Tiger Woods hit a pair of closing birdies to clinch a stunning victory at the Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

The world number one, tipped pre-tournament by our betting expert Dave Tindall, was in scintillating form throughout a final-round 65 at Muirfield Village Golf Club - a seven-under-par tally which left Woods at 12-under 276 overall.

An eagle at the par-five 11th provided the highlight of a round which included three birdies - and a bogey at 16 - in the final four holes.

That was enough to overcome a four-shot deficit on overnight leaders Matt Bettencourt and Mark Wilson - the American pair mustering, respectively, only 75 and 73.

Only two of the top nine players in Dublin managed to break 70 as the ominous presence of Woods took its customary toll on his rivals.

The other was Jim Furyk, who shot 69 to close the day as Woods's nearest challenger, a stroke back at 277.

However, there was to be no denying Woods who took the title for a fourth time, and made it 67 on the USPGA Tour overall.

Collated final round scores & totals

(USA unless stated, par 72):

276 Tiger Woods 69 74 68 65

277 Jim Furyk 67 70 71 69

280 Jonathan Byrd 69 68 71 72, Mark Wilson 68 70 69 73

282 Davis Love III 72 68 69 73, Matt Kuchar 73 67 71 71, Matt Bettencourt 71 68 68 75

283 Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 70 71 72, Stewart Cink 68 72 72 71

284 Will MacKenzie 70 73 73 68, Mike Weir (Can) 69 69 75 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 74 63 75

285 K J Choi (Kor) 73 70 72 70

286 Michael Letzig 72 70 69 75, Nick Watney 73 71 74 68, Jerry Kelly 72 72 75 67, Chris DiMarco 73 67 73 73, Dustin Johnson 73 68 72 73, Hunter Mahan 74 69 70 73, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 69 73 72, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 69 74 73, Luke Donald (Eng) 64 76 72 74

287 Steve Marino 68 72 73 74, Bubba Watson 71 71 70 75, Kevin Sutherland 69 75 73 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 73 68 73 73

288 Steve Stricker 70 74 73 71, Kenny Perry 72 73 75 68, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 71 74 74, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 73 70 72, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 72 68 77 71, Woody Austin 75 70 73 70, Jason Day (Aus) 67 73 75 73

289 Kevin Na 71 72 73 73, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 74 73 71

290 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 74 68 74, Jeff Overton 76 69 71 74, Ted Purdy 67 79 75 69, Troy Matteson 69 73 71 77, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 74 71 74 71

291 Robert Allenby (Aus) 72 76 68 75, Steve Flesch 73 75 74 69, Ben Curtis 71 71 72 77, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 72 74 72

292 Lucas Glover 75 69 72 76, Tom Lehman 71 74 74 73, Johnson Wagner 69 74 76 73

293 Charley Hoffman 71 72 76 74, Jeff Quinney 75 72 74 72, Lee Janzen 72 73 75 73, D.J. Trahan 73 74 69 77, Webb Simpson 73 71 73 76

294 John Senden (Aus) 71 74 74 75, Ian Poulter (Eng) 75 71 74 74, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 69 75 72 78, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 76 72 75, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 74 73 76

295 Zach Johnson 71 73 75 76, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 74 70 77, Steve Lowery 76 71 71 77, David Duval 71 74 74 76, Nicholas Thompson 69 75 78 73

296 Paul Casey (Eng) 73 70 75 78, George McNeill 76 69 75 76, Tim Herron 75 73 76 72, Brett Quigley 74 73 78 71, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 73 73 76 74, Chez Reavie 71 74 72 79

299 Jeff Klauk 76 71 79 73, Bill Haas 74 72 77 76, Mark Brooks 75 73 76 75

300 D.A. Points 75 70 75 80, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 74 76 78

301 Scott McCarron 74 74 82 71, Marc Turnesa 72 73 78 78

302 Erik Compton 72 75 74 81, Rocco Mediate 73 70 81 78