Japan's Shigeki Maruyama captured his second career PGA Tour title, holding off rookie Ben Crane and Tiger Woods to win the Byron Nelson Classic in Irving, Texas.
Maruyama saved par three times on the back nine and ended up with a two-under-par 68.
He finished with a 14-under-par total of 266, two shots in front of Crane and four ahead of Woods.
Maruyama became the first Asian with multiple Tour victories having won the Greater Milwaukee Open last year to become the first Japanese player to win on the United States mainland.
It marked the second straight week an Asian has claimed a victory after KJ Choi became the first South Korean to win on the PGA Tour when he captured the Compaq Classic.
The triumph for Maruyama is more impressive since it came against a field that
boasted eight of the world's top 10 players.
The victory secured Maruyama the 864,000 US dollar first prize and a spot in
the upcoming US Open.
World number one Woods tied Crane for the lowest round of the day, carding a
five-under-par 65 to finish at 10 under on 270.
Collated final scores from the Byron Nelson Classic, Irving, Texas (USA unless
stated, Par 70)
266 Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 67 63 68 68
268 Ben Crane 68 67 68 65
270 Tiger Woods 71 65 69 65
272 David Toms 68 68 70 66, Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 70 64 69
273 Steve Stricker 69 66 70 68, Jim Carter 65 67 71 70
274 Cameron Beckman 70 65 66 73, Loren Roberts 67 68 68 71, Duffy Waldorf 71
67 66 70, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 69 67 69, David Frost (Rsa) 66 72 68 68, Frank
Lickliter II 64 70 70 70, Nick Price (Zim) 64 71 69 70
275 David Duval 66 70 72 67, Justin Leonard 67 69 71 68
276 Tim Petrovic 72 66 70 68, Scott Simpson 71 65 70 70, Franklin Langham 68
67 71 70, Phil Mickelson 69 64 71 72, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 71 68 70 67
277 Bryce Molder 63 70 72 72, Paul Stankowski 67 65 72 73, Bob Tway 69 70 70
68, Fred Funk 67 69 70 71, Brian Henninger 67 68 71 71
278 John Rollins 69 65 75 69, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 66 74 69, Esteban Toledo
(Mex) 64 70 73 71, Chris DiMarco 69 68 70 71, JP Hayes 69 70 72 67, Lee Janzen
64 69 70 75, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 65 69 73 71, Carl Paulson 70 67 71 70
279 Steve Flesch 65 73 71 70, Phil Tataurangi (Nzl) 68 68 72 71, Billy Andrade
68 68 73 70, Brent Geiberger 69 69 73 68
280 Craig Perks (Nzl) 68 69 69 74, Chad Campbell 69 68 71 72, Mike Sposa 68 70
71 71, Rich Beem 68 67 73 72, Dudley Hart 68 70 72 70, John Huston 68 66 77 69,
Jeff Maggert 66 67 73 74, David Peoples 71 67 69 73
281 Michael Allan 69 69 70 73, Brett Wetterich 67 72 68 74, JJ Henry 71 67 73
70
282 Michael Muehr 71 68 74 69, Scott Verplank 68 71 72 71, Woody Austin 71 67
70 74, Davis Love III 71 68 73 70, Len Mattiace 68 70 72 72, Billy Mayfair 67 71
75 69
283 Matt Gogel 71 68 76 68, Craig Barlow 66 73 70 74, Tom Scherrer 65 72 75
71, Jeff Sluman 69 70 73 71, Joe Durant 63 71 76 73, Andrew Magee 69 70 70 74
284 David Gossett 64 71 79 70, Brian Gay 68 67 75 74, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 66 73
72 73, Scott Dunlap 70 67 74 73, Bob Estes 67 69 74 74
285 Tim Clark 70 68 76 71, Kenneth Staton 68 71 74 72, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn)
71 68 70 76, Tom Byrum 70 68 73 74, JC Anderson 68 70 73 74, Steve Lowery 68 69
76 72, Scott McCarron 70 69 71 75, Kenny Perry 69 69 70 77
288 Garrett Willis 68 69 74 77
291 Michael Connell 66 73 76 76, Paul Gow (Aus) 70 69 78 74
292 Craig Stadler 71 68 80 73
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