Golfer Robert Allenby Says He Was Kidnapped, Robbed in Hawaii

A strange story emerged late Saturday involving PGA golfer Robert Allenby. According to numerous reports the 43-year-old Australian was robbed and dropped in a park six miles away after a night out at a wine bar Friday in Hawaii after he missed the cut at the Sony Open.

Most of the details, come first hand from Allenby himself:

"“I didn’t think I was going to survive this one,” Allenby told the Australian Associated Press. “I was separated from my friend (Anthony Puntoriero) in the bar after we had paid the tab at 10:48 p.m., and he went to the bathroom and next thing you know I’m being dumped in a park miles away. “I only know this part because a homeless woman found me and told me she saw a few guys pull up and throw me out of the car. That is where I got the scrapes above my eye from the sidewalk.”"

Allenby says the assailants took his cash, cell phone and credit cards. According to a television station in Honolulu, police are looking into the matter.

One interesting detail comes from toward the bottom of the Associated Press report:

"Stuart Appleby, a fellow Australian player, said he called Allenby’s hotel room Saturday morning and that Allenby was trying to reconstruct what happened. Appleby did not want to disclose what he said because “I don’t know how straight his brain is.”"

It bears watching if any new details emerge, such as the police report. Stay tuned.