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Woods's Roller-Coaster Round Ends at the Top

Tiger Woods celebrates his birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to win the Bridgestone Invitational, which tied him with Byron Nelson in career wins. (By Montana Pritchard -- Getty Images)

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"You don't know how many chances you're going to have to beat Tiger in a playoff in your career," Cink said.

Cink, who missed an eight-foot par putt that would have won on the third playoff hole, hit into the bunker and blasted out to six feet on the 17th. Before he could save par, he wound up shaking hands with Woods and watching him collect another World Golf Championship.

"I didn't convert, and he did," Cink said. "That's why he has the trophy."

A week ago, Woods captured the PGA Championship for his 12th career major, trailing only the 18 won by Jack Nicklaus. Still ahead of him in career victories are Arnold Palmer (62), Ben Hogan (64), Nicklaus (73) and Sam Snead (82).

Even so, Woods said he is only worried about himself.

"It's always yourself," he said. "You're always trying to better what you've done in the past -- always. Hopefully, that's good enough to beat the rest of the guys."

Cink was looking for a peculiar repeat.

Two years ago, he validated Hal Sutton's decision to make him a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup by winning at Firestone. Tom Lehman picked him on Monday, and Cink nearly delivered his first victory in two years.

"There were a lot of highs and lows today," Cink said. "Unfortunately, I finished on a low."

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