PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Rory Sabbatini has captured the 2006 PGA TOUR West Coast Swing presented by Allianz.

Sabbatini, who won last week’s Nissan Open, receives a $500,000 winner’s bonus, presented to the player who accumulates the most points during the nine-tournament West Coast Swing, based on top-10 performances. Chad Campbell finished runner-up and will collect $300,000, while third-place finisher Stuart Appleby earned $200,000. Sabbatini finished with 236.666 points, while Campbell had 193.750 and Appleby, 120.000.

“Allianz Life is thrilled with its association with the PGA TOUR and the West Coast Swing,” said Mark Zesbaugh, president and CEO Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. “This year's West Coast Swing has been a great start to the 2006 PGA TOUR Season with outstanding competition throughout the first eight weeks. Congratulations to Rory Sabbatini, an exceptional competitor and this year's ‘King of the Swing.’”

Sabbatini entered this week’s World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in first place, and he and Campbell were the only players who had a chance to win the “King of the Swing” title. Sabbatini lost in the first round, while Campbell made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost to Tom Lehman in 21 holes, finishing tied for fifth.

Sabbatini began the week with 236.666 points, followed by Campbell at 165.000 and Appleby, who had 120.000.

Sabbatini has finished in the top-10 in four of the seven PGA TOUR events he has played in this year. He began his season by tying for second at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Sabbatini added a tie for 10th in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. After solid finishes in the Buick Invitational (tie for 16th) and the FBR Open (tie for 20th), he finished second at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am two weeks ago before earning his third career PGA TOUR title at the Nissan Open.

Campbell tied for second along with Sabbatini at the Sony Open in Hawaii before winning the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. At the Accenture Match Play Championship he tied for fifth and earned 28.75 points, defeating Tim Herron, Henrik Stenson and Tiger Woods in the first three rounds before losing to Tom Lehman in the quarterfinals.

Phil Mickelson is a three-time winner of the “King of the Swing” title, earning that honor in 1998 and 2004-05. Tiger Woods earned the title in 1999-2000, Davis Love III captured the 2001 title, Chris DiMarco in 2002 and Mike Weir won in 2003.