Henrik Stenson plays with daughter Lisa after winning the Players Championship, in Ponte Vedra Beach on Sunday. (AP)

Ponte Vedra Beach (US): Sweden’s Henrik Stenson kept his cool in 90 degree Farenheit to win the Players Championship by four shots, as a frustrated Tiger Woods crashed out of contention at the TPC Sawgrass course on Sunday.

The unflappable Swede carded the only bogey-free round on the final day, a six under-par 66 for 12-under overall, to pick up his first strokeplay win on the PGA Tour.

Britain’s Ian Poulter shot a two-under 70 to finish second four strokes behind Stenson and post his best result on US soil. Joint second overnight, world No. 1 Tiger Woods had another frustrating day, slumping to eighth after carding a one-over par round marred by four bogeys, as a number of players struggled with the hard and fast greens.

Jeev Milkha Singh ended his miserable campaign here with a second successive four-over 76 to sign off tied 64th. The Indian ended with a total of six-over 294 after managing just one birdie against five bogeys.

Daniel Chopra slipped three rungs to finish tied 14th after a one-over 73 in the final round left his total at three-under 285.

Overnight leader Alex Cejka of Germany went into Sunday with a five-stroke lead, the biggest final day margin in the tournament’s history, but surrendered it within four holes.

The German was out of contention by the half-way stage as he shot a disappointing seven-over for the day.

Poulter, resplendent in pink trousers and mirror sunglasses, produced some sharp golf but was unable to make enough birdie chances to catch Stenson and capture his own first win in the States.

Stenson’s previous win in the US came in the 2007 WGC Accenture Match Play championship. The Swede said his birdie on the par three 13th, snared with a tricky 11-foot putt from the fringe, was the key moment.

“After that birdie I felt that I was in the driving seat from then on in,” he said.

The Swede's victory marks the second straight year a European has won what is widely considered the fifth major following Spaniard Sergio Garcia’s triumph last year.

Americans John Mallinger and Kevin Na tied for third, both five shots off Stenson’s score.         (Agencies)