By David Westin
and Ward Clayton
Staff Writers

Augusta Chronicle

Two-time U.S. Amateur champion Tiger Woods made a quick trip to Augusta Sunday afternoon from Santa Cruz, Calif., where he played in the U.S. Collegiate Championship at Pasatiempo Golf Club.

The Stanford sophomore has a practice round lined up today at Augusta National with four-time Masters champion Arnold Palmer.

Woods, the No. 1 ranked amateur in the country, finished third individually at Pasatiempo, shooting rounds of 73-68-71, 1-under par in the two-day event. Arron Oberholser of San Jose State shot 67-75-64 to take medalist honors. Stanford won the team competition.

Pasatiempo has quite a Masters connection. It was designed by Alister MacKenzie , the Scotsman who designed the Augusta National Golf Club with Bobby Jones, in the early 1930s.

MacKenzie loved the Pasatiempo course so much he built a home on the sixth hole and his ashes were spread over the course when he died in 1933.

BIG ATTRACTION: Fans attending today's practice rounds will be glad to know that amateur Gordon Sherry registered on Sunday. He'll be playing with some heady company the next three days.

He has a practice round lined up today with fellow Scotsman Sam Torranceand Welshman Ian Woosnam , the 1991 Masters champion. On Tuesday, Sherry will play a practice round with five-time British Open champion and two-time Masters winner Tom Watson . On Wednesday, he'll be playing with Greg Norman , a winner of two British Opens.

The personable Sherry, who at 6-foot-8 is the tallest golfer in Masters history, is expected to draw a large crowd today.

This will be Sherry's final tournament as an amateur.

``I'll be turning pro and hoping to earn some money,'' said Sherry, who will make his pro debut in the Italian Open in early May.

Golf fans who have only seen Sherry on television or in photos may not recognize him today. Over the winter, he lost 42 pounds and is now weighs 238 pounds.

EARLY BIRD: John Daly , who went from contention in the BellSouth Classic Friday to missing the cut in a flash, was one of the 30 golfers who registered on Sunday. Daly was 4-under-par for the BellSouth tournament, three shots off the lead, when he took a 12 on his 17th hole (No. 8 on the course) in the second round. He also bogeyed his 18th hole and missed the cut by one shot, shooting a second round 77.

ROLL CALL: The other golfers who registered Sunday were Ben Crenshaw, Brad Bryant, Michael Campbell, Alexander Cejka, Jerry Courville Jr., Ed Dougherty, David Edwards, Steve Elkington, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Bill Glasson, Tim Herron, Satoshi Higashi, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Bernhard Langer, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Jeff Maggert, George Marucci, Scott McCarron, Frank Nobilo, Jumbo Ozaki, Mark Roe, Gordon Sherry, Curtis Strange, Ted Trybal, Bob Tway and Chris Wolmann.

NOW AND THEN: Masters rookie Tim Herron first saw the Augusta National back in mid-March. He played a couple of rounds after missing the cut in the Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando, Fla., and before heading to New Orleans for the Freeport-McDermott Classic.

In the three weeks since his first trip here, Herron has found the Augusta National greens now have a different character.

``The course plays a little different now than it did then,'' said Herron, the winner of the Honda Classic in early March. ``The greens are faster now. They still aren't as firm or as fast as I've heard they're going to be. The breaks are unbelievable. You don't even see the breaks. You just have to know the breaks.''

Herron plans to take it slow as he builds up to Thursday's first round.

``I'm not going to overwhelm myself and get real exhausted,'' Herron said. ``I'm going to play everyday and hit mostly putts and chips and hit a few balls just to loosen up the back. I'm not going to work hard on my shots or my swings. I'm going to work more on putting and chipping.''