Tiger Woods shot the lowest score of his career to blow away the field and win the Tour Championship by eight strokes today.
Woods led throughout the final round, carding a four-under-par 66 in pleasant conditions at East Lake in the final event of the new FedEx Cup play-off series.
He finished with a 23-under-par 257, two strokes better than his previous best total of 21-under at the 2000 NEC Invitational.
Woods also smashed the Tour Championship record low score, the same time as securing the fourth victory in his past five starts and emphatically clinching the FedEx Cup title.
It was his 61st victory on the US PGA Tour, just one behind Arnold Palmer on the all-time list.
"It's been just a phenomenal week. I just hit shot after shot and when I got on the greens my speed was good all week," Woods said.
Woods started the final round with a three-shot advantage over Calcavecchia, and was a little shaky early on, with a bogey at the par-three second followed by a 10-foot par save at the third.
However, he soon found his groove, picking up three birdies in four holes starting at number six to go four shots clear at the turn.
The back nine was pretty much a lap of honour, as he added three more birdies before bogeying the 17th.
That did not stop him from shattering the tournament record by no fewer than six strokes.
Woods not only collected $10 (€7.2m) for winning the FedEx Cup, but also received $1.26m (€908,619) for winning the tournament.
Woods decided after a mediocre performance at The Open in July to modify his swing, and spent the following week at home working on the changes.
When he turned up at the Bridgestone Invitational the following week, his revamped technique was the talk of the range.
Astute judges said it looked better than ever, and so it has proved - he has finished no worse than second since.
It remains to be seen whether Woods can carry his form into next year, but his peers can only hope he does not.
