US’s Stanley shows his mettle to win Phoenix Open

ARIZONAKyle Stanley bounced back from his final-round capitulation at the Farmers Insurance Open one week ago to land the Waste Management Phoenix Open title in dramatic fashion at Arizona.The 24-year-old American capitalised on a final round meltdown from compatriot Spencer Levin to card a closing 65 and win his maiden PGA title by one stroke ahead of Ben Crane.The win was the perfect riposte from Stanley, who had squandered a three-shot lead on the final hole before losing the play-off to Brandt Snedeker at the Farmers seven days previous.I really feel for (Levin), experiencing that, Stanley told pgatour.com. You dont want to wish that upon anybody. Hes a very good player, way too good a player to not bounce back or recover.ChallengeIm 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, who started the final day with a six-stroke lead, carded a disastrous 75 on Sunday, opening the door for Stanley who held his nerve on the 18th to complete a fairytale comeback.Stanley birdied three of his last eight holes in the desert sunshine for a 15-under total to finish one ahead of Crane (66). Levin had to settle for third place at 13-under, one ahead of DJ Trahan.

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US’s Stanley shows his mettle to win Phoenix Open