Woods left, due to the injury in his left Achilles

Sergio garcia left the course after hitting a shot from the tee at No. 12. He cited soreness in their left Achilles tendon, the one which contributed to him missing two major tournaments a year ago. The 2010 initial, the Masters, starts April 5.

Bubba Watson (74), who led by three after three rounds, lost his advantage in four holes but recovered to complete second. Top-ranked Rory McIlroy (67) was eight shots behind until he charged and would have been a stroke from the lead late in the round; he placed third callaway x-24 hot irons at 14 under.

Rose, a 31-year-old from England, was clueless that he'd won until he was about the practice range and didn't hear a roar; Watson missed a birdie putt that might have forced a playoff.

Woods, who told a PGA Tour official he a "left leg" problem before driving away, later issued a statement detailing the injury.

"I felt tightness inside my left Achilles warm up today plus it continued to acquire progressively worse," said Woods, a success of 14 major titles who may have withdrawn from a tournament thrice within the last 3 years. "After hitting my tee shot at (No.) 12, I made a decision it absolutely was required to withdraw. Previously, I could have experimented with still play, but on this occasion I decided to accomplish a few things i thought was necessary."

"It is a real great day. It is often a fantastic week. This has been an incredible fourteen days to tell the truth along. I've been very focused on just form of seeing this whole Florida Swing as just like a body of labor rather than really wanting to put an excessive amount of focus on anybody tournament," said Rose, who closed with a 2-under-par 70 in order to complete callaway diablo edge irons at 16-under 272, one stroke in front of Watson, two in front of McIlroy and three before Charl Schwartzel and Peter Hanson. "And I form of knew I had been playing well and when I merely driven out of my very own opportinity for the most part and kept thinking well and doing the proper things, I had thoughts something good can happen in these four weeks."

With the other end of the spectrum, Paul Casey were built with a hole-in-one at No. 13.

When Rose made the turn, he was two strokes behind PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley (75) ?a who proceeded to shoot a 41 about the back nine and tied for eighth place.

Rose, who earned $1.4 million, said, "I type of knew I was playing well and if I just driven out of my own, personal way for probably the most part and kept thinking well and doing the right discount golf clubs things, I had created an atmosphere something good might happen."

Something went astray for Bradley, who held a two-shot lead at the outset of the round but four-putted from over green at No. 10, which triggered a back-nine 41 because he finished with a 75 along with a tie for eighth. As for other abnormal happenings, Woods was 3 over par to the round and 10 shots from the lead when he withdrew and handle out from the top the very first time at Doral in nine starts.