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Allenby retains Australian
PGA title
Defending champion Robert Allenby has won the Australian PGA Championship by
one stroke in a dramatic finish at the par-72 Royal Queensland course in Brisbane.
Allenby took a two-shot lead over playing partner and fellow Australian Geoff Ogilvy into the final hole and made par after missing the green with his approach
while Ogilvy had a birdie to almost force a playoff.
Allenby, 30, the world number 26, had a four-round total of 15-under par 273
(65-69-70-69) while Ogilvy, 24, had 14-under par 274 (71-66-68-69) in the A$1million
(US$520,000) tournament.
Allenby, a winner twice on the U.S. Tour in 2000 and 2001, became the first
player to win consecutive Australian PGA Championships since former world number
one Greg Norman in 1984-85.
New Zealand's Gareth Paddison, making his professional debut, and Australia's
Craig Parry were equal third on 11-under 277.
Matthew Goggin (66-71-70-71) was outright fifth on 10-under 278 while 46-year-old
Norman (68-73-72-66) created some excitement earlier in the day with a final round
of six-under par to surge up the leaders' board, eventually finishing outright
sixth on nine-under 279.
Allenby had held a one-stroke lead after each round of the tournament and showed
a steady hand on the par-four 18th to hole a seven-foot putt for par after Ogilvy
had sent a hard-hit birdie attempt from 35 feet into the back of the cup.
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