Players Championship highlights: Best action, shots & scores from Round Four

Webb Simpson shot 73 to claim a fifth PGA Tour title but the fireworks came from Tiger Woods

Webb Simpson claimed his first victory since 2013 in the Players Championship, despite a thrilling late-charge from Tiger Woods.

No one in PGA Tour history had ever lost from the seven-shot lead Simpson held overnight and although the former US Open champion saw his advantage cut to four shots with eight holes remaining, a closing 73 was enough to secure a fifth PGA Tour title.

Despite a double bogey on the last, Simpson finished 18 under par and four shots ahead of Charl Schwartzel, Jimmy Walker and Xander Schauffele, with European number one Tommy Fleetwood two shots further back in joint seventh.

Woods had to settle for a tie for 11th after finding water off the tee on the 17th and making a double bogey, but the same position was good enough for Justin Thomas to replace Dustin Johnson as world number one as Johnson finished just a shot behind.

Watch the highlights above.

Selected scores

270 Webb Simpson 66 63 68 73

274 Xander Schauffele 68 68 71 67, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 66 73 67, Jimmy Walker 69 68 70 67

Simpson claimed a fifth PGA Tour title (Getty)

275 Jason Day (Aus) 69 67 71 68, Jason Dufner 72 69 66 68

276 Danny Lee (Nzl) 68 66 70 72, Keegan Bradley 69 69 72 66, Harold Varner III 71 67 70 68, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 69 71 68 68

277 Brooks Koepka 70 70 74 63, Tiger Woods 72 71 65 69, Justin Thomas 73 70 68 66, Adam Scott (Aus) 69 68 72 68, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 69 69 69, Chesson Hadley 66 69 75 67

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