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Robert Allenby, Australian golfer, reportedly kidnapped, beaten up and robbed - CBS News
Australian pro golfer reportedly kidnapped, beaten up in Hawaii
HONOLULU -- An Australian golfer was reportedly kidnapped, beaten, robbed and dropped off near a wine bar in Hawaii on Friday night after missing the cut at the Sony Open.
The Golf Channel reported Saturday that during the Sony Open telecast Robert Allenby was in a wine bar Friday night when he became separated from his caddie and a friend from Australia. With his left eye bruised and swollen shut, Allenby was unable to remember anything except being dumped in a gutter near a park of homeless people.
"You think...that happens in the movie, not real life," Allenby told The Associated Press by phone Sunday. "I'm just happy to be alive."
Allenby posted a photo to his private Facebook account showing a bloodied scrape on his forehead and the bridge of his nose. He said that came from being tossed from the trunk of a car. He said the bruise on his left eye must have come from being beaten in the car.
"I don't know what they hit me with between the eyeballs, whether a fist or a baseball bat," he said. "Whatever it was, it hurts."
Australian pro golfer reportedly kidnapped, beaten up in Hawaii
HONOLULU -- An Australian golfer was reportedly kidnapped, beaten, robbed and dropped off near a wine bar in Hawaii on Friday night after missing the cut at the Sony Open.
The Golf Channel reported Saturday that during the Sony Open telecast Robert Allenby was in a wine bar Friday night when he became separated from his caddie and a friend from Australia. With his left eye bruised and swollen shut, Allenby was unable to remember anything except being dumped in a gutter near a park of homeless people.
"You think...that happens in the movie, not real life," Allenby told The Associated Press by phone Sunday. "I'm just happy to be alive."
Allenby posted a photo to his private Facebook account showing a bloodied scrape on his forehead and the bridge of his nose. He said that came from being tossed from the trunk of a car. He said the bruise on his left eye must have come from being beaten in the car.
"I don't know what they hit me with between the eyeballs, whether a fist or a baseball bat," he said. "Whatever it was, it hurts."