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New Year, familiar story…. Tiger Woods earned his 62nd career tour victory at Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla, California, when he won the Buick Invitational and in so doing  drew level with Arnold Palmer to tie fourth place on the PGA Tour’s all-time winners list.  Woods fired a one-under par 71 on Sunday to win the 5.2 million-dollar event for a fourth consecutive time, by eight shots over Japan’s Ryuji Imada.

The tournament was  all but over at the end of the third day with Woods posting a score of 18-under, a lead of 8 strokes, the biggest in the tournament’s history.  It seemed his fellow competitors were also waiving the white flag at this stage with Boo Weekley suggesting “I think he ought to just play with a 2-iron.” and Justin Leonard admitting  “There’s two tournaments going on. I’m going to try to win the tournament that Tiger’s not playing.” Joe Durant summed it up when he said  “We’re trying, but the guy is unbelievable. He’s playing fantastic.”  The rest of the field will not be encouraged by the fact that the South Course at Torrey Pines is also the venue for this summer’s US Open.

Woods has won the last four PGA Tour events he’s entered going back to last season, when he finished the year by capturing the first FedEx Cup title. He is now two titles away from equalling Ben Hogan (64), with Sam Snead (82) and Jack Nicklaus (73) heading the leaders board.

On tying with  Arnold Palmer for fourth on the all-time list Palmer said. “I’m sure that there are many, many more (wins) coming in the future. There isn’t any question about that. I wish him all the luck in the world.”

The PGA Tour moves on to Scottsdale, Arizona, next week for the $6 million FBR Open, where Mickelson is the defending champion. Woods has opted instead to play in the Dubai Desert Classic.

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