Woods shot a 7-under, 65 in the final round and won the tournament despite shooting a 74 on Friday. He didn’t miss a fairway, going 14-for-14 in the final round, and only missed five fairways all weekend. The last time he failed to miss a fairway was the second round of the 2003 Arnold Palmer Invitational.

“I controlled my flight all week,” Woods said. “I felt comfortable hitting it left to right, right to left. (I) didn’t have a problem taking the ball up the air or bringing it down.”

On 17, Woods hit a five-wood off the tee to the middle of the fairway. His second shot went to nine feet for an easy birdie putt. On the final hole, Woods second shot hit 15 inches from the hole with a seven-iron.

Jim Furyk finished a stroke back at 11-under. Jonathan Byrd and Mark Wilson was four back of Woods and Matt Kuchar, Davis Love III and Matt Bettencourt each finished at -6.

Furyk was among the leaders throughout the day Sunday, leading with Woods late, but could not get a birdie on the 17th hole to force a tie-breaker. He had an idea once he hit the back nine of what he had to do.

“I told my caddie we probably needed to birdie four on the last eight,” Furyk said. “I birdied three of the last eight and lost by one. So it was a good guess. My hats off to (Tiger). Birdying the last two is pretty special. Those pins were not in easy spots”

He hit a 20-foot putt on the final hole to separate himself from Byrd and Wilson. It effectively was a $300,000 putt.

“I just didn’t beat one guy,” Furyk said. “It (stinks) finishing second. But he played better. A 7-under on those greens and with the conditions we dealt with, that's pretty spectacular.”

Had Furyk matched Woods, the Memorial would have gone to a playoff for the first time since 1992 when David Edwards beat Rick Fehr on the second playoff hole. The tournament has the longest streak on the PGA Tour without a playoff.

Byrd was atop the leader board at 12-under after an eagle on No. 7 and birdying the par-3 No. 12, but bogeyed the next two holes and double bogeyed the final hole to finish at eight-under.

It was a poor finish to an overall good week for Byrd, who shot a 69 and 68 in the first two rounds to be in contention over the weekend.

“I’m just disappointed with how I finished the last six holes,” Byrd said. “But for the rest of the week as a whole, I played fantastic. When I got to 12 under, I felt pretty good. Then I three-putt and a double, that hurt.”

Wilson was also among the leaders at 10-under after No. 11, but had to two-putt No. 12 for bogey and three-putt No. 13 for double-bogey.

“I think we (he and Bettencourt) just made more mistakes than we did the first three days,” Wilson said. “I made some great putts, but I also missed some really little putts. That was kind of the difference.”

After shooting back-to-back 68’s, Bettencourt carded a 75 in the final round. He hit the water on No. 9, which led to a double bogey on the hole.

“It’s a tough golf course,” he said. “You hit a few bad shots and you’re going to get penalized out here.”

Woods had a four-stroke deficit going into the final round for the 12th time and three have turned into victories including the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational and the 1997 Mercedes-Benz Championship. He remains the only player to successfully defend his Memorial title, doing it in 1999 and 2000.

Winning the Memorial is always special to Woods because it’s Jack Nicklaus’ tournament.

“I want to come here each and every year,” he said. “This is one of the greatest tournaments we can play in . What Jack has done for the game is truly remarkable. This course is always in perfect shape and it’s always demanding.”

Woods next chance at a championship will be at the U.S. Open at Bethpage June 18-21. He won the tournament last season in a 19-hole playoff with Rocco Mediate last season at Torrey Pines on the bad knee. He called it a season after the win.