BAENA LEADS ARIZONA TO NCAA CROWN.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Thanks to an eagle by freshman Marisa Baena Marisa Baena (born June 1 1977 in Pereira, Colombia) is a Colombian golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour. Baena started playing golf at the age of six. She attended the University of Arizona in the United States and had an outstanding amateur career, the highlights on the 18th hole in a sudden-death playoff, Arizona defeated San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State and won its first-ever NCAA Women's Golf Championship NCAA Champions for Women's Golf Division I Year Team Champion Individual Champion 1982 Tulsa Kathy Baker, Tulsa 1983 TCU Penny Hammel, Miami (Fla.) 1984 Miami (Fla. Saturday in La Quinta. Arizona shot a 15 on the 18th hole; San Jose State shot a 16. UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX finished fourth, three shots off the lead. Baena won the individual title with a four-day total of of 296. Arizona State's Kellee Booth was second, UCLA's Kathy Choi third. Williamson leads Kemper: Jay Williamson shot a 68 and holds a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Kemper Open in Potomac, Md. His total is 12-under-par 201, one shot ahead of Steve Stricker. John Daly, using a 0-iron club that helped him drive the ball 270-290 yeards, was three shots back. ``That's the one thing I love about it,'' Daly said of his unique club. ``It doesn't make me think about, `Well, should I hit driver? Should I try to cut a driver or should I try to hook a 1-iron?' It's made it a lot easier for me to just get hold of 0-iron.'' Aoki ahead: Isao Aoki put himself into position for his first tournament win since last August with a 4-under-par 68 round that gave him a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the $1.2 million BellSouth Senior Classic in Nashville, Tenn. Grouped at top: In Virginia Water, England, Masters champion Nick Faldo, Zimbabwe's Mark McNulty and Italy's Costantino Rocca tied for the lead after the second round of the Volvo PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. . Davies' lucrative day: Laura Davies came away with $40,000 as the first-day leader over the opening nine holes of the LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association Skins Game in Frisco, Texas. But only $80,000 of the $210,000 was won and with a $130,000 carryover, today's first hole is worth $160,000. Defending champion Dottie Pepper and 1995 LPGA Player of the Year Annika Sorenstam earned $20,000 each in the sixth annual made-for-TV competition. Jones hangs on: Rosie Jones shot a 1-under-par 71 and fought off a charge from Val Skinner to maintain a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the $600,000 Corning (N.Y.) Classic. |
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