Stephen Ames collected his first title in more than a year and a half by shooting a four-under-par 68 in the final round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Lake Buena Vista in Florida on Sunday.

The Canadian came away with his first title since the Players Championship in March 2006 by clinging to a one-shot advantage following three straight birdies beginning at the 13th.

In all, Ames finished with five birdies and a bogey en route to completing the event at 17-under 271, one shot clear of South Africa's Tim Clark.

Clark fired a final-round 66 that included all six of his birdies in an eight-hole span starting at the ninth. It was the third runner-up finish this season for Clark.

Ames' ability to come up with shots despite the charge by Clark was nothing like the end of Saturday's round, when the 43-year-old had a pair of late bogeys to fall into a tie for the lead with Scott Verplank.

Verplank had a one-under 71 to finish in a three-way tie for third with Tag Ridings (70) and Robert Gomez (68).

Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour, Childeren's Miracle Network Classic, presented by Wal-Mart, & at Palm GC, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

(USA unless stated, par 72):

271 Stephen Ames (Can) 70 63 70 68

272 Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 69 70 66

274 Robert Gamez 70 69 67 68, Tag Ridings 67 66 71 70, Scott Verplank 66 66 71 71

275 Justin Leonard 67 67 70 71, Jeff Overton 67 68 69 71, Bryce Molder 68 69 70 68

276 Nick Watney 68 68 73 67, J.B. Holmes 70 66 70 70, J.P. Hayes 65 69 72 70, Heath Slocum 68 68 69 71

277 Brian Gay 70 69 69 69, Stewart Cink 69 67 70 71

278 Kevin Stadler 69 69 69 71, Sean O'Hair 68 66 76 68, Jeff Gove 72 67 68 71, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 66 71 69 72, Brett Wetterich 69 65 72 72

279 Steve Marino 68 66 72 73, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 68 67 69 75, Bart Bryant 69 65 75 70, D J Brigman 70 65 71 73, Cameron Beckman 66 68 72 73, Rich Beem 70 66 70 73

280 Joey Sindelar 69 69 73 69, Vaughn Taylor 67 67 75 71, Billy Mayfair 70 67 71 72, Steve Lowery 71 65 71 73, Parker McLachlin 68 69 72 71, Michael Allen 69 68 73 70, Joe Durant 68 72 69 71, Craig Kanada 70 67 71 72, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 70 73 69, Bob Heintz 69 67 72 72, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 70 68 72 70

281 Charles Warren 69 69 71 72, Tim Petrovic 68 68 68 77, Jason Dufner 74 64 70 73, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 70 71 69 71

282 Chris Stroud 70 68 75 69, Tom Pernice Jnr. 72 69 70 71, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 69 69 73 71, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 70 71 70, Craig Barlow 70 69 72 71, Kyle Reifers 72 67 72 71, Ken Duke 69 71 70 72, Ryan Armour 69 64 76 73, Glen Day 74 67 73 68, Tripp Isenhour 71 67 69 75, Ryan Moore 70 67 72 73

283 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 68 71 72, Ben Crane 70 68 73 72, Michael Sim (Aus) 71 69 68 75, Kirk Triplett 70 67 72 74, Joe Ogilvie 70 68 77 68, Jason Schultz 67 72 72 72

284 Brian Davis (Eng) 73 67 72 72, Neal Lancaster 69 72 71 72, Matt Kuchar 71 70 73 70, Greg Kraft 73 68 71 72, Douglas Labelle 70 68 73 73

285 Brendon De Jonge 70 69 76 70, Kent Jones 73 68 71 73, Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 71 70 74, Michael Boyd 73 68 73 71, Duffy Waldorf 72 69 71 73, Lucas Glover 68 73 72 72, Dicky Pride 67 70 74 74

286 Marco Dawson 71 70 74 71, Jeff Brehaut 71 68 76 71, Greg Owen (Eng) 71 69 76 70, Rocco Mediate 72 67 76 71

287 Ryan Palmer 74 67 74 72, Woody Austin 67 74 71 75, Boo Weekley 73 67 72 75, John Mallinger 68 73 71 75

288 Billy Andrade 72 69 73 74, Jeff Maggert 69 68 75 76, Craig Lile (Rsa) 70 71 74 73, Lee Janzen 74 67 71 76, Frank Lickliter II 69 72 73 74

289 Chris Tidland 71 67 71 80, Bubba Watson 70 69 71 79, Briny Baird 73 67 75 74

292 David Branshaw 71 70 77 74

294 Bob Tway 70 70 78 76

296 Steve Wheatcroft 73 68 78 77