World number one Tiger Woods defeated David Toms 2 and 1 in Sunday's 36-hole World Match-Play Championship final in California.
Woods, the reigning US Open and Masters champion, collected $1.05 million in first-place prize money at the event - his second title in three events since returning from knee surgery.
Woods won the match with a five-foot putt on the 17th hole of the second round after recovering from his second shot which landed in the bunker.
"I expect to go out and win every tournament I play in," said Woods. "That is my goal and I have accomplished my goal in two out of three weeks".
It took eighth-ranked Toms a full 18 holes to get warmed up on Sunday. Woods jumped out to such a big lead early that it looked for awhile like Toms should have pleaded food poisoning and called it a day.
Toms, the 2001 PGA champion, advanced to the final despite being slowed by a bout of food poisoning this week. He spent a couple of hours early on Friday in a hospital emergency ward after a chicken and shrimp meal at a restaurant.
"I had to play the best golfer in the world to win and I didn't have much golf this morning [Sunday]," said Toms. "I got down too far to come back".
AFP