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Crane shoots final-round 70 to win at Torrey Pines

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Ben Crane is back in the news for all the right reasons.

Crane’s quiet offseason took a strange turn in December when a gossipmagazine quoted him as saying that Tiger Woods was a “phony and fake,” eventhough Crane had never spoken to Life & Style and had not given any interviewsin months.

He handled that situation with the same even hand he displayed Sunday atTorrey Pines, where Crane overcame a two-shot deficit and hung on for a 2-under70 and a one-shot victory in the Farmers Insurance Open.

Ben Crane carries his son Brad… AP – Jan 31, 8:19 pm EST Ernie Els, of South Africa, ac… AP – Jan 31, 8:19 pm EST Ben Crane tosses his daughter … AP – Jan 31, 8:17 pm EST Ben Crane holds his son, Brady… AP – Jan 31, 8:16 pm EST Spencer Levin blast from the b… AP – Jan 31, 8:15 pm EST Brandt Snedeker reacts to just… AP – Jan 31, 8:11 pm EST Ben Crane holds his daughter, … AP – Jan 31, 7:44 pm EST Ben Crane celebrates his one s… AP – Jan 31, 7:40 pm EST Ben Crane holds the winners&#3… AP – Jan 31, 7:36 pm EST Ben Crane hoist the winners&#3… AP – Jan 31, 7:33 pm EST Ben Crane reacts after leaving… AP – Jan 31, 7:29 pm EST Bern Crane, right, is congratu… AP – Jan 31, 7:20 pm EST Ben Crane celebrates his one s… AP – Jan 31, 7:13 pm EST Ben Crane celebrates his one s… AP – Jan 31, 7:09 pm EST Ben Crane celebrates his one s… AP – Jan 31, 7:07 pm EST MIchael Sim, of Australia, tee… AP – Jan 31, 5:40 pm EST Michael Sim, of Australia, pit… AP – Jan 31, 5:37 pm EST K.J. Choi hits his approach sh… AP – Jan 31, 5:29 pm EST Michael Allen, celebrating his… AP – Jan 31, 5:25 pm EST Ryujiu Imada pitches his third… AP – Jan 31, 5:13 pm EST Brandt Snedeker hits from ther… AP – Jan 31, 5:07 pm EST Robert Allenby, of Australia, … AP – Jan 31, 5:02 pm EST Ben Crane tees off on the fift… AP – Jan 31, 5:01 pm EST Matt Every blast from the bunk… AP – Jan 31, 5:00 pm EST Ben Crane tees off on the fift… AP – Jan 31, 4:51 pm EST Ryuji Imada tees off on the fi… AP – Jan 31, 4:48 pm EST Ryuji Imada pitches from edge … AP – Jan 31, 4:46 pm EST Ben Crane pumps his fist after… AP – Jan 31, 4:39 pm EST Rickie Fowler follows through … AP – Jan 31, 4:38 pm EST Phil Mickelson is bent over in… AP – Jan 31, 4:30 pm EST Phil Mickelson hits his second… AP – Jan 31, 4:27 pm EST Phil Mickelson pitches from th… AP – Jan 31, 4:20 pm EST Ben Crane acknowledges the gal… AP – Jan 31, 4:17 pm EST Robert Allenby, of Australia, … AP – Jan 31, 4:11 pm EST Rickie Fowler reacts as he wat… AP – Jan 31, 4:08 pm EST Charles Howell III is silhouet… AP – Jan 31, 4:07 pm EST Ben Crane watches his birdie p… AP – Jan 31, 4:05 pm EST Ben Crane blast from the bunke… AP – Jan 31, 3:52 pm EST Phil Mickelson looks on after … AP – Jan 30, 7:31 pm EST Ben Crane hits his tee shot on… AP – Jan 30, 7:20 pm EST Ben Crane sends divots flying … AP – Jan 30, 7:19 pm EST Jim "Bones" McKay, t… AP – Jan 30, 6:57 pm EST Phil Mickelson hits from the b… AP – Jan 30, 6:54 pm EST Jim "Bones" McKay wi… AP – Jan 30, 6:54 pm EST Ryuji Imada reacts as he makes… AP – Jan 30, 6:31 pm EST Ryuji Imada pitches from the c… AP – Jan 30, 6:20 pm EST Ryuji Imada chews on a tee whi… AP – Jan 30, 6:20 pm EST Rickie Fowler drives on the 18… AP – Jan 30, 6:19 pm EST Ben Crane hit his approach sho… AP – Jan 30, 6:09 pm EST D.A. Points hits a high bunker… AP – Jan 30, 5:42 pm EST A silhouetted Phil Mickelson w… AP – Jan 30, 5:34 pm EST Phil Mickelson smiles after ea… AP – Jan 30, 5:33 pm EST Phil Micklelson pumps his fist… AP – Jan 30, 5:31 pm EST Lucas Glover hits his approach… AP – Jan 30, 5:21 pm EST Lucas Glover tees off on he fi… AP – Jan 30, 5:21 pm EST Lucas Glover tees off on the s… AP – Jan 30, 5:20 pm EST K. J. Choi rips a shot from th… AP – Jan 30, 5:10 pm EST Phil Mickelson hits from the b… AP – Jan 30, 5:03 pm EST Ryuji Imada walks on fifth gre… AP – Jan 30, 5:03 pm EST A silhouetted Phil Mickelson w… AP – Jan 30, 5:02 pm EST Robert Allenby, of Australia, … AP – Jan 30, 4:54 pm EST Charlie Wi drives on the fifth… AP – Jan 30, 4:50 pm EST Michael Sim, of Australia, tee… AP – Jan 30, 4:48 pm EST Ryuji Imada squats to read his… AP – Jan 30, 4:44 pm EST D.A. Points tees off on the se… AP – Jan 30, 4:33 pm EST Matt Every, left, looks to the… AP – Jan 30, 4:33 pm EST Michael Sim, of Australia, hit… AP – Jan 30, 4:16 pm EST Robert Allenby, of Australia, … AP – Jan 30, 4:11 pm EST Ernie Els, of South Africa, hi… AP – Jan 30, 4:06 pm EST Paragliders sail over the ocea… AP – Jan 30, 4:05 pm EST Phil Mickelson climbs up the s… AP – Jan 30, 4:02 pm EST A paraglider flies over the cl… AP – Jan 30, 3:29 pm EST Ryuji Imada, of Japan, finish… AP – Jan 30, 3:21 pm EST Justin Rose, of England, studi… AP – Jan 30, 3:01 pm EST Justin Rose, of England, hits … AP – Jan 30, 2:53 pm EST Matt Every pitches from behind… AP – Jan 30, 2:48 pm EST Ryuji Imada, of Japan, hits fr… AP – Jan 30, 2:38 pm EST Phil Mickelson hits from the b… AP – Jan 30, 2:37 pm EST Robert Allenby tees off on the… AP – Jan 29, 7:15 pm EST Ryan Palmer hits out of the bu… AP – Jan 29, 7:14 pm EST Phil Mickelson pumps his fist … AP – Jan 29, 7:14 pm EST Phil Mickelson signs autograph… AP – Jan 29, 6:44 pm EST Phil Mickelson smiles after ma… AP – Jan 29, 6:38 pm EST John Daly sinks his final putt… AP – Jan 29, 6:31 pm EST John Daly walks off the 18th g… AP – Jan 29, 6:26 pm EST A frustrated Phil Mickelson st… AP – Jan 29, 5:56 pm EST Alex Cejka, of Germany, blast … AP – Jan 29, 5:55 pm EST Jonathan Byrd stands among the… AP – Jan 29, 5:55 pm EST D.A. Points urges on his birdi… AP – Jan 29, 5:54 pm EST A smiling Ryuji Imada awaits h… AP – Jan 29, 5:53 pm EST Ryuji Imada rips a huge divot … AP – Jan 29, 5:53 pm EST Ryuji Imada signs an autograph… AP – Jan 29, 5:50 pm EST Hunter Mahan lets loose his dr… AP – Jan 29, 4:56 pm EST K.J. Choi, of South Korea, sen… AP – Jan 29, 4:46 pm EST Ryuji Imada reacts as his erra… AP – Jan 29, 4:38 pm EST Ryuji Imada finishes his swing… AP – Jan 29, 4:34 pm EST K.J. 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“Obviously, being in the news a month ago was bizarre,” Crane said.“Someone made some stuff up that I said something about Tiger, which I didn’t.To be in the news again? Yeah, my name keeps popping up. It’s good to be (in thenews) on a good note.”

Then he smiled.

“And you can quote me on that.”

Even more bizarre was the way Crane made his way around the tough SouthCourse. He made two birdie putts longer than 45 feet to seize control, thenmissed two short par putts to keep alive the hopes of Michael Sim, BrandtSnedeker and Marc Leishman.

And the whole time, Crane wasn’t even keeping score.

He pledged not to look at a leaderboard all day, and when he rapped in a30-inch par putt, Crane didn’t even realize he had won until Ryuji Imadacongratulated him.

“Did I win?” Crane asked.

With a reputation for slow play, perhaps it was only fitting that Crane wasthe last one to know.

Crane finished at 13-under 275 for his third career victory, ending an 0-98drought that stretches to Milwaukee in the summer of 2005. Even as he settled infor his news conference, he wasn’t sure of the perks—a return trip to theMasters in April and Kapalua next January. He likely will crack the top 60 inthe world, which should be enough to put him in the Match Play Championship.

Starting the final round two shots behind, he opened with three birdies infive holes, including one from just over 45 feet on No. 3. He expanded his leadto three shots with another 45-foot birdie putt on the 11th.

Then, it was a matter of hanging on.

“It’s really cool to know I’m going in the right direction,” Crane said.

He had plenty of challengers, although Phil Mickelson wasn’t one of them.Making his season debut, and only four shots behind, Mickelson bogeyed his firstthree holes and was never a factor. He closed with a 73 and finished 19th.

Robert Allenby made a charge only to fall back by losing five shots in fourholes.

Sim, the 25-year-old Australian who closed with a 71, kept with Crane theentire round and had his chances to the very end. Trailing by two, Sim wascertain he had made a 15-foot birdie on the 17th hole and stopped in uttersurprise when it ran over the right side of the cup. Crane then missed a parputt inside 3 feet to lose another shot off his lead.

Both laid up on the par-5 18th, and both put too much spin on their wedgesthat the shots rolled off the green—Crane’s against the collar, Sim’s a yardoff the front of the green, forcing him to chip. They settled for pars.

Sim had just under 250 yards to the hole, right on the edge of reaching thegreen with his 3-wood. Rather than risk his chance of winning on a fairway metalhe had to hit perfect. He thought he could make birdie with his wedge, andeverything went right except the spin.

“It was a perfect number, a perfect shot,” he said. “It would have beennice to have a putt at it.”

Snedeker closed with a 69 after narrowly missing a 12-foot birdie on thelast hole. Leishman had a 68.

Michael Allen celebrated his 51st birthday with five straight birdies for aSunday-best 65, moving him into a tie for fifth with Ernie Els (69), RickieFowler (70) and Alex Prugh (66), who earned a trip to Riviera next week for theNorthern Trust Open.

Allenby was the first to make a move at Crane, pulling within two shotsafter his two-putt birdie at the 13th. But for the second straight tournament,he was a victim of the new V-groove regulation. His ball jumped out of the roughon the 14th with a 7-iron, well over the green and into the hazard. In Honolulu,another flier went through the back of the green on the last hole and he madepar to lose by one.

“If you really look at it, it’s cost me two tournaments, definitely,”Allenby said. “I was in the groove and feeling ready to do it today, and it wassuch a shame that it happened.”

Mickelson was four shots behind when he teed off to a hometown cheer. Withinan hour, he was out of the tournament.

He pulled his bunker shot down a slope to the right of the first green,blocked by branches of a torrey pine from playing a flop shot. Using hisPing-Eye 2 wedge with square grooves that has caused so much consternation thisweek, he flew it onto the green and it raced some 30 feet by the cup, leading tobogey.

Two more bogeys followed, and that was that.

“I didn’t feel I played as bad as the score reflected,” Mickelson saidafter his 73. “I feel my game is coming around. I was really excited aboutplaying here. Maybe I was a little anxious. My timing was a little off thisweek.”

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