Looking Back to Sunday January 27
PGA Tour
Buick Invitational, Final Round
Tiger Woods shot a final-round one-under-par 71 to claim the Buick Invitational by eight shots. He finished 19 under par to win the event at Torrey Pines near San Diego for the fourth consecutive year and the sixth time overall. .



Buick Invitational
Final Leaderboard
Tiger Woods     $936,000    67-65-66-71-269 -19
Ryuji Imada     $561,600    69-72-69-67-277 -11
Rory Sabbatini          $301,600    67-75-70-67-279  -9
Stewart Cink    $301,600    68-69-69-73-279  -9
Justin Leonard          $208,000    76-68-65-72-281  -7
Phil Mickelson  $180,700    70-73-68-71-282  -6
Joe Durant              $180,700    70-70-67-75-282  -6
John Senden     $150,800    70-69-72-72-283  -5
Fred Couples    $150,800    71-69-71-72-283  -5
Stuart Appleby  $150,800    67-72-71-73-283  -5

From the Elias Sports Bureau: Woods becomes the third player in the last 50 years to win their first event of the year at least five times. He joins Phil Mickelson and Johnny Miller, who both also won their first event five times.

* Woods has an impressive record in season openers, finishing in the Top 10 in every one of his initial forays of a season as a professional except for his career debut back in 1996.  He's made his initial start of the season at the Buick Invitational the past three years, winning all 3 times and has won this tournament four consecutive years and six times overall.

Season Opening Starts
As A Professional

Tiger Woods
Year  Event                     Finish
2008  Buick Invitational        1st          
2007  Buick Invitational        1st
2006  Buick Invitational      1st
2005  Mercedes-Benz             T-3 
2004  Mercedes-Benz             T-4
2003    Buick Invitational      1st
2002    Mercedes-Benz           T-10 
2001    Mercedes-Benz           T-8
2000    Mercedes-Benz           1st
1999    Mercedes-Benz           T-5
1998    Mercedes-Benz           T-2
1997    Mercedes-Benz           1st
1996    Gr. Milwaukee Open      T-60

Tiger Woods in Season Debuts Since 1997
Wins                    6
Top 5 Finishes     10
Top 10 Finishes    12
>>1997: 1st full season on PGA TOUR

* The Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines is one of Tiger's most successful tourneys. He has won it 4 consecutive years, 5 times in the last 6 years, and 6 times in his career. Tiger has played there 11 times and finished no worse than a tie for 10th.

Tiger Woods
Buick Invitational, Career
Events             11
Wins                6
Top-10           11
Score to par    -158   

Winners at Buick Invitational
Since 1999
2008  Tiger Woods
2007  Tiger Woods
2006  Tiger Woods
2005  Tiger Woods
2004  John Daly
2003  Tiger Woods
2002  Jose Maria Olazabal
2001  Phil Mickelson
2000  Phil Mickelson
1999  Tiger Woods




Tiger Woods
Most PGA TOUR Wins By Event
Buick Invitational                 6<<
WGC-American Express    6
WGC-NEC/Bridgestone     6
Masters                 4
Bay Hill Invitational   4
>>Won four straight

* For the fifth time in PGA TOUR history, a player has won an event four consecutive times.  Tiger Woods claimed his fourth straight Buick Invitational on Sunday.  He also won the Bay Hill Invitational four straight times earlier this decade becoming the first player in TOUR history to win two separate events four straight times.

Won Event 4 Consecutive Times
PGA TOUR History
Tiger Woods             Buick Invitational      2005-08
Tiger Woods             Bay Hill Invitational   2000-03
Gene Sarazen              Miami Open        1926, 1928-30 (not played in 1927)
Walter Hagen    PGA Championship                1924-27
Tom Morris Jr.  British Open            1868-70, 1872 (not played in 1871)
>> Tiger can also win the WGC-CA and WGC-Bridgestone for the 4th consecutive time this season

* Woods has won 13 straight PGA TOUR events in which he led or co-led after the 3rd round -- he has won 43 of 46 such events in his career.


* Tiger Woods is on a hot streak, dating back to last season, having won five of the last 6 tournaments he's entered.
Tiger Woods
Last 5 PGA TOUR Events          Result
'08 Buick Invitational<<        Won
'07 TOUR Championship           Won
'07 BMW Championship            Won
'07 Deutsche Bank                       T-2nd
'07 PGA Championship            Won
'07 WGC-Bridgestone             Won
>>His first event of 2008 season

* With his win at the Buick, Tiger ties Arnold Palmer for the fourth-most PGA TOUR wins all-time. He is also the youngest player in PGA history to reach 62 wins

Most PGA TOUR Wins
All-Time
Sam Snead       82
Jack Nicklaus   73
Ben Hogan       64
Arnold Palmer   62
Tiger Woods     62

Age at Time of 62nd Career PGA TOUR win
                       Season
Tiger Woods<<   32     13th
Jack Nicklaus   37     16th
Sam Snead       39     16th
Ben Hogan       41     19th
Arnold Palmer   44     20th
>>Tied Palmer for 4th all-time in wins (62)