Nick Watney (The Associated Press)
Needing a birdie on the par-4 18th for a 59, Watney drove into the left rough, failed to reach the green with his approach and left his long birdie pitch just short of the putting surface.
The American finished at 22-under 262 and earned $1.3 million in the unofficial PGA Tour event, finishing a stroke ahead of 2011 champion Bo Van Pelt and Robert Garrigus and three ahead of Tiger Woods. (See full CIMB leaderboard below).
The tournament will become a full-fledged PGA Tour event next year when the tour begins its new season in October after the FedEx Cup.
Van Pelt and Garrigus tied for second, each carding 66 after starting the round tied for the lead.
Needing a birdie on 18 to force a playoff, Van Pelt saved par after hitting into a greenside bunker. On Saturday, needing a closing birdie for a 59, he made a double bogey for a 62.
Woods finished with a 63 to tie for fourth at 19 under with Chris Kirk and Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge. Kirk shot 67, and de Jonge had a 66.
The players were allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairways for the last three rounds because the course was soaked by tropical storms overnight.
Watney won the FedEx Cup opener at Bethpage Black in August for his fifth official PGA Tour victory.
In other golf tournaments:
BMW MASTERS
SHANGHAI — Sweden’s Peter Hanson won the BMW Masters for his second European Tour victory of the year, shooting a 5-under 67 to hold off Ryder Cup teammate Rory McIlroy by a stroke.
Hanson finished at 21-under 267 on The Masters Course at Lake Malaren and earned $1,166,600 in the European Tour’s richest regular event.
He won the KLM Open last month in the Netherlands and has six career tour victories.
The top-ranked McIlroy, the winner last year when the event was a non-sanctioned exhibition tournament, finished with a 67.
Third-ranked Luke Donald was third at 17 under after a 66, and fellow Englishman Ian Poulter completed a Ryder Cup sweep of the top four spots, closing with a 65 to finish at 16 under.
AT&T CHAMPIONSHIP
SAN ANTONIO — David Frost won the AT&T Championship on Sunday, beating Bernhard Langer with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff after overcoming a six-stroke deficit in the final round.
Frost and Langer each shot 6-under 66 to finish at 8-under 208 on TPC San Antonio’s Canyons Course.
Second-round leader Mark Calcavecchia had a 74 to finish two strokes back. Calcavecchia bogeyed four of the first 11 holes.
The 53-year-old Frost also teamed with Michael Allen to win the Legends of Golf in April and has three career Champions Tour victories.
The South African won 10 times on the PGA Tour.
The tournament was the final full-field end of the year. The top 30 on the money list qualified for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Ariz.
LPGA TAIWAN CHAMPIONSHIP
YANG MEI, Taiwan — Suzann Pettersen won the Taiwan Championship for her second straight LPGA Tour victory, rallying to beat Inbee Park by three strokes on Sunday.
Pettersen closed with a 3-under 69 in wind and drizzle on the at Sunrise course. The Norwegian finished with a 19-under 269 and earned $300,000 for her 10th LPGA Tour title.
Last week in South Korea, she beat Catriona Matthew in a playoff.
Local favorite Yani Tseng had a 71 to finish third at 15 under.
The top-ranked Taiwanese player won the event last year. Matthew was fourth at 14 under after a 70.
Cristie Kerr was the only American in the top 12, shooting a 73 to tie for sixth at 9 under.
Michelle Wie had a 76 to tie for 23rd at 1 under.
WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
MCKINNEY, Texas — Justin Bolli closed with a 6-under 65 to win the Web.com Tour Championship, making him one of three players who moved into the top 25 on the money list to earn a PGA Tour card for next season.
Bolli was No. 44 on the money list going into the Web.com Tour’s final event of the year. He earned $180,000 to move to No. 9 with his two-shot victory over James Hahn, who birdied the last hole for a 69. The top 25 on the money list earned PGA Tour cards.
Hahn was No. 13 and virtually a lock to secure a PGA Tour card going into the last round. But his final hole determined the fate of two players.
Adam Hadwin of Canada closed with a 65, getting up-and-down from behind the green on the par-5 18th at the TPC Craig Ranch for one last birdie.
He was projected to go from No. 48 to No. 25 on the money list and earn his tour card if he stayed in a three-way tie for second with Hahn and Morgan Hoffman, who closed with a 64.
Hahn’s second shot into the 18th went well right of the green and onto a cart path. He took a free drop, and then lofted a chip that stopped just inside 3 feet away.
Hahn knocked in the short birdie putt to finish in second place by himself. Hadwin, who would have made $74,667 for a three-way tie for second, earned $58,000 for his two-way tie for third. The difference was enough to allow Jim Herman to finish 25th on the money list.
Bolli finished at 16-under 268.
Casey Wittenberg won the Web.com Tour money list, meaning he is eligible for The Players Championship and has guaranteed status all year.
CIMB FINAL LEADERBOARD
Sunday, At The Mines Resort and Golf Club
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Purse: $6.1 million
Yardage: 6,909; Par: 71
Nick Watney, $1,300,000 71-65-65-61—262
Robert Garrigus, $485,000 64-64-69-66—263
Bo Van Pelt, $485,000 70-65-62-66—263
Brendon de Jonge, $265,000 68-65-66-66—265
Chris Kirk, $265,000 69-66-63-67—265
Tiger Woods, $265,000 66-67-69-63—265
Carl Pettersson, $200,000 69-67-68-62—266
Jbe' Kruger, $175,000 66-64-69-68—267
Pat Perez, $150,000 67-68-68-65—268
Gaganjeet Bhullar, $102,500 65-72-65-67—269
Brian Harman, $102,500 64-70-66-69—269
Kevin Na, $102,500 67-66-69-67—269
Scott Piercy, $102,500 75-68-64-62—269
Ben Crane, $87,000 68-66-68-68—270
Seung-Yul Noh, $87,000 71-66-67-66—270
Greg Chalmers, $79,000 66-66-69-70—271
Jason Dufner, $79,000 68-72-64-67—271
Bill Haas, $79,000 70-65-68-68—271
Jeff Overton, $79,000 64-70-68-69—271
John Senden, $79,000 72-66-66-67—271
Thaworn Wiratchant, $79,000 72-65-68-66—271
Ricky Barnes, $71,000 66-71-66-69—272
J.B. Holmes, $71,000 66-70-68-68—272
Marcus Fraser, $67,000 70-70-65-68—273
Charlie Wi, $67,000 69-66-71-67—273
Tom Gillis, $60,600 65-70-66-73—274
John Huh, $60,600 70-68-68-68—274
Masanori Kobayashi, $60,600 69-71-66-68—274
Anirban Lahiri, $60,600 71-66-68-69—274
Martin Laird, $60,600 68-67-69-70—274
Trevor Immelman, $56,500 72-63-68-72—275
Kevin Stadler, $56,500 67-68-76-64—275
Bob Estes, $53,500 69-68-70-69—276
Troy Matteson, $53,500 63-69-73-71—276
Cameron Tringale, $53,500 71-69-70-66—276
Johnson Wagner, $53,500 70-69-67-70—276
Prom Meesawat, $50,000 70-69-68-70—277
Sean O'Hair, $50,000 69-72-65-71—277
Ryan Palmer, $50,000 69-68-70-70—277
Marc Leishman, $48,000 75-67-66-70—278
Kyle Stanley, $46,500 69-70-74-66—279
Jimmy Walker, $46,500 69-68-71-71—279
Danny Chia, $45,000 66-75-73-67—281
David Lipsky, $43,500 68-73-71-70—282
William McGirt, $43,500 70-70-73-69—282
Siddikur Rahman, $42,000 73-74-69-68—284
Shaaban Hussin, $41,000 74-73-70-68—285
Scott Hend, $40,000 70-77-70-70—287
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