PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida -- Luke Donald won his first PGA TOUR event while sitting in a locker room, after that week's final round was canceled by two days of rain.

As cheers rained down upon him late Sunday afternoon, victory No. 2 seemed a whole lot sweeter.

Donald used back-to-back birdies midway through his back nine to take the outright lead at 11 under, made a great scrambling par on the difficult 16th to preserve the margin and beat Geoff Ogilvy by two shots in The Honda Classic.

A 3-under 69 was good enough for the Englishman, who bought a house in Palm Beach Gardens last year and pocketed a winner's check of $990,000. A perfect approach to 4 feet on the 18th set up his final birdie, sealing the triumph.

"This is a big step," Donald said. "I think it's definitely a step in the right direction. Anytime you can win, especially out here on the PGA TOUR, it's a huge boost of confidence. Hopefully this will just keep the momentum going."

Donald's only other TOUR win was at the 2002 Southern Farm Bureau Classic, when he held a one-shot lead after 54 holes and never took another swing. The final round was washed out by 4 inches of rain, and the 1999 NCAA champion from Northwestern had no true winning moment to stash in his memory bank.

That changed Sunday.

He entered the day tied for the lead with Billy Mayfair, and birdied the opening hole to take sole possession of the top spot. A 20-foot birdie putt at the fourth hole sent him to 11 under, before bogeys on Nos. 7 and 10 knocked him from atop the leaderboard.

But a 10-foot birdie putt at the 13th and a 25-footer on the 14th restored the lead, and when he holed a slippery 18-foot putt to save par on the 16th, he pumped his right fist repeatedly.

Two holes later, as Ogilvy lingered in case of a playoff, Donald's approach on 18 was perfect.

"I was pretty proud of the way I finished today and finished the job off. ... I held it together," said Donald, who lost two previous 72-hole events when holding the third-round lead. "Anytime you finish with a birdie like that and a great shot, it means a lot to a golfer."

Ogilvy shot a 69 to cap his wild week, one that featured one double eagle, three eagles and three double bogeys. It was nearly enough for him to win his second straight start; after taking only one victory in his first 133 PGA TOUR events, he won two weeks ago at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.

"I made some good putts and for the most part I played really well," said Ogilvy, who made $594,000 and is already over the $2 million mark for the season. "I got lucky a couple times. But how do you forget the week you had your first double eagle? It was good."

David Toms shot a 69 to finish at 9 under, three shots off the pace and tied with Mayfair (72).

Tom Pernice (68) wound up alone in fifth at 8 under, former Honda Classic champion Dudley Hart (69) was 7 under, and three players - Stephen Ames (68), Frank Lickliter (71) and Jeff Gove (74) - shared seventh place at 6 under, six shots back.

"Luke played solid," said Mayfair, who earned $319,000. "He did what he had to do."

Short putts were problematic for Donald early on; he missed a 4-foot putt for birdie at the par-5 sixth and three-putted there, then slid a 2 ½-foot par try past the right side of the hole at the 10th - a miscue that allowed Gove to briefly take sole possession of the lead.

Gove made a bogey and a double bogey in a three-hole span between 13 and 15. Ogilvy birdied 13, 14 and 16 - but a bogey on 15 kept him from staying with Donald's pace. And Toms made an eagle on 17 to get to 9 under, but knew that wasn't going to be good enough.

"Not disappointing at all," said Toms, who has never won a Florida TOUR stop. "I played a good, solid round of golf today under tough conditions. ... I feel good about leaving here."

Luke Donald made five birdies on Sunday. (Messerschmidt/ WireImage)

Mayfair saw his chance of getting his first victory in 228 starts roll away following two misadventures at a couple par-5s.

At the sixth, his third-shot chip ran across the green, eventually resting against an extremely thick tuft of grass off the back. He tried popping it free with a fairway wood - but that shot rolled a few feet up an incline, then back toward his feet and ultimately led to a bogey.

And at 12, another chip rolled up the green a bit before U-turning back his way, and Mayfair then sent his fourth shot off the opposite side. He made another bogey, dropping his third shot in seven holes.

"Four shots right there," Mayfair said, "and it's all difference."

Divots: Defending champion Padraig Harrington shot his second straight 74 and finished 10 shots back. ... Brian Davis (71) went off first in the final round, finishing in only 2 ½ hours. ... Playing together, Kris Cox and John Rollins each eagled the par-5 sixth. Both reached in two.

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