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Tiger pumps his fist after scoring an eagle on the par-5 second.
Tiger Woods posted a 5-under 65 for the second consecutive day to capture the 2009 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational by two strokes over Robert Allenby (66) and Padraig Harrington (72).
The win is the 70th of Woods' career on the PGA Tour in 248 career starts (234 as a professional). As a result, he moves within three victories of tying Jack Nicklaus (73 wins) for second place on the all-time PGA Tour wins list. Sam Snead, with 82 wins, leads the list. The win is worth 550 FedExCup points and keeps Woods (3,101 points) firmly planted in the top spot on the points list with just two events remaining before the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup begin at The Barclays. He leads Steve Stricker by 946 points. Woods becomes the first player to win a stroke-play event seven times on the same golf course on either the PGA Tour or the European Tour. Only Sam Snead has more victories in a single tournament (eight wins in Greensboro), but he performed the feat on different courses. Here's a list of players who have won six (or more) times on the same golf course on the PGA Tour: • Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational seven times at Firestone: 1999-2001, 2005-07, 2009• Woods won the Buick Invitational six times at Torrey Pines (a two-course rotation was used for the tournament): 1999, 2003, 2005-08
• Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational six times at Bay Hill: 2000-03, 2008-09
• Alex Ross won the North & South Open six times at Pinehurst: 1902, 1904, 1907-08, 1910, 1915
• Jack Nicklaus won the Masters six times at Augusta National: 1963, 1965-66, 1972, 1975, 1986
• Sam Snead won the Miami Open six times at Miami Springs Golf & Country Club: 1937, 1939, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1955
Woods won the Memorial Tournament for the fourth time in his career earlier this season. He has now followed each of his four wins at the Memorial with a victory at the Bridgestone Invitational (1999, 2000-01, 2009).
In 10 starts, Woods has never finished lower than fourth at the Bridgestone Invitational, having finished fourth in 2002 and tying for fourth in 2003. Woods will enter the PGA Championship seeking to win for the third consecutive week on the PGA Tour for the third time in his career. The others came in 1999 (Disney, TOUR Championship, American Express) and 2006 (PGA Championship, Bridgestone Invitational, Deutsche Bank Championship). The only player to win on the PGA Tour the week before the Bridgestone Invitational and then go on to capture the WGC event was Tiger Woods, who did so in 2000, 2006 and 2009. The first two seasons he followed up his victory at the PGA Championship with a win at Firestone Country Club. This year's win at the Bridgestone Invitational followed his third-career victory at the Buick Open. Woods has won 16 World Golf Championships events in 30 previous starts:
Bridgestone Invitational - 1999, 2000-01, 2005-07, 2009
Accenture Match Play Championship - 2003-04, 2008
CA Championship - 1999, 2002-03, 2005-07
Woods has come from behind 20 times (of 67 stroke-play wins) in his career. Six of those 10 wins have been by three shots or more, including three this season.
