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Bill Haas escapes trouble to win Humana Challenge

Bill Haas poses kisses the trophy after winning the Humana Challenge golf tournament on the Palmer Private course at PGA West on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 in La Quinta, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Bill Haas poses kisses the trophy after winning the Humana Challenge golf tournament on the Palmer Private course at PGA West on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 in La Quinta, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Bill Haas poses kisses the trophy after winning the Humana Challenge golf tournament on the Palmer Private course at PGA West on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 in La Quinta, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) – Bill Haas had a bad feeling.

“It felt like a train wreck all coming together,” Haas said.

Leading by a stroke on the final hole Sunday in the Humana Challenge, Haas flew the right bunker with his drive and the ball trickled left and stopped on the ledge of the front lip.

“I could see from the tee where it ended up and I was shocked,” Haas said.

Haas came up with an imaginative escape, conjuring memories of the shot he splashed out of the water to 3 feet in his playoff victory in the 2011 Tour Championship,