The Week Oct. 9-15

?Plodder Fodder
Bob Estes plays against type during a 30-under trip on the wild side in Las Vegas.

?Grad School
College dropout Natalie Gulbis winds up earning the degree she really wanted.

?Eagle Eye
Samuel Rachels is the first player since Hale Irwin in '99 to win with an eagle on the final hole.

?Old News
Ian Woosnam, 43, hadn't won in four seasons before becoming the Match Play's oldest champ.

? PGA

Estes, who made a remarkable par on the 6th hole of the final round by whacking his second shot out of a bush with a driver, was a stroke better than Tom Lehman and Rory Sabbitini in the Invensys Classic at Las Vegas....

Estes has had 17 straight rounds in the 60s and finished no worse than eighth in his last four starts, jumping from 40th to ninth on the money list....

Steve Williams, Tiger Woods's caddie, says that because of security concerns he won't travel from his home in New Zealand to this week's National Car Rental Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., marking the first time in three years that he'll miss one of Woods's tournaments.

? LPGA

Ten of the 18 players who earned '02 cards at the final stage of Q school at LPGA International in Daytona Beach were non-Americans from seven countries....