Tiger Woods coasted to a three-stroke victory in the Deutsche Bank Open today, ending a four-month spell without a victory

Woods rolled in a 25-foot-putt for birdie on the 15th hole en route to his third straight 4-under-par 68, which gave him a 273 total in his debut on the European PGA Tour.

Woods took the lead against six players ranked among the world Top 10 midway through the second round, and stayed in front. He was three strokes ahead going into today's round.

He earned $200,000 for the victory, and reportedly received $1 million for showing up.

The German crowds took to Woods from the start, and turned out in large numbers to see him play. He drew more than 60,000 over the four days, a huge crowd for the country.

He was greeted with a rousing ovation on his final hole.

South African Retief Goosen fired a final-round 66 to take second place at 276, while Zimbabwe's Nick Price made the last run at the 1997 Masters champion before finishing at 277.

Price, another top-ranked player paid money to appear, had barely made the cut at 3-over 146 after the second round as blowing winds kept scores high.

But he fired a blistering 65 Sunday, then moved to 9-under with a string of six birdies in his first 11 holes. Another birdie on the 11th pulled him to within four, before his double bogey ended the last challenge to Woods.

Other players like first-day leader Ernie Els, 19-year-old Sergio Garcia of Spain and Colin Montgomerie of Scotland made brief runs at Woods, but the American dominated starting with the second round.