United States Presidents Cup team player Tiger Woods, right, is congratulated by International captain Greg Norman following Woods’ singles-match victory. The U.S. retained the Presidents Cup on Sunday in San Francisco.

San Francisco — Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion Sunday 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 last 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 this summer. 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 seven-foot birdie putt for a 2-and-1 victory over Retief Goosen, leaving Lefty unbeaten (4-0-1) in the Presidents Cup for the second time in the last three contests.

The Americans won 191?2-141?2, the same margin as last time against an overmatched International team.

“They are just one hell of a team,” Ernie Els said. “We have to pretty much go back to the drawing board, because they are a pretty well-oiled team, and it’s hard to beat that kind of 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 today, we had too much to do, and the U.S. team was obviously very motivated.”

British Open champion Stewart Cink 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, and Hunter Mahan eventually won his leadoff match over Camilo Villegas of Colombia.

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 nine-foot birdie on the 13th hole.

Golf

Baryla barely prevails

Chattanooga, Tenn. — Canadian Chris Baryla won the Chattanooga Classic for his first Nationwide Tour victory, beating Troy Kelly by a stroke to move into position to earn a 2010 PGA Tour card as a top-25 finisher on the money list.

The 26-year-old Baryla, from Vernon, British Columbia, finished with a 2-under 70 for a 19-under 269 total on the Black Creek Club. He earned $90,000 to jump from 57th to 20th with $184,055 on the money list with two events remaining in the season.

McGowan captures 1st title

Madrid — Ross McGowan of England captured his first European Tour title Sunday, winning the Madrid Masters by three strokes over Mikko Ilonen of Finland.

McGowan shot a 1-under 71 in Sunday’s final round to finish at 25-under 263 at the Centro Nacional golf course. The Englishman shot a 60 on Saturday and began the final round with a seven-stroke lead.

Muniyappa takes playoff

Gurgaon, India — Chinaswamy Muniyappa of India won the Indian Open in a playoff against Lee Sung of South Korea to earn his first Asian Tour title on Sunday. Muniyappa birdied the first playoff hole.

auto racing

Johnson rolls to victory

Fontana, Calif. — Jimmie Johnson sat in his No. 48 Chevrolet during a lengthy red-flag delay six laps from the finish at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday and worried he didn’t have enough car to hold off Jeff Gordon.

Gordon, seated next to his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, had no such fears.

“What else can you say? They’re the best out there,” Gordon said after Johnson roared away from the field to win the 500-mile race and take the lead in NASCAR’s Chase for the championship. “They’ve won the last three championships. They’re going to be hard to beat for this one. Really, unless they make a mistake, I don’t see how they lose it.”

Johnson’s fourth win at the two-mile oval propelled him into the lead in the standings for the first time all season. He’ll take a 12-point lead over Mark Martin into Saturday night’s race at Charlotte.

Edwards rolls in Virginia

Dinwiddie, Va. — Pro Stock driver Mike Edwards went wire-to-wire at the NHRA Virginia Nationals on Sunday, earning the maximum 150 points to all but clinch his first career NHRA Full Throttle Series world championship. Del Worsham (Funny Car) and Brandon Bernstein (Top Fuel) also won in Virginia.

College basketball

Louisville players arrested

Louisville, Ky. — Two projected starters for Louisville’s basketball team were released from jail Sunday after being arrested the night before on misdemeanor charges of resisting law enforcement in southern Indiana.

University of Louisville spokesman Kenny Klein confirmed that sophomore forward Terrence Jennings and senior guard Jerry Smith were arrested on the misdemeanor charges Saturday night in Jeffersonville, Ind. Both were released from the Clark County jail Sunday morning.

College football

Sanders defends Bryant

Oklahoma City — Former NFL player Deion Sanders said his longtime agent was not present for his meeting with Oklahoma State’s Dez Bryant and the former star never gave the player gifts.

Sanders said on the NFL Network’s “NFL Gameday Morning” on Sunday that his wife and Bryant’s girlfriend were also present for the meeting at his house “and we played basketball and had a good home-cooked meal.”

Bryant has been ruled ineligible by Oklahoma State because the All-America receiver lied about details of the meeting to the NCAA.

Nebraska’s Suh honored

New Haven, Conn. — Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation’s defensive player of the week.

Suh had six tackles, one sack, a forced fumble and a key interception in Nebraska’s 27-12 victory over Missouri on Thursday night.

Tennis

Djokovic, Kuznetsova win

Beijing — Novak Djokovic won the China Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Croatia’s Marin Cilic, and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia defeated Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 6-2, 6-4, in the women’s final on Sunday. The second-seeded Djokovic took the first set following a 90-minute rain delay.

China’s Zeng downs Sela

Shanghai — Shao-Xuan Zeng, a 396th-ranked wildcard from China, defeated Dudi Sela of Israel, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, Sunday in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.