Golf: Snedeker wins Torrey Pines playoff

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San Diego • Brandt Snedeker won the Farmers Insurance TaylorMade R9 460 Driver
in a playoff not even he thought was possible.
Kyle Stanley led by seven shots early in the final round Sunday, and he still had a four-shot lead as he stood on the 18th tee at Torrey Pines. Just like that, he went from being anointed a rising star to a meltdown that ranks among the most shocking in golf.
Snedeker, in the group ahead of him, hit wedge to a foot for birdie and a 67, then drove up to the media tent for an interview as the runner-up. He arrived in time to watch Stanley spin a wedge into the water, then three-putt from 45 feet for a triple-bogey 8 and a 74.
Two playoff holes later, both were in shock. TaylorMade R9 460 Driver
Snedeker’s tee shot hopped over the green and would have gone into a canyon except that it bounced off a television tower. He chipped to about 5 feet and made the par. Stanley three-putted again from just outside 45 feet, his 5-foot par putt catching the right lip.
Abu Dhabi Championship
Tiger Woods talked all week about his improved ball control — then it let him down in the final round of the Abu Dhabi Championship in the United Arab Emirates.
Woods resembled the Tiger of old the first three rounds before shooting an even-par 72 to tie for third behind winner Robert Rock and U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy TaylorMade R9 460 Driver
The 117th-ranked Rock shot a 70 to finish at 13-under 275 and beat McIlroy (69) by a shot. Woods was another stroke back along with Thomas Bjorn (68) and Graeme McDowell (68).