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PGA Tour player Robert Allenby said he was kidnapped Friday night after missing the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii, according to a broadcast report.

Allenby's caddie, Michael "Mick" Middlemo, told the Golf Channel that the 43-year-old, four-time PGA Tour winner spent Friday night at a wine bar in Waikiki when he was abducted, placed in a car, beaten up and driven 6½ miles away.

According to the report, Allenby said he was robbed of all his cash, credit cards and cell phone. The Golf Channel showed a photo of Allenby that it said he took himself that showed a large scrape above his swollen left eye as well as scratches on his nose.

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/1...dnapped-beaten