Daly Disqualified for Signing Incorrect Scorecard

John Daly was disqualified from the Greater Hartford Open for signing an incorrect scorecard, the PGA announced Monday.

The card for Sunday’s final round, which was kept by his playing partner, Clark Dennis, read that Daly had a three at No. 5, when he actually had a bogey four, said Leslie Sinadinos, communications assistant for the PGA.

“Clark wrote down the wrong score, but it’s still John’s responsibility to check the card before he signs it,” she said.

Daly signed for a five-over 75 and a 278 total that was worth $11,520 for a tie for 22nd.

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Riviera Country Club, already set as the site for the 1995 PGA Championship, will also be the site of the 1998 U.S. Senior Open, to be held July 9-12.

This year’s U.S. Senior Open will start Thursday at Pinehurst, N.C.

The last major at Riviera was the 1983 PGA Championship, won by Hal Sutton, who beat Jack Nicklaus by a stroke.

It was also announced that Olympic CC in San Francisco will be the site of the 1998 U.S. Open.

Pro Basketball

The NBA Players Assn., represented by both veteran players and some eligible for this week’s draft, filed suit in Federal District Court in New York against the NBA and its 27 teams claiming the salary cap, draft and the right-of-first-refusal rules are illegal under antitrust laws.

The suit is in response to one filed last week by the NBA for a declaration of rights, so that the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement, which expired last Thursday, would remain in effect.

Scottie Pippen is being offered as trade bait by the Chicago Bulls, reported the Chicago Tribune, which quoted an unidentified general manager of another team.

Football

Steve Hendrickson, who spent the last four seasons with the San Diego Chargers, has been signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Raiders. Hendrickson, 6-feet, 250 pounds, has played running back, tight end and linebacker. He started the final 10 games of last season at outside linebacker for the Chargers.

A federal judge in Indianapolis granted a preliminary injunction sought by the Indianapolis Colts and the NFL prohibiting the owner of the new Baltimore CFL Colts from using the name “Colts.”

Miscellany

Humberto (Chiquita) Gonzalez, the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Council light flyweight champion, will fight Carlos Eluaiza in a 10-round non-title bout on July 8 at the Forum.

The Williams-Renault team is expected to end weeks of speculation today by announcing that Nigel Mansell will return to Formula One racing.