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The Players Championship turned into a wet, controversial mess Sunday when yet another round of storms all but promised to extend the PGA Tour’s most prestigious event into six days, most of that spent indoors.
March 28, 2005
Francisco Minoza of the Philippines won the Indonesia Open golf championship by one stroke Sunday.
March 24, 1986
Tee times, pairings for final round of British Open today at Royal Birkdale (a-amateur).
July 19, 1998
At Southport, England--Par 70; 36-Hole Scores Brian Watts: 68-69--137 -3 a-Justin Rose: 72-66--138 -2 Tiger Woods: 65-73--138 -2 Nick Price: 66-72--138 -2 Thomas Bjorn: 68-71--139 -1 Davis Love III: 67-73--140 E Mark O’Meara: 72-68--140 E Fred Couples: 66-74--140 E Stephen Ames: 68-72--140 E Jim Furyk: 70-70--140 E Jesper Parnevik: 68-72--140 E Gordon Brand Jr.: 71-70--141 +1 David Duval: 70-71--141 +1 Vijay Singh: 67-74--141 +1 Raymond Russell: 68-73--141 +1 Lee Janzen: 72-69--141 +1 Tom Kite: 72-69--141 +1 Scott Dunlap: 72-69--141 +1 Peter Baker: 69-72--141 +1 Brad Faxon: 67-74--141 +1 Eduardo Romero: 71-70--141 +1 Payne Stewart: 71-71--142 +2 Loren Roberts: 66-76--142 +2 Santiago Luna: 70-72--142 +2 Steve Stricker: 70-72--142 +2 John Huston: 65-77--142 +2 Bob Estes: 72-70--142 +2 Lee Westwood: 71-71--142 +2 Peter O’Malley: 71-71--142 +2 Bob May: 70-73--143 +3 Shigeki Maruyama: 70-73--143 +3 Sandy Lyle: 71-72--143 +3 Robert Allenby;: 67-76--143 +3 Des Smyth: 74-69--143 +3 Gary Evans: 69-74--143 +3 Brandt Jobe: 70-73--143 +3 Greg Turner: 68-75--143 +3 Philip Walton: 68-76--144 +4 Carlos Franco: 71-73--144 +4 Andrew Coltart: 68-76--144 +4 Michael Long: 70-74--144 +4 Patrik Sjoland: 72-72--144 +4 Stewart Cink: 71-73--144 +4 Trevor Dodds: 73-71--144 +4 Mark Brooks: 71-73--144 +4 a-Sergio Garcia: 69-75--144 +4 Naomichi Ozaki: 72-73--145 +5 Ignacio Garrido: 71-74--145 +5 Nick Faldo: 72-73--145 +5 Frankie Minoza: 69-76--145 +5 Jose Maria Olazabal: 73-72--145 +5 Dudley Hart: 73-72--145 +5 Mark James: 71-74--145 +5 Phil Mickelson: 71-74--145 +5 Sven Struver: 75-70--145 +5 Steen Tinning: 69-76--145 +5 Fredrik Jacobson: 67-78--145 +5 Kazuhiko Hosokawa: 72-73--145 +5 Billy Mayfair: 72-73--145 +5 David Howell: 68-77--145 +5 Joakim Haeggman: 71-74--145 +5 Steve Jones: 73-72--145 +5 Larry Mize: 70-75--145 +5 David Frost: 72-73--145 +5 Andrew Clapp: 72-73--145 +5 Rodger Davis: 76-70--146 +6 Michael Campbell: 73-73--146 +6 Justin Leonard: 73-73--146 +6 David Carter: 71-75--146 +6 Ian Woosnam: 72-74--146 +6 Greg Chalmers: 71-75--146 +6 Ernie Els: 72-74--146 +6 Costantino Rocca: 72-74--146 +6 Andrew McLardy: 72-74--146 +6 Andrew Oldcorn: 75-71--146 +6 Katsuyoshi Tomori: 75-71--146 +6 Sam Torrance: 69-77--146 +6 a-Didier de Vooght: 70-76--146 +6 Mark Calcavecchia: 69-77--146 +6 Curtis Strange: 73-73--146 +6 Robert Giles: 72-74--146 +6 **** Nonqualifiers Thomas Levet: 72-75--147 +7 Brian Davis: 72-75--147 +7 Jeff Maggert: 73-74--147 +7 Phillip Price: 72-75--147 +7 Craig Parry: 73-74--147 +7 Barry Lane: 72-75--147 +7 Keiichiro Fukabori: 70-77--147 +7 Colin Montgomerie: 73-74--147 +7 Bob Tway: 68-79--147 +7 Tony Johnstone: 73-74--147 +7 Paul McGinley: 72-75--147 +7 Carl Suneson: 77-70--147 +7 Peter Mitchell: 76-72--148 +8 Joe Durant: 74-74--148 +8 Yoshinori Mizumaki: 71-77--148 +8 Glen Day: 75-73--148 +8 Peter Senior: 71-77--148 +8 a-Simon McCarthy: 73-75--148 +8 Severiano Ballesteros: 73-75--148 +8 Toru Taniguchi: 71-77--148 +8 Darren Clarke: 73-75--148 +8 Bernhard Langer: 74-75--149 +9 Derrick Cooper: 72-77--149 +9 Paul Lawrie: 73-76--149 +9 Richard Bland: 71-78--149 +9 Tom Watson: 73-76--149 +9 JP Hayes: 70-79--149 +9 Paul Azinger: 76-73--149 +9 Padraig Harrington: 73-76--149 +9 Gary Brown: 74-75--149 +9 Grant Dodd: 70-79--149 +9 Retief Goosen: 74-76--150 +10 Tom Lehman: 71-79--150 +10 David Shacklady: 76-74--150 +10 John Lovell: 72-78--150 +10 Jean Louis Guepy: 74-76--150 +10 a-Matt Kuchar: 75-75--150 +10 Scott Hoch: 73-77--150 +10 Corey Pavin: 74-76--150 +10 Per-Ulrik Johansson: 74-76--150 +10 Kyoung Ju Choi: 70-80--150 +10 Lee Jones: 77-73--150 +10 Skip Kendall: 74-77--151 +11 Stephen Leaney: 75-76--151 +11 John Daly: 73-78--151 +11 Gary Player: 77-74--151 +11 Matthew McGuire: 74-77--151 +11 Miguel Angel Jimenez: 73-78--151 +11 Mark McNulty: 73-78--151 +11 Howard Clark: 73-79--152 +12 Stephen Allan: 72-80--152 +12 Ross Drummond: 74-78--152 +12 Steven Young: 74-78--152 +12 Fredrik Henge: 75-77--152 +12 Frank Nobilo: 76-77--153 +13 Andrew Magee: 75-78--153 +13 Russell Claydon: 74-79--153 +13 Mats Hallberg: 77-77--154 +14 Daren Lee: 76-78--154 +14 Steven Armstrong: 76-78--154 +14 Robert Karlsson: 72-82--154 +14 Graham Spring: 74-80--154 +14 Steve Alker: 73-81--154 +14 Mark Litton: 75-80--155 +15 Toru Suzuki: 78-77--155 +15 Ben Crenshaw: 76-79--155 +15 Gary Orr: 78-78--156 +16 Bradley Dredge: 78-78--156 +16 Stuart Appleby: 76-80--156 +16 Greig Hutcheon: 73-83--156 +16 Scott Henderson: 77-80--157 +17 Peter Hedblom: 76-82--158 +18 Jeff Remesy: 77-82--159 +19 Withdrew Steve Elkington: 75 Francis Howley: 78 a--Amateur THE HOLE OF THE DAY: No. 17 * Yardage: 547. * Par: 5. * Stroke average: 4.38. * Rank: 18th. * Key fact: Justin Rose made eagle here and so did Nick Price.
July 18, 1998
Matt Ryan agrees to Atlanta Falcons contract extension
July 25, 2013
At Southport, England--Par 70; 54-Hole Scores Brian Watts: 68-69-73--210 E Jesper Parnevik: 68-72-72--212 +2 Jim Furyk: 70-70-72--212 +2 Mark O’Meara: 72-68-72--212 +2 a-Justin Rose: 72-66-75--213 +3 Thomas Bjorn: 68-71-76--215 +5 Tiger Woods: 65-73-77--215 +5 Brad Faxon: 67-74-74--215 +5 John Huston: 65-77-73--215 +5 Raymond Russell: 68-73-75--216 +6 David Duval: 70-71-75--216 +6 Costantino Rocca: 72-74-70--216 +6 Katsuyoshi Tomori: 75-71-70--216 +6 Gordon Brand Jr.71-70-76--217 +7 Davis Love III67-73-77--217 +7 Fred Couples: 66-74-78--218 +8 Des Smyth: 74-69-75--218 +8 Shigeki Maruyama: 70-73-75--218 +8 Sandy Lyle: 71-72-75--218 +8 Greg Turner: 68-75-75--218 +8 Philip Walton: 68-76-74--218 +8 Bob Estes: 72-70-76--218 +8 Loren Roberts: 66-76-76--218 +8 Peter Baker: 69-72-77--218 +8 Mark Calcavecchia: 69-77-73--219 +9 Mark James: 71-74-74--219 +9 Mark Brooks: 71-73-75--219 +9 Vijay Singh: 67-74-78--219 +9 Stephen Ames: 68-72-79--219 +9 Nick Price: 66-72-82--220 +10 Tom Kite: 72-69-79--220 +10 Eduardo Romero: 71-70-79--220 +10 Payne Stewart: 71-71-78--220 +10 a-Sergio Garcia: 69-75-76--220 +10 Jose Maria Olazabal: 73-72-75--220 +10 Nick Faldo: 72-73-75--220 +10 Andrew Coltart: 68-77-75--220 +10 Curtis Strange: 73-73-74--220 +10 Ernie Els: 72-74-74--220 +10 Carlos Franco: 71-73-76--220 +10 Frankie Minoza: 69-75-76--220 +10 Peter O’Malley: 71-71-78--220 +10 Lee Westwood: 71-71-78--220 +10 Patrik Sjoland: 72-72-77--221 +11 Sam Torrance: 69-77-75--221 +11 Naomichi Ozaki: 72-73-76--221 +11 Robert Allenby: 67-76-78--221 +11 Scott Dunlap: 72-69-80--221 +11 Lee Janzen: 72-69-80--221 +11 Santiago Luna: 70-72-80--222 +12 Michael Long: 70-74-78--222 +12 Ian Woosnam: 72-74-76--222 +12 David Carter: 71-75-76--222 +12 Billy Mayfair: 72-73-77--222 +12 Steen Tinning: 69-76-77--222 +12 Steve Stricker: 70-72-80--222 +12 Greg Chalmers: 71-75-77--223 +13 David Frost: 72-73-78--223 +13 Joakim Haeggman: 71-74-78--223 +13 Rodger Davis: 76-70-78--224 +14 Larry Mize: 70-75-79--224 +14 Steve Jones: 73-72-79--224 +14 David Howell: 68-77-79--224 +14 Sven Struver: 75-70-80--225 +15 Ignacio Garrido: 71-74-80--225 +15 Trevor Dodds: 73-71-81--225 +15 Brandt Jobe: 70-73-82--225 +15 Fredrik Jacobson: 67-78-81--226 +16 Kazuhiko Hosokawa: 72-73-81--226 +16 Michael Campbell: 73-73-80--226 +16 a-Didier de Vooght: 70-76-80--226 +16 Andrew McLardy: 72-74-80--226 +16 Stewart Cink: 71-73-83--227 +17 Andrew Clapp: 72-74-81--227 +17 Gary Evans: 69-74-84--227 +17 Justin Leonard: 73-73-82--228 +18 Bob May: 70-73-85--228 +18 Robert Giles: 72-74-83--229 +19 Andrew Oldcorn: 75-71-84--230 +20 Phil Mickelson: 71-74-85--230 +20 Dudley Hart: 73-72-85--230 +20 a--Amateur
* Dates: Today through Sunday. * Site: Royal Birkdale Golf Club, 7,018 yards, par 70 (34-36). * Playoff, if necessary: Stroke play over four holes. * Purse: Estimated $2.9 million. * Winner’s share: $498,000. * Defending champion: Justin Leonard. * Television (PDT): Today-Friday, 6-11 a.m., ESPN.
July 16, 1998
Golf: The 19-year-old Spaniard has two-stroke lead after first-round 66 at PGA.
Aug. 13, 1999
* Site: Medinah (Ill.)
Aug. 12, 1999
* Where: Mamaroneck, N.Y. * Course: Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course (6,987 yards, par 70). * When: Today-Sunday. * Purse: To be announced ($2.4 million in 1996). * Winner’s share: To be announced ($430,000 in 1996). * Television: TBS (Today-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-10:30 a.m.) and Channel 2 (Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.). * Last year: Mark Brooks won with a five-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Kenny Perry.
Aug. 14, 1997