BRIEFLY : ROSE BEATS FAXON IN PLAYOFF.Clarence Rose Clarence Rose (born December 8, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Rose was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he makes his home today. eagled the 17th hole twice Sunday - the second time in a playoff against Brad Faxon Bradford John Faxon, Jr. (born August 1 1961) is an American golfer. Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. He attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams. - for his first PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". victory in the weather-delayed Sprint International Sprint International may refer to:
Rose, propelled into the playoff by his eagle on the next-to-last hole of regulation, made a 25-foot putt from just off the green for another on the third playoff hole. Faxon, whose last PGA Tour win came in this event in 1992, made clutch sand saves on the first two playoff holes. After 72 holes, Rose and Faxon were tied with 31 points under the modified Stableford system The Modified Stableford System is a method of golf scoring based on a player's performance on each hole in contrast to their performance in contrast to overall par, the method of scoring normally used in most stroke play. . Golfers are awarded eight points for a double-eagle, five for an eagle and two for a birdie. Pars are worth nothing. A bogey costs one point and a double-bogey or worse costs three. Michael Bradley Michael or Mike Bradley may refer to:
Tway was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father and grandfather. , who eagled 17, finished one point out of the playoff. British Open champion Tom Lehman and Justin Leonard had 27. Faxon, who carried a one-point lead over Bradley into the final round, forced the playoff when he two-putted the par-5 17th for birdie. Play was suspended by lightning for 2 hours, 5 minutes after the leaders had played three holes. John Bland, a member of the Senior PGA Tour for less than a year, won his fourth tournament with a closing 6-under-par 66 for a three-stroke victory in the $800,000 Northville Long Island Classic at Jericho, N.Y. The 50-year-old South African won his third title of the year with a 14-under 202 total, two strokes off the tournament record and three ahead of Jim Colbert, who closed with a 71. Ray Floyd, who set a 36-hole tournament record with a 133 after two rounds on the 6,842-yard Meadow Brook Club course, shot a 73 and was third at 206. Floyd won the Northville in 1993. SOCCER Brian Maisonneuve and Adrian Paz scored second-half goals to give the Columbus Crew its fourth straight victory, 2-0 over the San Jose Clash in a Major League Soccer game before 16,629 fans at Columbus, Ohio. The Crew (10-16) is 4-0 since coach Tom Fitzgerald replaced Timo Liekoski, who resigned. The Crew has the longest current win streak in the MLS See multilevel security. . DIVING Teen-agers continued their domination of the Phillips 66 National Diving Championships in Moultrie, Ga. Troy Dumais, 16, won the men's 3-meter springboard on the final day of the competition, while Olympian Becky Ruehl and Laura Wilkinson, both 18, finished 1-2 in the women's 10-meter platform. Dumais came from 13 points behind in the final round to surpass Dean Panaro, who had taken the lead one round earlier. |
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