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Kevin and David Sutherland, second and 20th, respectively, at Houston, weren't the only brothers to have a good week. Lanny Wadkins tied for sixth at Houston, his first top-10 finish since last year's Nissan Open, while brother Bobby tied for fourth in the Nike South Carolina Classic in Florence, six shots behind winner Harrison Frazar....

After shooting a course-record 64 on Sunday to win the Italian Open, Bernhard Langer improved from 19th to sixth in the European Ryder Cup standings. José María Olazábal, who finished second, rose from 15th to 10th Nick Faldo will skip the Colonial to enter the Volvo PGA Championship at the end of the month; that puts all 12 members of the 1995 European Ryder Cup team in the same tournament for the first time this year....

How far had Nancy Lopez fallen before winning the Chick-fil-A Championship two weeks ago, her first victory since 1993? Even her youngest daughter, five-year-old Torri, couldn't resist dissing her. "Every time I go play, I say to Torri, 'Mom is going to try to win a tournament,' " says Lopez. "And she says, 'Oh, Mom, you're not going to win.' "...

In 1964 Jay Sigel, who won last weekend's Bruno's Memorial in Birmingham, planned to join the PGA Tour. But those plans were dashed when Sigel, who was a student at Wake Forest, put his left hand through a fraternity house window and severed several tendons in his wrist. Instead, he went on to become one of the country's top amateur players, winning two U.S. Amateur titles, three Mid-Amateurs and a British Amateur. "If I hadn't cut my hand, I would've turned pro," says Sigel, who has earned more than $2.5 million since joining the Senior tour in 1994. "But if I turned pro, I might have failed. And then I might have soured on the game."

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