SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Tiger Woods joined the King, and left everyone else at the Buick Invitational feeling like paupers.
In his most dominant start to a season, Woods built an 11-shot lead Sunday until his game and the fickle weather turned cold on the back nine. A birdie on the last hole gave him a 1-under 71 and an eight-shot victory, giving him 62 for his career to tie Arnold Palmer on the PGA TOUR list.
"I'm sure that there are many, many more coming in the future," Palmer said. "There isn't any question about that."
Just like there was no question about the outcome.
Woods opened with a 40-foot birdie putt, threw in a 60-foot birdie just to keep a four-deep gallery from falling asleep, and only looked mortal when he made three straight bogeys toward the end of his round.