Australian Adam Scott's 14-year streak of winning at least one tournament a year has come to an end after Bubba Watson fired a six-under par 66 on Sunday to win the Hero World Challenge.
Scott (69) finished tied for 10th at 16-under, making 2015 the first year since 2000 - when he turned professional - that the 35-year-old has not won a title.
The Queenslander's run included 27 victories, and equals Tiger Woods' 14-year win streak between 1996 and 2009.
Scott has not won a tournament since the US PGA Tour's event at Colonial in Texas in May 2014 and has slipped to No.10 in the world golf rankings.
He finished nine strokes behind Watson at the Albany resort on Sunday, as the American claimed the title at the 18-man event hosted by Tiger Woods with a 72-hole total of 25-under 263.
Fellow American Patrick Reed was second on 266 after a 66 of his own with countryman Rickie Fowler shooting at 64 to stand fourth on 267, one stroke better than 2014 winner Jordan Spieth, the reigning Masters and US Open champion.
England's Paul Casey, who played in the final pairing alongside Watson, fired 70 to share fifth with American Bill Haas.
Watson had back-to-back birdies three different times on Sunday, at the par-3 second and par-5 third, the par-5 sixth and par-4 seventh and on the first two holes of the back nine.
He birdied the par-4 14th and a bogey at the last only shrank the final victory margin.
England's Justin Rose fired a course-record 10-under par 62 on Sunday, breaking the day-old mark shared by Casey and Watson.
Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, birdied the third and fourth holes, fired three in a row starting at the par-5 sixth, began the back nine with his sixth birdie and then fired four more in a row capped by a 2 at the par-3 17th. He finished on 275 overall.
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