( CNN ) -- There are only two multiple winners on the PGA Tour this season -- one of them is in top form ahead of the U.S. Open , and the other is Tiger Woods . Matt Kuchar moved up to second place in the FedEx Cup standings with victory at Jack Nicklaus ' Memorial Tournament on Sunday , having finished runner-up last weekend at the Crowne Plaza Invitational . It is the first time the American has won more than once in one season , having also claimed the World Golf Championships Match Play title in February . His four-under-par 68 in the final round was crowned by a 21-foot birdie at the last hole which left him two shots clear of fast-finishing Kevin Chappell , who is still waiting for his breakthrough win . The biggest names in the field -- world No . 1 Woods and second-ranked Rory McIlroy -- were respectively nine and 13 shots off the pace after both carded par 72 . For defending champion Woods , Sunday 's effort was a relative relief after Saturday 's nightmare 79 -- his equal second-worst score as a professional -- but he triple-bogeyed the par-three 12th hole that he had doubled in the third round . He also had a triple on Saturday . The American has won this event five times , but is struggling to regain the form that has already brought him four victories this season ahead of the second scheduled major at Merion in Pennsylvania starting June 13 . `` You want everything clicking on all cylinders , especially at the U.S. Open , because everything is tested in the U.S. Open , '' he said . Woods is still four short of Nicklaus ' record 18 major titles , and has not won one since the 2008 U.S. Open . He was eight over the card at Muirfield Village . `` It was n't that bad today , '' Woods said . `` It was just one hole that cost me obviously a few shots . It happens , it happens to us all . '' McIlroy is also struggling for form ahead of the tournament that provided his first major win in 2011 . `` I hit the ball much better today . I actually putted a little better , too . A little bit of work next week -- yeah , it 's not that far away , '' the Northern Irishman said after finishing in a tie for 57th . `` It 's just a little bit of an adjustment and something I can work on and something it was good to figure out this week , so I can work on it next week . '' Kuchar , who has yet to win a major , was delighted after taking home the $ 1.16 million first prize in front of his wife and two children . `` It 's such an amazing feeling , this stuff never gets old , '' the 34-year-old Ryder Cup player said after his sixth PGA Tour victory . `` To win this and have Jack Nicklaus congratulate me is a real treat . ''
Matt Kuchar wins Memorial Tournament by two shots from compatriot Kevin Chappell . Defending champion Tiger Woods ties for sixth after carding a level-par round of 72 . two -time winner Woods suffers a triple-bogey for the second successive day . World No . 2 Kevin Chappell finishes tied for the second successive day after also finishing with a 72 .