LA JOLLA (California), Jan 29: World No 2 Tiger Woods captured his 75th career title on Monday, winning the US PGA Farmers Insurance Open by four strokes for his record-setting eighth career triumph at Torrey Pines.

Despite struggling in windy conditions on Monday, Woods showed flashes of the form that has brought him 14 major titles, four shy of the all-time record of 18 won by Jack Nicklaus.

Woods won his most recent major crown at the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines and has also won the PGA event staged at Torrey Pines seven times. No other PGA player has won so many times on a single course.

Woods, who also has won PGA events seven times at Bay Hill and Firestone, moved closer to the all-time record of 82 triumphs set by the late Sam Snead.

A fog delay that wiped out almost all play on Saturday led to the Monday finish, with darkness halting Woods’ final round on Sunday after seven holes.

Woods completed a final-round par 72 on Monday despite going three-over in the closing stretch, finishing 72 holes on 14-under par 274. Fellow Americans Brandt Snedeker, the 2012 winner, and Josh Teater shared second on 278.

Woods had two bogeys and a double bogey between the 14th and 17th holes, but the 37-year-old golf legend managed a par at the par-5 18th to close out the victory.

After missing the cut in his season opener at Abu Dhabi, Woods collected his first victory since last July at the US PGA National at Congressional. Taking the $1.08 million top prize at the $6.1 million event is a good omen for Woods.

In all six prior years when Woods won the PGA event at Torrey Pines, he won at least four tournaments that year. In five of those six years, he won a major title that year.

Woods appeared set to threaten the tournament victory margin record he set in 2008 when he won by eight strokes but poor tee shots in the final holes swiped some of the magic from his dominating performance.

Leading final-round scores: 274 — Tiger Woods (US) 68, 65, 69, 72.278 — Brandt Snedeker (US) 65, 75, 69, 69; Josh Teater (US) 66, 70, 73, 69.

279 — Jimmy Walker (US) 67, 69, 72, 71; Nick Watney (US) 69, 68, 71, 71.

280 — Robert Garrigus (US) 72, 69, 72, 67; Rickie Fowler (US) 77, 65, 70, 68; Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 71, 72, 68, 69.

281 — Bill Haas (US) 69, 69, 72, 71; Graham DeLaet (Canada) 68, 70, 72, 71; Charles Howell III (US) 66, 72, 71, 72; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 65, 73, 71, 72; Jason Day (Australia) 73, 70, 72, 66; Brad Fritsch (Canada) 69, 67, 70, 75.

282 — Hunter Mahan (US) 69, 72, 69, 72; Brendon De Jonge (Zimbabwe) 74, 66, 73, 69; Tag Ridings (US) 67, 70, 71, 74; Erik Compton (US) 71, 65, 71, 75; Steve Marino (US) 68, 68, 73, 73; Casey Wittenberg (US) 69, 67, 72, 74.

283 — Chez Reavie (US) 71, 70, 74, 68; Nicholas Thompson (US) 69, 70, 72, 72; Pat Perez (US) 72, 67, 70, 74; Charlie Wi (South Korea) 71, 66, 75, 71; Ross Fisher (Britain) 66, 71, 73, 73; Luke Guthrie (US) 68, 69, 71, 75.

284 — Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68, 73, 70, 73; Gary Woodland (US) 72, 69, 69, 74; Brendan Steele (US) 67, 73, 71, 73; Cameron Tringale (US) 68, 72, 69, 75; Jerry Kelly (US) 67, 71, 78, 68; Noh Seung-Yul (South Korea) 71, 72, 72, 69; John Senden (Australia) 69, 68, 74, 73.

285 — Boo Weekley (US) 74, 67, 73, 71; Charley Hoffman (US) 70, 72, 74, 69; Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 70, 72, 72, 71; David Lynn (Britain) 67, 75, 73, 70; Martin Flores (US) 69, 69, 76, 71.—Agencies