Toronto, Canada – SUN CITY, South Africa (Reuters) - Australia's Robert Allenby kept his cool to win the Sun City Challenge on the third hole of a playoff at Gary Player Country Club on Sunday, pipping defending champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden.
Both players finished 72 holes in 11-under-par 277, Allenby shooting 71 in the final round and Stenson catching him with a 69. The pair then played the 18th hole three times before Allenby coolly hit a six-iron to within five feet of the flag to set up an easy par.
Stenson hit his approach shot into the grandstand, from where he had a free drop, but he could only pitch the ball 30 feet past the hole.
The world number seven had earlier three-putted the 18th hole in regulation play to make bogey. Allenby also bogeyed the last in regulation play after a poor chip from the fringe.
(Reporting by Ken Borland; Editing by Sonia Oxley)
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