LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida -- Joe Durant shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 in the final round of the FUNAI Classic at WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort on Sunday, finishing 25 under and picked up his first PGA TOUR victory since March 2001.

"I knew the kind of round you needed to play on the last day to win, especially when the scores are low, and I was fortunate to do that," he said.

He beat Troy Matteson (70) and Frank Lickliter II (62) by four strokes. First- and second-round leader Justin Rose (69) was fourth.

The 42-year-old Durant played mistake-free golf down the stretch for his fourth career TOUR victory.

He started the day one shot behind leader Matteson and dropped another stroke back after the first hole on the Magnolia Course. But Durant made up ground with smart decisions, a steady short game and several clutch putts.

"He didn't make many mistakes," said Matteson, who played in the final pairing with Durant. "He was very machinelike."

He made a 13-footer from the fringe on the par-3 third and followed with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 fourth. He took the lead for good on the par-5 10th, getting up and down for birdie from the sand.

He sealed his long-awaited victory with three birdies -- and several astute moves -- over the next six holes.

Durant decided to lay up off the tee on the short par-4 13th, then nestled a wedge shot to 2 feet for birdie. His doubled his two-shot lead with two more birdies on Nos. 14 and 16.

On No. 14, he made an 11-footer to move to 24 under. On the next hole, he missed the green right. But instead of trying to do too much with his chip shot, he left himself a makable 3-footer for par.

He made his longest putt of the round on the par-4 16th, draining a 20-footer for his seventh birdie.

"It seemed like every big putt I needed to make, I made," Durant said. He cruised home from there, taking very few chances with a four-shot lead.

"The mind is a scary beast sometimes," he said. "If you haven't won in a long time, you go from tunnel vision to spray vision. When you start thinking, 'Don't hit it here, don't hit it here,' that's when you get in trouble. I was trying to be very cognizant and not think that way. ... I tried to play smart, conservative."

Lickliter made a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to shoot the low round of the day. He was the clubhouse leader before Durant pulled away.

Matteson, meanwhile, continued an impressive rookie season.

Matteson tied for eighth three weeks ago at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, then had a sixth-place finish the following week at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. It got even better last week in Las Vegas, where Matteson won the Frys.com Open for his first PGA TOUR title.

But he couldn't hang with Durant on Sunday.

Joe Durant closed with rounds of 65-64-65. (Greenwood/WireImage)

"Joe pretty much played flawless golf in my book," said Matteson, who moved to 42nd on the money list.

The victory earned Durant $828,000 -- the biggest check of his career -- and ended his five-year winless drought on TOUR. It also vaulted him to 29th on the money list, in position to earn a spot in THE TOUR Championship Presented by Coca-Cola in Atlanta next month.

Durant won his first PGA TOUR event in 1998, then won twice in 2001 -- the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and the Ford Championship at Doral. He said his fourth victory was just as special -- not because of the five-year hiatus, but because the week of the tournament was such a family oriented event.

"My family has been the backbone of me and my career," said Durant, who has earned nearly $10 million in 11 years. "We always dreamed about standing on 18 with Mickey. This was very satisfying for our family. It really was."