Tiger dials up victory

Tiger Woods made it a hat trick of victories in tournaments hosted by PGA Tour stars, this one the most meaningful of all because it was his own.

Woods lived up to his hopes of being a greedy host Sunday, leaving Anthony Kim in his wake and then making a 20-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to overtake hard-charging Hunter Mahan for a one-shot victory in his AT&T National.

Woods closed with a 3-under 67 at Congressional for his third victory of the year, the others coming at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill and Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament.

"Whether it's my tournament, Jack's, Arnold's ... it really doesn't matter. You go out there with the same intensity to win," Woods said.

The challenge came from a rising star, just not the Californian anyone expected.

Mahan made six birdies on the back nine for a 62, tying the course record Kim set Thursday. The final birdie on the 18th gave Mahan a share of the lead, and he had to wait more than an hour to see if Woods could top him.

"Six holes to go, and at the time I was tied for the lead," Woods said, referring to when Mahan finished his round. "You can win the tournament or you can lose the tournament from here. Just got to keep plodding along and hopefully sneak one or two birdies coming in and get the title."

Woods twice scrambled for par to stay tied for the lead, then looked as though he squandered a good birdie chance on the par-5 16th when his chip from the rough came out heavy and stopped 20 feet from the hole. Backing off once, he rolled in it, then walked stoically to the hole, nodding his head.

He closed with routine pars to finish at 13-under 267. The 68th victory of his PGA Tour career moved him to the top of the money list and the FedEx Cup standings for the first time this year.

Kim shot a 71 to finish alone in third, four back.

LPGA: Eunjung Yi (71) blew a six-stroke lead then hit a 10-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Morgan Pressel (67) and capture her first LPGA victory in the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

Yi finished at 18-under 266 to capture the $210,000 first prize.

Michelle Wie (64) finished at 16 under, tied for third.

PGA EUROPEAN: Martin Kaymer won the French Open by beating Lee Westwood on the first hole of a playoff.