BRIEFLY : BACK SPASMS LEAVE ELS ELSEWHERE AT BUICK CLASSIC.Kevin Sutherland Kevin John Sutherland (born July 4 1964) is an American professional golfer. Sutherland was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He attended Fresno State University and made the golf team as a walk-on freshman. shot an opening-round 64 Thursday at Harrison, N.Y., to finish two strokes in front of the PGA's Buick Classic field that lost two-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature (he stands 1. to a bad back. A back spasm which Els said hit him Wednesday night forced his withdrawal as he played his ninth hole of Thursday's first round. The South African called his status for next week's U.S. Open, in which he is also defending champion, a ``day-to-day thing.'' Even if Els was healthy, he would have been hard-pressed to match shots with Sutherland, especially during a sensational back nine on the Westchester Country Club The Westchester Country Club (or Westchester Biltmore Country Club) was founded by John McEntee Bowman, who hired Walter Travis to design two golf courses in Rye, New York as a luxury resort hotel. course when Sutherland shot a 6-under 29. Sutherland chipped in twice from off the green, for a birdie on No. 12 and an eagle at No. 18, and made birdie putts on Nos. 10, 15 and 17. Sutherland tied the record for lowest nine-hole score at Westchester shared by Willie Wood (1990) and Kirk Triplett (1982). Donna Andrews, who has finished second in the last three LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour events, birdied 10 of the first 13 holes before settling for an 8-under-par 64 and a two-stroke lead in the first round of the $650,000 Oldsmobile Classic in East Lansing, Mich. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Mike Jarvis, who has coached George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. to seven NCAA Tournament appearances in the last eight seasons, was named to replace Fran Fraschilla as the coach at St. John's. Jarvis, 52, compiled a 152-90 record at George Washington and a 253-141 overall mark, including five seasons at Boston University. ``There's no greater stage and no greater place to play college basketball than in Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ,'' Jarvis said. TENNIS: Despite an easy two-set victory over Wayne Black at the Queen's Club in London, Pete Sampras' first warmup match for Wimbledon was anything but routine. The top seed, playing his first match since losing in the second round of the French Open, won 6-2, 6-3 on a windy, wet day with autumn-like conditions making play treacherous. ``It is slippery and you've got to be a little bit careful,'' Sampras said. ``It is dangerous. Your foot could get stuck or you could slip, and it's very easy to twist an ankle out there. U.S. Open champion Patrick Rafter, continuing a match suspended from Wednesday, lost 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 to fellow Australian Scott Draper. Steffi Graf took just one hour to beat Kristie Boogert 6-2, 6-4 and advance to the quarterfinals of the DFS Classic in Birmingham, England. Graf is playing in only her third tournament since knee surgery a year ago. She is preparing for Wimbledon, a tournament she has won seven times. - Daily News Wire Services |
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