WASHINGTON, August 5 (Xinhua) -- Tiger Woods won the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational in Akron of Ohio on Sunday, becoming the first player in US PGA Tour history to claim two hat-tricks of wins in the same event.

The world No. 1 came from a shot behind in the final round, carding a bogey-free five-under-par 65 to blow away the field in intermittent rain at Firestone Country Club.

He finished at eight-under 272, eight strokes ahead of third-round leader Rory Sabbatini (74) as well as Englishman Justin Rose (68).

It marked Woods' sixth victory the past eight times the World Golf Championships event has been played at Firestone. His first three victories came from 1999-2001.

Woods was fourth in 2002, when the event was played in Seattle, before finishing tied for fourth and tied for second the following two years when it returned to Firestone.

He has now won 14 times in 26 starts in elite WGC events, a success rate rate of more than 50 percent.

Woods wasted little time taking the lead, with four birdies in the first six holes, and the back nine turned into a victory parade.