Cromwell, CT (Best E Casino) - Stewart Cink shot a three-under 67 to win the Travelers Championship on Sunday, 11 years after he claimed his first PGA Tour title at the event.

Cink got up-and-down for par on the 18th hole to squeeze out a one-shot victory over Tommy Armour III and 2007 champion Hunter Mahan. It was the fifth PGA Tour title of his career and first since he won twice in 2004.

Cink's victory followed a very good -- but winless -- half-season that saw him post six top-10 finishes, including two runner-ups and a tie for third place at the Masters.

He was coming off a tie for 14th at the U.S. Open last Sunday, one of the many players who battled tough Torrey Pines and then flew to Connecticut to find much easier scoring conditions at the TPC River Highlands.

Cink finished 72 holes at 18-under 262, the leader after each of the last three rounds. He won $1.08 million, moving to third place on the money list behind Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

"I think the first thing is I can't believe it was this long since the last [win]," said Cink. "I feel like I've played well enough along the way to have won a couple, but sometimes when you have to wait a little bit you have to go through a few extra trials and it seems a little bit sweeter."

Mahan, who claimed his first PGA Tour win at this event last year, shared second place with Armour at 17-under 263. Both players closed with five-under 65s in the final round.

Heath Slocum (67) finished in fourth place at 16-under 264, and Vijay Singh (68) ended two strokes further back at 14-under 266.

There was a one-hour weather delay near the end of the round.

Cink posted three birdies and a bogey before the stoppage, but had seen his lead slip from two strokes to just one. He made a six-foot birdie putt at the 13th hole before the horn sounded as a strong storm approached.

Coming out of the stoppage, Cink was kept on his toes.

Battling for the lead with three players -- Armour, Slocum and Mahan -- he chipped to three feet at the 15th to set up another birdie. It came at an opportune time, just as Slocum was making a birdie in the same group to remain within a shot.

All Cink needed then was three straight pars to end the round. Mahan and Armour both made late birdies, but only to climb within a shot. Slocum bogeyed the 16th to fall two back.

For Cink, it was his first win since the 2004 NEC Invitational, a lucrative World Golf Championships event. He moved from seventh place on the FedEx Cup points list to third behind Woods and Mickelson.

But with Woods sidelined for the rest of the season following his U.S. Open win, Cink is -- for all intents and purposes -- second on the list to Mickelson.

Close to winning on so many occasions already this season -- Woods trounced him in the Match Play final, and Cink lost a 54-hole lead at the PODS Championship two weeks later -- the 35-year-old veteran found his win Sunday that much sweeter.

Especially considering the way players were going low in good scoring conditions.

"I had the lead all weekend and we had to endure a rain delay and guys were firing left and right," said Cink. "And I just stayed a step ahead, just enough, and then I think that makes it even more sweet."