BRIEFLY : INKSTER LEADS U.S. TO NATIONS' CUP TITL.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Juli Inkster Juli Inkster (born Juli Simpson on June 24, 1960, in Santa Cruz, California) is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour. Amateur career Inkster went to Harbor High School and to San Jose State University[1] , the U.S. Women's Open and LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. winner, beat Gail Graham 3 and 2 as the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. swept the singles matches to rout Canada 8-1 at Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville (IPA: /ˈstoʊvɪl/) is the primary urban area within the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario in Canada. It is centred at the intersection of Ninth Line and Main Street Stouffville. , in the inaugural Nations' Cup. Dottie Pepper Dottie Pepper (b. 17 August 1965, Saratoga Springs, New York) is an American golfer. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce. , Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins and Rosie Jones added victories for the United States, which took a 3-1 lead Monday in the best-ball and alternate-shot matches. In the other singles matches on the Emerald Hills course, Pepper beat Dawn Coe-Jones 4 and 2, Mallon defeated Lorie Kane 5 and 4, Robbins beat Nancy Harvey 5 and 4, and Jones edged A.J. Eathorne 1-up. TENNIS: Defending champion Alex Corretja withdrew from the Swiss Open when a stomach injury forced him to quit during the first set. In a match in which both players hit serves topping 130 mph, Marc Rosset beat fourth-seeded Greg Rusedski 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (4-7), 6-2. Top seed Wayne Ferreira advanced, but second-seeded Jason Stoltenberg was a first-round victim at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, R.I. Jeff Tarango routed top-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round of the $325,000 Swedish Open in Bastad. FOOTBALL: The Washington Redskins signed free agent fullback Larry Centers, a two-time Pro Bowl player and one of the league's premier pass-catching running backs, to a one-year contract. Arizona Cardinals tight end Chris Gedney will sit out the 1999 season recovering from intestinal surgery. HOCKEY: The New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , who missed the playoffs the past two seasons, signed free-agent left wing Valeri Kamensky and defenseman Stephane Quintal QUINTAL. A weight of one hundred pounds . Kamensky, 33, had 14 goals and 44 points for the Avalanche, and Quintal had eight goals and 27 points while playing in all 82 games for the Montreal Canadiens. Forward Kirk Maltby signed a four-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. . He had eight goals and six assists last season and is one of the team's fastest skaters. WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina won her third and fourth gold medals but failed to capture a record-tying fifth. UCLA's Heidi Moneymaker was the top American on the beam with a seventh-place finish and on uneven bars with an eighth. Khornika won the uneven bars and the floor exercise. She then missed an opportunity to become only the fifth athlete in the history of the games to win as many as five golds when she finished second in balance beam. Miki Nakao broke the games record for the women's 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 10.32 seconds, slicing .99 seconds off the previous record set by Whitney Hedgepath of the United States in 1993. |
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