The rock ranked 117th shot a two-under 70 for a 13-under 275 total beat the Northern Irish 22 years by a shot and the winner of important 14-time by two. Woods finished in a tie for third with Thomas Bjorn (68) and Graeme McDowell (68).
Woods started the final round tied for the lead with unheralded rock. He appeared ready to win his second straight tournament after ending a winless drought of two years with a victory last month at the Chevron world challenge.
But Woods displayed for a long weekend the abandoned Sunday and was Rock that held together along the stretch.
Not "hit the ball as I should," said Woods. "Today I was just a touch away. I was straightening the ball across the fairway. I was hit the ball a bit more than I thought I would so something to look at something and to try to understand. "
Woods started off strong and looked like he might pull out of the rock, sinking a 40 footer on no. 2 for a birdie and then chipping machines within a foot of the Cup for a second birdie at 3°. But Rock, who said on Saturday that it was a bit overwhelmed to face his idol-don't blink. He also birdied the first two of three holes to keep up.
Then Woods began to unravel.
Began to spray his unit in the often rough and fairway bunker, resulting in the first of three bogeymen. When Woods was missing fairways, he was scrambling to save par as he did the day 11, when the green. As he approached his shot into the deep rough just off the Green 11, he sighed heavily and let out a stream of obscenities under his breath.
Woods managed to save par on 11 by sinking a 12 footer and Rock just missed a birdie putt. Woods pumped his fist and looked to be regaining momentum when he pulled within one shot of rock on no. 13, when the Englishman was one of his three bogeymen. But the rock of 34 years, birdied two of the next three holes to take control.
Rock on 18, when he staggered his car landed in a pile of rocks near the water-forcing him to take a drop. But he recovered beautifully, reaching the green in four and then two-putting for victory.
The loss is the second straight time Woods has failed to win at least a share of the lead after 54 holes. Lost world challenge in 2010 after Chevron going into the final round with a four-shot advantage on McDowell.
Woods acknowledged that it was not the way that he wanted to start the season 2012 but took comfort from the control that showed the first three days and putt that he made in the last three days, he said. She lost her win 84 and the fifth time in nine years to open the season with a victory.
"Obviously the ultimate goal is to win and I win," said Woods.
"I hit the ball well enough to win the golf tournament this week," he said. "Today I just didn't give me enough look to it. Most of my Putts were LAG Putt. I don't Drive the ball in the fairway as many as I should have. Some of the balls were running. Other balls, I was just missing. It was a day that I was just a touch out off the tee and could get the ball close enough to give me ".
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