The 27-year-old Quiros, celebrating his fifth European Tour success, also chipped in for an eagle and took a triple bogey after losing a ball up a palm tree in a final-round 68 to finish 11-under-par.

Denmark’s Anders Hansen, needing to birdie the last hole to deny Quiros, posted a 70 to end with a 10-under-par tally, the same as South African James Kingston.

Struggling Tiger Woods ended his desert campaign with a final-hole double bogey in a closing 75 for a four-under-par score.

Briton Lee Westwood dropped three shots in his closing two holes and posted a 72 but remains world No. 1 after nearest ranking rival Martin Kaymer of Germany ended in a share of 31st place.

Quiros’s ace, his fourth on the European Tour, came at the 11th.

“I played a three-quarter wedge shot and it was the perfect shot, but that happens just once a year,” he said.

“I had fallen back to second or third so that hole-in-one was the positive point of the round. It gave me a good advantage.”

Starting his final round a shot behind the leaders, Quiros began with a bang after chipping in from five yards off the back of the green for an eagle at the second.

But he lost the lead when his drive at the eighth landed in bushes forcing him to take a penalty drop. However, Quiros’s ball plugged in the waste sand from where he skied the ball some 30-yards into a palm tree.

A pair of binoculars was required before Quiros, in the company of Chief Referee John Paramour, could confirm that the ball in the tree was his. Quiros took a penalty drop but walked off with a triple bogey.

He quickly shook off his misfortune to birdie the ninth and the hole-in-one then put him back in front for good.

Woods heads home still seeking a first win since November, 2009.

“It was a very frustrating day,” the American said.

“But I got off to such a poor start, to be two-over through three holes and I just couldn’t make it up from there.

“When it was calm this week, I hit the ball pure, and that’s the thing. When the wind blows, I have to shape shots and hit shots differently and all of my old feels are kind of out the window.

“That’s the thing about making changes, As I’ve said, I’ve been all through this before with my last two instructors, and it will come around. I just need more work and more practice.”
 
 
Marino hangs onto the lead at Pebble

In Pebble Beach, California, the best break for Steve Marino might have come moments after he finished his round Saturday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, nowhere near where he had just three-putted from 4 feet for a bogey.

Across the Del Monte Forest, where the crowds gathered in sunshine to watch the celebrity show at Pebble Beach, D.A. Points had a chance to catch Marino atop the leaderboard with a birdie on the par-5 18th. Instead, he couldn’t escape a fairway bunker and took bogey, which made a difference in the Sunday pairings.

A big difference.

That final hole is what kept Points and his amateur partner— Bill Murray— from joining Marino in the final group.

“That would have been a trip,” Marino said. “I don’t know about that.”

Despite his struggles on the green, Marino had a 1-over 71 at Monterey Peninsula and had a one-shot lead over Jimmy Walker, who had a 63 at Monterey Peninsula, and Bryce Molder, who had a 68 at Spyglass Hill while playing before a gallery of about a dozen.

Points shot 71 and was another shot behind.

Marino couldn’t imagine trying to win his first PGA Tour event while playing alongside the assistant head greenskeeper at Bushwood, the famous role Murray played in “Caddyshack.”

What’s there to worry about?

All Murray did Saturday was wear an Elmer Fudd hat (to signal that he and Points were in the hunt). As Points faced a short birdie putt on the second hole, Murray offered him a bite of his doughnut if he made it.

Late in the round on the par-3 17th, Murray playfully tossed it to a young girl in the bunker. And after Points made a birdie, Murray and Points held hands and jumped into the bunker.

Welcome to the PGA Tour, Pebble style.

“He gave everybody Ben and Jerry’s ice cream bars on 17,” Points said. “He did plenty of stuff. It doesn’t really bother me. I hope he does it tomorrow. I’ll be interested to see what the guys we play with tomorrow feel about it, but it doesn’t bother me.”

Marino doesn’t have to worry about it.

He was at 12-under 202 and will be in the final group with his partner, Irish amateur Dermot Desmond, and Walker.

Molder and amateur Harry You, who have a one-shot lead in the pro-am portion of the tournament, will be in the second-to-last group with Points and Murray, who are one shot behind.

The four players atop the leaderboard have as many PGA Tour victories as Murray, which would be none.

Marino might be the most tested, having lost in a playoff at Colonial a year ago and finishing with one of the best shots of the young season at the Sony Open last month in Honolulu to finish second.

“I felt like I’ve had the game to win out here for a while,” Marino said. “It just hasn’t happened. I’m not going to say that I’m due. But I feel like I’m good enough to win on this tour.”

Marino was not too bothered by a round that featured a trio of three-putt bogeys, an unplayable lie from a bush and an eagle. He said he hit the ball better than he has all week, but could not get used to the pace of the greens on the Shore course.

“A strange round,” he said.

Alex Cejka and Tom Gillis were at 9-under 205, while the group another shot back included J.J. Henry, Kevin Sutherland and Aaron Baddeley. They were the only players in the top 10 on the leaderboard who have won on tour.