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Police on Saturday (17 January) were investigating the alleged robbery and beating of Australian golfer Robert Allenby, who played in the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.

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Australian golfer Robert Allenby says he was robbed, beaten and dumped in a park after missing the cut in the Hawaii Sony Open.

This incident has left him with cuts and a deep scrape on his forehead.

Reports suggest that Allenby was in a wine bar on Friday evening when he was separated from his caddie and a friend from Australia.

Speaking about the incident, Allenby's caddie said the golfer was beaten, robbed of his mobile phone, cash and credit cards before being driven some six miles away and dumped in a park.

In an incredible series of events, Allenby said a homeless woman in the park told him she saw him being thrown out of a car.

The 43-year-old was then found by a retired military man who helped him get back to his hotel by paying for his taxi.

Allenby has stated that he suspects he might have been drugged at the wine bar before being taken to an underground garage where the robbery took place.

Local television are reporting that police are investigating and treating it as a second-degree robbery for the time being.