DORAL, Florida (AP) ― On a day of endless drama at Doral, Justin Rose won his first World Golf Championship standing on the practice range.

Rose had to make up a three-shot deficit against Bubba Watson, and then a two-shot deficit against Keegan Bradley. Rose was steady down the stretch, even with a bogey from the bunker on the 18th hole, and closed with a 2-under 70 to win the Cadillac Championship.

Watson, as always, made it interesting. He hit a bullet of a 4-iron out of the palm trees to just inside 10 feet for a chance to force a playoff. His birdie putt missed on the low side, ending a wild day even by his standards. He closed with a 74.

If that wasn’t enough, Tiger Woods muddied his Masters future when he left after 11 holes with soreness in his left Achilles tendon, wincing badly on his final shot ― a 321-yard drive down the middle of the 12th fairway.

Woods said he would have it evaluated to determine the scope of the injury.

NBC Sports showed images of Woods behind the wheel in a black sedan as he drove away from Doral. It returned to golf just as Rory McIlroy, who started the final round eight shots behind, holed a bunker shot for eagle on the 12th hole.

McIlroy pulled within one shot of the lead with a birdie on the 16th hole, but he closed with a bogey and a 67 to finish alone in third.

Through it all, Rose worked his way to the top of the leaderboard with a nifty up-and-down behind the green on the par-5 10th, and he seized control of the tournament with a shot into 5 feet for birdie on the 14th.

Rose finished on 16-under 272 for his 10th victory worldwide, moving him back into the top 10 of a world ranking that remains loaded with Europeans.

It was a day that left little doubt about McIlroy’s spot atop the world ranking. Just like Woods in previous years, McIlroy showed he could never be counted out with an array of splendid shots ― most of them from precarious spots in the bunker ― and threatened to win.

And it raised more questions about the future of Woods.

This is the same Achilles tendon he injured a year ago at the Masters while hitting a shot from under Eisenhower’s tree on the 17th hole of the third round. It wound up forcing Woods to miss three months and two majors next year.

This time, he was lifting his left leg and flexing his angle, even after changing his shoes at the turn. The limp became more pronounced until he blasted his tee shot on the 12th, shook hands with Webb Simpson and rode off in a cart.

McNeill rallies to win in Puerto Rico

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) ― George McNeill birdied the last three holes for a 3-under 69 to rally past Japanese star Ryo Ishikawa and win the Puerto Rico Open on Sunday.

Ishikawa, on the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that left his homeland in ruins, closed with a 68 and had a one-shot lead. McNeill caught him with a birdie on the 16th, took the lead with a birdie on the 17th and added another birdie on the par-5 18th.

“I was really nervous, but I knew what I had to do, and basically I just had to bear down and get it done,” McNeill said. “If not, then somebody else was going to win. I was trying to basically have control of myself, and that’s all I was looking for.”

McNeill finished at 16-under 272 and earned $630,000 for his second career victory. He won the 2007 Frys.com Open in Las Vegas as a PGA Tour rookie.

“I think I was a little dumb, for lack of a better word, in 2007,” McNeill said. “I really didn’t know any better. I’ve been out here a while now. It’s my sixth year, and I’ve had six second-place finishes and two playoff losses, and seems like, wow, it’s getting harder and harder and harder to win.”

“Winning is tough at anything. Doesn’t matter playing golf, playing tennis, trying to be the best person, smartest person in the class. It’s not easy to be the best even if it’s only for one week, and that’s why it’s tough. And you got to take in golf what you can and move on.”

The 20-year-old Ishikawa, a nine-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, had his best PGA Tour finish.