Golfer Who Goes for Broke Winds Up With Fewer Clubs

After a day of high winds and high scores, it seemed almost fitting that John Daly was disqualified from the World Championship of Golf at Montego Bay, Jamaica, last week for signing an incorrect scorecard, an 86 instead of an 87.

Just as the wind blew, so did Daly’s temper. It boiled over after he had taken an eight on the par-four 11th, where he hit one shot out of bounds and eventually three-putted. Then he snapped his putter in two pieces and hurled them in the bag.

On the next hole, another par four, he had a nine.

More bad news: The sterling silver trophy Ian Woosnam was awarded for winning the Masters last spring is gone. British Transport Police said the $9,000 copy of the original was taken from a train taking it from London to Woosnam’s home in western England.

The trophy was being returned to Woosnam after having been displayed on a BBC television show reviewing the year’s sports highlights.

Reduced air resistance: From Phil Wharton, a former Florida runner and self-described Nude Relays coordinator: “We were getting down to the essence of the sport, without all the commercialization. No baton, no shoes, just the bare essence.”

Trivia time: Four of the five players who have been named most valuable player of the NCAA tournament and the NBA have L.A. connections. Name them.

Can he name the state bird?Stanford quarterback Steve Stenstrom, who graduated from El Toro High, did not surf in Orange County, as did many of his buddies, because: “I’ve always considered myself a Texan, and no one in Texas surfs.”

No one except the hordes from Port Arthur to Port Isabel along the vast Gulf Coast.

Starting again: In Todd Marinovich’s college debut at USC against Illinois in 1989, he completed 14 of 27 passes for 120 yards, with no touchdowns and one interception. In his professional debut Sunday for the Raiders against the Kansas City Chiefs, Marinovich completed 23 of 40 passes for 243 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Say please: Surveys of South Korean public opinion indicate that U.S. popularity was lower after the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games than before, whereas attitudes toward the Soviet Union became more positive.

The immediate causes given by researchers included, among others, the disorderly behavior of American athletes during the opening ceremony, the detainment of two U.S. swimmers on theft charges and Korean dissatisfaction with NBC’s Olympic coverage.

Trivia answer: Wilt Chamberlain, the Lakers; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA and the Lakers; Bill Walton, UCLA; and Magic Johnson, the Lakers.

Add trivia: Who is the fifth player?

Add answer: Bill Russell, and he has a California connection as a former University of San Francisco star.

Quotebook: Ron Laird, an American race walker, after he wandered off course in the 1967 Pan American Games 20,000-meter walk: “I knew something was wrong when I came to a locked gate.”