Tiger Woods claimed his fourth title at Muirfield Village on Sunday as he won the Memorial Tournament by a shot over Jim Furyk.  Woods entered the day at -5 and was four shots out of the lead of Matt Bettencourt and Mark Wilson.  After Geoff Ogilvy's record-setting 63 in the third round yesterday, Woods knew that the conditions existed to be able to overcome a four shot deficit.

When I got up this morning, I said to my fiance that I thought 65 would win it for Woods.  Woods captured a share of the lead for the first time at -9 after a birdie at the seventh hole.  He dropped a shot at the next hole.  On the second nine, Woods began with par and then chipped in for eagle at the par 5 eleventh after going over the green by a hair on the right.  Going quietly until the par 5 15th, Woods got home again in two and two-putted for birdie.  He bogeyed the par 3 16th, but rebounded with birdies at the 71st and 72nd holes of the event to post -12.

Meanwhile, behind him it appeared that Jonathan Byrd would be the man to catch throughout the day.  After holing out for eagle from the fairway on the 7th hole, Byrd took quick control of the tournament.  He and partner Jim Furyk both birdied the difficult par 3 12th, but that was the beginning of the end for Byrd.  He three-putted the 13th and made double bogey on the 14th.  By that time, momentum was working against him.  Making it even costlier for himself, Byrd made six at the last.

It appeared that Davis Love III would be a contender after fantastic birdies on 13 and 14.  But, he faded quickly on the final holes with a bogey on 17 and a triple bogey seven on the 18th.  Love III will have to continue to work hard to qualify for the US Open.

Coming off of that record-setting 63, Geoff Ogilvy appeared in control until the 14th hole.  He went on to make quadruple bogey 8 on the short, but dangerous par 4.  A couple of other bogeys netted him a final total of 284, four under par.

Jim Furyk turned out to be the steadiest challenger to Woods.  Entering the final round one out of the lead, Furyk appeared to be lagging behind when he went out in 36 shots.  On the back, though, Furyk steadied and came home in 33 - including a birdie at the last to match Woods who finished ahead of him.  Solo second for Furyk meant his best finish of the season.

For Woods, though, the secret all week was control off of the tee.  Woods hit every fairway in the final round and almost 88% for the week.  While many of those fairways were hit with 3 woods, Tiger was able to hit the driver into the fairway - something that has been killing his game so far this season.  Hitting the fairway left him in position to hit greens in regulation, which is the one statistic most closely correlated to Woods' amazing success in his career.

The win gives Tiger his second victory of the year and a great confidence boost heading into the US Open at Bethpage.  He is defending champion of both the Open and at this particular venue.  Woods will seek his 15th major championship on a course set up by Mike Davis of the USGA.  To hear what Davis has in store for Woods and the field, listen to our interview with Mike Davis.