News And Notes

Charles sat out last week's Southwestern Bell Dominion, in San Antonio, and Bruce Crampton was the Super Seniors champion. "It's fun to win anything when you're 61," Crampton said, "even if it's an argument with your wife."

The Shag Bag

Davis Love III had a bad weekend at the Players Championship, to say the least. On Saturday, Love whiffed a wedge shot from the deep rough by the 18th green. Then on Sunday, while taking a practice stroke on the green of the par-3 17th hole, Love inadvertently tapped his ball with the tip of his putter. Instead of replacing the ball to its original spot and assessing himself a one-stroke penalty, as rule 18-2 requires, Love simply putted out from the new location and then assessed himself the penalty. But not moving the ball back to its original spot carries a two-shot penalty, so Love was disqualified for having signed an incorrect scorecard. Too bad. If he had followed the rules, he would have tied for seventh and made $105,438....

Among the items the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department seized from O.J. Simpson's Brentwood mansion last week: six golf bags and 51 clubs....

With the $24,750 he won on Sunday for finishing third, five shots behind winner Joe Daley, in the Nike tour's Louisiana Open, Mark Carnevale set a Nike tour record for reaching $100,000 in earnings in a season the fastest. He did it in four events, seven fewer than previous record holder Joe Durant needed when he established the mark last year....

The LPGA, like the PGA Tour, is cracking down on slow play, though the LPGA is taking a tougher approach than levying fines. Donna Andrews drew a two-stroke penalty in the second round of the Dinah for taking too long on an approach shot....

The European Ryder Cup committee turned down Seve Ballesteros's request to have the number of captain's selections for his team increased from two to four. "It's a pity that the selection procedure ain't be altered," Ballesteros said. "But now that the case is closed, we can look forward to a great match—and I am positive that Europe will win."

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