Tiger Woods Takes PGA

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2007 9:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – Tiger Woods collected his 13th career major by winning the PGA Championship on the steamy Southern Hills course in Tulsa today, scoring a 1-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woody Austin. Woods was the first major champion in seven tries, Newsday reports, to make a par on the 72nd hole at Southern Hills.

it was also Tiger's first win as a dad, with wife Elin holding their 2-month-old daughter, Sam Alexis, in the scoring room. Woods, at 31, now has more majors than the rest of the top 10 in the world combined, and is ahead of where Nicklaus was at this age on his way to his record 18 professional majors.

Tiger Woods chips out of a bunker on the 13th green during the final round of the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles... (Associated Press)

Tiger Woods hits on the fourth fairway during the final round of the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (Associated Press)

Tiger Woods hits out of the rough on the second hole during the final round of the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles... (Associated Press)

Tiger Woods holds up the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Woods won his 13th major tournament with... (Associated Press)

Tiger Woods holds up the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. Tiger won his 13th major tournament with... (Associated Press)

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