Golf: Rose blooms but can't halt Camilo

Rose shot a sparkling six-under-par 64 in his final round to jump to third place on seven under for the tournament, and fellow Englishman Paul Casey finished a shot behind in a share of fourth place with Fiji's Vijay Singh.

However, Vilegas was not prepared to let his hard-earned lead slip away and he won by five shots from second-placed American Anthony Kim, landing his third PGA Tour title and a million-dollar pay day.

Villegas did drop three strokes in five holes on the back nine, however he finished in style with a long putt for birdie at the 18th to card a round of 68 and a total of 13 under for his week.

That score put him five shots in front of Kim, who followed up yesterday's disappointing 73 with a much-improved 67.

Villegas, who began the week promoting a Nationwide Tour event in his homeland, said: "It's been a long week but it's been a good one and I've loved every second of it."

Rose's round equalled the course record and contained seven birdies, of which five came in his first six holes. However, due to his slow start to the tournament – he was two over par after his opening two rounds – he had left it too late to get close to Villegas.

Rose's performance earned him over 250,000 but was not enough to qualify him for this coming week's CA world championship in Miami. The former European No.1 remains outside the world's top 50.

Casey, who followed his opening 73 with a second-round 64, again went under par yesterday with a classy 67 which included four birdies in five holes from the 12th to 16th.

Singh's challenge faltered as he made bogeys at 15, 16 and 17 in a two-over round of 72.

Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson shared sixth place with American Michael Connell after carding 69 for the fourth successive round.

England's Lee Westwood also tied down a top-10 finish, sharing ninth with Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge and American Chris Tidland after his best round of the week, a 68.

FRED COUPLES won his second straight Champions Tour title, shooting a six-under 65 for a four-stroke victory yesterday in the Toshiba Classic. Couples, making his third start on the 50-and-over Tour, had an 18-under 195 total on the Newport Beach Country Club course

BATHGATE'S Stephen Gallacher recorded his third top 50 in a row on the European Tour after closing with a 73 in the Maybank Malaysian Open. The former Dunhill Links champion finished on one-over - 15 shots behind the teenage winner, Korea's Noh Seung-yul.

FRASER MANN gave a decent account of himself on his European Senior Tour debut in The Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters. Getting progressively better as the week went on, the Musselburgh pro closed with a 72 to finish in a tie for 40th behind Thai ace Boonchu Ruangkit.

MUSSELBURGH'S Vikki Laing closed with an excellent 67 to earn a share of 19th spot behind former world No.1 Karrie Webb in the Australian Ladies Masters. Fellow Scot Krystle Caithness also finished on nine-under.