Multiple Choice
The Week: July 6-12
Posted: Tuesday July 13, 1999 01:09 PM
 A roll call of American no-shows for this week's British Open: Fred Couples
(lost interest), Ben Crenshaw (the dog ate my game), John Daly (issues, man),
Brad Faxon (sore wrist), Scott Hoch (says his foot hurts), Steve Jones
(undisclosed illness), Tom Kite (no can play) and Jack Nicklaus (barely
ambulatory). Would all of these players bail on a Stateside major, say the
Masters, under like circumstances? Not bloody
likely.
| GOLF PLUS EXTRA |
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My Shot: Ron Ferguson
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Tiger Woods was the crowd favorite at Waterville, in County Kerry, when he and some fellow U.S. pros warmed up for this week's British Open.Mike King |
| UP |
DOWN |
| Buddy trips |
Loch
Lomond |
| Francophiles |
Anglophobes |
| Annika's threepeat |
Annika's winless streak |
| Des Moines |
Los
Angeles |
| Tiger's dribbles |
Titleist's
quibbles |
| NEXT UP |
British Open
JAL Big Apple Classic
Ameritech Senior Open
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| THREESOMES |
Q. What
do these players have in common?
1.
Gary
Player
2. J.H.
Taylor
3. Harry
Vardon |
| A.
They're the only players to win the British Open in three different decades.
Player won in 1959, '68 and '74; Taylor in 1894, 1900 and 1913; and Vardon in
1896, 1903 and 1911.
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| INSTANT POLL |
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PGA
A final-round 66 at Brown Deer Park gave Carlos Franco a two-stroke
victory over Tom Lehman in the Greater Milwaukee Open and made him the
fourth multiple winner in '99, joining David Duval, Payne Stewart and Tiger
Woods.... U.S. Amateur champ Hank Kuehne will make his pro debut next
week at the John Deere Classic in Coal Valley, Ill.... Ladbrokes of London has
made Woods the favorite, at 5 to 1, to win the Open, while
Duval is
10 to 1.
LPGA
By winning the Michelob Light Classic at Forest Hills in St. Louis,
Annika Sorenstam broke a winless streak that dated back to last Sept. 13 and
was the longest of her career. Sorenstam, who beat Tina Barrett on the third
hole of sudden death, became the fifth player to win the same LPGA tournament
three years in a row. Laura Davies won the Standard Register Ping four straight
times from '94 through '97.... Marisa Baena was slapped with a one-stroke
penalty when her caddie dropped a towel on her ball, causing it to move. She
missed the cut by a
shot.
SENIOR
Dave Eichelberger, who won the U.S. Senior Open by three strokes
over Ed Dougherty at Des Moines Country Club, didn't finish higher than 30th in
a major last year when he was a Senior career-worst 42nd in earnings.... After
32 starts as a Senior, Dougherty is still looking for his first
victory.
ALSO
Colin Montgomerie's three-stroke win over Sergio Garcia, Michael Jonzon
and Mats Lanner at the Standard Life Loch Lomond in Glasgow was his first
European tour victory in his native Scotland and his 20th overall.... Garcia
moved from 18th to seventh -- just ahead of captain Mark James -- on the
Ryder Cup points list.... Titleist, which owns club and ball endorsement rights
to Woods, has filed suit against Nike in federal court, claiming that Nike's new
TV ads imply that Woods plays Nike balls.... Naree Wongluekiet , 13, won
the American Junior Golf Association Tournament of Champions at Ohio State,
beating players up to 18 years of age, while her twin sister, Aree, tied for
seventh.
Issue date: July 19, 1999
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