American Matt Kuchar won the Fiji International at Natadola Bay on Sunday, seeing off a blistering late challenge from three-time major champion Vijay Singh who set a course record.
World No.16 Kuchar's consistency proved the key at a tournament dogged by windy conditions.
Kuchar attributed his victory to solid golf in challenging conditions, particularly during the early rounds.
"Winning is a hard thing to do regardless of where you are, US PGA or Fiji, there are great players everywhere," Kuchar said.
"I knew I had to play some really good golf to try and have a chance at this title and I played some great golf this week. I was excited to come out on top.
"With the wind blowing the way it was on Thursday and Friday, if you're not hitting it good you many not break 90, it was that challenging."
He fired a second consecutive three-under-par 69 to snare the title, finishing at four under and four shots ahead of Australia's Aron Price.
But it was local hero Singh who caught the eye in the final round on the course he designed for the $US820,000 ($A1.12 million) event.
Singh, who has not won an event for seven years and was in 33rd position after Thursday's opening round, hit a seven-under 65 to shave two shots off the course record.
The veteran managed seven birdies to finish joint third with New Zealand's Ryan Fox and Australian Nick Cullen, five shots behind Kuchar.
"Once you start to hit the ball the way you can and not worry about the wind too much, you're going to have results and I played pretty good too," Singh said.
"I made a couple of good putts - 15 and 14 were good putts from outside 15 feet and I got up and down on 16 to save par.
"I played solid and it wasn't a difficult seven under, I'm happy with it."
Price was disappointed with his one-under-par final round.
"Today my pace wasn't there, like the 12th hole, I tried to give it a go and ran four or five foot past," he said.
"The first three days my pace was on; I was better in the wind which is quite strange.
"I hit 16 greens in regulation, on the two I missed, I made pars. I didn't have a bogey all day, just not enough birdies."
The Fiji event is co-sanctioned by OneAsia and the Australasian PGA.
