Roundup | Woods earns titles, $10 million bonus

ATLANTA — This so-called new era in golf had a familiar ending.

Tiger Woods said he never paid much attention to the FedEx Cup until it was shining before him on a pedestal on the 18th green Sunday at East Lake. The world's top-ranked player figured his name would be the first engraved on the new trophy as long as he kept winning tournaments.

And there was never a doubt.

In his final event of another spectacular season, Woods closed with a 4-under-par 66 to shatter the tournament record and take The Tour Championship by eight strokes for his second straight victory in these PGA Tour Playoffs.

The new twist? Woods came away from one tournament with two trophies.

Along with earning $1.26 million for winning The Tour Championship for his seventh PGA Tour title of the year and 61st of his career, Woods was a runaway winner of the four-tournament FedEx Cup and the $10 million that goes into a retirement account.

"I don't look at what the purse is, or the prize money," the 31-year-old Woods said. "You play. And when you play, you play to win, period. That's how my dad raised me, is you go out there and win. If you win, everything will take care of itself. You take great pride in what you do on the golf course, and when you're able to win events, that's when you can go home and be very proud of what you've done."

If this was supposed to be golf's version of the Super Bowl, Woods spent much of the final round taking a knee. He finished at 23-under 257 — the lowest 72-hole score of his career — and surpassed the event's record by six shots.

Masters champion Zach Johnson (68) and Mark Calcavecchia (71) tied for second.

Steve Stricker (67) tied for 17th place to finish second in the FedEx Cup, worth $3 million in retirement money.

Woods won by at least eight shots for the eighth time in his career. He pushed his season earnings to $10,867,052, which is $38,114 short of the Tour record set by Vijay Singh in 29 tournaments in 2004. Woods played 16 events this year.

Other tournaments

• R.W. Eaks won his second Champions Tour title of the year, closing with a 2-under 70 to hold off Jay Haas (66) and Rod Spittle (69) by two strokes in the Greater Hickory Classic in Conover, N.C.

Eaks, 55, finished with a 17-under 199 total to surpass the tournament record of 200 set by Haas in 2005. Eaks earned $240,000.

• Denmark's Soren Hansen won the Mercedes-Benz Championship, making two late eagles for a 5-under 67 and a four-stroke victory in Pulheim, Germany. He finished at 17-under 271.

• Kyle Thompson won a three-way playoff to take the Nationwide Tour's Oregon Classic in Junction City. Thompson (67), Jon Turcott (69) and Matthew Jones (66) were at 17-under 271 after 72 holes. Thompson had two birdies in two playoff holes and earned $85,500.