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Posted on: Monday, December 14, 2009

Allenby wins fourth Australian PGA title


Associated Press

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COOLUM, Australia — Robert Allenby won his fourth Australian PGA title for his second victory in two weeks, closing with a 5-under 66 yesterday to beat fellow Australians John Senden (67) and Scott Strange (69) by four strokes.

Allenby, the Nedbank Challenge winner last week in South Africa, won the Australian PGA for the first time since 2005, when he swept all three tournaments in the so-called Australian Triple Crown — the PGA, Open and Masters.

Allenby, who entered the event on a sponsor invite three weeks ago after Vijay Singh withdrew, finished with a 14-under 270 total.

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Alfred Dunhill: Pablo Martin of Spain shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 17-under 271 and a one-stroke victory over South Africa's Charl Schwartzel (68) in the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Malelane, South Africa.

$1.36 MILLION AUSTRALIAN PGA

CHAMPIONSHIP

AT HYATT REGENCY COOLUM

COOLUM, AUSTRALIA

YARDAGE: 6,650; PAR: 71

Robert Allenby, Australia 70-68-66-66—270

John Senden, Australia 73-67-67-67—274

Scott Strange, Australia 67-70-68-69—274

Marc Leishman, Australia 70-71-66-68—275

Nick O'Hern, Australia 70-70-69-67—276

Michael Sim, Australia 71-70-65-70—276

Rod Pampling, Australia 73-69-70-65—277

Stuart Appleby, Australia 67-69-73-68—277

Josh Geary, New Zealand 70-73-66-68—277

Geoff Ogilvy, Australia 70-66-70-71—277

Mathew Goggin, Australia 70-72-68-68—278

Shih-ching Chan, Taiwan 68-70-71-70—279

Matthew Griffin, Australia 67-68-73-71—279

Adam Scott, Australia 68-70-68-73—279

Jason Norris, Australia 69-67-76-68—280

Kyle Stanley, U.S. 71-71-70-68—280

Bryce Molder, U.S. 73-69-70-68—280

Brad Kennedy, Australia 76-66-69-69—280

Chris Campbell, Australia 72-67-71-70—280

Stephen Dartnall, Austr. 68-73-69-70—280

Aron Price, Australia 74-69-67-70—280

Scott Laycock, Australia 76-66-68-71—281

Cameron Percy, Australia 72-69-67-73—281

Mahal Pearce, New Zea. 73-70-69-70—282

Paul Sheehan, Australia 73-68-69-72—282

Anthony Brown, Australia 71-71-68-72—282

Greg Chalmers, Australia 68-70-67-77—282

Heath Reed, Australia 70-75-69-69—283

Adam Crawford, Australia 71-71-70-71—283

Gavin Flint, Australia 71-71-70-71—283

Marcus Both, Australia 70-72-69-72—283

Brett Rumford, Australia 70-70-70-73—283

Stephen Leaney, Aust. 71-70-69-73—283

Michael Curtain, Australia 73-65-71-74—283

Nathan Green, Australia 71-72-73-68—284

Tim Wilkinson, New Zea. 68-71-73-72—284

Andrew Dodt, Australia 67-73-71-73—284

Michael Wright, Australia 71-69-70-74—284

Steve Marino, U.S. 70-73-66-75—284

Scott Barr, Australia 74-70-70-71—285

John Daly, United States 71-70-72-72—285

Kurt Barnes, Australia 76-70-70-70—286

Leigh McKechnie, Aust. 72-70-73-71—286

Kang Ji-man, So. Korea 74-72-69-71—286

Matthew Millar, Australia 71-73-70-72—286

Richard Green, Australia 71-70-71-74—286

Jarrod Lyle, Australia 70-73-69-74—286

Peter Wilson, Australia 72-74-72-69—287

Craig Parry, Australia 71-73-72-72—288

Han Min-kyu, So. Korea 62-75-73-78—288

Bronson La'Cassie, Aust. 68-69-80-72—289

Nick Flanagan, Australia 76-67-73-73—289

Brad Andrews, Australia 72-74-70-73—289

$1 MILLION ALFRED DUNHILL

CHAMPIONSHIP

AT LEOPARD CREEK COUNTRY CLUB COURSE

MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA

YARDAGE: 7,249; PAR 72

Pablo Martin, Spain 68-63-71-69—271

Charl Schwartzel, S.Afri. 67-69-68-68—272

Anders Hansen, Denm. 68-70-68-68—274

Gareth Maybin, N. Ireland 68-70-67-71—276

Robert Rock, England 69-68-70-69—276

Richard Sterne, S. Africa 72-66-72-66—276

Dale Whitnell, England 70-68-72-66—276

Shiv Kapur, India 68-71-68-70—277

Michael Lorenzo-Vera, Fr. 71-69-66-71—277

Damien McGrane, Ireland 67-70-68-72—277

Ignacio Garrido, Spain 72-71-65-70—278

Gregory Bourdy, France 67-70-72-70—279

Garth Mulroy, S. Africa 68-73-72-66—279

Ulrich v.d. Berg, S. Africa 64-72-71-72—279

Pelle Edberg, Sweden 65-71-72-72—280

Edoardo Molinari, Italy 66-69-72-73—280

Also

Ernie Els, South Africa 68-67-69-77—281

Shane Lowry, Ireland 67-71-74-69—281

Sion Bebb, Wales 67-70-69-75—281