His final round of one-over 72 saw him end at five-under 279 at the US PGA Tour John Deere Classic.
The Indian golfer is now four-under 138 for the tournament, and is lying 44th at the US PGA Tour John Deere Classic.
Tom Watson has given millions of dollars for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Woods won his opening-round match while Els was beaten by New Zealand's Phil Tataurangi on the 20th hole.
Kapil Dev will join Jyoti Randhawa, Arjun Atwal, Amandeep Johl and Arjun Singh in the highest prize-money tournament on the European PGA Tour.\n\n
The Indian golfer carded 73 in the last round to register his second best finish of the season at the $5.5 million Zurich Classic at New Orleans.
Arjun Atwal returned with a seven-under 65 to share the top position after the opening round in Louisiana
Tiger Woods held off a gutsy last-day challenge by fellow American Chris DiMarco to win the 69th US Masters in a playoff.
Compatriots Arjun Singh, Amandeep Johl, Harmeet Kahlon and Jeev Milkha Singh were also way behind after the opening day in the Carlsberg Malaysian Open.
"The enormity of the achievement still hasn't sunk in," said the 30-year-old Kolkata pro, who became the first Indian to qualify for the elite US PGA Tour on Monday.
Tetsuji Hiratsuka ran away with the title courtesy a final round 67
The top-30 golfers in the Final Stage Qualifiers would earn a direct entry into the US PGA Tour.
Sweden's Christopher Hanell shot a fine five-under 65 to assume a one-stroke lead at eight-under 202.
Tetsuji Hiratsuka has a three-stroke lead at 13-under 197 after the penultimate round in the Golf Nippon Series JP Cup. \n\n
England's Richard McEvoy, at ten-under 130, leads the field in the Omega Hong Kong Open.
Local pro Katsumune Imai assumed the sole lead with an error-free round of seven-under 65.
Jeev Milkha Singh, the other Indian in the fray at the VISA Taiheiyo Masters in Japan, was tied 66th.
He also became the first player on the Asian PGA Tour to cross the million-dollar mark in career earnings.
The Indian golfing ace, who carded a superb 66 on the opening day, has a two-day total of six-under-par 138 in the Hero honda Masters.\n\n
The ace Indian golfer produced a magical display in difficult conditions to take the lead on the opening day of the Hero Honda Masters.
The Fijian leapfrogged South African Ernie Els, who had held second place since January.
Tiger Woods equalled Byron Nelson's 54-year-old PGA Tour record of 113 consecutive cuts but it is Vijay Singh who leads the Funai Classic.
The Indian golfing ace cracked a seven-under 65 to climb to move to fifth place at the mid-way stage of the tournament.
The world number one will match Byron Nelson's achievement of making 113 straight cuts on tour if he qualifies for the third round in the Funai Classic. \n\n\n\n
The American became the fifth player in history to shoot 59 as he charged to victory in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf event.
When rain stopped play, the Indian ace was cruising along at two-under par after eight holes, which gave him a tournament tally of 17-under.
Jimmy Walker did it the hard way, almost squandering a huge lead before registering a nervous one-stroke victory to continue his hot start to the season at the $6.6 million Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Sunday.
Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal will lead the Indian challenge at the tournament.
The Indian golfing ace is poised to return his best finish of the season on the Japanese PGA Tour.
Masahiro Kuramoto of Japan shot a record breaking 12-under 59 in the opening round of the ¥120 million Acom International event.
Rising Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma shattered the course record at the challenging DLF Golf course with a sensational eight-under 64 to surge to second place after the unfinished second round at the US$ 1,750,000 Hero Indian Open, in Gurgaon, on Friday.
Their poor showing on Saturday saw the Indian challenge in Singapore\n\nMasters fade.
Shubhankar Sharma continues to live a dream as four-time major champion and former world no 1 Rory Mcllroy has extended an invitation to him for a practice round at the Augusta National Golf Club before the Masters begins in April.
The ace Indian golfer was tied for second place after the opening round in the Caltex Singapore Masters.
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