Australia's Robert Allenby kept his cool to win the Sun City Challenge on the third hole of a playoff at Gary Player Country Club Sunday, pipping defending champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden. Both players finished 72 holes in 11-under-par 277, Allenby shooting 71 in the final round and Stenson catching him with a 69. The pair then played the 18th hole three times before Allenby coolly hit a six-iron to within five feet of the flag to set up an easy par. Stenson hit his approach shot into the grandstand, from where he had a free drop but he could only pitch the ball 30 feet past the hole. The world No. 7 had earlier three-putted the 18th hole in regulation play to make bogey. Allenby also bogeyed the last in regulation play after a poor chip from the fringe. South African Tim Clark and England's Ross Fisher finished on 10-under-par 278, while overnight leader Retief Goosen fired a 75 in the final round. Stenson, who began the day four shots off the pace, went out in level-par 36, but seemed to have the title in his lap when he eagled the par-five 10th and birdied the par-four 13th to go to 11-under. He hit his second shot on the par-five 14th hole well over the green and had to hack the ball from thick grass next to a cart-path, over dense bush and into a bunker short of the green on his way to a bogey. He then birdied 15 and 17 before his bogey at 18 led to the playoff.
