MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Tiger Woods gave the record crowds at the Australian Masters everything they could have wanted with his victory here Sunday, except a definitive answer when he would return.

"I promise it won’t be as long," Woods said to yet another warm ovation.

Woods took the lead for good with a 7-iron to within four feet for birdie on the fifth hole and he hardly missed a shot the rest of the way for a 4-under 68 and a two-shot win over Australia’s Greg Chalmers.

He won for the seventh time this year, and the 82nd time worldwide in his career. Woods now has a trophy from every continent where golf is played. Australia, the 13th country where he has won an individual event, had been the missing link.

"I’ve never won down here, so now I have won on every continent, except for Antartica," Woods said. "I haven’t played the Antartica Four-Ball yet. But to have won on every playable continent, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do. And now I’ve done that."