Phil Tataurangi earned his first career PGA Tour win after carding a 10-under-par 62 for a one-stroke victory at the Invensys Classic in Las Vegas.

New Zealander Tataurangi, whose career has been hampered by a neck injury, had 10 birdies during a bogey-free day at the TPC at Summerlin for his first victory in 151 career starts.

Just 18 days short of his 32nd birthday, Tataurangi pocketed 900,000 US dollars for the win - the biggest pay day of his career.

When Tataurangi finished, a handful of players still had a chance to beat his 90-hole 29-under-par total of 330, but none were able to do so.

He was on the practice range when the last group walked off the 18th green.

Playing in the final threesome, Jim Furyk needed a birdie at 18 to have any chance of his fourth win in Las Vegas, but he closed with a bogey for a 68 to finish fourth on 27 under on 332.

Jeff Sluman played with Furyk and fourth-round leader David Duval and was in contention before parring the final hole.

He shot a 67 and tied Stuart Appleby of Australia for second at 28 under 331.

Appleby, who was part of a four-man play-off at the Open, made an incredible charge, playing a six-hole stretch on the back nine in six under.

But he missed a 10-foot birdie putt at the 18th for a 66.

Duval, seeking his first title since last year's Open, followed a season-best 63 with a 71 and tied Charles Howell III and Dan Forsman for sixth at 334, a stroke behind Rory Sabbatini of South Africa.

Collated final scores from (Par 72, USA unless stated):

330 Phil Tataurangi (Nzl) 67 66 67 68 62

331 Jeff Sluman 66 66 64 68 67, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 66 68 64 67 66

332 Jim Furyk 66 65 64 69 68

333 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 65 70 64 65

334 Charles Howell III 67 65 66 69 67, David Duval 67 66 67 63 71, Dan Forsman 65 71 66 66 66

335 Notah Begay III 65 70 70 65 65, Paul Stankowski 65 70 65 67 68, John Cook 69 67 64 67 68, Joel Edwards 72 67 62 66 68

336 Tim Petrovic 68 66 70 67 65, Jonathan Byrd 65 68 68 64 71, David Peoples 69 68 66 67 66

337 Chris DiMarco 66 67 66 69 69, Robert Gamez 67 67 67 70 66, John Huston 65 71 64 69 68

338 Ben Crane 67 67 67 68 69, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 68 71 63 66 70, Billy Andrade 67 68 68 67 68, Brent Geiberger 69 65 66 67 71, Shaun Micheel 66 69 66 68 69

339 Michael Clark II 66 67 69 71 66, Carlos Franco (Par) 68 69 67 69 66, Chris Riley 65 71 66 68 69, Kirk Triplett 68 68 68 65 70, Lee Janzen 63 74 62 71 69, JL Lewis 64 70 69 65 71, Scott McCarron 67 68 65 67 72

340 Ed Fryatt (Gbr) 68 67 69 70 66, Kenneth Staton 68 68 65 69 70, Stephen Allan (Aus) 67 67 68 68 70, Bob Tway 68 68 66 68 70, Bart Bryant 66 68 67 67 72, Justin Leonard 70 66 69 69 66

341 Mike Weir (Can) 66 73 65 70 67, Rich Beem 64 70 70 67 70, Glen Day 65 73 68 67 68, David Berganio Jr 70 65 66 68 72, Craig Parry (Aus) 69 68 66 67 71

342 Jay Don Blake 68 66 66 73 69, Dudley Hart 68 67 65 70 72, Steve Jones 62 70 67 74 69, Frank Lickliter II 67 65 72 71 67, Steve Lowery 67 68 65 69 73, Billy Mayfair 66 68 67 69 72

343 Brandt Jobe 68 70 68 67 70, Tom Scherrer 69 67 65 71 71, Olin Browne 67 67 68 70 71

344 Chris Smith 68 68 66 69 73, Scott Verplank 65 69 70 69 71

345 Jeff Gove 68 70 67 72 68, John Rollins 68 67 65 73 72, JJ Henry 68 68 70 69 70, Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 69 70 69 70, JP Hayes 67 67 69 75 67

346 Harrison Frazar 68 69 69 73 67, Joe Durant 67 67 70 70 72

347 Jeff Brehaut 69 66 70 69 73, Stewart Cink 70 66 66 71 74, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 70 70 65 73 69

348 Brett Wetterich 67 68 69 72 72, Matt Gogel 67 70 67 71 73, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 70 71 64 69 74, David Frost (Rsa) 69 67 70 75 67, Andrew Magee 68 73 65 73 69

349 Jonathan Kaye 69 69 66 73 72

353 Heath Slocum 71 69 66 74 73, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 68 70 79 68