TIGER Woods shot his lowest score of the tournament, but his eight-under 63 was only good enough for a tied-fourth spot in his maiden appearance in the Cimb Classic.
Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge and Chris Kirk of the United States shared the fourth with Woods, after they returned with five-under 66 and four-under 67 respectively.
His bogey-free final round took his total to 19-under 265, but right after the press conference ended he was whisked to his car and sped out of the Club House even though the leaders were still playing their rounds.
He knew then itself, that his 19-under would not take him to a play-off as Nick Watney of the United States was at 22-under at that stage and still with holes to play.
The 14-time Major winner, trailing by five shots overnight, started with three straight birdies and added two more on six and seven in an astonishing half-round.
He then had birdies on the 10th, 16th and 17th, to earn him a purse of USDxxx...
And the question on everybody's mind was is he going to come back to the Classic?
"I would love to come back as this has been a fantastic event. It certainly has grown over the years, and now it's going to be part of the Tour. That would be a major growth for this event, sort of what HSBC went through in China, and now it's one of the marquee events," said Woods.
It was not the final outing Woods was looking for, as his goal was 20 plus.
"The golf course was really soft today (yesterday) and we played ball in hand again, and I needed to get to 20 plus, and that was the goal starting out. It looks like I didn't quite do it."
He would have been the champion, if not for the bogies in the third round.
"I am, I'm very pleased with the way I came back, as I just had one little bad stretch yesterday (third round). Other than that, I really played well this week."