Tiger Woods chalks up victory No 71

- and he does it by EIGHT strokes

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By Trent Baker
Tiger Woods cruised to a comfortable eight-shot victory in the BMW Championship in Illinois last night to move to the top of top of the FedEx Cup standings.
The American's victory at Cog Hill was the 71st of his illustrious career and came as no surprise after his sublime course-record 62 in Saturday's third round.Coming into the day with a near unassailable seven-shot lead, Woods won by eight strokes to close in on the legendary Jack Nicklaus.
The win – Woods' sixth this season – came courtesy of a round of 68 yesterday to finish 19-under-par overall, eight clear of compatriot Jim Furyk and Australian Marc Leishman.
"It felt like we had a tournament within a tournament," Furyk said. "Tiger was seven ahead. He was kind of running away. It was kind of a tournament for second place."
Furyk's five-under round of 66 saw him make a late charge up the leaderboard though there was never any real chance of him overhauling Woods.
Leishman was two under on 69 yesterday with two birdies and no bogeys.
Padraig Harrington had been in and around all weekend but finished tied for sixth on six under with fellow European Sergio Garcia, of Spain, after a difficult round of 73. Garcia closed with a level-par 71.
England's Luke Donald was among four tied for 10th place after a 73 while countryman Ian Poulter shared 20th after a poor 75.Woods also tied Sam Snead with his sixth season of at least six victories.
Woods won for the first time since the USPGA Championship, where he lost a lead in the final round for the first time since he was 20. YE Yang rallied from two shots behind to beat him at Hazeltine, ending Woods' streak of never losing a major with at least a share of the lead.Cog Hill became the fourth course where Woods has won at least five times.

BMW CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
265 Tiger Woods 68 67 62 68
273 Jim Furyk 70 70 67 66, Marc Leishman (Aus) 67 69 68 69
274 Sean O'Hair 70 68 70 66
276 Zach Johnson 73 65 70 68
278 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 68 68 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 68 68 69 73
279 Kevin Na 72 72 65 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 68 74 71 66
280 Bill Haas 71 68 71 70, Matt Kuchar 71 68 66 75, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 69 68 73, Brandt Snedeker 69 69 66 76, Mark Wilson 69 66 71 74
281 Bo Van Pelt 67 69 72 73, Bubba Watson 69 68 70 74, Stephen Ames (Can) 76 67 69 69
282 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 66 70 72 74, Steve Marino 66 77 68 71
283 John Senden (Aus) 70 70 66 77, Mike Weir (Can) 72 69 71 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 71 68 75
284 Anthony Kim 69 69 72 74, Chad Campbell 70 70 72 72, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 72 72 71 69, David Toms 68 71 69 76, Kevin Sutherland 75 67 67 75, Stewart Cink 72 74 70 68
285 Robert Allenby (Aus) 75 74 67 69
286 Nick Watney 70 71 73 72, Jason Dufner 74 70 69 73, Charles Howell III 69 72 70 75, Dustin Johnson 69 73 71 73, Phil Mickelson 71 69 70 76, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 72 71 70 73, Tim Clark (Rsa) 78 69 73 66, Ryan Moore 71 72 75 68
287 Hunter Mahan 73 73 69 72, Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 73 72 71, John Rollins 73 65 74 75, Ernie Els (Rsa) 75 67 77 68, Heath Slocum 70 69 72 76, John Mallinger 68 76 69 74, Scott Verplank 70 75 72 70
288 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 70 72 75, Kenny Perry 77 69 70 72, Ben Crane 75 69 76 68, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 73 75 69 71
289 Jerry Kelly 76 73 69 71, Pat Perez 72 71 73 73, Justin Leonard 73 69 75 72, Davis Love III 74 77 67 71
290 Steve Stricker 72 73 68 77, Nathan Green (Aus) 73 74 73 70
291 Brian Gay 73 71 75 72, Woody Austin 76 72 72 71, Bryce Molder 70 73 71 77, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 73 75 75
292 Jason Bohn 71 74 74 73, Jason Day (Aus) 71 73 75 73
293 Charley Hoffman 73 71 72 77, Jeff Overton 72 68 75 78, Jonathan Byrd 69 79 73 72, Webb Simpson 70 74 73 76
297 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 71 78 73 75
299 Lucas Glover 74 75 71 79
300 Paul Goydos 74 72 73 81
304 J.B. Holmes 78 73 72 81