Golf:Mark Wilson claimed the Sony Open in Hawaii after two consistent rounds on the final day saw him finish two shots ahead of Tim Clark and Steve Marino.
Wilson was in a three-way tie for second after day two at the Waialae Country Club behind joint leaders Stuart Appleby and Shigeki Maruyama.
However, the American fired five birdies for a 65 to move into the lead after the third round with Appleby hitting a 69 for a three-way tie for third and Maruyama only managing a 70 to go joint sixth.
Wilson then hit a 67 in the final round, including three birdies, to finish at 16 under for the week. A mark of Wilson's consistency was that he did not hit a single bogey in the final two rounds.
Clark made a last-round charge but he had to be content with a 64, including seven birdies and one bogey, for a 14-under-par 26.
Marino also had his chances, but a bad break on the 18th hole ended with his eagle putt sliding just past the hole for a 68.
Wilson had two putts for the win, but he needed only one, making the birdie putt from a few feet for his first victory since 2009 in Mexico.
Maruyama completed the competition in a tie for seventh after a final round 69 saw him finish on 11 under while Appleby had a poor evening, hitting three bogeys and just one birdie for a 72.
It saw the Australian in a seven-strong tie for 13th with a nine-under-par 271 alongside the likes of England's Justin Rose, who finished as the leading European.
Collated final round scores & totals
(USA unless stated, par 70):
264Mark Wilson 65 67 65 67
266Steve Marino 65 67 66 68, Tim Clark (RSA) 68 68 66 64
267Jimmy Walker 68 65 66 68
268Matt Kuchar 65 68 66 69, Matt Bettencourt 68 65 68 67
269Roland Thatcher 67 65 68 69, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 65 65 70 69
270Steve Stricker 69 67 68 66, Jerry Kelly 68 67 69 66, Chris Riley 66 69 66 69, Davis Love III 68 66 67 69
271Chad Campbell 67 67 68 69, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 69 66 67 69, Anthony Kim 71 64 68 68, Justin Rose (Eng) 65 68 68 70, Brian Gay 69 68 70 64, Tag Ridings 68 67 68 68, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 64 66 69 72
272Kevin Na 67 67 69 69, Brendon De Jonge 68 67 66 71, Jeff Overton 67 68 68 69, Cameron Beckman 69 67 68 68, John Senden (Aus) 71 65 67 69, Alex Prugh 70 67 66 69, Jason Day (Aus) 69 67 66 70
273Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 66 69 70, Marc Leishman (Aus) 65 69 73 66, Boo Weekley 68 66 69 70
274Chris Kirk 68 67 70 69, John Merrick 69 67 72 66, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 67 68 69 70, Chris DiMarco 67 67 71 69
275Spencer Levin 70 67 71 67, Colt Knost 68 69 68 70, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 67 70 69 69, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 73 64 70 68, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 68 65 71 71, DJ Brigman 70 66 71 68, Daniel Summerhays 71 64 70 70, Jonathan Byrd 69 68 68 70
276Nate Smith 65 68 69 74, Ernie Els (RSA) 70 65 67 74, Brandt Jobe 67 70 70 69, Kevin Chappell 70 67 68 71
277Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 68 70 71, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 66 70 70 71, Jason Bohn 68 69 72 68, Webb Simpson 68 69 68 72
278Michael Connell 65 69 68 76
279Billy Mayfair 67 70 70 72
280Ryan Palmer 68 69 70 73
281Michael Sim (Aus) 68 67 72 74
282Matt Mcquillan (Can) 68 69 71 74, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 70 66 73 73
287Jason Dufner 69 67 72 79
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