Host with the most: Woods rallies to win his own tournament

Tiger Woods watches his birdie putt drop into the 10th hole in the final round. Woods finished at 13-under 267 at Congressional for his third victory of the year.

BETHESDA, Md. -- 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" yesterday, 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.

He 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.

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 that Kim had set on Thursday. The final birdie on the 18th gave him a share of the lead, and Mahan had to wait more than an hour to see if Woods could top him.

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.

Whether it gives him any momentum will be determined in two weeks at the season's next major, the British Open.

All three of Woods' victories this year have come in his final start before a major, and he finished four shots behind in both the Masters and the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black two weeks ago.

The next stop is the British Open on a links course -- Turnberry -- Woods has never seen.

LPGA

Yi wins in playoff

SYLVANIA, Ohio -- Eunjung Yi blew a six-stroke lead then hit a 10-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Morgan Pressel and capture her first LPGA victory in what might be the final Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

Yi began the day with a four-shot lead. She birded two of the first three holes to go up six shots.

Pressel, chasing her third career victory, pulled even by holing a wedge shot for eagle on the par-5 17th hole.

Yi finished at 18-under 266. She had missed the cut in four of her seven starts this year.

Michelle Wie made a back-nine rush to finish at 16-under, tied for third.

The tournament's contract with its title sponsor, the LPGA and Highland Meadows Golf Club, expired after the final round.

Yi closed with an even-par 71, and Pressel had a 67. Wie had a career-best 64 but lost a chance to put extra pressure on the leaders when she misfired while going for the par-5 18th hole in two shots and had to settle for a par.