Woods was angered about the course set up.
"I hung in there. I grinded my tail off," Woods said. "I did the best I could. That's the best score I could get. The course got out of control.
"A couple guys had putts from four or five feet on the first hole and the next putt it's a lob wedge hiking out of the rough.
"The first two days were tough, yes, but they were fair. There is nothing wrong with a course being tough, as long as it's fair."
Maggert, who finished third was equally upset about the conditions.
"I turned on my television set this morning and saw what was going on and realized that it was going to be a bit on the comic side today," said Maggert, who carded a final round two-over 72.
"What everybody saw on television speaks for itself. Any sane person can be the judge of how the greens played and realize its a little ridiculous."
An idea of what was in store came early in the morning when the championship was almost reduced to farce when the infamous par-three seventh became all but unplayable.
After the first two groups went through, officials quickly decided to water the green between every group to make it playable.
The strong winds and sunshine had dried the green to near concrete and a lottery for the players.
Kevin Stadler was the first to play the hole on Sunday and he could only look in horror as his two-foot putt slid past the hole, kept rolling, and finally vanished off the green.
Stadler staggered off with a triple.
Playing partner J.J. Henry had no better luck. He too had a triple bogey.
In the second group, Cliff Kresge also carded a triple. Playing partner Billy Mayfair managed a bogey.
Enough was enough.
The hoses were ordered in and play was delayed for 10 minutes as water was poured onto the putting surface.
An idea of the difficulty of the par-70 course was underlined by the early final scores -- Trevor Immelman shot an 82, Billy Mayfair 89, Phillip Price 84, Craig Parry 85 and Alex Cejka 85.
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