Coceres holds on for victory

Coceres has now won two USPGA tour events this year

Jose Coceres shot a final round score of 68 to win the Walt Disney Classic in Florida on Sunday.

The Argentine, who had a three-shot overnight lead, finished a stroke ahead of Davis Love III, who hit a 66.

Jerry Smith - who hit a final round 63 - and David Peoples tied for third, one shot ahead of left-hander Steve Flesch on 19-under.

Vijay Singh of Fiji, David Toms and Sweden's Jesper Parnevik were among seven players grouped at 18-under, while Tiger Woods was two shots further adrift.

Coceres did exactly what he had to do - stay patient, stay ahead and he never got in trouble

Davis Love III

Coceres' win ensured his second USPGA title of the season - his first was at the Worldcom Classic at Hilton Head.

The 38-year-old played the first eight holes in even par, allowing Love, who had trailed by three shots overnight, to catch him.

But three birdies in a row around the turn steadied Coceres' nerves while Love dropped a shot at the 9th.

The Argentine's round was delayed 20 minutes at the 15th hole after a burst of torrential rain.

A six-foot par putt at the last secured victory.

Woods birdied three of the last six holes to finish joint 16th.

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Leading scores

265 Jose Coceres (Argentina) 68 65 64 68
266 Davis Love III 67 66 67 66
268 David Peoples 69 65 68 66, Jerry Smith 66 66 73 63
269 Steve Flesch 73 65 66 65
270 Skip Kendall 68 70 64 68, Scott McCarron 65 71 65 69, Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 71 65 67 67, Vijay Singh (Fiji) 66 68 67 69, David Toms 66 68 69 67, Craig Perks 70 69 67 64, Danny Ellis 67 68 70 65
271 Stuart Appleby (Australia) 69 67 65 70, Tom Lehman 72 66 66 67, Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 70 69 67 65
272 Woody Austin 70 65 69 68, Paul Azinger 70 69 67 66, John Huston 70 66 69 67, Billy Mayfair 68 68 68 68, Tiger Woods 69 67 67 69

Selected others:
273 Kaname Yokoo (Japan) 66 65 71 71
274 Stephen Ames (Trinidad) 69 70 67 68
276 Robert Allenby (Australia) 67 71 69 69, Bernhard Langer (Germany) 67 72 67 70, Mike Weir (Canada) 66 71 70 69