Australia's Craig Parry won the WGC-NEC Invitational by four shots at Sahalee Country Club on Sunday, his first win on American soil in 15 years of trying.

In his 236th US Tour event, the 36-year-old fired a superb final round 65 to collect the top prize.

Australian compatriot Robert Allenby and Fred Funk tied for second on 12-under while world number one Tiger Woods, bidding to win the title for a fourth year in a row, had to be content with fourth place after shooting a 68.

Britain's Justin Rose also finished with a 68 for 10-under-par and outright fifth.

Parry did not drop a stroke in his closing 65 for a 16-under-par total of 268.

Seven behind after his opening 72, the former European Tour member never shot worse than 66 after that and took charge with a hat-trick of birdies from the second.

"I had the mindset that I was not going to make any bogeys and birdies were going to make me harder to catch," said Parry.

"It's going to give me a lot of confidence knowing that I finished the job off here."

Seven birdies

Rose holed seven birdies and outscored illustrious playing partners Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson, but four bogeys cost him his chance of a sensational victory on his world championship debut.

The 22-year-old from Hampshire, who had not played a professional tournament in America until last week's USPGA Championship, said: "It was a bit of an adventure, but a really good result.

"I really hung in there and stayed patient. I've had a couple of Sundays recently where I haven't done too much the last day when I had great opportunities to do really well.

"I think I was trying too hard almost. Today I stayed relaxed and played it shot for shot. I didn't let the bogeys get to me and kept plugging away."

Woods, joint leader until he bogeyed the last two holes of his third round, climbed back into second place, but could not summon up the same four-birdie finish he produced in the USPGA.

268 Craig Parry (Aus) 72 65 66 65
272 Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 63 71 69, Fred Funk 68 68 68 68
273 Tiger Woods 68 70 67 68
274 Justin Rose (GB) 67 67 72 68
275 Rich Beem 74 67 67 67, Jim Furyk 70 67 68 70
276 Steve Lowery 67 65 73 71
277 Phil Mickelson 66 69 71 71, Matt Gogel 68 69 68 72
278 Davis Love III 66 74 69 69, Michael Campbell (NZ) 70 69 70 69, Retief Goosen (RSA) 65 68 74 71, Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 69 69 72
279 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 68 69 72 70, Lee Westwood (GB) 68 69 72 70, David Toms 69 68 71 71, Ernie Els (RSA) 71 67 67 74