Four days before the start of the US Open, Vijay Singh ended 11 months without a victory when he took the Barclays Classic in New York.

After what was a largely disappointing final round for the five Europeans who had entertained hopes of winning, Singh - tipped by Bettingzone's Dave Tindall pre-tournament at 25-1 - ended up taking the title by two shots from Australian Adam Scott.

Scott eagled the last with a 24-foot putt, but was left kicking himself. He had a chance from under five feet on the short 14th to lead on his own, but three-putted and then double-bogeyed the 16th after Singh had made a 25-footer for birdie.

Singh allowed everybody else to make mistakes in the windy conditions. Keeping a bogey off his card was the key to his success, achieved with a closing 68 for a 10-under-par total of 274.

Luke Donald and Swede Fredrik Jacobson finished in a share of fifth place four strokes back and while a 10-foot birdie putt on the last by Donald was worth a bunch of useful Ryder Cup points as well as money, of course, it was a case of what might have been.

Three successive birdies around the turn left the High Wycombe golfer only one behind, but he followed them with a double-bogey six on the 12th after driving wildly.

Playing partner Ian Poulter managed to follow up his best-of-the-day 65 in the third round with only a level-par 71 for ninth place, while Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell three-putted from nine feet for a last-green bogey six that dropped him to 12th.

European Tour number one David Howell also wanted to head to Winged Foot with a first American victory under his belt and was only two behind when he resumed, but a 74 left him tied for 13th.

Defending champion Padraig Harrington, meanwhile, closed with a 71 for 36th place.

Collated final round scores and totals in the USPGA Tour Barclays Classic, Westchester CC, Harrison, New York, United States

(USA unless stated, par 71):

274 Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 64 72 68

276 Adam Scott (Aus) 65 72 69 70

277 Billy Andrade 66 70 69 72, Brett Quigley 71 66 70 70

278 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 67 68 72 71, Jeff Sluman 69 69 72 68, Luke Donald (Eng) 72 65 71 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 70 71 70 67

279 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 68 68 70, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 71 65 71, Jason Bohn 76 64 72 67

280 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 70 68 71 71

281 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 72 71 67 71, David Howell (Eng) 66 68 73 74

282 Jeff Maggert 71 71 70 70, David Toms 68 70 72 72, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 73 66 75 68

283 Phil Mickelson 70 70 71 72, Brad Faxon 70 72 73 68, John Senden (Aus) 73 68 69 73, Bo Van Pelt 71 69 70 73, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 68 74 72, Tom Lehman 68 71 75 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 70 66 75

284 Nick Watney 71 69 74 70, Joey Sindelar 68 68 73 75, Kevin Sutherland 70 67 73 74, Steve Elkington (Aus) 71 69 72 72

285 Justin Leonard 72 70 68 75, Ben Crane 71 66 77 71, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 71 72 69 73, Jeff Overton 75 65 73 72, Mike Weir (Can) 69 70 74 72, Loren Roberts 71 70 73 71, Corey Pavin 73 69 72 71

286 Michael Allen 69 70 73 74, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 70 72 72, Sean O'Hair 70 69 74 73, Fred Funk 72 67 71 76, Peter Lonard (Aus) 73 67 71 75, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 74 66 75 71

287 Hunter Mahan 69 69 75 74, John Rollins 75 68 69 75, Jonathan Kaye 73 70 69 75, Chris DiMarco 70 70 75 72

Frank Lickliter II 70 67 77 73

288 Kent Jones 69 71 75 73, Kenny Perry 71 67 77 73, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 70 73 74 71, Arron Oberholser 68 69 74 77, Nathan Green (Aus) 69 73 71 75, Paul Azinger 69 71 73 75

289 John Cook 70 70 76 73, Joe Ogilvie 71 72 71 75, Ryan Palmer 71 70 78 70, Todd Hamilton 71 71 75 72, Bob Tway 71 72 75 71

290 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 72 68 75 75, Tag Ridings 71 71 70 78, Craig Barlow 72 70 74 74, J.P. Hayes 70 68 72 80

291 Charles Howell III 71 69 78 73

292 Dean Wilson 70 72 74 76, Ian Leggatt (Can) 73 70 73 76, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 71 78 73

293 Robert Garrigus 74 68 77 74, Billy Mayfair 71 68 77 77, Brandt Jobe 69 71 74 79, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 68 72 78 75

294 Joe Durant 73 70 77 74, Lucas Glover 72 66 77 79, Kris Cox 73 69 76 76, Doug Barron 69 74 73 78, Shane Bertsch 72 71 74 77

295 Jay Williamson 72 69 77 77, Wes Short jr. 72 68 77 78

296 Will MacKenzie 72 70 76 78, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 71 73 80, Carlos Franco (Par) 72 71 77 76, Steve Jones 69 70 79 78

297 Mark Calcavecchia 71 70 80 76, Steve Flesch 72 68 79 78

298 Fred Couples 73 69 73 83

299 Ronald Whittaker 74 69 79 77