After going down the wrong road last season, Mike Weir watched his playing partners do the same here.

With winds gusting in the California desert, Weir did what his playing partners could not, staying out of the water and off the rocks on his way to the winner's circle at the Bob Hope Classic.

Weir birdied each of the final three holes en route to a five-under-par 67 at the PGA West Arnold Palmer Course, where Jay Haas and Tim Herron each led in the final threesome of the day before falling away.

Unable to place better than ninth since his victory at the season-ending Tour Championship in 2001, Weir pocketed the top prize after finishing the 90-hole event at 30-under.

It was the fourth career title for Weir, a Canadian lefthander who had no top-10 finishes in 25 starts last season.

He began 2003 with a tie for ninth at Phoenix.

The 49-year-old Haas had a share of the lead standing over his second shot at the par-five 18th.

But he found the water and finished second, two strokes back at 28-under.

Tim Herron found trouble on the 16th hole, where he was tied for the lead with Haas before driving into a fairway bunker and blasting over the green and under a boulder en route to a quadruple-bogey.

Herron still shared third with Chris DiMarco at 26-under.

David Gossett rounded out the top five at 335, a shot better than Phil Mickelson and Pat Perez.

After four days of ideal scoring conditions, it seemed to be Herron's tournament, but his four-stroke advantage became less of a cushion when the leaders teed off in winds gusting to 30 miles an hour.

With Herron struggling early, Haas needed only six holes to overtake him.

He birdied the second and third before eagling the sixth.

After matching the tour's 72-hole record for strokes under par, Herron had the biggest problem with the wind.

He played the first 13 holes in three-over to fall two strokes off the pace.

But Herron, nicknamed "Lumpy" for his less-than-spectacular physique, unleashed a 361-yard drive at the par-five 14th and ended up making a 10-foot eagle putt to tie Haas for the lead.

Herron needed only two holes to give back the strokes, and then some.

He hit his drive too far at the par-five 16th and flew his second shot from a bunker on to a mountain behind the green.

After taking an unplayable lie and throwing several rocks out of his way, Herron whacked his third shot over the green into a creek.

Four strokes later, he was out of the tournament.

Haas has done it in consecutive seasons at PGA West.

After collapsing with the 72-hole lead last year, he needed only one swing to ruin this season's event.

Haas got off to a great start to bring himself back into the tournament as he made a 25-foot birdie putt at the third hole and 18-footer for eagle at the sixth.

He bogeyed the 10th and 13th but birdied the 11th and 16th to keep a one-shot lead.

Haas watched Weir lay up from a downhill lie before taking aim at the 18th green from 194 yards.

But he came up a few short with a four-iron as his bid for his first title since 1993 came to an end.

Weir was steady most of a windy day, taking his lone bogey at the ninth hole.

He began the round tied for second and was only a stroke behind after Haas bogeyed the 13th.

Weir briefly earned a share of the lead with a five-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole, but Haas answered with a four-footer.

The Canadian then banged in a lightning-fast 40-foot putt at the par-three 17th.

Before Haas found the water with his second shot at the 18th, Weir decided to lay up instead of hitting his ball off a downhill lie.

The move paid off.

Weir got it on the green and made and eight-foot putt for birdie to seal his fourth career title.

After going down the wrong road last season, Mike Weir watched his playing partners do the same here.

With winds gusting in the California desert, Weir did what his playing partners could not, staying out of the water and off the rocks on his way to the winner's circle at the Bob Hope Classic.

Weir birdied each of the final three holes en route to a five-under-par 67 at the PGA West Arnold Palmer Course, where Jay Haas and Tim Herron each led in the final threesome of the day before falling away.

Unable to place better than ninth since his victory at the season-ending Tour Championship in 2001, Weir pocketed the top prize after finishing the 90-hole event at 30-under.

It was the fourth career title for Weir, a Canadian lefthander who had no top-10 finishes in 25 starts last season.

He began 2003 with a tie for ninth at Phoenix.

The 49-year-old Haas had a share of the lead standing over his second shot at the par-five 18th.

But he found the water and finished second, two strokes back at 28-under.

Tim Herron found trouble on the 16th hole, where he was tied for the lead with Haas before driving into a fairway bunker and blasting over the green and under a boulder en route to a quadruple-bogey.

Herron still shared third with Chris DiMarco at 26-under.

David Gossett rounded out the top five at 335, a shot better than Phil Mickelson and Pat Perez.

After four days of ideal scoring conditions, it seemed to be Herron's tournament, but his four-stroke advantage became less of a cushion when the leaders teed off in winds gusting to 30 miles an hour.

With Herron struggling early, Haas needed only six holes to overtake him.

He birdied the second and third before eagling the sixth.

After matching the tour's 72-hole record for strokes under par, Herron had the biggest problem with the wind.

He played the first 13 holes in three-over to fall two strokes off the pace.

But Herron, nicknamed "Lumpy" for his less-than-spectacular physique, unleashed a 361-yard drive at the par-five 14th and ended up making a 10-foot eagle putt to tie Haas for the lead.

Herron needed only two holes to give back the strokes, and then some.

He hit his drive too far at the par-five 16th and flew his second shot from a bunker on to a mountain behind the green.

After taking an unplayable lie and throwing several rocks out of his way, Herron whacked his third shot over the green into a creek.

Four strokes later, he was out of the tournament.

Haas has done it in consecutive seasons at PGA West.

After collapsing with the 72-hole lead last year, he needed only one swing to ruin this season's event.

Haas got off to a great start to bring himself back into the tournament as he made a 25-foot birdie putt at the third hole and 18-footer for eagle at the sixth.

He bogeyed the 10th and 13th but birdied the 11th and 16th to keep a one-shot lead.

Haas watched Weir lay up from a downhill lie before taking aim at the 18th green from 194 yards.

But he came up a few short with a four-iron as his bid for his first title since 1993 came to an end.

Weir was steady most of a windy day, taking his lone bogey at the ninth hole.

He began the round tied for second and was only a stroke behind after Haas bogeyed the 13th.

Weir briefly earned a share of the lead with a five-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole, but Haas answered with a four-footer.

The Canadian then banged in a lightning-fast 40-foot putt at the par-three 17th.

Before Haas found the water with his second shot at the 18th, Weir decided to lay up instead of hitting his ball off a downhill lie.

The move paid off.

Weir got it on the green and made and eight-foot putt for birdie to seal his fourth career title.

Collated final scores - PGA West, Palmer course (Par 72), Bermuda Dunes Country Club course (Par 72), Indian Wells Country Club (Par 72) and La Quinta Country Club course (Par 72), (USA unless stated):

330 Mike Weir (Can) 67 64 65 67 67

332 Jay Haas 67 61 67 68 69

335 Chris DiMarco 64 68 66 66 70, Tim Herron 69 64 61 65 75

336 David Gossett 69 67 62 66 72

337 Pat Perez 69 61 70 66 71, Phil Mickelson 70 68 63 69 67

338 Harrison Frazar 67 62 72 66 71, Stephen Ames (Tri) 63 67 64 71 73, Jonathan Kaye 66 71 64 70 67, Justin Leonard 66 67 69 66 70

339 Scott Verplank 70 69 64 66 70, Jerry Kelly 71 66 64 67 71, Frank Lickliter II 65 72 63 67 72, Davis Love III 67 64 68 69 71

340 Cliff Kresge 67 65 67 68 73, Joey Sindelar 69 69 65 68 69, Kirk Triplett 68 67 70 66 69, JL Lewis 67 65 65 72 71, Steve Lowery 68 68 62 68 74

341 Todd Fischer 68 66 66 67 74, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 65 66 65 71 74, Jeff Sluman 68 69 69 65 70, Doug Barron 66 67 66 67 75, Skip Kendall 69 68 66 66 72, Jeff Maggert 70 66 68 70 67, John Maginnes 71 64 67 64 75

342 Chad Campbell 68 68 65 64 77, Kevin Sutherland 70 66 67 69 70, Dudley Hart 69 69 67 68 69, Tom Pernice Jr 69 66 70 64 73

343 Briny Baird 71 66 66 65 75, Dan Forsman 66 71 67 65 74, John Huston 66 66 70 66 75, David Peoples 70 65 71 65 72, Kenny Perry 69 69 65 63 77

344 Matt Gogel 65 70 64 70 75, Chris Riley 67 71 63 70 73, Paul Stankowski 72 68 66 64 74, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 66 69 69 71 69, Duffy Waldorf 68 66 73 65 72, Scott McCarron 70 62 71 67 74

345 Tim Petrovic 68 67 68 67 75, Alexander Cejka (Ger) 69 66 69 65 76, Stewart Cink 68 68 67 68 74, John Cook 64 71 66 69 75, Fred Couples 69 65 69 66 76, Joe Durant 67 63 74 69 72, Steve Jones 68 70 69 66 72, Andrew Magee 72 69 65 66 73

346 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 67 69 70 65 75, Hal Sutton 72 70 64 69 71, David Toms 70 66 69 69 72, Mark Calcavecchia 66 66 71 72 71, Robert Gamez 65 70 65 68 78

347 John Daly 69 73 64 66 75

348 John Senden (Aus) 69 68 74 64 73, Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 68 65 70 68 77, David Sutherland 69 67 69 67 76, Fred Funk 70 71 67 66 74, Tom Lehman 67 68 73 67 73

349 Ben Crane 69 66 69 66 79, Patrick Moore 67 68 65 72 77

350 Bob Burns 67 69 68 71 75, Peter Jacobsen 67 67 68 65 83

351 Jeff Brehaut 68 65 69 73 76, Olin Browne 68 70 73 64 76, Shaun Micheel 65 68 70 69 79, Corey Pavin 69 68 69 65 80

352 Cameron Beckman 69 70 70 66 77

354 Spike McRoy 69 68 72 66 79

356 Donnie Hammond 69 70 63 73 81