YE Yang claimed his first win on the PGA Tour after holding on for victory at the Honda Classic on Sunday.

The South Korean, who held a one-shot lead going into the final day, hit a 68 to win by one shot from John Rollins.

Rollins' 67 was good enough for second with Ben Crane third and Jeff Klauk fourth.

Yang picked up three shots on the front nine courtesy of three straight birdies from the third before he stretched his advantage with another at the 12th.

But after dropping a shot at 15, Rollins grabbed a birdie at the last to move within two of the leader who was in a greenside bunker at the 17th with his four shot lead down to two.

And after a 10 foot par putt lipped out, Yang headed up the par five 18th just one clear.

But the 37-year-old held his nerve to two putt the final green from 50 feet to seal the win at nine-under-par.

The win for Yang, who won the 2006 HSBC Champions in Shanghai, earned him a place at next week's World Golf Championships-CA Championship at Doral, an invitation to the Masters and also a two-year exemption.

Yang joins KJ Choi as the only South Koreans to win on the PGA Tour.

"KJ Choi was the one who actually advised me to try and make it on the PGA Tour," said Yang.

"Having won, I can't find words to describe it.

"I knew there were risks of bogeys on the last four holes, but I was happy to save par at the last."

Collated final-round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 70):

271 Y. E Yang (Kor) 68 65 70 68

272 John Rollins 69 68 68 67

274 Ben Crane 70 65 71 68

275 Jeff Klauk 69 68 67 71

276 Will MacKenzie 67 67 72 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 72 67 67 70, Robert Allenby (Aus) 66 68 72 70, Scott Piercy 72 66 73 65

277 Charlie Wi (Kor) 67 73 65 72, D.A. Points 69 69 74 65, Jeff Overton 67 67 70 73, Jason Dufner 72 66 68 71

278 Davis Love III 73 69 69 67, Harrison Frazar 72 65 71 70, Greg Owen (Eng) 72 69 71 66, Alex Cejka (Ger) 71 66 70 71, Kevin Streelman 70 68 70 70, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 70 68 71 69, Brett Quigley 71 67 67 73, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 72 71 68, Scott Verplank 73 70 69 66

279 Mark Calcavecchia 74 67 65 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 70 70 66, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 73 64 71 71, Brandt Jobe 70 70 70 69, James Nitties (Aus) 70 67 70 72

280 Spencer Levin 72 68 70 70, Michael Allen 69 71 69 71, John Merrick 69 69 70 72, John Senden (Aus) 69 73 71 67, David Mathis 68 68 73 71

281 Brad Adamonis 70 73 70 68, Steve Marino 69 70 71 71, George McNeill 71 72 70 68, Tim Herron 72 69 74 66, Brendon Todd 74 69 66 72, Casey Wittenberg 71 72 67 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67 75 71 68

282 Kent Jones 68 71 70 73, Lucas Glover 71 70 72 69, Matt Kuchar 71 70 68 73, Todd Hamilton 72 70 71 69, Briny Baird 72 69 71 70, 283 Brendon De Jonge 72 70 72 69, Scott McCarron 72 71 70 70, Erik Compton 69 69 73 72, Chris DiMarco 72 70 73 68, Woody Austin 70 73 67 73, Darren Clarke (NIrl) 70 71 68 74, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 73 69 69 72, Jeff Maggert 70 70 69 74

284 Tadd Fujikawa 71 71 73 69, Justin Leonard 70 73 70 71, Chris Riley 68 75 73 68, Robert Garrigus 72 70 68 74, Brian Gay 72 69 72 71, Ryan Palmer 73 66 74 71, Shaun Micheel 70 71 73 70, Stewart Cink 67 71 72 74, John Mallinger 69 74 69 72, 285 Leif Olson 73 70 69 73, Nicholas Thompson 69 71 74 71

286 David Berganio Jnr. 71 69 70 76

287 Michael Letzig 70 71 75 71, Chris Stroud 69 72 69 77, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 73 70 74, Johnson Wagner 71 71 74 71, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 71 71 73 72

288 Boo Weekley 72 71 72 73

289 Marc Leishman (Aus) 73 70 71 75

291 Bart Bryant 70 73 73 75, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 69 73 77