THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Davis Love III charged from behind with an 8-under 64 Sunday to overtake Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia and win the Williams World Challenge.
Love, who hasn't won a PGA Tour event in more than two years, finished with a 22-under 266 total — including two 64s — at Sherwood Country Club to take the $1 million first prize.
Woods, the tournament host, closed with a 69 that left him two shots back in second.
Garcia, the 20-year-old Spanish star, had an up-and-down round and finished with a 73 to finish third at 17 under.
Love, whose 13 tour victories include the 1997 PGA Championship, began the day at 14-under, four shots behind Garcia and three back of Woods.
Love took his first lead of the tournament with a birdie on the 385-yard, par-4 No. 10 to go to 18-under. He padded his lead to two shots with an eagle on the 522-yard, par-5 No. 11 and stayed at least two shots in front of Woods the rest of the way.
Garcia had led or been tied with Woods at the front since shooting 65 on the first day. He and Woods seesawed on the first nine holes of the final round. Woods drew even with a birdie on the first hole, then Garcia moved a shot in front with a birdie on No. 2.
Garcia bogeyed three consecutive holes beginning on No. 6, and Woods moved two shots ahead when he went to 18 under with a birdie on No. 9.
As the two front-runners hovered around par for the day, Love closed the gap with three birdies on the front nine, then took the lead when Garcia parred and Woods bogeyed No. 10.
Garcia, whose round included two eagles, also had three bogeys and finally took himself out of it with a double-bogey on No. 17 that dropped him five shots behind Love.
Fred Couples finished third with a 68 to go to 12-under. David Duval's 65 put him fifth at 10-under.
Tom Lehman, who won the inaugural Williams World Challenge in Scottsdale, Ariz., last January, finished tied for sixth this time with Vijay Singh at 8-under. Justin Leonard was next at 5-under, followed by Stewart Cink at 2-under.
Jesper Parnevik finished at 1 under, and Hal Sutton at 1 over. Mark O'Meara finished 12th at 3 over, but still earned $120,000.
The tournament benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, which in turn benefits youth programs. Woods donated his second-place check of $500,000 to the foundation.