Orlando, Fla. ? Tiger Woods split the middle of the fairway with a 3-wood, then ducked outside the ropes and dropped to his knees, his stomach heaving from a nasty bout of food poisoning.

He never had it so difficult, nor has he ever made winning look so easy.

Sickened by some bad pasta that caused him to vomit through the night and a rainy Sunday, Woods still managed to win the Bay Hill Invitational for the fourth straight year by going the final 44 holes without a bogey and winning by 11 strokes.

It will only look routine in the record books.

“If I wasn’t in contention, I wouldn’t have gone. There’s no way,” Woods said. “It was a joke. Every single tee shot hurt because my abs were obviously sore from last night, and I continued on while I was playing.”

Woods closed with a 4-under 68 to become the first player in 73 years to win the same tournament four straight times. His 11-stroke victory was the largest margin in the 25-year history of Bay Hill, breaking by two the previous mark, set by Fred Couples in 1992.

Woods came down with food poisoning Saturday night after a pasta dinner prepared by his girlfriend, Elin Nordegren. Only a day earlier, she collapsed outside the clubhouse from food poisoning and dehydration.

Brad Faxon missed a 6-foot par putt on the 18th hole that cost him $189,000.

He had a 74 and dropped into a four-way tie for second with Kirk Triplett (70), Kenny Perry (71) and Stewart Cink (72).