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Tiger Woods was delighted after winning the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village - the course designed by Jack Nicklaus - for the third successive year.

Woods blasted a final-round 66 to leave him seven shots clear of Paul Azinger and Sergio Garcia.

He said: "Any tournament that Jack Nicklaus is affiliated with is going to be run with the utmost of integrity and class.

"To be able to put my name on the trophy three times is awfully special."

It was the fourth title of 2001 for the world's top-ranked golfer, who became the first player to win the same tournament three years in a row on the PGA Tour since Tom Watson captured the Byron Nelson Classic from 1978-80.

Continuing preparation for his US Open title defence in two weeks in Tulsa, Woods finished on 17-under-par, two strokes off his winning score here last year.

Azinger, who won the Memorial in 1993, took a one-stroke lead into the final round after the players completed the third round of the rain-plagued tournament on Sunday morning.

However, he struggled to a two-over 74 in the final round and lost the lead when Woods eagled the par-five fifth hole.

Garcia, who won his first PGA Tour title two weeks ago at the Colonial, posted a one-under 71 to gain a share of second.

Meanwhile Woods will equal Greg Norman's record streak of 96 successive weeks at world number one when he steps on to the fairways of Southern Hills in Oklahoma at the US Open in two weeks time.

His Ohio victory extended his already commanding lead at the top of the rankings to nearly 20 points ahead of Phil Mickelson.

Woods' incredible points average now stands at 32.44pts, with Mickelson a very distant second with 13.15.

Runner-up Sergio Garcia continues his move up the rankings by advancing to the highest position of his career at number seven, while joint-runner-up Paul Azinger has moved up eight places to 23rd.

Collated final scores from the US PGA Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village, Ohio (USA unless stated, Par 72)

271 T Woods 68 69 68 66

278 P Azinger 68 67 69 74, S Garcia (Spa) 68 69 70 71

279 S Cink 72 69 67 71

280 V Singh (Fij) 70 66 73 71, T Taniguchi (Jap) 68 74 69 69

281 R Allenby (Aus) 69 69 70 73, S Appleby (Aus) 67 71 69 74, K Perry 72 69 71 69

282 S Hoch 70 69 69 74

283 S Flesch 72 67 71 73, F Funk 71 68 71 73, L Janzen 74 71 71 67, K Sutherland 69 72 71 71

284 F Couples 72 75 72 65, C Howell 73 68 70 73, P Lonard (Aus) 75 69 71 69, G Nicklaus 72 72 70 70, J Sluman 67 73 73 71

285 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 72 68 71 74, J Cook 72 68 72 73, J Daly 73 68 75 69, J Haas 68 76 72 69

286 M Brooks 72 72 72 70, J Furyk 69 69 74 74, S Kendall 73 70 72 71, L Mattiace 72 67 73 74, J Ozaki (Jap) 69 69 74 74, S Verplank 66 72 72 76

287 C DiMarco 74 70 74 69, B Faxon 70 71 75 71, J Kaye 71 71 74 71, J Leonard 71 73 74 69, J Parnevik (Swe) 68 75 73 71, G Waite 68 71 72 76, M Weir (Can) 72 69 71 75

288 Shigeki Maruyama 70 75 70 73, S Stricker 74 70 72 72, B Tway 72 72 68 76

289 M Calcavecchia 69 73 74 73, D Paulson 68 74 70 77, M Sposa 68 78 72 71

290 D Frost (Rsa) 71 72 75 72, B Mayfair 68 74 76 72, G Willis 72 70 73 75

291 A Baddeley (Aus) 71 73 73 74, R Beem 71 70 76 74, D Peoples 74 72 74 71

292 JP Hayes 71 76 74 71, F Langham 74 73 73 72, A Magee 74 70 74 74, P Stankowski 72 71 74 75

293 B May 75 71 76 71, C Paulson 71 73 76 73, H Sutton 71 71 75 76

294 R Damron 74 71 70 79, S Katayama (Jap) 71 76 76 71, F Nobilo (Nzl) 73 72 77 72, C Smith 66 71 81 76

295 B Gay 71 74 78 72, C Kresge 71 75 74 75, R Sabbatini 73 69 77 76

296 B Andrade 72 71 74 79, E Els (Rsa) 69 75 75 77, D Waldorf 68 75 80 73

297 S Lowery 72 70 78 77

298 C Franco (Par) 69 74 77 78

300 H Frazar 76 71 75 78

301 C Strange 71 75 77 78

302 E Toledo (Mex) 76 70 82 74