BRIEFLY : NORMAN SETS PACE AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN.Greg Norman Noun 1. Greg Norman - Australian golfer (born in 1955) Gregory John Norman, Norman , bidding for his sixth Australian Open
Heavy rain and strong winds made for tough playing conditions in Melbourne, but Norman got off to a strong start with an eagle and four birdies on the first six holes at the Metropolitan Golf Club course. He finished the 54 holes at 15-under-par 201 to lead Englishman Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. Career outline Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Westwood began to play golf aged 13 with a half set bought by grandparents. by one shot. Westwood was tied with Norman with two holes remaining but shot a bogey 5 on the 17th to slip back to 14-under. Second-round leader Nick O'Hern Nicholas Simon O'Hern (born 18 October 1971) is an Australian professional golfer. O'Hern was born in Perth, Western Australia. He is left handed and took up golf at the age of nine. of Australia was alone in third at 207 after a 74, with Scotland's Andrew Coltart Andrew Coltart (born 12 May 1970) is a Scottish professional golfer. Coltart was born in Dumfries. As an amateur, Coltart won the 1987 Scottish Boys Championship and the 1991 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and participated in the 1991 Walker Cup. and New Zealand's Paul Devenport tied at 209. Norman is attempting to equal Jack Nicklaus' six Australian Open titles. South African Gary Player Gary Player (born November 1, 1935) is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the game's history. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. holds the record with seven. Norman was disappointed with flubbing a chance to open a wider lead when he had bogeys at Nos. 7, 12 and 15. ``I felt I didn't have the rhythm today,'' Norman said. ``To tell you the truth, I felt rusty. It's not flowing. But there's still a long way to go.'' NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : Mike Gartner, the second-leading active goal scorer in the NHL behind Wayne Gretzky, has cleared waivers and will remain with the Phoenix Coyotes. In a move that was not announced, the Coyotes on Wednesday placed the 38-year-old forward on waivers to add free-agent defenseman Michel Petit. The Arizona Republic reported the move Saturday, saying the Coyotes were gambling that Gartner's $1.1 million salary would scare away any other team looking to claim him within a 48-hour period. Team officials said that Gartner cleared waivers Friday and continues to rehabilitate his injured left knee. WINTER SPORTS: Only one week after speedskaters set a bunch of world records at Calgary, Dutchman Ids Postma added another in Berlin, shattering the mark in the men's 1,500 meters. Postma was timed in 1 minute, 49.81 seconds, during the World Cup at the Hohenschoenhausen ice rink. He broke the previous mark of 1:50.05 set by Canada's Neal Marschall March 16. At Winter Park, Colo., Kristina Koznick of Burnsville, Minn., coming off the best World Cup result of her career, took control on the first run and cruised to victory by more than a half-second in the first NorAm Cup women's slalom of the season. Americans Mark Grimette and Brian Martin swept to their second World Cup triumph of the season in luge luge (l  zh), a type of small sled on which one or two persons, lying face up, slide feet first down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving, iced chutes similar to those used in doubles and widened their lead in the overall standings at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Andrea Tagwerker of Austria won the women's singles in 1:31.416. |
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