Multiple Choice
The Week: June 8-14
Posted: Thursday July 01, 1999 04:07 PM
 Karrie Webb won't break Mickey Wright's record of 13 victories in a season, but
five wins by June 13 isn't bad. Bruce Fleisher, who won for the fourth time in
'99, has a shot at the Senior standard (nine). Who's more dominant? The numbers
say Webb. She's 130 under par this year; Fleisher 76. Webb's 68.79 scoring
average would dust the LPGA record (69.99). Fleisher's 69.59 leads his tour, but
Hale Irwin's record of 68.59 is safe.
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My Shot: Orville Moody
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Lawn bowling on the green beside the clubhouse is the number 2 sport at Pinehurst, site of the U.S. Open. Jim Gund |
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DOWN |
| Bailing at Memphis |
Bailing on
Memphis |
| Karrie Webb |
Annika
Sorenstam |
| Greens in reg |
Fairways
hit |
| Casey Martin |
Casey Martin |
| Teapots |
Hotshots |
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PGA: U.S. Open
LPGA: ShopRite Classic
Seniors: Southwestern Bell Dominion
| THREESOMES |
Q. What
do these players have in common?
1.
Johnny Miller
2. Jack Nicklaus
3. Tom Weiskopf |
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They share the record for the lowest round in the U.S. Open. Miller shot 63 at Oakmont in '73. Nicklaus and Weiskopf matched that at Baltusrol in '80. |
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PGA
Ted Tryba's victory in the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis was
the first Monday finish on Tour since the 1997 Memorial.... David Duval
suffered second-degree burns on his right thumb and forefinger while picking up
a teapot at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., but planned to play in the U.S.
Open.... Tiger Woods is organizing a 12-player made-for-TV tournament at
Rio Secco Golf Club near Las Vegas at the end of the year.... Sergio
Garcia has accepted an invitation to the Aug. 12-15 PGA.... Masters champ
José María Olazábal , who closed with a 62 in
Memphis, could be the first player since Jack Nicklaus in '72 to win the Masters
and the U.S. Open in the same
year.
LPGA
Webb, who birdied the last three holes to win the Wegmans Rochester
(N.Y.) International by a stroke over Cindy McCurdy, has made 33 straight
cuts. (Webb has only missed two in 86 starts as a pro.) She placed in the top 10
for a record 16th straight
time.
SENIOR
Fleisher, winner of the BellSouth Senior Classic in Nashville by a
shot over Al Geiberger, had not had a top 10 finish since April.... Mike
McCullough , who came in 26th, made his 90th straight start. Bruce Summerhays
holds the Senior record of 96.
ALSO
Matt Gogel, who eagled the second hole of a playoff with Casey Martin to
win the Nike Cleveland Open , is one victory shy of a battlefield promotion
to the PGA Tour. Gogel won the Louisiana Open in March.... Jarmo
Sandelin 's second victory in '99, at the European tour's German Open, in
Berlin, moved him to third on the Ryder Cup points list.
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Issue date: June 21, 1999
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