Steve Stricker birdied the final hole to win the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.

With fellow Americans Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank in the clubhouse on 16 under par, Stricker stood on the par-five 18th tee knowing a birdie would be good enough to claim the title.

And he held his nerve to clinch victory at TPC Boston.

Stricker had also birdied the 17th and his late heroics were richly rewarded - as well as the trophy he picked up a cheque for US$1.35million.

Dufner had charged into the title picture with a final round of 65, six under, while Verplank's 67 had looked set to earn him at least a play-off until the late drama.

Padraig Harrington finished two shots behind Stricker, who was winning for the third time on this season's PGA Tour.

The Irishman had started well enough with four birdies in the first seven holes, but the key moment of his round came at the 12th where he double-bogeyed to slip back. He finished in a tie for fourth.

Tiger Woods hit a best-of-the-day 63, a round that included eight birdies and an eagle at the sixth, to move up to joint 11th but the damage had already been done by his round of 72 on Sunday.

Collated final round scores scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship, The TPC of Boston, Norton, Massachusetts, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 71):

267 Steve Stricker 63 72 65 67

268 Jason Dufner 66 69 68 65, Scott Verplank 65 68 68 67

269 Dustin Johnson 68 65 70 66, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 65 69 70 65, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 67 67 68

270 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 66 68 70 66

271 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 67 68 71, Sean O'Hair 66 64 70 71, Jim Furyk 63 67 73 68

272 Kevin Na 69 66 66 71, Jerry Kelly 66 69 67 70, Tiger Woods 70 67 72 63, John Senden (Aus) 69 64 70 69

273 Bill Haas 69 66 72 66, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 62 72 69, Kevin Sutherland 68 65 69 71, Matt Kuchar 65 71 68 69

274 Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 64 72 67, Justin Leonard 65 68 72 69, Zach Johnson 68 71 67 68, Jason Day (Aus) 68 66 72 68

275 Jeff Overton 69 66 70 70, Mike Weir (Can) 68 65 72 70, Stephen Ames (Can) 67 73 69 66

276 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 71 68 67

277 Phil Mickelson 71 68 72 66, Charley Hoffman 69 69 70 69, Steve Marino 70 68 71 68, Pat Perez 70 65 75 67, Mark Wilson 70 69 66 72

278 Bubba Watson 68 71 71 68, Brandt Snedeker 70 70 71 67, Jason Bohn 73 67 69 69, Kevin Streelman 70 68 71 69

279 Scott McCarron 70 70 69 70, Lucas Glover 69 68 72 70, David Toms 67 69 73 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 67 70 74 68, Woody Austin 67 70 74 68, Scott Piercy 67 69 74 69, Hunter Mahan 73 66 69 71, Anthony Kim 71 70 67 71, Bryce Molder 67 69 72 71, Troy Matteson 66 71 72 70

280 Kenny Perry 69 72 69 70, Nick Watney 71 69 71 69, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 71 69 69 71

281 Michael Letzig 68 68 73 72, Brian Davis (Eng) 67 70 73 71, D.A. Points 69 70 73 69, Bob Estes 70 71 71 69, Davis Love III 69 70 71 71

282 Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 72 70 73, Justin Rose (Eng) 69 70 77 66, Brian Gay 70 67 73 72, Boo Weekley 68 69 74 71, Luke Donald (Eng) 69 72 72 69, Charles Howell III 68 69 71 74

283 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 67 71 73 72

284 J J Henry 72 68 74 70, Brett Quigley 70 69 71 74, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 69 71 74, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 69 73 73, Jonathan Byrd 67 74 71 72, Briny Baird 73 67 74 70

285 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 71 70 69 75

287 J.B. Holmes 72 67 71 77

288 Ben Crane 73 68 78 69, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 68 77 73, D.J. Trahan 71 70 76 71

289 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 68 72 75 74

296 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 74 66 75 81