LEMONT, Ill. — One day after his course-record 62 gave him a seven-shot lead, Tiger Woods made sure no one else had a chance Sunday in the BMW Championship at Cog Hill. He closed with a 3-under-par 68 for an eight-shot victory over Jim Furyk and Marc Leishman.
It was Woods’ sixth victory of the year and assured him of the No. 1 ranking going into the final tournament of the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. Woods won for the fifth time at Cog Hill, and it was his 10th career victory by at least eight shots.
He finished at 19-under 265 for his 71st career victory, leaving him two short of Jack Nicklaus for second on the PGA Tour’s career list. Woods also tied Sam Snead with his sixth season of at least six victories.
U.S. wins Walker Cup.
The United States won its third straight Walker Cup, taking five singles matches and halving another for a 16 1/2-9 1/2 victory over Great Britain and Ireland at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
Americans Ricky Fowler and Peter Uihlein won all four of their weekend matches, and Cameron Tringale won in an 8-and-6 romp in the third-largest winning margin by a U.S. player in singles.
The U.S. team’s margin of victory was the largest since an 18-6 win in 1997, at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y. The Americans lead the series 34-7-1.
Footnote.
Jiyai Shin shot a 7-under 64, then beat Angela Stanford and Sun Young Yoo on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Ark.
