WHAT A SURPRISE, TIGER WOODS WINS THE BMW...after Saturdays sizzing round of 62 that gaves woods a seven shot lead, it was pretty obvious this years tournament was it over. Woods didn't disapoint on Sunday either winning by eight.

With the win, Woods picks up PGA Tour career win 71, leaving him just two behind Jack Nicklaus (73) and 11 in back of Sam Snead (82).  Woods also heads off to the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta in two weeks, as the point leader in the Fed-Ex Cup race.

It was the also the fifth win in the Western Golf Associations (WGA) professional event for Woods. Who now has three Western Opens and two BMW'S. Woods shares the record with Walter Hagen who won five Western Opens.

Woods final round three under par 68, was all he needed to coast by the field and runner up finishers Jim Furyk and Marc Leishman. Leishman will be the only rookie in the PGA Tour Championship field in Atlanta. Furyk who has still not won a tour event this year, shot nine under par over the weekend, second best to Woods 12 under par.

John Senden finished 30th in the Fed-Ex Cup point standings, to earn the last spot to Atlanta. Senden edged out Ian Poulter by .46 of
a point. Brandt Snedeker who played 14 of the last 15 weeks after recovering from a rib injury, blew his chance to make the top 30 on the 18th green. Snedeker four putted, with two short lip outs to make double bogey. A the large gallery around the 18th and playing partner Tiger Woods watched in disbelief, those two putts cost Snedeker $133,000 just in this weeks purse. More money by not making it to Atlanta.

Players with ties to the local area, ended up tied for 10th. Mark Wilson (Elmhurst) the second leader with Woods, finshed tied with former Northwestern star Luke Donald who still has a condo in Chicago.

The long drives of the day on sunday were by Bubba Watson (on 18) and Rory Sabbatini (on 13) 356 yards. Jason Bohn made the longest putt on Sunday 43' 6". Defending champion Carmilo Villegas made 13 one putts on sunday.

The final round crowd at Cog Hill on Sunday was estimated at between 40-45,000, bring the total in attendence for the week to 155,000. The biggest crowd since the Western Open became the BMW Championship. With 15,000 more in attendence this year than in 2007, when the tournament was last held at Cog Hill.

When the BMW was held at Cog Hill in 2007, 52 players were at par or better. This year only 28 players matched those numbers.   

Woods received a first place check of 1,350,000 for winning the tournament.