PALMER WINS THE SONY
Ryan Palmer held off Robert Allenby by 1 shot to win the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club.
The American had some dramatic luck on the last hole to win and keep the Australian on his nine-year win-less streak on the PGA Tour.
Ryan was tied for the lead going into the last round showed some prolific wedge play to card a 66 and win on Sunday.
The two were tied going into the last and the American got really lucky as he chipped his third shot with alot of steam and fortunately hit the pin to leave him with a tap-in birdie.
That seemed to blow the wind out of Allenby’s sails and he missed a really makable 9 foot putt to force a playoff.
“I came out here with a lot of hopes for the year and wanted to get off to a good start. My body felt great all week and I was strong mentally, stuck to my guns and took every day one at a time, Palmer said.”
Allenby who had one hand on the trophy forced himself not to be dissapointed after having a superb week and almost claiming the trophy. Allenby had twisted his ankle on a curb earlier this week and still managed to control his swing nicely.
“I gave myself a chance, that’s all I can do but Ryan played awesome,” Allenby said.
“But that’s golf, sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t.”
Steve Stricker who had such a formidable year last night, played a great round of golf with seven birdies and two bogey’s to fall two shots short on 13 under par.
Retief Goosen played the round of the day of 8 under par (62) to finish 3 back on 12 under par. The South African was the clubhouse leader at one stage.
Davis Love III hit the shot of the day on the 16th par-4 where he holed out his wedge from just over a 100 yards for an eagle (2) and finished on 11 under in fifth position.
