Sabbatini no regrets after Tiger feat

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Woods took the lead late on the front nine, going four-under in a brilliant three-hole stretch, and had the luxury of playing the back nine in two-over.

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Another victory: Tiger Woods

He shot 69 to finish at 13-under-par 275, with Steve Stricker (69) alone on 11-under after finding water with his second shot at the brutal par-four 18th for a closing bogey.

Phil Mickelson (70) tied for third with overnight leader Sabbatini (74), two shots further back.

The South African had said before the final round that he was looking forward to going head to head with Woods.

Sabbatini said he had something to prove because he felt he did not receive sufficient credit for winning last year's Nissan Open, where illness forced Woods to pull out after two rounds.

Unfortunately, the only thing he proved was that he still has something to prove.

However, Sabbatini was adamant he has no regrets.

"I don't have any regrets about that. I want him every week now. The way it worked today is, he got the job done, I didn't.

"I hit a lot of good shots and just couldn't get the putts to drop. A few putts here and there, it's a major change of the outcome I think."

Third-round leader Sabbatini never left the launch pad, parring every hole on the front nine, before adding two birdies and four bogeys coming home for a two-over-par 74 at Quail Hollow.

He finished tied third, four strokes behind winner Tiger Woods, no disgrace, but not exactly what he had in mind.

Still, he was in a jovial mood compared to Vijay Singh, who was very much in the hunt, one stroke behind with five holes to play, before finishing in a proverbial ambulance.

Bogeys at the 14th and 16th holes were disappointing, but nothing compared to the par-four 18th, where the pride of Fiji ran up a horrendous triple bogey, finding the creek that skirts the left side of the hole not only with his tee shot, but also with his approach to the green.

Two penalty strokes in one hole do not make anyone happy, with an unhappy Singh in just one hole, plunging from third to finish tied seventh after a two-over 74.