Stanley: "I could probably play it a thousand times and never make an 8."
/Unfortunately, Kyle Stanley did make an 8 on the last hole and as Doug Ferguson opens his game story, "Brandt Snedeker won the Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff not even he thought was possible."
Kyle Stanley led by seven shots early in the final round Sunday, and he still had a four-shot lead as he stood on the 18th tee at Torrey Pines. Just like that, he went from being anointed a rising star to a meltdown that ranks among the most shocking in golf.
Snedeker, in the group ahead of him, hit wedge to a foot for birdie and a 67, then drove up to the media tent for an interview as the runner-up. He arrived in time to watch Stanley spin a wedge into the water, then three-putt from 45 feet for a triple-bogey 8 and a 74.
Two playoff holes later, both were in shock.
The final day review from the PGA Tour: