Columbia's Camilo Vilegas won at a canter on Sunday, taking the Honda Classic by five shots at the demanding PGA National course.
Vilegas had led the field by a commanding three shots after Saturday's round, and despite three dropped shots on the back nine yesterday, five birdies proved enough to see the 28-year-old clinch his third PGA Tour win, finishing 13-under-par.
"I've just had good vibes in me all week," said Villegas, who climbed to No. 12 in the world rankings. "It's been a long week but it's been a good one and I've loved every second of it."
America's Anthony Kim was in second place on eight-under, having produced five birdies to offset a pair of bogeys on the final day. There was a decent showing from the Englishmen, with Justin Rose finishing in third place on seven-under while Paul Casey was fourth on six-under.
Rose started off in fine form, shooting five birdies in the opening six holes (he carded a bogey on the 5th), and produced a further two birdies on the 9th and 14th for the best round of the day, a six-under 64. Casey hit four birdies in five holes on the back nine, after a bogey on the 2nd. Casey tied with Vijay Singh, after the Fijian carded two birdies and four bogeys on the last round.
Lee Westwood also finished in the top 10, tying for ninth place on two-under. Westwood had played steadily on Sunday carding three birdies and a bogey, but the world No. 4 was always going to find it difficult after a horror show on Friday when he picked up two double bogeys in consecutive holes.
Some of the other bigger names failed to light up the leaderboard, Ireland's Padraig Harrington tying for 40th place, four-over - during the final round, Harrington hit a couple of bogeys and a nasty double bogey on the 11th.
Tied on the same score, Rory McIlroy was similarly disappointing, though most of the damage was done on the Ulsterman's third round, when he racked up four bogeys and a triple bogey on the 15th.
On Sunday, McIlroy's game continued to be blighted by bogeys, a trio of them coming over the first 10 holes, but the 20-year-old also managed to card four birdies.
Nathan Green had been close to the top of the leaderboard for most of the competition, but on Sunday his game collapsed, the Australian finishing tied for 12th place after hitting seven-over for the day. The nadir of Green's round came on the infamous bear-trap sequence of holes, where he hit a double bogey on the 15th and a triple on the 17th.
At one point Green struck a ball partly submerged in the mud with such ferocity that it dislodged another ball that had been sitting there, two of them flying up out of the muck - though by that stage, Green's hopes of a victory had already been trampled into the dirt.
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