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La Jolla, CA (Sports Network) - Brandt Snedeker stunned Kyle Stanley with a
par on the second playoff hole to win Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday.
Snedeker fired a five-under 67 to finish at 16-under-par 272. He seemingly was
headed to a runner-up finish.
However, Stanley spun his third shot to the par-five 18th back into the water
and that led to a triple-bogey, which closed a round of two-over 74. Stanley
lost his three-stroke lead, and now faced extra holes with Snedeker.
The duo returned to the par-five 18th for the first extra hole. Snedeker laid
up out of a fairway bunker, then knocked his third to three feet.
Stanley found the fairway off the tee and hit his second over the green. He
chipped his third just inside three feet.
Both players rolled in their birdie putts on the 18th of the South Course at
Torrey Pines, then headed to the par-three 16th.
Stanley, hitting first, hit his tee ball to 47 feet. Snedeker blasted his tee
ball over the green and was saved from a hazard as his ball hit the television
tower behind the green.
Snedeker took a drop away from the tower before chipping to four feet. Stanley
left his birdie putt short about four feet short.
After a measurement determined Snedeker was away, he sank his par putt.
Stanley missed his par effort to give Snedeker his third PGA Tour title.
Snedeker was seven strokes back at one point in the final round. He also had
the biggest comeback win in 2011 as he erased a six-stroke deficit at The
Heritage.
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