Tiger Woods Wins AT&T National For Third PGA Tour Title Of 2012

Tiger Woods won the AT&T National by two strokes over Bo Van Pelt to become the first golfer to win three times on the U.S. PGA Tour this season and surpass Jack Nicklaus’s career win total.

Woods, 36, shot a 2-under-par 69 during today’s final round to finish with a four-round total of 8 under 276 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Van Pelt had bogeys on the final three holes to finish 6 under.

Woods received $1.17 million for his 74th career PGA Tour win, breaking a tie with Nicklaus for the second-most in history behind Sam Snead (82). Woods in March ended a 2 1/2-year winless drought on the PGA Tour with a victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and followed it up with a win at the Memorial Tournament in June. Hunter Mahan and Jason Dufner are the only two other golfers with multiple titles on the U.S. tour this season.

Woods, whose foundation hosts the AT&T National, previously won the tournament at Congressional in 2009.