( CNN ) -- World No . 1 Tiger Woods marked his first appearance in Australia in 11 years with his first tournament victory on the continent on Sunday . The American bounced back from a disappointing showing on Saturday to cruise to victory by two shots at the Australian Masters despite being infuriated by an over-enthusiastic photographer at Kingston Heath in the state of Victoria . The 14-time major winner 's only dropped shot in his final-round four-under-par 68 came at the par-four 13th hole when he was snapped while in the middle of his approach shot . `` That got me right on my downswing , '' he shouted in dismay . But Woods , who was paid a reported $ 3 million to play in the event and was tied for the lead after 54 holes despite his 72 on Saturday , bounced back with his fifth birdie of the day at the 15th hole . `` I said yesterday I was thankful I was still in the tournament , but I kept myself in it and it allowed me to go out today and go for the chance to win , '' said Woods , who attracted unprecedented crowds of more than 25,000 . `` It was going to be tough today . I had to make some birdies early and I was able to do that and was able to keep it . '' Greg Chalmers , who had also shared the lead along with fellow Australian James Nitties , also birdied 15 and followed Woods ' lead by parring the last three holes to card 70 and finish second on 12-under 276 . Nitties finished fifth on 279 after carding four bogeys in his 73 , with France 's Francois Delamontagne ( 69 ) and American Jason Dufner ( 70 ) tied for third on 278 . Defending champion Rod Pampling carded a final-round 73 to finish tied for 14th on four-under . The Australasian Tour tournament is co-sanctioned with the European Tour .
Tiger Woods marks his first appearance in Australia in 11 years with his first tournament win on the continent . The world's No. 1 golfer will play at the Hero World Challenge from March 12-18 and is expected to finish second behind Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland after a three-round playoff. American heads off Australian Greg Chalmers , who finishes with a two-under-par 70 . Woods and Chalmers had shared the lead going into final round along with James Nitties .