SAN DIEGO — Eldrick (Tiger) Woods of Cypress won the 13-14 age division of the 23rd Optimist Junior World Championship Thursday at the par-71 Mission Trails golf course.

Woods shot a final-round 67 to go with his first-round 68 and second-round 69 for a total of 204.

Excuse Woods if it all seems a little monotonous by now.

This is his fifth Junior World title, his third in a row and his second in the 13-14 age division. He is the only junior golfer to accomplish any of those feats.

And remember that Woods has yet to enter the 15-17 age division and thus has three more years to add to his milestones.

In fact, it almost appears that Woods is planning on pushing his five world championship trophies closer together to make room for still more.

"Before the tournament started, I told my friends I would win it outright," Tiger Woods said. "Hopefully, I'll win it three more times."

Woods got into trouble on only two holes during this year's tournament. They came consecutively on the back nine of his final round. On the par-5 14th, his tee shot veered way right. On the par-4 15th, a tree about 150 yards from the tee and to the right of the fairway deflected his drive back toward him.

"Those were my two worst drives of the tournament," Woods said.

But he made up for both of them. On 14, he put his third shot on the green and one-putted for a birdie, and on 15, he again one-putted to save par.

Woods' father, Earl, 58, wasn't surprised with the outcome.

"For most people," Earl said, "a golf swing is not a natural swing. But for Tiger, it is a very natural swing.

Earl Woods said that is because Eldrick learned young, before he could pick up any bad habits. How young? Well, the first time Tiger picked up a putter, he was 11 months old, Earl said.

Before that Earl had been giving Tiger lessons of sorts since he was 5 months old. He would strap the infant in a high chair and then start hitting balls into a driving net.

"He would just sit there and watch for hours," Earl said.

It was also Earl who gave Tiger his nickname. It is the same nickname of a South Vietnamese Lt. Colonel whom Woods, a Lt. Colonel in the Army himself, advised during the Vietnam war.

After the U.S. pullout, Woods lost contact with his buddy. Later, he gave his son the same nickname because, well, he figured his son would be good enough some day to warrant media attention.