Coming as it did on the day Thomas Bjorn rubbished Ian Woosnam's Ryder Cup captaincy with a ferocity nobody was expecting, Tiger Woods winning yet another tournament went a little unnoticed.

It was certainly not properly recognised for the incredible feat it was. In grabbing a fifth successive title for the first time in his career Woods appeared to take his game to new heights.

Hard though that is to believe, believe it. Woods was three shots behind Vijay Singh with a round to play at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

Singh had charged clear of the field with a dazzling 61 on Sunday, the lowest round of his career.

But Woods came out and by the turn had converted that three-stroke deficit into a three-shot lead. Even though Singh had played the half in level par. An eagle on the second, birdies at the third and fifth, another eagle at the seventh. Six under par.

Out in 30 Woods was in control and by adding further birdies at the 15th and 17th - the first of those with Singh poised to close the gap to one after almost pitching in - he returned a 63. It is the lowest final round the 30-year-old has ever produced to win a tournament.

Woods is 86 under par for his five wins and has earned over €4.43million for them. That's €221,000 for each round - or €3,250 for each shot.

Golf's biggest first prize of £1million will be on offer when Woods tries to make it six in a row at the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, where he plays next week prior to the Ryder Cup.

Woods probably did not expect his victory over Singh to be as comfortable as it proved in the end, but he did offer a possible explanation.

"He's won a bunch of golf tournaments, not only here in the United States, but all over the world," he said. "He's one of the most consistent players there is, so you know Vijay's not going to make a lot of mistakes.

"He knows how to manage his game and get it around, but I still think one of the hardest things to do in our sport is follow up a great round with another great round," added Woods.

"It's one of the most difficult things. I don't know why that is or we're still trying to figure that out ourselves. So I just kept thinking that if Vijay shot something in the high 60s, I figured mid-60s would either get me in a play-off or win it.

"That was what I had in mind and I was able to actually go a little bit lower than that."

"Everything can always be better. This game is fluid. It's always changing, it's always evolving and you can always get better. That's the great thing about it. You can get better tomorrow than you are today.

"I could always hit the ball better, chip better, putt better, think better.

"Weeks like this you really find out a lot about yourself. You have to dig down deep to find something.

"A lot of times you just don't have it and you just got to find a way to keep yourself in the tournament.

"This isn't all about hitting perfect shots and making every putt. That's a lot of luck on my side and a lot of things have to go right. But also my mechanics, from all the work I've done with Hank (Haney) and my changes are starting to come together.

"I'm a competitor. I love to compete. I like to go toe to toe, eyeball to eyeball. I love to feel that rush of getting out there and trying to beat everybody.

"That to me is fun. That's why we practise all those hours, do all of those hours in the gym, run all those miles on the road. To be in that position, to feel that rush, to win."

Asked to name the three performances he considers the greatest of his career so far, Woods opted for three majors.

"Not in any particular order - probably 1997 Masters, 2000 US Open, probably 2000 British."

He won the first of those by 12, the second by 15, the third by eight.

Few would argue, but maybe the best is still to come.