Garrigus, who triple-bogeyed the last hole to fall into a playoff he would eventually lose at Memphis in 2010, had struggled on Torrey's poa annua greens and bogeyed his last two holes to miss the cut at the Farmers, so he was back home in Scottsdale, Ariz., watching the back nine at Torrey on TV.
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Golf Star Tiger Woods has not played like Tiger Woods for several years, and his statistics show it. His last major was a playoff win over Rocco Mediate at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. His ranking has fallen from #1, where it remained for 281 consecutive weeks, to #8.
Golf Star Tiger Woods has not played like Tiger Woods for several years, and his statistics show it. His last major was a playoff win over Rocco Mediate at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. His ranking has fallen from #1, where it remained for 281 consecutive weeks, to #8.
He wins in a playoff over Kyle Stanley, who blows a seven-shot lead in the final round, recording a triple bogey at No. 18. Reporting from La Jolla — As much as this day should be about the winner, it's as much about the loser.
Kyle Stanley wasted a three-stroke lead on the 72nd hole, traded birdies on the first playoff hole and finally missed a four-foot par putt on the second playoff hole to hand the Torrey Pines title to Brandt Snedeker.
He wins in a playoff over Kyle Stanley, who blows a seven-shot lead in the final round, recording a triple bogey at No. 18. Reporting from La Jolla — As much as this day should be about the winner, it's as much about the loser.
Kyle Stanley led by four shots entering the 18th hole, but a triple bogey led to a playoff between him and Brandt Snedeker, who took the Farmers Insurance Open win on the second hole.
The 31-year-old sealed victory at Torrey Pines by knocking in a five-foot par putt at the second extra hole, the par-three 16th, where Stanley missed from similar range.
Champion Brandt Snedeker got two huge breaks in the playoff in winning the Farmers Insurance Open.
Brandt Snedeker parred the second playoff hole for an improbable victory in the US PGA Tour's Farmer's Insurance Open after Kyle Stanley surrendered a three-shot lead on the 72nd hole.
5 Things: Leading by as many as seven strokes in the final round, Kyle Stanley carded a triple-bogey on the par-5 18th to fall into a playoff with Brandt Snedeker, who would close out Stanley on the second playoff hole with a par.
Tiger Woods and Torrey Pines used to be a winning combination. Except for his first full season on the PGA Tour, Woods never missed what used to be called the Buick Invitational, the same brand that happened to be on his golf bag. He not only won six times, his worst finish was a tie for 10th, when he finished two shots out of a playoff.
South African Branden Grace beat his more experienced countrymen Ernie Els and Retief Goosen in a playoff to win the Volvo Golf Champions on Sunday.
South African Branden Grace beat more experienced countrymen Ernie Els and Retief Goosen in a playoff to win the Volvo Golf Champions on Sunday.
