GOLF: Tiger Woods did the unexpected after fellow American Bob Burns clinched the Disney Golf Classic on Sunday - he settled for third best.

The world number one, who has triumphed five times in 17 starts on this year's PGA Tour, fired a closing round of nine-under-par 63 on the Magnolia course at Disney but still finished two strokes behind debutant winner Burns.

"I was so far back and, the way the conditions are, you just have to go ahead and be aggressive and see what happens," said Woods, who was seeking to join Jack Nicklaus as a three-times winner of the event.

The 26-year-old American had gone into the last day six shots off the lead but, despite matching the lowest final-round score of his career, was unable to secure his 35th PGA Tour title.

Chris Di Marco finished second, one shot off the pace.

Leading final scores: 263 B Burns 63 68 67 65 264 C DiMarco 64 63 69 68 265 T Woods 66 69 67 63 266 T Herron 67 66 67 66, H Tanaka (Jap) 63 67 70 66 267 K.J. Choi (Kor) 66 68 69 64, T Clark 65 68 68 66, J Rollins 66 71 64 66, D Toms 69 68 65 65 269 R Damron 68 66 67 68, C Franco 66 68 68 67, S Hoch 64 65 69 71, E Toledo 66 69 67 67 270 C Howell III 66 69 68 67, D Paulson 67 68 67 68, K Triplett 68 66 70 66 271 S Appleby (Aus) 65 67 69 70, C Barlow 71 64 68 68, C Campbell 64 70 67 70, D Forsman 69 68 67 67, B Gay 66 66 70 69, M Long 67 69 66 69, D Love III 71 67 68 65, R Pampling 68 65 72 66, D Peoples 67 68 69 67, T Pernice Jr 67 67 69 68, J Sindelar 71 66 69 65 272 J Durant 64 71 72 65, J Edwards 67 65 67 73, S Verplank 69 65 6969 273 J Furyk 70 66 67 70, B Mayfair 70 65 67 71, S Micheel 71 64 69 69, C Parry (Aus) 69 67 69 68, B Tway 71 65 68 69