NORTON, Massachusetts -- Tiger Woods matched the lowest final round of his career Monday and won the Deutsche Bank Championship for his fifth straight victory.

Woods easily overcame a challenge from Vijay Singh, shooting an 8-under 63 and turning a three-shot deficit into a two-shot victory for his longest winning streak in a season.

The streak began in July with a victory in the British Open, his first since his father died in May. It continued on a sunny afternoon outside Boston with some of his best golf of the year and allowed him to avenge a loss to Singh at this tournament two years ago.

Woods needed only three holes to erase the deficit, including a 7-iron over a marsh and into 10 feet for eagle at No. 2. He pulled ahead with a 25-foot birdie putt at No. 5, and he seized control with a 3-wood from 266 yards, a shot into a gentle breeze that banged into the slope fronting the green and stopped 10 feet away for another eagle.

He played his first seven holes in 6 under par, and Singh never got closer than two shots the rest of the way.

Singh won two years ago to end Woods' five-year reign atop the world ranking. The 43-year-old Fijian closed with a 68, not his best golf but ordinarily enough to win with a three-shot lead in swirling breezes.

"Tiger played unbelievable," Singh said. "He made two eagles and just took it away."

Byron Nelson won 11 straight tournaments in 1945, a streak regarded as one of the most untouchable in sports. Woods won six straight at the end of 1999 and the start of 2000, and Ben Hogan won six in a row in 1948.

Woods now takes a week off before heading to England for the HSBC World Match Play Championship, followed by the Ryder Cup. His next PGA TOUR start will be the World Golf Championships-American Express Championship outside London at the end of September.

Woods surpassed Nelson with his 53rd victory, fifth most in PGA TOUR history but 29 behind all-time leader Sam Snead. Woods, who finished at 16-under 268, won for the seventh time this year. No other player has won more than twice.

Brian Bateman closed with a 66 to finish third at 8-under 276, eight shots behind Woods.

It was a two-man race between Woods and Singh. The gallery crammed as many as five-deep behind the ropes from tee-to-green, racing across bridges to get to the next hole.

Tiger Woods made two eagles on the front nine on Monday. (Rogash/WireImage)

Singh was coming off a career-best 61, although he struggled to find fairways and greens until he found himself having to chase Woods.

"Vijay played one of the great rounds of golf yesterday," Woods said. "I figured one of the hardest things to do is follow a great round with another one."

Woods twice shot 63 in the final round at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship and once at Disney, but this was his lowest final round in a tournament that he won.

It also was his largest comeback in the final round since he overcame a five-shot deficit at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 2000, which he won for his sixth straight victory. Woods made up seven shots over his final seven holes.

Justin Rose started the day tied with Woods.

"I was 4 over through five holes, he was 4 under through five," Rose said. "Obviously, it was 'Game Over' for me."

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