Justin Leonard rallied past good friend Davis Love III to win the Honda Classic, carding a five-under-par 67 for a one-stroke victory.

With his wife's family in attendance having made the short trip to The Country Club at Mirasol, Leonard hit back after beginning the day a shot behind Love and trailing by two after five holes.

He drew even with a birdie at the 11th and took the lead for good with another at the 15th.

When Love bogeyed the par-three 16th, Leonard had a two-stroke cushion. He bogeyed the closing hole but held on for his first win in nearly a year and the eighth of his career, finishing with a four-round total of 24-under 264.

"Fortunately, I think I made a couple more putts than he did the last few holes and a couple of key up-and-downs to where the last couple of holes didn't make much of a difference," said Leonard.

"I was hoping to finish off a little better than that, but again, I guess I'm not going to beat myself up too much."

Collated final totals (USA unless stated, par 72):

264 Justin Leonard 63 70 64 67

265 Chad Campbell 69 65 66 65, Davis Love III 66 65 65 69

266 Tim Herron 69 63 70 64

267 Notah Begay III 63 67 69 68, Jim Furyk 64 69 69 65, Billy Mayfair 70 65 64 68

268 John Rollins 71 65 65 67, Brian Gay 67 67 67 67, Chris DiMarco 69 68 65 66, Woody Austin 66 70 63 69, Jerry Kelly 70 62 67 69, Brett Quigley 68 66 66 68

269 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 64 69 66, Carlos Franco (Par) 67 67 65 70, Chris Riley 65 68 65 71, Tom Byrum 67 64 68 70, Mark Calcavecchia 69 66 69 65, Bob Estes 66 67 70 66, Carl Pettersson 70 67 65 67

270 Doug Barron 70 66 65 69, JP Hayes 69 68 68 65, David Peoples 65 65 71 69

271 Brandt Jobe 67 67 69 68, Jay Williamson 67 66 68 70, Stewart Cink 67 68 69 67, Peter Jacobsen 69 65 71 66

272 Aaron Barber 69 65 67 71, Arron Oberholser 70 64 70 68, Jeff Brehaut 63 68 69 72, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 68 66 68 70, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 64 67 71 70, Bob Burns 70 64 70 68, Joe Durant 67 68 68 69, Fred Funk 67 66 69 70, Robert Gamez 66 67 69 70, John Huston 68 64 71 69, Neal Lancaster 69 64 68 71, Shaun Micheel 67 67 66 72

273 JJ Henry 70 65 71 67, Briny Baird 67 70 66 70, Glen Day 69 64 71 69, Robert Allenby (Aus) 71 67 69 66, Dudley Hart 70 68 70 65, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 65 71 69, Mark O'Meara 68 66 66 73, Kenny Perry 69 68 68 68

274 Ben Crane 71 67 69 67, John Senden 64 70 71 69, Charles Howell III 69 68 69 68, Cameron Beckman 67 70 69 68, Mark Brooks 67 69 68 70, Billy Andrade 71 65 67 71, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 68 70 68 68, Skip Kendall 70 67 69 68, Carl Paulson 67 70 67 70

275 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 66 69 74 66, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 71 67 68 69, Justin Rose (Gbr) 70 65 71 69, Hal Sutton 67 66 72 70, Duffy Waldorf 70 65 73 67, Brent Geiberger 68 70 67 70, Mike Heinen 70 67 69-69, Akio Sadakata (Jpn) 67 68 71 69

276 Adam Scott 71 67 76 62, Ken Green 67 69 68 72

277 Todd Fischer 68 70 72 67, Garrett Willis 72 66 70 69, Alan Morin 70 68 72 67, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 68 67 71 71

278 Mathew Goggin 73 65 71 69, Matt Kuchar 70 67 72 69

279 Brad Faxon 69 68 69 73

280 Pat Bates 69 69 71 71

281 Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 70 68 72 71

282 Robert Damron 70 68 72 72

286 Richard S Johnson 70 66 76 74