Brian Gay carded a final round one-under par 69 to narrowly hold on to his overnight lead and capture his first PGA title at the Mayakoba Classic on Sunday.

With the world's top players competing in this weekend's WGC Accenture Match Play Championship, Gay capitalised posting an overall score of 16-under 264 to win for the first time in 292 career PGA events.

After firing a sizzling third-round 62 to open a five-shot lead, Gay staved off a furious finish by Steve Marino who finished two shots further back.

Gay bogeyed the par-4 17th and saw his lead shrink to two shots when Marino birdied the par-4 18th.

However Gay held his nerve to par the final hole and complete his maiden title.

A 10-year veteran, Gay enjoyed a 54-hole lead only one other time in his career.

That was at the Colonial in 2004, when he dropped from a three-way tie for the lead to a tie for 14th after shooting five-over for his final round.

But Gay was solid despite being unspectacular on Sunday, registering four birdies to offset a trio of bogeys.

John Merrick and Matt Kuchar both carded three-under 67s to finish tied for third at 12-under. Cliff Kresge fired a 66 to finish alone in fifth at 11-under.

All the final round scores from the US PGA Tour's Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya at El Camaleon GC, Riviera Maya, Mexico (USA unless stated, par 70):

264 Brian Gay 66 67 62 69

266 Steve Marino 67 69 64 66

268 John Merrick 64 68 69 67, Matt Kuchar 68 69 64 67

269 Cliff Kresge 68 71 64 66

270 Patrick Sheehan 71 67 67 65

271 Tim Petrovic 67 71 67 66, Peter Lonard (Aus) 68 71 64 68

273 Roland Thatcher 71 73 61 68, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 75 66 68 64

274 Esteban Toledo (Mex) 70 69 63 72

275 Chris Stroud 68 71 66 70, Joe Durant 71 69 66 69, Paul Stankowski 71 72 64 68, Joe Ogilvie 70 71 64 70, Corey Pavin 72 68 67 68, Briny Baird 68 73 68 66, Bob May 69 71 67 68

276 Greg Kraft 67 72 67 70, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng) 65 72 72 67, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 73 68 65

277 Michael Sim (Aus) 69 69 68 71, Chris Riley 72 68 69 68, Tim Herron 70 70 64 73, Robert Damron 65 75 67 70, Larry Mize 65 74 69 69, Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 72 70 68

278 David Lutterus (Rsa) 65 69 73 71, Joey Sindelar 70 74 64 70, Neal Lancaster 70 70 68 70, Steve Allan (Aus) 71 72 69 66, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 67 76 70 65, Kevin Streelman 69 70 67 72, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 68 73 68 69, Craig Kanada 67 73 66 72

279 Brad Adamonis 68 71 72 68, Dean Wilson 67 75 67 70, Jim McGovern 72 72 68 67, Scott Sterling 70 69 68 72, Colt Knost 70 70 69 70, Ronald Whittaker 68 73 67 71

280 Michael Letzig 71 73 71 65, Cameron Beckman 67 71 75 67, Marco Dawson 72 71 69 68, Nick Price (Zim) 70 68 68 74, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 69 68 71 72, Parker McLachlin 67 74 69 70

281 Kevin Stadler 67 73 74 67, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 70 70 71, Justin Bolli 68 74 70 69, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 73 70 67, Jay Williamson 69 74 70 68, Douglas Labelle 70 71 73 67

282 Glen Day 70 73 70 69, Tommy Gainey 66 74 73 69

283 Jin Park (Kor) 69 75 68 71, Len Mattiace 70 74 70 69, Gavin Coles (Aus) 70 73 70 70, Mark Brooks 71 71 70 71

284 John Daly 66 73 71 74, Scott Piercy 72 71 71 70, Chez Reavie 70 73 68 73

285 Brad Elder 69 71 75 70, Fred Funk 73 71 66 75, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 72 71 70 72

286 John Morse 71 72 72 71, Jon Mills (Can) 73 71 70 72, Harrison Frazar 71 72 73 70

287 Jose Coceres (Arg) 67 74 72 74, Jimmy Walker 72 69 73 73

289 Jason Dufner 70 73 69 77, Marc Turnesa 72 72 70 75

292 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 73 77 71

295 Martin Laird 68 73 74 80

299 Bob Burns 74 70 74 81