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Allenby: I walked around the corner, then ‘bang’

Australian golfer Robert Allenby says he has no recollection of being kidnapped, beaten and robbed in Honolulu.

Allenby was at the popular Amuse Wine Bar in the tourist-hub Waikiki with his close friend Anthony Puntoriero on Friday night after missing the cut at the Sony Open.

The 43-year-old believes he was drugged before being taken to an underground car park where he was knocked out, robbed and thrown into the boot of a car.

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He was later dumped about 10km away from the abduction site.

Speaking on Monday, Allenby, who has bruising and cuts to his nose and forehead, said he had no memory of the attack.

“I have no recollection of being in the boot of the car because I was knocked unconscious straight away,” Mr Allenby told the Seven Network.

“I still don’t know if I was robbed before or after, but obviously everything I had in my possession was taken.

“My buddy got distracted and I went to the bathroom, and when I came out of the bathroom some people had said that my buddy had already left,” he said.

After leaving the restaurant, Allenby said he “walked around the corner, then `bang'”.

“The next minute I was thrown out of the boot of a car … on to the side street,” he said.

The golfer said the police and FBI were currently working on the case, and it wasn’t clear if the attack was targeted.

But he said police had found that one of his credit cards was used in Waikiki on Sunday night.

“Whoever did it is definitely still around, still in town,” Mr Allenby said.

He paid special tribute to a homeless woman who helped him as he was starting to be harassed by other homeless people after being dumped out of the car.

The homeless woman got the bruised and beaten golfer away from the others, before a retired military officer also came to his aid.

“I was very fortunate, a homeless lady pretty much saved my life,” Allenby added.

Scans have cleared Allenby of any serious facial or head injuries and he is hopeful of being cleared to fly in the next day or two.

He doesn’t yet know when he’ll next hit the golf course.

“The chances of me playing next week are very slim, but I’m just taking it one day at a time.”

Mr Middlemo told Nine News: “He’s a bit sore, he’s got a sore head, got a nice little whack on his nose.”

Shaken and in a bad way Allenby realised he was without his phone, wallet or any cash and was starting to be harassed by other homeless people in the park.

“The homeless woman got me away from the others and then a retired military guy walking past came to my aid,” he told AAP.

“He got me into a taxi and paid for me to get to my hotel and I called police from there. I have his details and will be getting back in touch with him for sure.”

Allenby ‘confident’ FBI ‘will get the guys’

The four-time PGA tour winner has been assisting police and PGA tour FBI officials with inquiries.

“We have some names and numbers and they have some leads to follow up, so I am confident they will get the guys,” Allenby said.

“With the FBI guys involved, they’re the best, the guys on the tour are awesome, and they’ll get to the bottom of it.”

Allenby was most concerned about potentially not being able to call 13-year-old daughter Lily for her birthday, but scans have cleared him of any serious facial or head injuries and he is hopeful of being cleared to fly in the next day or two.

“She’s really upset about it but at the end of the day it could have been a lot worse,” the Victorian said.

“I don’t care about the money or my cards or anything like that. I am just glad I have survived this one.”

Police in Hawaii confirmed that a robbery case has been filed relating to a professional golfer, without naming the Australian.

They were reportedly investigating it as second-degree robbery.

The Melbourne native has been on the pro tour since 1991 and became the first and only man to win the Australian triple crown, winning the Masters, Open and PGA in 2005.

He has had a lean run on the PGA Tour of late, not recording a single top ten result during the 2014 season.

– with AAP

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