Honolulu: Paul Goydos, more than 10 yearsremoved from his first PGA Tour victory, finally captured another on Sundaywith a storming finish in the 5.2 million-dollar Sony Open. 

Goydos nabbed four birdies on the back nine en route to athree-under 67 that gave him a 14-under total of 266 and a one-shot victoryover Charles Howell and England'sLuke Donald.

Goydos's bid to chip-in for eqagle at the par-five 18th hit the pin and lefthim to tap in for the win that he admitted left him "stunned".

"I do try to win every decade, so I've accomplished that," quippedGoydos, whose only previous triumph came at the 1996 Bay Hill Invitational.

Less than three months after finishing second in his final event last yearto keep his exempt status for 2007, the 42-year-old Californian overcame asluggish start to the final round to collect the 936,000-dollar first prize.

He three-putted the first and third holes for bogeys, missing from inside twofeet at the latter, but picked up six birdies and one more bogey the rest ofthe way in a three-under 67.

Goydos stuck his nose in front with a 16-foot birdie at the par-four 16th,but fell back into a tie with Howell with a bogey at 17. His second shot at the18th came up short of the green, 25 feet from the hole, and he hit his chip alittle thin.

Fortunately, the flag was in the way to stop the ball from running well pastthe hole and the subsequent birdie ultimately proved good enough.

"Lucky the ball hit the hole," Goydos said.

"I never thought it could go in. I'm very fortunate to be sitting hereright now," he said.

He still had to dodge two other bullets. First, Donald had a 57-foot eaglechip to force a tie, and his ball also struck the pin but failed to drop.

"It always had a good line but it was going very fast," Donaldsaid.

 "It would have taken a bit ofluck to go in," he said.

Howell then had a chance to force a playoff, but his 15-foot birdie putt waswide all the way, condemning him to another agonizing near-miss, his ninthrunner-up finish on tour. His lone victory came back in 2002 in an event thatno longer exists.

"This one hurts," said Howell, repeating the words three times.

It was all the more painful since he held a two-shot lead at the turn butwas two-over coming in.

Goydos admitted his victory left him 'stunned'.

"I was just trying to hang in there and try to take it one shot at atime," he said.

 "Things weren't going wellearly. After the third hole, I really played pretty good and just kept grindingit out. Luckily I made a couple of long (putts) on 15 and 16, and got as luckyas you can get on 18,"he said.