Geoff Ogilvy successfully defended his title at Kapalua as he won the season-opening SBS Championship by a stroke in Hawaii.
The Australian shot a final-round 67 at the par-73 Kapalua Resort Plantation Course to win by a shot at 22 under par from South Africa's Rory Sabbatini and land the tournament of the previous year's PGA Tour event winners for a second year in a row.
American Matt Kuchar was third of the 28-man field at 19 under with his compatriot Sean O'Hair in a tie for fourth at 18 under with Scotland's Martin Laird.
Ogilvy started the day one shot back on third-round leader and US Open champion Lucas Glover but as the front runner dropped off the leaderboard, Ogilvy's new target became Sabbatini.
Sabbatini had given the leaders plenty to think about with a bogey-free, 10-birdie 63 that gave him the clubhouse lead until Ogilvy brought up the rear and took the title, the Australian reaching the 18th tee with a one-stroke lead and needing to avoid bogey or worse to force a play-off.
Laird had been in contention all week and at 19 under after 15 holes was just three shots back only to bogey 16 and 17 to ruin his hopes of victory.
There was eagle opportunity at the par-five 18th but the Scot's long putt just missed right and Laird's birdie nevertheless bumped him up into a top-five finish at 18 under.
O'Hair arrived at the same score from the other direction having double bogeyed the last and posting a 68.
England's Paul Casey, the world number seven, closed out his week with a third straight round of four-under-par 69 to finish at 15 under par in a tie for 10th place alongside number three Steve Stricker and Pat Perez of the United States and Masters champion Angel Cabrera.
Glover had begun the day with a one-stroke lead over Ogilvy but a closing 76 featuring four birdies, three bogeys and two double bogeys saw him drop to a tie for 14th.
Collated final-round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 73):
270
Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 66 68 67
271
Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 68 70 63
273
Matt Kuchar 67 68 71 67
274
Sean O'Hair 68 67 71 68, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 68 69 70
275
Kenny Perry 70 67 70 68, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 70 69 67 69, Ryan Moore 69 68 68 70
276
Stewart Cink 68 69 69 70
277
Steve Stricker 73 70 68 66, Pat Perez 71 70 67 69, Paul Casey (Eng) 70 69 69 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 68 68 70 71
278
John Rollins 68 66 72 72, Lucas Glover 66 65 71 76
279
Nick Watney 67 71 70 71, Dustin Johnson 67 71 72 69
280
Zach Johnson 72 69 71 68
281
Y.E. Yang (Kor) 70 74 66 71
282
Stephen Ames (Can) 71 69 71 71
283
Brian Gay 72 71 70 70
286
Nathan Green (Aus) 67 70 77 72
287
Jerry Kelly 69 70 74 74, Troy Matteson 73 70 73 71
288
Michael Bradley 73 72 71 72, Bo Van Pelt 72 70 73 73
290
Heath Slocum 75 71 71 73, Mark Wilson 74 71 70 75