Martin Fails to Make Cut in Q School

Casey Martin, who sued to use a cart in competition, failed to make it out of the second stage of the PGA Tour’s qualifying tournament Friday.

It means Martin will not be able to play on the PGA Tour or Buy.com Tour in 2002, barring sponsors’ exemptions. Martin was seeking one of the 20 spots available at the Black Horse Course at Seaside, Calif., to move into the final stage of qualifying school later this month. Only those who make it to the final stage from Nov. 28-Dec. 3 at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., can earn PGA Tour cards for 2002.

In May, the Supreme Court sided with Martin, ruling the disabled golfer has the right to use a golf cart during PGA Tour events.

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John Daly and partner Frank Lickliter shot a 13-under-par 59 to take a one-shot lead over defending champions Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron after two rounds of the Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout at Naples, Fla. The 12 two-man teams of PGA Tour players competed in a best-ball format in the $2-million tournament hosted by Greg Norman. Today’s final round will be a scramble.

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High winds again interrupted the Volvo Masters with only six shots hit in the third round of the $2.9-million European PGA tournament at Jerez, Spain.

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Allen Doyle, the Senior PGA Tour’s money leader, shot a five-under-par 67 to take a three-stroke lead in the Senior Slam at St. Augustine, Fla.... Mina Harigaie, 12, of Monterey and Sydney Burlison, 12, of Salinas will compete for the California Women’s Amateur Championship after recording match-play victories. Harigaie defeated Lyn Nelson, 5 and 4 and Burlison defeated Judy Miller, 4 and 3, at Carmel

Tennis

Belgium ousted five-time Fed Cup champion Spain to advance to its first final as Kim Clijsters clinched her team’s match against Spain with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. Justine Henin of Belgium rallied from a 5-1 third-set deficit to defeat Spain’s Conchita Martinez, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, in 2 hours 38 minutes. Belgium will play Russia in today’s final.

Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia, who won the Volvo Women’s Open in 1997, reached the finals of the event with a 6-2, 6-2 semifinal win over Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus at Pattaya, Thailand. In the other semifinal, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland beat Rossana De Los Rios of Paraguay, 7-5, 0-6, 6-2.

Miscellany

The NFL fined Denver right guard Dan Neil $52,941, equivalent to one game’s pay, for two leg whips during the Broncos’ 38-28 loss to the Oakland Raiders on Monday night.

It was one of the largest fines in league history. Two weeks ago, Neil was fined $15,000 for clipping on a play that broke New England Patriot linebacker Bryan Cox’s leg.

The Cincinnati Bengals put cornerback Tom Carter on injured reserve because of a torn knee ligament.

Maria Butyrskaya of Russia held on to win the women’s program at the Nations Cup Grand Prix figure skating event at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Japan’s Yoshie Onda finished second and American Angela Nikodinov was third.

Older, plumper and a little slower, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona returned to the field to play his farewell match in front of 50,000 fans at Buenos Aires, scoring two goals against a team of all-stars in a 6-3 victory for Argentina’s national team.

The Long Beach Ice Dogs (6-2-1) completed a two-game sweep of Bakersfield (5-4-0) and won their third consecutive game with a 5-3 victory at the Long Beach Ice Arena.

Passings

Kim McDonald, who guided the careers of athletes such as former middle-distance world-record holder Steve Ovett and Olympic 1,500-meter champion Noah Ngeny, died of a heart attack while on vacation in Australia. He was 45.

Ethel Jacobs, an owner of thoroughbreds and widow of Hall of Fame trainer Hirsch Jacobs, died of pneumonia at a Miami Beach hospital. She was 91.