Tiger Woods felt he had cause for optimism after carding a 3-under 67 in his final round at the PGA Championship, although he was a long way short of title contention.
The 15-time major champion was out of the running in San Francisco heading into Sunday's last 18 holes after consecutive 72s left him 2 over par for the week.
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There was improvement from Woods as the tournament came to a close, however, as he carded three birdies across the first seven holes.
Although a bogey followed at the eighth, the American made two more gains on the back nine before finishing in disappointing fashion with five at the par-4 18th.
Woods' best score of the week meant he was eight shy of Dustin Johnson as the leaders prepared to head out.
"What I got out of this week is that I felt I was competitive," Woods said.
"If I would have made a few more putts on Friday early on, and the same thing with Saturday, I feel like would have been right there with a chance come today.
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"It didn't happen, but I fought hard. That's golf. We lose way more tournaments than we win."
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Explaining his fourth-round performance, he added: "I drove it like I did on Friday, my irons were a little crisper and I hit better putts.
"I wanted an under-par tournament score [Saturday] and made it happen [Sunday]."
Indeed, Woods fared better than some of the other big names out on the course early on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy was struggling to improve his even-par overall score in an inconsistent round until following a birdie at the 15th with an eagle at the next, while Phil Mickelson finished with a double bogey that left him four over for the week.
However, Jordan Spieth belatedly found some form, recovering to the same score as Mickelson with a 67.