Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion yesterday to a perfect week at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect at home.

With a flop shot out of the trees to set up one final birdie, Woods won the point that clinched the cup and made him only the third player in the Presidents Cup to win all five matches.

His 6-and-5 victory over Y.E. Yang was a tiny token of revenge for Woods blowing a final-round lead to him in the PGA Championship in Auguest. Even so, it was the first time in either the Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup that Woods earned the decisive point.

And he didn't even know it.

"Oh, perfect," Woods said, an apt choice of words. "All I knew was I was trying to get my point, and I was 5 up trying to make it 6."

Phil Mickelson wrapped up another anticlimactic finish with a 7-foot birdie putt for a 2-and-1 victory over Retief Goosen, leaving Mickelson unbeaten (4-0-1) in the Presidents Cup for the second time in the previous three contests.

The Americans won, 19 1/2-14 1/2, the same margin as the previous time against an overmatched International team.

The United States leads, 6-1-1, since the Presidents Cup began in 1994, and it improved to 5-0 on home soil, the previous four victories coming across the country in Virginia.

"I'm sure we tried our best all week," Geoff Ogilvy said after his 2-and-1 victory over Steve Stricker. "Coming in [to yesterday], we had too much to do and the U.S. team was ... motivated."

British Open champion Stewart Cink, disgusted with his performance Saturday, asked to play early and put the first point on the board by overwhelming Adam Scott, a questionable captain's pick who contributed only one point for the week.

Sean O'Hair and Anthony Kim followed with big victories of their own, while Hunter Mahan eventually won his leadoff match over Camilo Villegas of Colombia, the only player to get shut out at Harding Park in San Francisco.

That set the stage for Woods, whose performance has been mediocre since he started playing these team competitions in 1997. He won four holes in a five-hole stretch in the middle of the round, pouring in one birdie putt after another, then sealed it with a 9-foot birdie on the 13th hole.

n Madrid Masters: Ross McGowan of England captured his first European Tour title in Spain, winning by three strokes over Mikko Ilonen (66) of Finland. McGowan shot a 1-under 71 in the final round to finish at 25-under 263.

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