BRIEFLY : MONTGOMERIE MEETS LOVE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by his nickname 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles including a streak of seven consecutively broke the match-play mastery of 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. , while reigning 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. champion Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer. Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. had an unexpected struggle. Love needed an 18th-hole birdie putt to avoid a late collapse and beat unheralded Hajime Meshiai Hajime Meshiai (born on 12 March 1954) is a Japanese golfer. Meshiai was born in Chiba. He turned professional in 1978. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour (ranks 18th on the career victories list) and led the money list in 1993. He is 10th on the career money list. 1-up in Saturday's semifinals of the Andersen Consulting See Accenture. World Championship of Golf in Scottsdale, Ariz. Meanwhile, Montgomerie - 1-3-1 in previous match-play events against Els - beat the two-time U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
Montgomerie, the European champ from Scotland, will play Love, the United States section champ, in a 36-hole match today for the $1 million prize. ``I've played 36 holes of match play many times and I'm looking forward to playing in the finals,'' said Montgomerie, the PGA European Tour's leading money-winner a record five straight years. ``To start the year off like this is absolutely satisfying.'' Els, the International champ from South Africa, faces Meshiai, the Japanese champion, in an 18-hole match for third place and $350,000. The third annual tournament's runner-up gets $500,000 with $300,000 going to the fourth-place finisher. The $3.65 million event culminates a yearlong, single-elimination tournament featuring 32 of the world's top players. FOOTBALL: Former Oregon All-American quarterback George Shaw, a No. 1 NFL draft pick who preceded Johnny Unitas as quarterback for the Baltimore Colts, died at his home in Portland at age 64 of bone marrow cancer. Shaw started as a rookie for the Colts in 1955. Unitas signed the following year, and took over as the starter when Shaw injured his knee against the Bears early in the 1956 season. Shaw played seven seasons in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga and one in the fledgling American Football League For other uses of "AFL", see AFL. ''Note: There were three earlier and unrelated American professional football leagues of the same name: One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941. They are listed at the end of this article. . He appeared in 71 games in his pro career, completing 405 of 802 passes for 41 touchdowns and 5,829 yards. He was intercepted 63 times. Shaw played for Oregon from 1951 to 1954. As a senior, he completed 91 of 196 passes for 1,358 yards and 10 touchdowns. He still holds the Oregon single-season record for interceptions with 13. WINTER SPORTS: Swedish skiing star Pernilla Wiberg, who won the World Cup overall women's title last season, might miss the Winter Olympics because of two broken ribs. The fractures were revealed in X-rays taken several days after Wiberg took a hard fall in a race at Lienz, Austria, the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported. Wiberg returned to competition two weeks after missing the start of the season because of a knee injury. HOCKEY: Niklas Hagman's goal at 13:41 of overtime gave Finland a 2-1 victory over Russia for the World Junior Hockey Championship title in Helsinki, Finland. Switzerland took the bronze medal and the U.S. took fifth, beating Sweden 3-2. American Jeff Farkas, who scored one of the three goals, finished as the tournament's leading scorer. - Daily News Wire Services |
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