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The Shag Bag

It took a course-record 64 from Michelle McGann in the final round to cool off Annika Sorenstam at the ShopRite Classic in Somers Point, N.J. McGann, who jumped to fourth on the LPGA money list with her second victory this year, finished three shots ahead of Sorenstam, a four-time winner in '97, with a tournament-record score of 201, 12 under par, at the Greate Bay Resort & Country Club....

Tiger Woods received treatments from the Orlando Magic training staff last week for a slight pull in a shoulder muscle. "It's nothing too bad," says Woods, who was scheduled to compete in this week's Western Open outside Chicago....

The 2005 Ryder Cup is expected to be awarded to Ireland. The match, the first ever on Irish soil, will probably be held at K Club, a new resort an hour outside of Dublin whose 7,159-yard course was designed by Arnold Palmer....

Of the eight players selected for the U.S. team, which hopes to regain the Walker Cup next month, only two—Jerry Courville Jr. and John Harris—have played in the event....

Bruce Zabriski, 39, an assistant pro at Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y., won the PGA Club Pro championship. The top 25 finishers in the tournament, which was held at Pinehurst No. 8, earned spots in the Aug. 14-17 PGA Championship at Winged Foot. Last year only three of the 25 club pros made the cut at the PGA....

As of Monday, 49 of the top 50 players on the World Ranking had entered the July 17-20 British Open at Troon. Japan's Jumbo Ozaki, ranked eighth, has yet to commit.

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