With Tiger out and Phil finishing at 19th — Ben Crane wins the Farmers Insurance Open by a stroke

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Crane started off with three birdies in his first five holes, with the highlight coming at at the par-3 3rd hole where he dropped a 46-foot birdie bomb. On the back nine, Crane went up by three strokes on the field after a 47-foot birdie bomb at the par-3 11th hole, but bogeys at the 13th and 17th holes dropped the lead to a single stroke. Crane missed the fairway at the par-5 18th hole, but he laid up his second shot and his approach found the first cut only 4-yards away from the cup. He was able to two-putt from there to win his first tournament since 2005 US Bank Championship. The win is the third career victory for Crane on the PGA Tour and the championship has earned him an invitation to this year’s Masters and PGA Championship.
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