Paper Tigers: The Sequel
The Week: Sept. 14-20
Posted: Tuesday September 21, 1999 05:54 PM
 The difference between Tom Watson's easy win on Sunday and his disappointing
Senior debut the week before? "The best Mexican food ever," he says.
Last Saturday night Watson and his wife, Hilary, dined chez Byron and Peggy
Nelson at their Roanoke, Texas, ranch, feasting on a spinach, chicken and cheese
casserole, and Nelson's good vibes. "My time with Byron had a lot to do
with my win," Watson said. "There was some spirituality working
today."
| GOLF PLUS EXTRA |
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My Shot: Jim Ferree
Teeing Off
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Watson's gift to Hilary, his wife of three weeks: his first Senior win. Tim Sharp |
| UP |
DOWN |
| Casey Martin's game |
Casey Martin's
gam |
| Carol Semple Thompson |
Don
January |
| GolfWeb.com |
PGATour.com |
| Arnold Palmer |
Bill
Gates |
| Ryder Cup |
Texas
Open |
| NEXT UP |
Westin Texas Open
Safeway LPGA Championship
Kroger Senior Classic
Ryder Cup
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| THREESOMES |
Q. What
do these players have in common?
1.
Juli
Inkster
2. Annika
Sorenstam
3. Karrie
Webb
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| A.
They are the only LPGA players to have won more than $1 million in a
season. Inkster did it this year, Sorenstam in 1997 and '98, and Webb in '96 and
again this
season.
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| INSTANT POLL |
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PGA
Brad Faxon made up five strokes on the final 18 of a 36-hole Sunday to
catch Fred Funk at the B.C. Open at En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, N.Y., then defeated him on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff that
spilled over into Monday.... The B.C. was Faxon's fifth start since
coming back from a broken wrist that caused him to miss three months of the
season.... Callaway terminated its sponsorship of John Daly when Daly
refused to enter a rehab center after the company learned that he had
resumed drinking and gambling.... Four-time Masters champ Arnold Palmer became the first winner of the tournament to be given a full membership at
Augusta
National.
LPGA
Led by winner Maria Hjorth of Sweden, six of the top eight finishers in
the Safeco Classic at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Wash., were
foreigners.... Hjorth birdied six of the first seven holes on Sunday, and
her eight-under 64 tied the lowest final round by a winner this
year.
SENIOR
A putting change helped Watson win the Bank One Championship at
Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas. Watson turned his left shoulder in toward the
ball and squared his stance. As a result, he was third in putts per round
(26.33). He ranked 25th (29) in his Senior debut the previous week....
Watson's course-record 10-under-par 62 on Sunday was the lowest round of
his pro career.... Don January, 69, retired after the Bank
One.
ALSO
Playing in her record 80th USGA tournament, Carol Semple Thompson
won the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur at the Desert Mountain Club in
Scottsdale, Ariz. Semple Thompson, 50, a USGA executive committee member, is the
only golfer to have won an Amateur (1973), a Mid-Amateur ('90 and '97) and a
Senior Amateur.... Carl Paulson took over the top spot on the Nike tour
money list with his second straight victory, at the Boise (Idaho) Open....
Pierre Fulke of Sweden, who won the Trophée Lancôme by a
shot over Ignacio Garrido, is the 12th first-time winner this season on the
European
tour.
Issue date: September 27, 1999
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