Ernie Els overcame a three-shot deficit to win the Honda Classic at PGA National on Sunday.

Els fired a three-under-par 67 to finish on six-under, a shot clear of Englishman Luke Donald.

The South African bogeyed the 17th but Donald, Mark Calcavecchia and Matt Jones could not catch him over the final holes as Els claimed his first PGA Tour win since the American Express Championship in 2004.

Donald, Calcavecchia and Jones, started the day tied for the lead at six-under but all three recorded over-par rounds.

Donald shot a one-over 71, while Calcavecchia and Jones each recorded three-over 73s.

Nathan Green finished third on four-under after posting a 67, while Calcavecchia and Jones tied for fourth with Robert Allenby, who shot a 70, at three-under.

Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour The Honda Classic, PGA National Resorts & Spa, Champion Course, Palm Beach Garden, Florida, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 70):

274 Ernie Els (Rsa) 67 70 70 67

275 Luke Donald (Eng) 64 74 66 71

276 Nathan Green (Aus) 71 70 68 67

277 Mark Calcavecchia 70 67 67 73, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 68 70 70, Matthew Jones (Aus) 66 67 71 73

278 Brian Davis (Eng) 65 67 73 73, Michael Letzig 70 69 68 71, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 71 70 68 69, John Mallinger 68 67 73 70, Alex Cejka (Ger) 69 71 68 70

279 Ben Crane 69 66 71 73, Brett Quigley 67 70 70 72, Jose Coceres (Arg) 68 69 68 74

280 Dudley Hart 68 66 72 74, John Merrick 72 69 68 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 72 70 71 67, Cliff Kresge 70 71 66 73, Shane Bertsch 70 69 71 70

281 Kenny Perry 73 67 69 72, Jerry Kelly 68 71 72 70, Chad Campbell 70 73 67 71, Joe Durant 68 69 73 71

282 Stephen Marino 69 71 72 70, Bart Bryant 69 72 70 71, Roland Thatcher 68 73 67 74, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 69 72 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 66 70 74, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 68 75 69 70

283 Zach Johnson 74 69 68 72, Davis Love III 70 73 69 71, Woody Austin 70 73 69 71, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 67 74 67 75, Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 71 69 72, J J Henry 69 73 70 71, Justin Leonard 69 71 69 74, Paul Goydos 68 74 70 71

284 Jimmy Walker 67 75 70 72, Marc Turnesa 70 71 69 74, Kevin Sutherland 67 74 71 72, Robert Gamez 71 68 73 72, Nicholas Thompson 71 72 72 69

285 Arron Oberholser 69 75 65 76, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 69 70 73, John Senden (Aus) 77 67 69 72, Matt Kuchar 73 67 69 76, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng) 69 72 67 77, Heath Slocum 73 71 69 72

286 Brad Adamonis 76 66 69 75, Robert Garrigus 71 70 71 74, Vaughn Taylor 70 69 74 73, Eric Axley 69 71 72 74, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 75 69 68 74, Anthony Kim 72 69 70 75, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 72 69 71 74, Richard Green (Aus) 72 71 71 72, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 74 68 70 74, Carlos Franco (Par) 72 72 69 73, Briny Baird 70 69 76 71

287 David Lutterus (Rsa) 74 69 71 73, Jeff Maggert 70 71 71 75, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 73 70 71 73, Tag Ridings 69 75 73 70, Kevin Streelman 73 71 69 74

288 Will MacKenzie 69 74 69 76, Patrick Sheehan 70 74 72 72, Scott Hoch 75 69 72 72, Ben Curtis 73 71 66 78

289 Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 70 70 77, Frank Lickliter II 72 71 72 74

290 Glen Day 73 70 74 73

291 Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 69 71 80 71, Peter Jordan 75 67 72 77

292 Alan Morin 72 72 75 73, Boo Weekley 70 72 70 80

293 Tim Herron 69 73 73 78

294 Jin Park (Kor) 73 71 71 79