Vijay Singh shot a final-round three-under-par 69 to hold off a charging Stewart Cink and win the 84 Lumber Classic.

It was his third straight victory and tour-best eighth of the season.

With a 15-under 273 overall, Singh edged Cink, who fired a 65 to finish one stroke back. The winner led by four shots with five holes to play, which proved to be enough.

On a remarkable roll over the last two months, Singh has won five of his last six tournaments. He overtook Tiger Woods for the top ranking in the world following a victory in the Deutsche Bank Classic earlier this month.

The 41-year-old Singh collected £419,000 to push his 2004 earnings to a staggering £5,237,372, which broke Woods' record of £5.089million set four years ago. Singh has won more than £9.4million over the last two years.

Woods, who has won just once this year, did not push Singh for the top spot here, withdrawing on Tuesday due to fatigue on the heels of last week's Ryder Cup.

Chris DiMarco, who entered the final round two strokes behind Singh, shot a 70 and was among four players to finish three shots off the pace. Pat Perez, Zach Johnson and Jonathan Byrd also finished at 276.

KJ Choi, who fired a final-round 65, and Duffy Waldorf were four shots back. Jose Maria Olazabal, who missed the cut in last week's Valero Texas Open, rallied with a final-round 65 to finish among the group at 10 under.

Collated final-round scores from the 84th Lumber Classic, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa (Mystic Rock Course), Farmington, Pennsylvania

(USA unless stated, par 72):

273 Vijay Singh (Fij) 64 68 72 69

274 Stewart Cink 71 71 67 65

276 Pat Perez 67 73 69 67, Jonathan Byrd 68 72 67 69, Chris DiMarco 70 65 71 70, Zach Johnson 69 69 70 68

277 KJ Choi (Kor) 71 68 73 65, Duffy Waldorf 70 69 70 68

278 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 73 70 70 65, Frank Lickliter II 71 72 67 68

279 Bob Burns 73 68 68 70, Matt Gogel 71 68 68 72

280 Robert Gamez 69 70 70 71, John Daly 68 72 70 70, Tim Petrovic 75 67 70 68, Billy Mayfair 71 69 71 69, Tag Ridings 71 71 68 70, Kent Jones 69 68 71 72, Cameron Beckman 67 73 73 67

281 John Rollins 72 70 69 70, Chris Smith 69 72 71 69, Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 74 72 68, Jonathan Kaye 73 69 71 68, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 72 71 68 70

282 Ted Purdy 73 70 70 69, David Toms 70 71 72 69, Patrick Sheehan 72 69 69 72, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 67 71 72 72, Roland Thatcher 72 70 70 70, Charles Howell III 70 70 70 72, Jeff Brehaut 69 71 72 70

283 Jerry Kelly 76 67 70 70, Mark Brooks 70 73 68 72, Ben Curtis 67 67 81 68, Lee Janzen 68 73 71 71

284 Tim Clark 71 71 69 73, David Peoples 71 69 73 71, Len Mattiace 70 68 71 75, Justin Rose (Eng) 69 72 71 72, Steve Stricker 71 71 70 72, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 72 68 72 72

285 Grant Waite (Nzl) 72 70 73 70, Joey Sindelar 68 69 72 76, Vaughn Taylor 74 69 73 69, Brian Gay 75 67 71 72, Jason Bohn 72 68 70 75, Brent Geiberger 69 69 73 74, Glen Day 72 71 70 72, J.P. Hayes 68 69 73 75

286 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 73 70 73, Skip Kendall 72 71 71 72, Carlos Franco (Par) 71 71 71 73

287 Omar Uresti 72 70 73 72, Steve Allan (Aus) 71 69 71 76, Steve Flesch 71 72 68 76, Kevin Na (Kor) 68 73 69 77, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 72 70 74 71, Mark Calcavecchia 72 71 71 73, Todd Hamilton 72 68 72 75, Robert Damron 70 73 70 74

288 Billy Andrade 69 73 71 75, Gene Sauers 74 67 75 72, Mike Weir (Can) 69 72 74 73

289 David Frost (Rsa) 72 71 76 70, Tom Carter 72 69 76 72

290 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 71 71 71 77, Roger Tambellini 68 75 73 74, Tom Pernice Jnr. 69 74 71 76

291 Cliff Kresge 72 71 73 75, Dan Forsman 68 73 73 77

292 Neal Lancaster 71 71 75 75

293 Tommy Armour III 68 74 73 78

295 Kris Cox 68 72 75 80

296 Tim Herron 72 71 73 80