Bubba Watson has produced a spectacular weekend of golf to snatch victory in the US PGA Tour event at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.
Sitting in a tie for 40th and eight shots off the pace at the halfway mark on Friday, 2012 Masters champion Watson closed with two blistering, bogey-free seven-under-par 64s on Saturday and Sunday to finish at 15-under and win by two strokes.
Watson collected his fifth US tour title as he won from Dustin Johnson, who carded a closing 66.
Monday qualifier Jason Allred (68) and Brian Harman (68) shared third at 12-under while another Masters winner, South African Charl Schwartzel (68), was fifth at 11-under.
John Senden (70) and Aaron Baddeley (71) shared top Australian honours at seven-under in a tie for 18th.
Watson made his move early in the final round with five birdies in his opening eight holes giving him an outright lead he never relinquished.
Another birdie on the 11th provided a cushion and he placed an exclamation mark on the win with a final hole birdie.
Senden carded three birdies in his first 11 holes to get within striking distance.
But rather than produce a late birdie blitz and post a number for the leaders to match, the Queenslander three-putted the 12th hole for bogey before making a mess of the 13th with a double bogey.
Baddeley, who held a share of the lead briefly during the third round, opened his final round with a birdie but couldn’t get anything else going.
The 2011 champion made bogeys on the fifth and 13th holes before a late birdie.
Robert Allenby (69) and Geoff Ogilvy (69) finished at four-under in a tie for 29th and Stuart Appleby (73) was the only other Australian under par for the week in a tie for 45th at one-under.
Marc Leishman (71) and Matt Jones (75) finished tied for 59th at one-over.