SAN DIEGO - Tiger Woods ended the longest stroke-play drought of his PGA Tour career Sunday, taking advantage of everyone else's mistakes and one bad break for Charles Howell III to win the fog-delayed Buick Invitational.

Ultimately, Woods almost made the biggest blunder of all.

Trying to reach the par-5 18th green in two with a one-shot lead, he hit a 2-iron so badly that it landed on a strip of fairway to the right of the big pond. He finally ended the suspense by making an 18-foot birdie putt to close with a 4-under 68 for a three-shot victory over Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman (73), Luke Donald (73) and Howell (72).

Woods, who played 31 holes Sunday, finished at 16-under 272 and earned $864,000 for his first stroke-play victory on the PGA Tour since the American Express Championship in October 2003. He also won at Torrey Pines in 1999 and 2003.

KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii - Dana Quigley made a 3-foot par putt on the third playoff hole and beat a faltering Tom Watson to win the season-opening MasterCard Championship for the second time in three years.Watson, who led after the first two rounds, made a bogey after he hit into the lava behind the 17th green at Hualalai Golf Club.The 57-year-old Quigley, a nine-time winner on the 50-and-over tour, closed with a 6-under 66 to match Watson (70) at 18-under 198. Watson, 1-7 in playoffs on the Champions Tour, could have won in regulation, but missed a 9-foot birdie putt.

NEW YORK - The Texas Rangers abruptly withdrew Sunday night from the competition to sign Carlos Delgado and the free-agent first baseman failed to respond to the New York Mets by their deadline, perhaps leaving Florida and Baltimore as the remaining contenders to sign him.Texas announced its withdrawal in a statement Sunday. Delgado's agent, David Sloane, said in a telephone interview that the Mets pulled out during a telephone call he had with chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and general manager Omar Minaya. The Mets said they were unsure where they stood with Delgado.

KEARNS, Utah - Jennifer Rodriguez became the first American woman in nine years to win the World Sprint Speedskating Championship by turning in her best performance ever at 500 meters.Rodriguez set a personal best in the 500 for the second straight day and had the fastest 1,000 meters in the women's field Sunday to claim the world sprint championship.