Lee Westwood fired a stunning five-under-par final-round 67 to win the Ballantine's Championship and retain his status as number one in the world.
The 38-year-old Englishman ended 12 under to beat Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez (71) by one shot.
Jimenez missed a birdie putt on 18, while South Korea's Park Sang-hyun was 10 under and Dustin Johnson nine under.
Westwood, who won in Indonesia last week, needed a top-five finish to hold off Martin Kaymer in the rankings.
Many players, including Westwood, had to finish off their third rounds, which had been curtailed by Saturday's storms, before starting round four.
Westwood resumed with a bogey on the par-three 13th, but seven birdies in 23 holes took him to 12 under.
Westwood began his day with a tough chip after missing the 13th green with his last shot on Saturday. He failed to get up and down for par but immediately made amends with a birdie on the 14th and picked up another shot on the 17th to start the final round three shots off the pace.
Two birdies on the front nine kept Westwood in touch and he sank three more on the back nine, including one on the 18th, to post the clubhouse lead on 12 under.
As Westwood sank his final birdie putt, Jimenez, on 11 under, was pushing an eight-iron approach to the par-five 15th into a greenside bunker.
The Spaniard splashed out and holed a short putt to save par and then repeated the feat after finding sand on the 17th.
However, after hitting his ball into another bunker at the back of the par-five 18th green Jimenez could only chip out to 15 feet and he pushed his birdie putt to the right of the hole to hand victory to Westwood.
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