Golf-Snedeker ends \'crazy day\' with third PGA Tour win

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\"It was a crazy day,\" Snedeker, 31, told reporters. \"I went through a whole range of emotions over the last two days, let alone in the last hour-and-a-half to be sitting where I am. ... Ping K15 Driver

\"When I had the second chance, I really had to get myself refocused and realize that this tournament is anybody\'s now, now that I was in the playoff. If anybody had an advantage, I did, because I had done that before.\"

Snedeker, a fast-talking native of Nashville, won last year\'s Heritage Classic in a playoff with Luke Donald after trailing the Briton by six shots going into the final round.

\"I know Kyle probably wasn\'t in his best frame of mind at that point after doing what he did on 18,\" said Snedeker, who had closed with a five-under-par 67.

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Snedeker was gracious in expressing sympathy for Stanley, who had been seeking his first PGA Tour victory.

\"You never want to see anybody go through that,\" he said. \"To have that kind of lead coming into the last hole and not to win is tough. It will be a tough night for him.

\"The thing I hope he doesn\'t do is dwell on it. I hope he moves past it pretty quick. But he\'s an unbelievably talented player.\"

Snedeker was especially delighted to win a third PGA Tour title after being on crutches for five weeks following hip surgery last November.

\"I feel fantastic,\" he said. \"I feel awesome. I feel like I did everything right in the off-season and the surgery was a success. I did Ping K15 Driver
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\"I made sure I was healthy before I came back, and this gives me a great position to try to get on the Ryder Cup team, which is my main goal for this year.