It’s a Record Day for Woods

Tiger Woods matched the 55-year-old record set by Byron Nelson on Friday by making the cut in his 113th consecutive PGA Tour event. He shot a five-under 67 at the Funai Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., to easily qualify for the weekend. He is four shots behind leader Vijay Singh.

Nelson established the record from 1941 to 1948. The PGA Tour counts 23 tournaments in Woods’ streak that didn’t even have a cut. One of those is the Tour Championship, where Woods could break the record in two weeks.

The second-best cut streak in the last 20 years belonged to Singh, who made 53 in a row from 1995 to 1998.

Singh finished with a 65 and was at 15-under 129.

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Jim Thorpe shot a five-under 67 for a three-stroke lead over Tom Jenkins and the two-day record for the Charles Schwawb Cup Championship, the Champions Tour’s season-ending event. Thorpe’s two-round total of 14-under 130 bettered the tournament’s record of 131 set by Dale Douglass in 1992.

Tennis

Top-seeded Andy Roddick defeated Olivier Rochus, 6-4, 6-4, in the Swiss Indoors at Basel, setting up a semifinal match against David Nalbandian, who beat Tim Henman, 6-2, 6-4.

Second-seeded Sebastien Grosjean of France was upset by unseeded Alex Corretja of Spain, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), in the quarterfinals of a tournament at St. Petersburg, Russia. In the semifinals, Corretja will play third-seeded Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil, who beat sixth-seeded Vince Spadea, 6-4, 7-6 (4).... Top-seeded Kim Clijsters of Belgium beat Emilie Loit of France, 6-4, 7-5, to reach the semifinals of the SEAT Open at Luxembourg.... Amelie Mauresmo has qualified for the season-ending Bank of America WTA Tour Championships at Staples Center, November 5-10, the WTA Tour announced.

Motor Racing

NASCAR Winston Cup driver Ryan Newman won the pole for Sunday’s Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 race with a lap of 194.295 mph, the fastest qualifying lap of the year, in his No. 12 Dodge at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Greg Biffle won the pole for today’s NASCAR Busch Series Aaron’s 312 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He had a fast lap of 192.300 mph in his Chevrolet, setting a track record. Fellow Winston Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick, also in a Chevrolet, was 0.037 of a second behind.

Bruno Junqueira won the provisional pole for Sunday’s Championship Auto Racing Teams Lexmark Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise, Australia. Driving a Ford-Cosworth/Lola, he clinched a front-row spot with a fast lap of 1 minute 32.708 seconds at 108.534 mph.

Miscellany

San Diego State hired former NBA veteran Gary Grant as an assistant to basketball Coach Steve Fisher.... Tennessee State was put on three years’ probation by the NCAA for numerous rules violations under former basketball coach Nolan Richardson III.... All-session ticket packages for the 2004 U.S. Olympic swimming trials -- at Long Beach Swim Stadium -- will be available starting Monday. Details: www.longbeach2004.com.