La Quinta, Calif. ? Mike Weir went with caution; Jay Haas went for the green.

Weir opted to lay up on the final hole and turned that strategy into his third consecutive birdie as he came from behind Sunday to win the Bob Hope Classic.

Haas hit his approach shot into the water in front of the green and took a bogey that left him two shots back in second place.

Weir, winning his fourth tour title, closed with a 5-under-par 67 for a 30-under 330 for the five-day tournament. Haas had a 69 in the final round, most of which was played in gusting winds.

Weir insisted both he and Haas made the right decisions on the 18th fairway.

Haas, who won the Hope in 1988 and led until late in the final round last year before fading, added, “I’ll look back, I guess, on the red-eye tonight and think about what could have been.”

He wasn’t the only player who ran into late trouble.

Tim Herron, four shots ahead of Weir and Haas heading into the final round, struggled to a 75 that included a quadruple bogey on No. 16.