Glover - dramatic finish to win (Getty Images).

Lucas Glover sank a 34-yard bunker shot at the final hole for a shocking one-stroke victory at the Funai Classic at Disney World.

Glover's unlikely birdie vaulted him clear of the packed field for his first victory on the PGA Tour, the £448,000 first prize and a coveted two-year exemption. The 25-year-old is in his second season on tour.

Outlasting a strong field and some trying weather earlier in the tournament, Glover carded a seven-under-par 65 in perfect scoring conditions on the Magnolia course to finish at 23-under 265.

Tom Pernice shot 69 and claimed second. He missed a good birdie chance from 15 feet at the par-four 18th.

England's Justin Rose and Geoff Ogilvy both were on the 18th tee when Glover holed his winning shot, forcing them to birdie the hole to get into a play-off. They matched each other with bogeys, dropping into a tie for third with Harrison Frazar, Rich Beem and defending champion Ryan Palmer, two shots off the pace.

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

Magnolia Course:

265 Lucas Glover 68 66 66 65

266 Tom Pernice Jnr. 67 62 68 69

267 Rich Beem 65 69 63 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 67 68 64 68, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 64 66 68 69, Ryan Palmer 67 70 66 64, Harrison Frazar 67 66 66 68

268 Brandt Jobe 69 62 70 67, Mark Calcavecchia 64 69 65 70

269 Tim Clark (Rsa) 66 65 66 72, Tom Lehman 65 70 69 65, Mark Wilson 67 68 63 71

270 Ryan Moore 64 71 67 68, Heath Slocum 67 69 69 65

271 Pat Perez 64 70 69 68, Charles Howell III 65 68 72 66, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 66 66 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 66 61 71 73, Robert Damron 65 69 68 69, Jeff Sluman 69 66 68 68

272 Bart Bryant 67 67 68 70, Rocco Mediate 68 67 69 68, John Rollins 70 68 68 66, Joey Snyder III 68 68 68 68, Scott Verplank 70 65 68 69, Dean Wilson 69 68 64 71, Kent Jones 66 64 70 72, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 66 71 68 67, Craig Barlow 71 64 68 69, Steve Lowery 64 67 70 71, Dudley Hart 68 65 68 71

273 Robert Gamez 67 68 70 68, Tag Ridings 70 67 69 67, Stewart Cink 69 69 68 67, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 68 64 69 72, Joe Durant 71 66 70 66, Brian Davis (Eng) 72 65 69 67, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 68 68 68, Bob Heintz 67 71 67 68, J J Henry 64 70 70 69

274 Marco Dawson 67 71 70 66, Brendan Jones (Aus) 67 66 70 71, D.A. Points 66 72 68 68

275 Chris Smith 73 65 69 68, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 71 65 70 69, J.L. Lewis 74 63 66 72, Bob Estes 69 69 69 68, Duffy Waldorf 68 70 69 68, Jason Gore 65 67 71 72

276 Vaughn Taylor 70 66 68 72, Sean O'Hair 67 70 68 71, Tim Herron 69 68 69 70, Bo Van Pelt 66 70 70 70, Carlos Franco (Par) 70 67 70 69, Brett Wetterich 67 68 71 70, Cameron Beckman 74 64 67 71, Todd Fischer 68 70 67 71

277 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 71 65 73 68, Hunter Haas 63 71 71 72, Notah Begay III 65 70 70 72, Neal Lancaster 70 66 71 70, Scott McCarron 68 69 71 69

278 Dennis Paulson 68 70 69 71, Nick Price (Zim) 65 68 72 73

280 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 68 69 71 72, Bob Sowards 70 68 72 70, John Senden (Aus) 69 67 70 74

281 Len Mattiace 67 70 69 75, Gavin Coles (Aus) 70 66 70 75

282 Joey Sindelar 73 65 71 73, Peter Lonard (Aus) 70 65 74 73

283 J.P. Hayes 68 69 71 75

288 Hank Kuehne 73 65 75 75

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