Kyle Stanley put his Torrey Pines nightmare firmly behind him to win the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Sunday.
Stanley took advantage of Spencer Levin's final-round collapse in Scottsdale, Arizona to catch up eight holes and seize a hugely satisfying tour triumph by finishing a shot clear of Ben Crane (66).
Having lost a play-off after falling apart last week, Stanley, who won it with an unblemished six-under-par 65 today which saw him finish 15-under overall, felt for his rival.
"I really feel for (Levin), experiencing that," Stanley told pgatour.com. "You don't want to wish that upon anybody. He's a very good player, way too good a player to not bounce back or recover."
"I'm not sure I expected to maybe recover this quickly. I think the biggest challenge was seeing if I could put last week behind me. I think I did."
Levin extended his lead to seven shots in the morning but finished with a horrible 75 to end up two off Stanley.
"I gave it away, simple as that," he admitted. "If you have a six-shot lead and lose, you gave it away.
"My hat's off to Kyle. He played a great round. He went and got it. But if you've got a six-shot lead and don't win, then I think it's on the player with the lead, for sure."
DJ Trahan finished fourth on 12-under after a 66, a stroke ahead of Brendan Steele - after his superb 64 - and Bubba Watson (70) and Kevin Na (65).
Collated final round scores and totals , TPC of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
(USA unless stated, par 71):
269 Kyle Stanley 69 66 69 65
270 Ben Crane 69 67 68 66
271 Spencer Levin 65 63 68 75
272 D.J. Trahan 72 70 64 66
273 Kevin Na 66 73 69 65, Brendan Steele 71 69 69 64, Bubba Watson 66 70 67 70
274 John Rollins 70 70 65 69, Jason Dufner 64 72 68 70, Bo Van Pelt 65 71 71 67, Webb Simpson 65 69 68 72
275 Chris Stroud 68 70 66 71, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 67 70 69 69, John Huh (Kor) 68 66 69 72
276 Keegan Bradley 68 70 71 67, Bryce Molder 70 69 71 66, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 67 71 71 67, Harris English 70 69 68 69
277 Pat Perez 69 73 66 69, Bill Haas 69 68 69 71, Martin Flores 71 68 68 70, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 68 68 71, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 69 67 73, Chris Couch 70 68 72 67, Mark Wilson 70 69 74 64
278 Phil Mickelson 68 70 67 73, Jeff Maggert 70 68 68 72, Jeff Quinney 69 71 70 68, Gary Woodland 71 71 70 66, Harrison Frazar 66 67 73 72, Rickie Fowler 69 69 71 69, Derek Lamely 66 70 72 70
279 George McNeill 71 70 70 68, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 67 72 68 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 71 69 70 69, Matt Kuchar 69 68 72 70, Heath Slocum 73 69 69 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 69 70 70, Charles Howell III 69 68 71 71
280 Ricky Barnes 71 70 71 68, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 66 72 70 72, Sung-hoon Kang (Kor) 67 73 69 71, Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 72 67 74, Josh Teater 68 69 71 72
281 D.A. Points 69 73 70 69, J.B. Holmes 71 70 72 68, Sean O'Hair 74 68 70 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 69 70 70, Chez Reavie 66 76 72 67
282 Bud Cauley 72 67 72 71, Bill Lunde 67 73 69 73, Ken Duke 69 72 71 70, Scott Piercy 68 70 70 74, Brandt Snedeker 71 70 73 68
283 Ryan Palmer 64 72 76 71, Billy Mayfair 68 73 70 72, Kevin Kisner 69 71 74 69, Graham Delaet (Can) 71 69 72 71, Johnson Wagner 68 69 73 73, J.J Killeen 70 70 72 71
284 Dustin Johnson 68 70 74 72, John Merrick 69 73 72 70, Martin Laird (Sco) 72 70 73 69, James Driscoll 67 70 71 76
285 Kenny Perry 70 72 72 71, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 67 74 72, Cameron Beckman 69 69 73 74, David Hearn (Can) 69 69 73 74, Blake Adams 69 70 74 72
288 Kevin Stadler 70 71 76 71, Ted Potter, Jr. 71 69 73 75, Kevin Sutherland 71 70 72 75
289 Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 67 75 76, Kevin Streelman 68 74 78 69
290 Bobby Gates 73 67 75 75
291 Charley Hoffman 71 71 77 72
295 Stephen Gangluff 69 73 74 79
297 Ryan Moore 72 70 77 78
