Davis Love III ended a three-year victory drought on the PGA Tour when he won the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro by two strokes on Sunday.

Winless in his previous 76 PGA Tour events, Love came from behind at the turn, storming home with four birdies on the back nine to finish two shots ahead of Jason Bohn.

Love shot a six-under-par 66 in benign conditions to finish at 16-under 272 on the Forest Oaks course he redesigned before the 2003 event for his first win since the 2003 International.

"It's a big relief," Love said.

"I came here with a brand new set of irons and a brand new ball. I just needed to start with a clean slate (after five weeks off)."

Bohn shot a bogey-free 66 to finish at 274, with Eric Axley (67) and Steve Flesch (68) another shot back.

Axley, who won the Texas Open three weeks ago, briefly had a three-shot lead when he birdied the 13th but dropped two shots down the stretch as his putter let him down under pressure.

Love's victory was worth US$900,000 (£481,254), lifting him to 15th on the money list and securing him a spot in the season-ending Tour Championship.

It was Love's 19th career victory and served as some consolation for missing the United States Ryder Cup team after six successive appearances.

"I learned a big lesson this year because I wanted the Ryder Cup so bad that I let it get in the way of everything else I was doing," he said.

"It took over my golf life, became bigger than it really was. I was playing for the record, to make seven so I can make eight.

"I came in excited and ready to play rather than fearful that I was not going to play well and make the Ryder Cup team.

"People want me to win, they expect me to win and especially at a place like this, that's been my problem - expectations, whether they're mine or other people's."

Love began Sunday tied for the lead with Chris Couch and had a confidence-boosting start with birdies at the first two holes.

A bogey at the par-four seventh, where a poor approach shot plugged in a greenside bunker, could have been a killer blow but Love dug deep to birdie the tough par-three eighth, where he hit a towering three-iron to eight feet.

"That was probably the biggest two holes of my year, because I could have gotten frustrated and disappointed and said, 'Here we go again,"' he said.

"(But) I came right back."

Love still made the turn two shots behind Axley, seemingly on his way to another near miss.

A birdie at the par-four 10th was a step in the right direction and Love took control of the tournament at the par-five 13th, where he made a four-foot birdie.

He picked up another shot with a nine-footer at the demanding par-four 14th and reached the back fringe of the par-five 15th with two mighty blows for a tap-in birdie.

Apart from a wayward drive at the 16th, he did not miss a shot the rest of the way.

"I've been up and down this year," he said. "It's nice to be back."

Collated final round scores and totals in the USPGA Tour Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

(USA unless stated, par 72):

272 Davis Love III 69 69 68 66

274 Jason Bohn 69 69 70 66

275 Steve Flesch 69 69 69 68, Eric Axley 68 69 71 67

276 Ryan Palmer 71 65 73 67

277 Nick Watney 64 71 74 68, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 68 74 66 69, Joe Durant 67 71 70 69, Lucas Glover 73 69 66 69, Troy Matteson 71 68 70 68, Ryan Moore 67 70 71 69

278 Steve Stricker 69 70 71 68, Hunter Mahan 70 72 72 64, Joe Ogilvie 69 72 70 67, Chris Couch 69 68 69 72, Jonathan Byrd 67 71 71 69, Brent Geiberger 64 75 71 68, Greg Owen (Eng) 68 69 73 68

279 Brett Quigley 69 71 68 71, Billy Mayfair 71 70 70 68, Charles Howell III 69 72 68 70

280 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 69 73 69 69, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 67 73 72 68, John Senden (Aus) 66 70 71 73, Olin Browne 70 69 70 71

Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 73 69 71, Briny Baird 68 72 71 69

281 Robert Gamez 66 74 69 72, Brian Davis (Eng) 69 71 74 67, Tag Ridings 66 72 74 69

282 Vaughn Taylor 72 69 71 70, Jeff Gove 68 72 72 70, Ted Purdy 71 71 71 69, Jeff Brehaut 68 70 71 73, Bubba Watson 69 70 72 71, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 70 71 70, Michael Allen 69 71 71 71, John Rollins 64 74 72 72

283 Dudley Hart 69 70 73 71, Mark Calcavecchia 69 71 76 67, Chris Smith 67 71 69 76, D.J. Trahan 68 73 70 72

284 Charley Hoffman 66 71 72 75, Omar Uresti 70 70 75 69, Kevin Sutherland 69 72 72 71, Bob May 69 71 72 72, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 68 74 73 69, John Engler Jr 67 75 70 72, KJ Choi (Kor) 67 73 72 72, John Huston 72 70 73 69, Rich Beem 69 73 72 70

285 Will MacKenzie 69 73 70 73, Jeff Maggert 68 72 71 74, Marco Dawson 73 69 71 72, David Branshaw 68 74 71 72, Kris Cox 67 71 76 71, Greg Kraft 68 74 70 73, Doug Barron 68 71 75 71

286 Nathan Green (Aus) 70 71 75 70, Robert Damron 67 73 70 76, Brian Gay 67 73 72 74, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 72 68 71 75, Steve Jones 68 74 72 72

287 D.A. Points 69 73 74 71, Mark Wilson 70 71 76 70

288 Tim Petrovic 68 69 77 74

289 Jerry Smith 70 72 74 73, Paul Goydos 73 69 73 74, Steve Lowery 68 70 78 73, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 71 71 75 72

290 J.P. Hayes 70 72 75 73

291 Mike Sposa 66 74 73 78, Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 70 76 74

292 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 74 79 71, James Driscoll 66 75 75 76

293 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 72 79 72