Tiger Woods claimed his 78th US PGA Tour title as Sergio Garcia's hopes of a second Players Championship fell victim to the infamous 17th hole at Sawgrass.

Woods and Garcia found themselves tied for the lead with two holes to play, but after Woods made a safe par on the 17th, Garcia dumped two balls into the water short of the island green to end his hopes with a quadruple-bogey seven.

Playing partner David Lingmerth somehow ignored all the drama to hit his own tee shot to seven feet, but the Swedish rookie missed the birdie putt that would have taken him into a share of the lead and also bogeyed the last trying to force a play-off.

That meant Woods' closing 70 and 13 under par total of 275 was good enough for a two shot win over Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman, the 37 year old now just four wins away from equalling the record 82 US PGA Tour victories of Sam Snead.

It was also his fourth win in his last five events - he was fourth in the Masters Tournament last month - and a second Players Championship title 12 years after his first

On the other side of the world overnight leader Ryu Hyun-wooheld his nerve with a two-under-par 70 on Sunday to win OneAsia's GS Caltex Maekyung Open by a shot at The Namseoul Country Club on the outskirts of Seoul.

Ryu's four-round 14-under-par aggregate gave him his second professional victory -- he won for the first time on the Japan Tour last year -- and earned him nearly U.S. $180,000 from the one billion won (U.S. $900,000) purse on offer at the OneAsia event.