San Diego: A stunned Brandt Snedeker experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotions on his way to an unexpected playoff victory over fellow American Kyle Stanley in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Sunday.
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Snedeker ends ‘crazy day' with win
A stunned Brandt Snedeker experienced a roller-coaster ride of emotions on his way to an unexpected playoff victory
- Reuters
- Published: 00:00 January 31, 2012
Just over an hour after believing he had secured second place in the PGA Tour event, Snedeker took advantage of a last-hole blunder by Stanley in regulation to triumph for a third time on the US circuit.
Stanley had been three strokes in front playing the 72nd hole on the challenging South Course, but ran up an ugly triple-bogey there. He then missed a five-foot par putt at the second extra hole to hand Snedeker the title.
"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…
"When I had the second chance, I really had to get myself refocused and realise 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 won last year's Heritage Classic in a playoff with Luke Donald.
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