AP Golf Writer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — At this rate, Tiger Woods probably can’t wait for the 2005 season to start.

Woods turned in his most complete round of a difficult year Sunday, missing only two fairways and one green in closing with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Padraig Harrington in the Target World Challenge.

It was Woods’ second straight stroke-play title after going without one on the PGA Tour for the first time in his career.

Woods won the Dunlop Phoenix on the Japanese tour last month by eight shots. The Target World Challenge is the last of the silly-season events and doesn’t count as an official victory.

Still, Woods beat an elite 16-man field with a game that is starting to look vaguely familiar.

‘‘Every shot I wanted to hit, I hit,’’ Woods said.

He finished at 16-under 268 and won $1.25 million, which he donated to his foundation.

Harrington, who held off Woods at Sherwood Country Club two years ago, got into contention with a 31 on the front nine, then kept pace until a couple of errant shots cost him on the final three holes.

Colin Montgomerie, who had a two-shot lead and was trying to win his first stroke-play title in the United States, bogeyed the first hole and never caught up. He shot 71 and finished at 13-under 271 with Jay Haas (69).

Playing in the group behind Harrington, Woods pulled his 2-iron into a tree next to the 16th green and had to punch into the thick rough guarding the green. As he was starting his downswing on a flop shot, a man on the bridge yelled out, ‘‘C’mon Woods!’’

Woods dropped the club in disgust as sheriff’s deputies took the man away. He backed off the par putt, and he and caddie Steve Williams pumped fists when it dropped to protect a two-shot margin.