Chicago once again Woods' kind of town

What does a guy have to do to beat Tiger Woods?

That was the question being asked in many corners of Cog Hill on Sunday evening after Woods proved for the sixth time that Chicago is and always will be his kind of town by tying a course record with a final-round 63 to capture the inaugural BMW Championship.

One of those shaking his head afterward was runner-up Aaron Baddeley.

All the young Australian did Sunday was go out and take an early lead and finish up a splendid day shooting a 66, but it still wasn't enough against Woods, who picked up his 60th career victory and his sixth in the Chicago area.

Another guy who had to wonder what more he could do was third-round co-leader and local favorite Steve Stricker (68), who battled back from a slow start to take the lead after 10 holes only to fall short to the awesome firepower of Woods down the stretch.

"I felt like I played well in that I didn't lose the golf tournament. He won (it)," Baddeley said. "Shooting 8 under to win a golf tournament is a heck of a round.

"There isn't a lot you can do," Stricker said. "I would have had to shoot a 63 today to beat him. I mean it's possible, but you have to play mistake-free."

That's just about what Woods did Sunday, hitting 13 of 14 fairways, notching 8 birdies and 1-putting on 11 occasions to not only take home $1.26 million for the win but to put him on top of the FedEx Cup points standings heading into the final event next week -- the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

"I just had to keep making birdies today," Woods said. "The way Stricks and Badds were playing behind us, it forced your hand to be more aggressive.

"I was 4 under though nine holes and still didn't have the lead. That's pretty good playing by Stricks."

Woods predicted as much. After Saturday's third round, he thought Sunday's would be a wild one, saying if you didn't make birdies "you'd get run over."

But never in his wildest imagination did he think it would get as wild as it did on a perfect day for golf in front of an announced 45,000.

"Starting the day, I thought 20-under par was going to be the number, but that had to be altered real quick," Woods said.

That's because after nine holes Sunday, the top seven players on the leaderboard had pummeled Dubsdread to the tune of a combined 27-under par.

"The course played really nice," Baddeley said. "The fairways were firming up and the greens were still receptive enough where you could be aggressive with your iron shots."

And Woods took advantage: his 262 total score easily smashed the tournament scoring record by 5 strokes.

Adam Scott fired a 65 to finish all alone in fourth place at 14 under. Tim Clark birdied six of his first eight holes en route to a 29 on the front nine to tie the course record, but he cooled off on the back en route to a 67 to finish tied for fifth along with Justin Rose.

But as the final 30 in the FedEx Cup playoffs head to Atlanta, all eyes will be focused on Woods, who will open the tournament paired with his buddy Stricker, who remains in second place overall just ahead of Phil Mickelson.

"It'll be a lot of fun for Stricks and I, being paired together again," Woods said.

As much fun as winning for the fourth time in 11 starts at Cog Hill?

"This town has always been great to me," Woods said. "I've always loved playing here, and it showed up in my victories here."