TIGER WOODS won his sixth straight tournament title and passed Arnold Palmer on the U.S. PGA Tour’s all-time wins list with a record-setting victory in the final of the World Golf Championships Match Play event Sunday.

Woods beat Stewart Cink 8 and 7 at the Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, the most lopsided final victory in the event’s nine-year history. Woods now has 63 PGA Tour wins in 13 seasons, moving the world’s No. 1 golfer past Palmer and leaving him two shy of passing Ben Hogan for third all-time.

“I could never have foreseen my victory total being this high,’’ Woods, who also won match play titles in 2003 and 2004, said during a news conference. “I knew I was going to get better, but I didn’t think I was going to have this victory total when I first turned pro.’’

Woods, 32, received US$1.35 million for his victory, which capped a five-day stretch in which he made birdie or eagle on 51 of 117 holes in winning matches against J.B. Holmes, Arron Oberholser, Aaron Baddeley, K.J. Choi, Henrik Stenson and Cink.

“I could have easily played 16 and then been home, that’s the fickleness of match play,’’ Woods said. “If I didn’t make a run against J.B., I wouldn’t be here.’’(SD-Agencies)

TIGER WOODS won his sixth straight tournament title and passed Arnold Palmer on the U.S. PGA Tour’s all-time wins list with a record-setting victory in the final of the World Golf Championships Match Play event Sunday.

Woods beat Stewart Cink 8 and 7 at the Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, the most lopsided final victory in the event’s nine-year history. Woods now has 63 PGA Tour wins in 13 seasons, moving the world’s No. 1 golfer past Palmer and leaving him two shy of passing Ben Hogan for third all-time.

“I could never have foreseen my victory total being this high,’’ Woods, who also won match play titles in 2003 and 2004, said during a news conference. “I knew I was going to get better, but I didn’t think I was going to have this victory total when I first turned pro.’’

Woods, 32, received US$1.35 million for his victory, which capped a five-day stretch in which he made birdie or eagle on 51 of 117 holes in winning matches against J.B. Holmes, Arron Oberholser, Aaron Baddeley, K.J. Choi, Henrik Stenson and Cink.

“I could have easily played 16 and then been home, that’s the fickleness of match play,’’ Woods said. “If I didn’t make a run against J.B., I wouldn’t be here.’’(SD-Agencies)