Posted: Wed December 3, 1997
COMEBACKS
• Jeff Sluman's victory in the Tucson Chrysler Classic was his
first since his only other win, the 1988 PGA, a span of 241
starts.
• José María Olazábal, fully recovered from a foot injury that
threatened to end his career, went 2-2-1 as Europe won the Ryder
Cup.
• Chris Smith lost his PGA Tour card in '96 but won three Nike
tour events to earn a battlefield promotion back to the big Tour.
• Colleen Walker went five years without a victory, then won
consecutive starts, including a major, the du Maurier.
• John Daly, after a bender at the Players Championship,
admitted that he's an alcoholic, entered rehab and took a
two-month break from the Tour.
COMEDOWNS
• Going for a third straight U.S. Women's Open title, Annika
Sorenstam missed her first cut in 63 starts.
• Steve Scott, who lost to Tiger Woods in 38 holes in the '96
U.S. Amateur final, failed to qualify for match play at the
Amateur this year.
• Daly, sober but suffering from the shakes, walked off the
course without a word midway through the second round of the
U.S. Open.
• For the first time in eight years, Mike Hill and Lee Trevino
each failed to win on the Senior tour.
• Miguel Angel Martin named his baby daughter Macarena, but he
missed the big dance when he was kicked off the European Ryder
Cup team because of a wrist injury.
Next: You Don't Say
Also: News & Notes
Issue date: December 8, 1997
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Backspin
First seen at the British Open: T-shirts sporting the familiar
line I AM TIGER WOODS on the front and BUT I WISH I WERE ERNIE
ELS on the back.
On Second Thought, I Would Rather Be Tiger Woods
The new Miss Universe, Brook Mahealani Lee of Hawaii, likes
alligator wrestling and speaks Japanese. When judges asked what
she would do if there were no pageant rules, she answered, "Eat
everything...twice!" She's working on a master's degree in
communications at Hawaii. One of her goals? Interview Woods.
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