesday | Muharram 10, 1428 |
Woods makes history with 7th straight win
SAN DIEGO, Jan 29: Tiger Woods carved out another slice of history with a two-shot victory at the Buick Invitational on Sunday, his seventh consecutive title on the PGA Tour and the 55th of his career.
Only fellow American Byron Nelson, with an astonishing run of 11 victories in 1945, has a superior winning streak on the world's biggest circuit.
Two strokes off the pace at the start of the day, Woods eagled the par-five ninth on his way to a six-under-par 66 and a fifth triumph in 10 starts at Torrey Pines.
The world No 1 one also rattled up five birdies and one bogey to finish on 15-under 273, one ahead of compatriot Charles Howell III (68).
PGA Tour rookie Brandt Snedeker, surprise leader for the first three rounds, birdied the last for a 71 and third place at 12 under.
Woods won the Buick Invitational for the third year in a row.
Four players held at least a share of the lead on the last day before the tournament was effectively decided over 10 gripping minutes midway through the back nine.
Australian rookie Andrew Buckle, two ahead at 15 under, fell back with a double-bogey at the 12th where he missed the fairway to the right off the tee and overshot the green with his third shot.
Jeff Quinney, tied for the lead with Buckle and Woods at 13 under, ran up a double-bogey six on 14 after finding a bunker with his approach and taking two more strokes to reach the green.
Buckle bogeyed three of the last four holes for a 72 to share fourth place at 11 under with Americans Bubba Watson (67) and Mark Calcavecchia (69).
Three-time champion Phil Mickelson carded a 74 to finish in a tie for 51st at one under, two strokes worse than world number six Vijay Singh (70)
Leading final-round scores:
273 Tiger Woods (US) 66, 72, 69, 66.
275 Charles Howell III (US) 70, 64, 73, 68.
276 Brandt Snedeker (US) 61, 70, 74, 71.
277 Bubba Watson (US) 67, 74, 69, 67; Mark Calcavecchia (US) 66, 74, 68, 69; Andrew Buckle (Australia) 66, 71, 68, 72.
278 Bart Bryant (US) 66, 73, 70, 69; Jeff Quinney (US) 64, 74, 70, 70.
279 Ian Poulter (Britain) 72, 68, 71, 68; Robert Allenby (Australia) 70, 70, 71, 68; Rich Beem (US) 67, 68, 73, 71; Charlie Wi (South Korea) 63, 72, 73, 71; Nick Watney (US) 69, 69, 70, 71.
280 Stewart Cink (US) 68, 71, 71, 70; Kevin Sutherland (US) 65, 71, 70, 74.
281 Lee Janzen (US) 72, 66, 74, 69; Michael Putnam (US) 71, 66, 74, 70; Ryan Moore (US) 70, 69, 73, 69; Ryuji Imada (Japan) 68, 71, 69, 73.
282 Craig Kanada (US) 66, 75, 72, 69; Stephen Marino (US) 65, 74, 71, 72; Bill Haas (US) 69, 66, 72, 75.
283 Bob Estes (US) 70, 71, 71, 71; Dudley Hart (US) 71, 68, 72, 72; Brett Wetterich (US) 70, 71, 70, 72; Parker McLachlin (US) 70, 67, 76, 70; Gavin Coles (Australia) 65, 75, 71, 72; Robert Garrigus (US) 65, 73, 72, 73; Kevin Stadler (US) 68, 72, 69, 74; Troy Matteson (US) 71, 67, 69, 76.
284 Mark Wilson (US) 73, 68, 71, 72; Charley Hoffman (US) 72, 67, 73, 72; John Senden (Australia) 64, 75, 75, 70; Steve Allan (Australia) 67, 73, 71, 73; Cameron Beckman (US) 70, 68, 72, 74; Tripp Isenhour (US) 71, 70, 73, 70; Johnson Wagner (US) 65, 74, 70, 75; Cliff Kresge (US) 65, 72, 71, 76.
285 Mark O'Meara (US) 70, 69, 74, 72; Jamie Lovemark (US) 66, 74, 73, 72; D.J. Brigman (US) 66, 70, 77, 72; Tom Johnson (US) 74, 67, 69, 75; Rich Barcelo (US) 70, 68, 71, 76; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 75, 66, 74, 70.Reuters
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