Tiger Woods, playing superbly in wet conditions at his beloved Firestone Country Club, cruised to an eight-shot victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday.

One stroke behind pacesetting Rory Sabbatini at the start of the day, Woods fired a five-under-par 65 to win the tournament he has almost made his own for a record sixth time, and a third year in a row.

The world number one overhauled Sabbatini with three birdies in the first four holes before romping to his 58th PGA Tour career title and fourth this season.

He twice chipped in from just off the green en route to an eight-under total of 272 and a 14th individual victory in a World Golf Championships (WGC) event.

Britain's Justin Rose fired a four-birdie 68 to climb into a share of second place with South African Sabbatini (74) at level par, one ahead of American Chris DiMarco (70) and Australia's Peter Lonard (68).
"I like these things," Woods told reporters after earning a cheque for $1.35 million and his 11th WGC strokeplay title in 17 starts.

"I just got in my own little world, like I tend to do every now and then, and I wanted to not make any mistakes out there today," added the American, who holed a 12-foot par putt at the last for the only bogey-free round of the day.

Meanwhile, India's Jeev Milkha Singh floundered with his iron-play and managed only a 76, his highest for the week, and dropped to 51st place. Jeev, the Asian Tour No 1 in 2006, finished with a 14-over-par 294 total. The Indian ace had two double bogeys on the front and four bogeys on the back nine. He sank two birdies.

Atwal finishes 54th
Arjun Atwal had a disastrous triple bogey on a par-five on the back nine and ended with a two-over-par 73 card that saw him drop to tied 54th at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open golf championship, adds PTI.
Atwal, attempting to make it back to the US PGA Tour, saw his hopes suffer a setback with two bogeys and one triple bogey though he did have four birdies. He finished with a five-under-par 279 total.

Brad Elder (65) emerged winner by four shots over Argentine Fabian Gomez.