Ted Purdy missed a short birdie putt on the last hole which allowed Jonathan Byrd to win the BC Open at a soggy En-Joie Golf Club in New York.

After a seven-hour delay, it looked like the rain-soaked event was headed for a play-off when Purdy had a three-foot putt to level.

But his attempt went wide of the hole, giving Byrd his second career title and his first since the Buick Challenge in 2001.

Byrd claimed the 540,000 US dollars first prize with a 72-hole total of 20 under par on 268 after a four-under 68 in the final round.

Purdy, who shot a seven-under 65 - the low round of the day - was second on 19 under, with Todd Fischer, Robin Freeman, Japan's Hidemichi Tanaka and Notah Begay III all tied for third a further stroke back.

England's John Morgan, who lost a play-off in the John Deere Classic to Australian Mark Hensby last week, was within a shot of the lead with seven holes to play but faded badly and ended up tied for 13th after a 72.

Collated fourth round scores (USA unless stated, par 72):

268 Jonathan Byrd 67 65 68 68

269 Ted Purdy 69 67 65 68

270 Notah Begay III 73 62 66 69, Robin Freeman 70 67 67 66, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 68 68 68 66, Todd Fischer 65 69 71 65

271 Camilo Villegas (Col) 65 70 67 69, Vaughn Taylor 71 66 68 66, Neal Lancaster 67 67 69 68

272 Robert Gamez 75 61 65 71, Jim Gallagher Jnr 70 68 66 68, John Senden (Aus) 71 66 67 68

273 Chris Smith 69 65 69 70, John E Morgan (Eng) 65 68 68 72, Hank Kuehne 70 68 67 68, Tommy Tolles 67 69 65 72

274 Joey Sindelar 68 69 68 69, Jay Williamson 68 67 70 69, Steve Allan (Aus) 72 68 64 70, Bill Haas 74 66 66 68

275 Jason Bohn 67 68 69 71, Pat Bates 70 68 67 70, Wayne Levi 72 67 69 67, Omar Uresti 71 67 67 70, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 71 66 70 68, John Rollins 71 65 72 67, Craig Stadler 67 69 71 68, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 66 73 67 69

276 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 71 70 67, Jason Dufner 69 71 69 67, John Cook 69 68 68 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 68 65 72 71, Jim Carter 70 68 68 70, Mark Wiebe 69 70 69 68

277 Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe) 67 68 70 72, David Edwards 71 71 66 69, David Peoples 70 66 69 72, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 69 68 70 70, Stan Utley 68 69 71 69

278 Kevin Stadler 65 70 71 72, Lucas Glover 67 74 70 67, Fred Funk 74 68 68 68

279 Wes Short jr. 72 69 68 70, Mike Grob 71 71 67 70, Roland Thatcher 66 68 76 69, Brian Kortan 69 68 73 69, Michael Clark II 70 69 71 69

280 Tom Carter 67 72 70 71, Carl Paulson 69 70 74 67, Brock Mackenzie 69 71 69 71, Craig Bowden 68 71 71 70, Olin Browne 67 71 70 72, Garrett Willis 66 71 70 73, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) 72 70 68 70, Brett Quigley 66 69 71 74

281 Matt Hendrix 72 70 68 71, Roger Tambellini 69 69 70 73, Kelly Gibson 64 74 71 72, Kevin Muncrief 70 71 69 71

282 Ken Duke 73 68 74 67, Billy Andrade 72 68 73 69, John Morse 71 70 69 72, David Ogrin 73 68 70 71, Trevor Dodds (Nam) 74 68 70 70, Mark Wilson 70 69 71 72, Tim Conley 72 70 72 68

283 Dan Briggs 72 69 73 69, Kevin Na (Kor) 70 70 70 73

284 Mike Heinen 67 75 70 72, Mike Standly 72 68 71 73, Mike Springer 71 71 73 69

285 Grant Waite (Nzl) 71 69 74 71, Ken Green 69 71 71 74, Jim Benepe 67 68 76 74

286 David Sutherland 73 69 68 76

287 Brandt Snedeker 69 73 71 74, Brad Bryant 72 70 71 74

289 Mike Sullivan 71 71 73 74