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Woods fires warning shot ahead of USPGA Championship

05/08/2007

Tiger Woods stormed to victory by eight shots at the WGC Invitational in Ohio.

The American fired a final round of 65 to finish on eight-under par to overturn the one-stroke lead held by Rory Sabbatini yesterday.

Woods won the event for the sixth time in his career after three birdies in the first four holes at the Firestone Country Club.

Englishman Justin Rose carded 68 to finish joint second on level-par with Sabbatini (74), American Chris DiMarco and Australia's Peter Lonard.

Woods admitted he enjoyed clinching his 14th WGC tournament.

"That was fun. You couldn't get off to any better start than I did today - I was four under through five," Woods said.

"I just figured if I would have kept the card clean - no bogeys - I would put a lot of heat on the guys to come and get me.

"All the guys at level-par would then have to shoot a miracle back nine."

Overnight leader Sabbatini birded the first hole but fell away after bogeying the fourth and fifth. The South African double-bogeyed the ninth and dropped two more shots on the back nine.

Rose picked up four shots in his first eight holes but dropped shots on the 11th and 14th.

The 27-year-old went round in two-under after holing a lone-range putt at the 18th.

Rose said he feels in good form going into Thursday's USPGA Championship at Southern Hills in Oklahoma.

"Two under was a pleasing round of golf, so emotionally it was a big putt," Rose said.

"It felt like a major. We knew one or two under overall was going to be a good score, but obviously Tiger's gone out and shot an amazing round of golf.

"I'm excited now and that's a great feeling going into a major championship."

Meanwhile, Open champion Padraig Harrington finished on five under while Lee Westwood and Luke Donald were two strokes further back.

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