Unaffected by layoff, Woods cruises to win

Ten weeks later, nothing has changed with Tiger Woods and the rest of golf.

Woods won the final tournament of the year Sunday, closing with a 4-under 68 to match the tournament record at the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and set a record for the largest margin of victory, seven shots over Masters champion Zach Johnson.

Woods had not played since Sept. 30 at the Presidents Cup, but he didn’t show much rust in winning this tournament for the fourth time and becoming the first player to win in consecutive years.

“Doesn’t help us, does it?” Colin Montgomerie said of Woods’ long break. “If he took a bloody year off, it would help. Never mind 10 weeks.”

Johnson closed with a 68, but the only challenge came from Jim Furyk.

Furyk got within two shots after nine holes, but the tournament changed abruptly on the 10th. Woods holed a 12-foot birdie putt, and Furyk three-putted for bogey from 4 feet on a downhill putt.

Woods finished at 22-under 266, tying the tournament record first set by Davis Love III in 2000. He earned $1.35 million, which he will donate to his Tiger Woods Foundation. Johnson, shut out at his first Skins Game last month, earned $840,000 for second. Furyk closed with a 71 and finished third, earning $570,000.

Dubai Ladies Masters

Annika Sorenstam won the Dubai Ladies Masters by two strokes in her first victory since she won here in 2006.

The Swedish star closed with 2-under-par 70 to finish at 10-under 278 at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in the season-ending tournament of the Ladies European Tour.

Overnight leader Iben Tinning of Denmark had a double bogey at the last hole and finished with a 73 to tie for second with England’s Laura Davies, who shot a 72.

Six players, including halfway leader Lisa Hall, tied for fourth at 6-under 282.

Australian Open

Craig Parry made a 15-foot par putt on the 17th hole to shoot a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory in the Australian Open at Sydney.

Parry, who played in Japan this year after a long career on the PGA Tour, was one stroke ahead of three players at 10 under – American Brandt Snedeker (69) and Australians Lee Won-joon (66) and Nick O’Hern (70).

South African Open

James Kingston shot a 1-under-par 71 to beat Oliver Wilson by one stroke at the South African Open in Paarl, South Africa.

Greg Norman shot a 71 and finished in a tie for seventh, and ahead of Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Angel Cabrera. Els had a 69 to rebound from his second 77 and finish in a tie for 16th with Goosen, who shot a 75.