Woods coasts to victory in PGA Championship

Tiger Woods stayed ice-cool throughout the final round to cruise to his 12th major title with a five-shot victory in the PGA Championship in Illinois on Sunday.

Tied for the overnight lead with playing partner Luke Donald, the American world no.1 fired a four-under-par 68 in low-scoring conditions to lift the Wanamaker Trophy for the third time.

Woods, who also won the year's final major in 1999 and 2000, rattled up five birdies and a solitary bogey at the par-three 17th before finishing at 18-under-par 270 in bright sunshine at Medinah Country Club.

After sinking his final putt he gave a double fist pump to celebrate moving past fellow American Walter Hagen into outright second place in the all-time major standings with only Jack Nicklaus, on 18, ahead of him. His 72-hole aggregate matched the lowest below par in the tournament's history.