Having spent the last couple of years reworking his swing, the 29-year-old played solid golf all week at the Riviera Country Club - breaking 70 on all four days.
Baddeley's closing round of 69 included four birdies and only one hiccup, when double-bogeying the par 4 12th, as he held off the chasing pack led by Vijay Singh.
At one stage Singh was challenging for the lead, but bogeys on 12 and 13 saw his momentum fade.
For a short while on day 4, it also looked like Fred Couples would roll back the years with a win for the sentimentalists in the galleries and watching on the TV.
The 51-year-old birdied the first three holes to take the outright lead, but had lost these shots by the turn and, with three more strokes slipping by on the way in, he eventually finished in a tie for seventh on -7.
HOW THEY FINISHED
| 1 - Aaron Baddeley (Aus) | -12 (67 69 67 68 - 272) | $1,170.000 | ||
| 2 - Vijay Singh (Fij) | -10 (68 70 67 69 - 274) | $702,000 | ||
| 3 - Kevin Na (USA) | -9 (71 66 67 71 - 275) | $442,000 | ||
| T4 - Jimmy Walker (USA) | -8 (68 71 69 68 - 276) | $268,666.67 | ||
| T4 - Robert Allenby (Aus) | -8 (67 70 71 68 - 276) | $268,666.67 | ||
| T4 - Ryan Moore (USA) | -8 (69 68 70 69 - 276) | $268,666.67 |
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