Geoff Ogilvy, who took the lead on the first day, held on to it until the bitter end as he completed a superb victory at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral yesterday, with Tiger Woods for once forced to accept a supporting role after seven tournament victories on the trot.

With the final round carried into an extra day because of adverse weather, the Australian had to sleep on a two-shot lead over Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen, knowing that he had nine holes left to play of the Blue Monster Course to hold on for his second win in a World Golf Championships event.

The 2006 US Open champion is made of stern stuff, however, and was never likely to be unduly disturbed by the players lining up behind him - and that included Woods, who, with seven holes to play, trailed by five.

Ogilvy had dropped only one shot in 63 holes and that is how it stayed. He had a final round of 71, to go with rounds of 65, 67 and 68 for a 17-under-par total of 271 and victory by one shot over Singh, Goosen and Jim Furyk.

As might have been expected, Woods fought for all he was worth. He picked up three birdies in his final seven holes, but left himself too much to do and finished in fifth place, two shots off the lead.

Graeme Storm, the leading Briton, played the golf of his life at times throughout the week - as shown by his third round of 63 - and was hoping to kick on when play resumed yesterday. But his challenge faltered when he bogeyed the par-three 13th and he finished with a 71 for a total of 275, 13 under par, and tied sixth.

The $268,000 (about £135,000) cheque that the Englishman carried away with him would have been some consolation for a player who considered walking away from the game six years ago, so difficult did he find the professional ranks.

“It just shows how far I've come in the last few years,” Storm said. “Hopefully, it will continue for a long time and I'll get back into this position sooner rather than later.”

Ogilvy, meanwhile, was left to reflect on an outrageous piece of fortune that closed the door on the chasing pack. It came at the par-three 13th, a fluffed first chip being followed by another that flew towards the hole, hit the flag and dropped in to save par. How did he feel to end Woods's run of victories? “It had to end sometime,” Ogilvy said. “But, yeah, it's pretty neat to end Tiger's streak. It's a nice place to do it, too, as Tiger has sort of owned this place the last few years.”

After opening with rounds of 67 and 66, it was almost assumed that Woods would go on to win. He had taken this title six times in eight starts and had won at Doral (two Ford Championships, one WGC-CA) for three years in succession. On 11 under par, the world No1 was one shot behind Ogilvy and expected to take the course apart. But, while virtually all the leading players made up ground during the third round, Woods could not get moving. “I made too many mistakes,” he said. “I had four three-putts. I had two terrible lies in bunkers and a photographer got me on nine. With all that, to only finish two back [is] a great sign,” he said.

Woods's cool had been tested after an uncharacteristic struggle on the greens. He was subdued and miserable after taking three putts at the last hole on the first day and was positively volcanic after being disturbed by a photographer at the 9th on Sunday. “The next time a photographer shoots a f****** picture, I'm going to break his f****** neck,” he warned.

His next port of call will be Augusta for the Masters, starting on April 10, when he will find the smooth-running greens more to his liking.

Leading final scores

271: G Ogilvy (Aus) 65, 67, 68, 71.

272: R Goosen (SA) 71, 69, 64, 68; J Furyk 69, 71, 64, 68 (US); V Singh (Fiji) 73, 68, 63, 68.

273: T Woods (US) 67, 66, 72, 68.

275: S Stricker (US) 71, 68, 73, 63; N O’Hern (Aus) 67, 75, 67, 66; G Storm (GB) 71, 70, 63, 71.

276: Z Johnson (US) 69, 72, 67, 68; A Scott (Aus) 67, 68, 69, 72. 277: S Kjeldsen (Den) 69, 71, 71, 66.

278: K J Choi (S Kor) 70, 70, 67, 71; A Hansen (Den) 67, 71, 67, 73; T Clark (SA) 71, 69, 66, 72.

279: A Baddeley (Aus) 69, 74, 70, 66; J Rose (GB) 70, 71, 70, 68; S García (Sp) 69, 73, 69, 68; S Ames (Can) 73, 68, 68, 70; G Havret (Fr) 68, 74, 68, 69.

280: J Rollins (US) 74, 71, 67, 68; S Cink (US) 66, 74, 71, 69; P Mickelson (US) 67, 74, 70, 69; L Donald (GB) 68, 72, 70, 70; R Allenby (Aus) 69, 75, 66, 70; M Weir (Can) 73, 69, 67, 71.

281: T Taniguchi (Japan) 68, 73, 72, 68; C Villegas (Col) 71, 72, 68, 70; M Á Jiménez (Sp) 65, 74, 71, 71; J M Singh (India) 68, 70, 70, 73.

Other British:

283: L Westwood 71, 72, 72, 68; R Fisher 68, 73, 70, 72.

286: G McDowell 72, 71, 70, 73. 287: N Dougherty 70, 73, 71, 73; P Casey 72, 75, 67, 73.

288: I Poulter 71, 72, 72, 73.

292: C Montgomerie 75, 74, 70, 73.