Ailing Tiger breezes in Bay Hill

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods split the middle of the fairway with a 3-wood, then ducked outside the ropes and dropped to his knees, his stomach heaving from a nasty bout of food poisoning.

He never had it so difficult, nor has he ever made winning look so easy.

Sickened by some bad pasta that caused him to vomit through the night and a rainy Sunday, Woods still managed to win the Bay Hill Invitational for the fourth straight year by going the final 44 holes without a bogey and winning by 11 strokes.

It will only look routine in the record books.

"If I wasn't in contention, I wouldn't have gone. There's no way," Woods said. "It was a joke. Every single tee shot hurt because my abs were obviously sore from last night, and I continued on while I was playing.

"The night was long, and the day was probably even longer," he said. "That being said, I'm very happy with the way I played."

Woods closed with a 4-under 68 to become the first player in 73 years to win the same tournament four straight times. It also was the fourth time in his career he has won by double digits.

Woods won for the 37th time in his career, 11th most in history. He earned $810,000 and again leads the PGA Tour money list with over $2.8 million in just four tournaments, after missing the first five weeks while recovering from knee surgery.

Woods came down with food poisoning Saturday night after a pasta dinner prepared by his girlfriend, Elin Nordegren. Only a day earlier, she collapsed outside the clubhouse from food poisoning and dehydration.

Nordegren spent the night in the hospital. Woods didn't think he had that option.

"The problem is, it's so easy to check into a hospital, but getting out is the hard part," Woods said. "I wanted to get my fluid levels up in case today was hot and humid, but ... I didn't didn't know if they were going to let me go. So, I decided not to do that."

Woods was helped by a cool, steady rain that drenched Bay Hill, not to mention a five-stroke lead going into the final round and a game that looks better than ever.

Woods finished at 19-under 269 and became the first player since Gene Sarazen in the Miami Open (1926-30) to win the same event four straight times.

Brad Faxon missed a 6-foot par putt on the 18th hole that cost him $189,000. He had a 74 and dropped into a four-way tie for second with Kirk Triplett (70), Kenny Perry (71) and Stewart Cink (72).

Faxon knew he didn't have a chance, not after Woods laced a 3-wood from 265 yards into 12 feet on No. 4 for an eagle to increase his lead to eight strokes.

"When he's got a seven- or eight-shot lead, he's not going to throw up all over himself," Faxon said, only seconds later realizing his dubious choice of words.

"He was ready to play," Faxon said. "As sick as he felt, I don't think if he felt great he would have played much better than that."

Safeway Ping

PHOENIX -- Se Ri Pak shot an 8-under 64 to win the Safeway Ping by a shot over Grace Park, who had a final round 65.

Pak finished at 23-under 265 and earned $150,000.

Toshiba Classic

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Australian Rodger Davis shot a 3-under-par 68 to win the Toshiba Senior Classic by four strokes, his first victory in the United States.

Davis finished at 16-under 197 and earned $232,000. Larry Nelson was second at 12-under 201.

-- From wire reports