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Australian golfer Robert Allenby said on Tuesday that stands by his story that he was beaten and robbed on the Hawaiian island of Honolulu after he missed the cut at the Sony Open earlier this month.
Allenby is taking part in his first tournament since then, the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Allenby:
"Sure, obviously we all know why we're here. I think the first thing I want to say is this is not going to be a long thing. It's going to be pretty short - hopefully pretty sweet. I think the first thing that everyone should understand is there's an investigation going on to what did happen that Friday night. The authorities are doing there absolute best. We're hoping in the near future that something will be reported and we're hoping that we'll definitely get to the bottom of it. There's definitely been a lot of confusion, but I think the number one thing you should all remember is that my story stays exactly the same as the way I told it.
SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Allenby
"I never lied to anyone. I only told you what I knew and what someone had told me. That's the bottom line."
SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Allenby
"I think also what has been blown out of proportion a little bit is that I was a victim and all of sudden you're putting all of the blame on me. I take full responsibility if I did do something wrong. I take no problem in the world to owning up if I did do anything wrong. but as I said, from about 11:06 to about about 01:27AM I have no memory in brain. I have nothing. I've been trying and overlooking and going backwards and forwards and there's just nothing. I can't tell you how frustrating that is because we all want to know the truth, we all want to get to the bottom of it. My headaches have only just gone two days ago. It's like someone stuck a knife in my eye and what can I say?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Allenby:
(on returning to the PGA Tour)
"I'm hitting the ball well. Physically, apart from a few scratches and that I'm starting to feel really good. Mentally I'm preparing myself for probably one of the toughest weeks of my life. It hasn't an easy week last week and it wasn't an easy decision to come to this tournament. But I thought that I needed to get my life back on track. I'm a professional golfer and why should I let controversy put me out of the game I love."
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Robert Allenby explains Hawaii incident
Wednesday, January 28 2015Category:Golf