Jim Furyk, dogged by questions about his wrist and game all season, fired a two-under-par 69 to win the Western Open at 14-under-par 270.

Tiger Woods did not let Furyk pick up his 10th PGA Tour victory and first since 2003 without a fight. But a pair of late bogeys stalled Woods' momentum and left him alone in second at 12-under 272.

Furyk's last win came at the 2003 Buick Open. He had an off year last season after wrist surgery in March sidelined him for nearly three months. The 2003 US Open champion, Furyk has had a number of close calls this season before finally breaking through.

With three runner-up finishes this year, Furyk was playing solid golf but had yet to close the deal. He lost by two at the MCI, came up short in a play-off at the Wachovia and was done in by Padraig Harrington's 65-foot eagle putt on the final hole last week at the Barclays.

With Woods charging, the stage was set for Furyk to come up short again before he answered the challenge with a birdie barrage of his own. Furyk was even after nine holes and had a one-shot lead over Woods and Ben Curtis when he reeled off three birdies in a row, starting on the 10th.

Furyk was fortunate to be in the lead after his start. Bogeys at numbers two and three had dropped him four shots behind Curtis, who birdied two of his first three holes.

Furyk rebounded with birdies and the fourth and sixth holes and had the lead again by the turn after Curtis faltered with three bogeys in five holes.

Woods - who became the first player to reach 50million US dollars in career earnings - made up ground with five birdies in his first 10 holes. An eagle at the par-five 11th had him at 13-under, but he played his final seven holes in one over and had to settle for a runner-up finish for the second consecutive start.

Curtis, the 2003 British Open champion, shot a three-over 74 and finished third at nine-under 275, one stroke better than Billy Mayfair (68).

Collated final round scores and totals in the USPGA Tour Cialis Western Open, Cog Hill G & CC, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 71):

270 Jim Furyk 64 70 67 69

272 Tiger Woods 73 66 67 66

275 Ben Curtis 64 71 66 74

276 Billy Mayfair 72 69 67 68

277 Pat Perez 74 66 67 70, Brett Quigley 69 69 69 70

278 Shaun Micheel 71 67 68 72, Heath Slocum 72 70 67 69, Charles Warren 71 69 70 68

279 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 73 68 70 68, Tim Herron 68 66 70 75, Bob Tway 74 68 68 69

280 Craig Perks (Nzl) 67 71 70 72, Vijay Singh (Fij) 72 70 65 73, Chris Couch 66 67 74 73

281 D.J. Trahan 71 69 69 72, Marco Dawson 73 68 70 70, Robert Allenby (Aus) 66 75 72 68, Mark Hensby (Aus) 75 65 69 72, Todd Fischer 64 72 75 70

282 James Driscoll 68 74 70 70, Brian Gay 68 70 70 74, Hunter Mahan 70 71 71 70, Jerry Kelly 70 70 69 73, Alex Cejka (Ger) 71 70 70 71, Duffy Waldorf 69 65 74 74, Steve Flesch 69 67 73 73

283 Chris Smith 69 71 70 73, Joey Sindelar 68 72 73 70, David Hearn (Can) 71 70 69 73, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 67 71 72 73, D.A. Points 70 70 71 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 72 73 68

284 Scott Verplank 69 70 71 74, Sean O'Hair 70 71 75 68, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 73 68 71 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 70 72 70, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 71 73 70, Robert Damron 71 71 72 70

285 Robert Gamez 68 71 72 74, Ted Purdy 72 66 75 72, Scott Piercy 72 69 72 72, Chad Campbell 66 71 72 76, Neal Lancaster 70 70 69 76, Scott McCarron 70 67 72 76

Brett Wetterich 69 71 74 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 73 68 71 73, Jonathan Byrd 71 67 71 76, Bob Estes 69 72 73 71, Frank Lickliter II 72 67 75 71, John Senden (Aus) 73 69 72 71

286 Roland Thatcher 70 70 69 77, Joe Durant 72 67 73 74

287 Mark Calcavecchia 70 72 70 75, Todd Hamilton 70 71 68 78

288 Joey Snyder III 69 72 71 76, KJ Choi (Kor) 71 69 75 73, Harrison Frazar 66 74 73 75, J J Henry 70 72 75 71

289 Franklin Langham 71 71 74 73, Woody Austin 70 69 75 75, Kent Jones 68 73 72 76

290 Brandt Jobe 71 71 70 78, Christopher Anderson 72 67 77 74

292 John Cook 73 68 78 73

293 Jim Carter 71 70 76 76

295 Michael Long (Nzl) 71 69 75 80, Ryan Palmer 70 71 74 80

297 John Huston 69 73 78 77

300 Mike Small 69 73 78 80