The two sides of Tiger
Posted: Tuesday June 15, 1999 10:13 AM
 There's a reason Tiger Woods is twice as exciting as any other Tour player.
There are two of him. Good Tiger blasts a two-iron 275 yards. Bad Tiger's
two-irons land two counties over. Good Tiger shot a 64 at the '97 British Open.
Bad Tiger sandwiched it with 74s. Which Woods will show up at Pinehurst? Let his
right arm be your guide. Punching holes in the air: good. Letting go of the club
on his follow-through: bad. Tiger is bipolar pasture pool personified.
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DOWN |
| Tiger vs. El Niño |
Tiger vs.
Duval |
| Paul Azinger |
John
Daly |
| Grace Park |
Jenny
Chuasiriporn |
| Pinehurst No. 2 |
Old
Waverly |
| Chip shots |
Lob
shots |
| NEXT UP |
PGA: St. Jude Classic
LPGA: Rochester International
Seniors: BellSouth Senior Classic
Europe: German Open
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| THREESOMES |
Q.
What do these players have in common?
1. Kay Cockerill
2. Juli Inkster
3. Kelli Kuehne |
| A.
They're the only three to win back-to-back U.S. Women's Amateur titles since
World War II. Cockerill won in '86-'87; Inkster in '81-'82; and Kuehne in
'95-'96. |
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PGA
Woods and Vijay Singh, who finished one-two at the Memorial in
Dublin, Ohio, were also first (Singh) and second (Woods) in driving distance.
The difference: Woods was 10th in putts per round (27.25), while Singh was 47th
(29.00).... According to the World Ranking, the Memorial had the fifth-strongest
field of any tournament played this year.... Greg Norman , back from a
six-week vacation, finished 69th, a shot ahead of Jack Nicklaus .... In
his last 10 starts, Singh has finished no worse than 24th, and his
smallest check has been for $28,333.34, at the MCI Classic.... Sergio Garcia,
who came in 11th at the Memorial, has earned $202,650 in his two Tour starts
as a pro, which puts him 103rd on the money list and on pace to earn his card
for next season.... This week's FedEx St. Jude Classic has attracted only
one of the top 10 ranked players: '98 champ Nick
Price.
LPGA
Kelli Kuehne, who finished third at the U.S. Open in West Point, Miss.,
seven strokes behind winner Juli Inkster, has made $230,727 in the last two
weeks. That's almost six times what she earned in all of '98.... Players went
through 14,000 pounds of ice and 12,000 gallons of water at the Open....
Stefania Croce of Italy was the only player to wear long pants for the
first two
days.
SENIOR
Allen Doyle won for the third time in 20 starts when he beat Joe
Inman with a par on the fourth playoff hole at the Cadillac NFL Classic in
Clifton, N.J.... Doyle and Bruce Fleisher , whose 27th-place finish
matched his worst result this year, are the only Seniors to win three times in
'99.... Q school grads have won 11 of the 17 tournaments this year.
ALSO
For winning the British Amateur, England's Graeme Storm , 21, gets
exemptions into the July 15-18 British Open and the 2000 Masters.... Darren
Clarke beat John Bickerton by two strokes in the English Open. Colin
Montgomerie, who had won two of his last three starts, was seven back.... Five
players born outside the U.S. placed among the top 10 in the NCAA
finals.
Sports Illustrated's The Week takes you from tournament to tournament and
everywhere in between. The Week will describe highlights from all the Tour's
previous events and preview the next ones. Brought to you by Sports
Illustrated's Golf Plus, look for the posting of The Week each Tuesday.
Issue date: June 14, 1999
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