Martin Kaymer remained on course at The Players Championship as Jordan Spieth's remarkable scoring streak finally came to an end on Sunday.
American sensation Spieth completed his first three rounds at Sawgrass without a single bogey and stretched his error-free run to 58 holes with two birdies and two pars in the first four holes of the final round.
That briefly took him one shot ahead of playing partner Kaymer, but the 20 year old promptly dropped a shot on the fifth after driving into heavy rough, leaving the final pair tied for the lead on 13 under par.
Jim Furyk was two off the pace after picking up five birdies in his first ten holes, with Canada's David Hearn and 2008 champion Sergio Garcia another shot back.
England's Justin Rose had also reached ten under after looking set to make the most of a rules reprieve, but the US Open Champion then dropped three shots in a row from the tenth.
Rose was penalised two shots following his third round on Saturday after his ball moved fractionally as he set up to play his third shot from the back of the 18th green.
He would have escaped with a one shot penalty if he had replaced his ball, but appeared uncertain that the ball had moved after consulting with playing partner Garcia.
That meant a third round of 73 and left Rose seven shots off the lead, but the penalty was rescinded by tournament officials on Sunday.
The penalty was rescinded under a new decision on the rules of golf which was announced in November last year and came into effect from January 1, 2014.
Decision 18/4 states that "where enhanced technological evidence shows that a ball has left its position and come to rest in another location, the ball will not be deemed to have moved if that movement was not reasonably discernible to the naked eye at the time.
"The decision ensures that a player is not penalised under Rule 18-2 in circumstances where the fact that the ball had changed location could not reasonably have been seen without the use of enhanced technology."
For the fourth day running, Rory McIlroy found the back nine at Sawgrass far more to his liking than the front, the former World Number One coming home in 31 for the second day in succession to shoot 66 and finish nine under.
Having gone 58 holes without a bogey, Spieth made it two in the space of four holes when a poor tee shot cost him another shot on the eighth.
And when he also bogeyed the tenth after failing to get up and down from left of the green, Kaymer was left with a three shot lead thanks to his birdie on the ninth.
Rose had set the clubhouse target on ten under after closing out his round with birdies on the 15th, 17th and 18th.
