O.B.
March 25, 2002
Jesper Parnevik's nannies—a pair of fetching Swedes—have been getting a lot of notice lately, and apparently one of them, Elin, has caught the eye of golf's most eligible bachelor, Tiger Woods. With Parnevik taking the week off, Elin (below) spent the week in Woods's gallery at Bay Hill, leading to much whispering among Tour wives about a budding romance. On Sunday, Woods was spotted pulling into the players' parking lot with Elin in the passenger seat.
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The King and Queen Call It Quits
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When she burst onto the scene in 1978, Nancy Lopez reinvented the LPGA in much the same way that Arnold Palmer had shaken up the PGA Tour two decades earlier. Last week Lopez announced this will be her final full season on tour, while Palmer said the Bay Hill Invitational would likely be his final appearance on the under-50 circuit. Here's a recap of the lives of these two pivotal figures in golf history.
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PALMER
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LOPEZ
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Hometown
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Latrobe, Pa.
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Roswell, N.Mex.
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Hometown previously famous for
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Rolling Rock
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Area 51
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Biggest influence
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Deacon (father), pro at Latrobe Country Club
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Domingo (father), laborer
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Homemade swing calls to mind...
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Sledgehammer
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Chicken wing
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Defining achievement
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Final-round charge to win 1960 U.S. Open
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Five straight victories during rookie year
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Big one that got away
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PGA Championship (runner-up three times)
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U.S. Women's Open (runner-up four times)
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Signature move with fans
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Firm handshake
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Miss America-style wave
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SI covers
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14
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2
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Inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame
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1974
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1989
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Public landmark
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Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe
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Nancy Lopez Elementary in Roswell
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Public embarrassment
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ERC II
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Husband Ray Knight's scuffle with fellow dad at girls' softball game
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Hobbies
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Piloting airplanes
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Cooking
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Image-reinforcing trophy at own tournament
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Sword at Bay Hill Invitational
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Crystal bowl at Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez
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Who should star in biopic?
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Tom Wilkinson
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Jennifer Lopez
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Jesper Parnevik's nannies—a pair of fetching Swedes—have been getting a lot of notice lately, and apparently one of them, Elin, has caught the eye of golf's most eligible bachelor, Tiger Woods. With Parnevik taking the week off, Elin (below) spent the week in Woods's gallery at Bay Hill, leading to much whispering among Tour wives about a budding romance. On Sunday, Woods was spotted pulling into the players' parking lot with Elin in the passenger seat.
?Former Tour player Denis Watson (referred to as a " PGA star" in the Los Angeles Times real estate section) and his wife, Susan Loggans, recently purchased a Malibu Colony house for close to its $6.95 million asking price. Built in 1993, the 4,500-square-foot, Tuscan-style house features a gym, maid/guest quarters and 32 feet of ocean frontage. Watson, 46, had three victories on Tour, all of them in 1984, and still plays the occasional Buy.com event. How has he landed in such swank digs? Loggans has been named one of America's top 15 trial lawyers by the National Law Review and has hosted a weekly TV program on Fox News.
?Reigning U.S. Amateur champ Bubba Dickerson was telling fellow competitors at Bay Hill that he intends to turn pro in time for the April 22-28 Greater Greensboro Open.
?On the eve of the LPGA's Ping Banner Health, Danielle Ammaccapane hosted a group of players at her eponymous sports bar and grill on North Seventh Street in Phoenix. Heather Daly-Donofrio, Wendy Doolan, Nancy Harvey and Sherri Turner, among others, were less than impressed when Fox's celebrity boxing appeared on one of the bar's 21 TVs, but the group hooted and hollered when someone suggested a Helen Alfredsson vs. Dottie Pepper slugfest as part of the Solheim Cup festivities.
?Fans First gone astray: On Saturday a brazen spectator sneaked onto the practice green at Moon Valley CC and began stuffing stray balls into his pockets until Marianne Morris politely informed him that they weren't free souvenirs.
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