Stanley storms back with a vengeance

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Kyle Stanley swept last week\'s implosion at Torrey Pines behind him with a flourish as he stormed back in Sunday\'s final round at TPC Scottsdale in arid Arizona to win the Waste Management Phoenix OpenCallaway -RAZR XF Hybrid Iron Set


The up-and-coming American took full advantage of a final-round collapse by runaway overnight leader Spencer Levin to come from eight strokes back and edge home by a shot from Ben Crane (66) and by two from the luckless Levin, who stumbled home alone in third place with a closing 75.

DJ Trahan, at 272, was a shot further back in 4th place with Kevin Na, Bubba Watson and Brendan Steele, who raced up the leaderboard with a day\'s best 64, all tied for 5th on 373 on a top-10 leaderboard that did not included one non-American.

The highest-placed foreigner on Sunday was Trevor Immelman, South Africa\'s former Masters champion, who finished in a tie for 12th place at 275. Callaway -RAZR XF Hybrid Iron Set

Having lost a play-off after falling apart in the final round last week, Stanley, who seemed to thrive on the massive galleries that always invade TPC Scottsdale, won it this week with a sparkling, final-round, bogey-free, 6-under-par 65 and a 15-under total that left him with mixed feelings - surprised relief at having shrugged away last week\'s disaster so quickly, the sheer joy of winning his first US PGA Tour title and sympathy for Levin.

\"I really feel for him, experiencing that,\" Stanley told the media afterwards.

\"You don\'t want to wish that upon anybody. He\'s a very good player, way too good a player to not bounce back or recover.\" Callaway -RAZR XF Hybrid Iron Set