BRIEFLY SINGH COMES OUT AGAINST SORENSTAM.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Vijay Singh For the politician, see . Vijay Singh (born 22 February, 1963) is a professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. says Annika Sorenstam has no business playing in the Colonial next week and ``I hope she misses the cut.'' On the odd chance he gets paired with her, he'll withdraw. ``Why? Because she doesn't belong out here,'' Singh said after his runner-up finish Noun 1. runner-up finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) second-place finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the Sunday at the Wachovia Championship Wachovia Championship is a PGA Tour golf tournament. The event is held at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina in early May. It was first played in 2003 and has attracted some of the top players on the tour. From 2004-06, the tournament ended in a playoff. in Charlotte, N.C. ``If I'm drawn with her, which I won't be, I won't play.'' Singh knows he won't be playing in the same group as Sorenstam when she becomes the first woman in 58 years to compete on the PGA Tour. His name will be drawn from a pool of PGA Tour winners when the pairings are made. --Tiger Woods is skipping the Colonial and likely will go to the U.S. Open having played only two tournaments since the Masters. FOOTBALL: The Avengers will open the Arena Football League playoffs with a quarterfinal game June 1 at noon at Staples Center. On Saturday, they will play division rival San Jose with the winner claiming home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. --Former Cleveland Browns linebacker Jamir Miller has been advised to retire by a doctor who examined the free agent's surgically repaired Achilles tendon Achilles tendon n. The large tendon connecting the heel bone to the calf muscle of the leg. Also called calcanean tendon, heel tendon. . Earlier, the Browns confirmed they had withdrawn their one-year, $1.65 million contract offer to the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX product. BASKETBALL: Fresno State has revised men's coach Ray Lopes' five-year contract amid speculation he would interview for the opening at Iowa State. --St. Bonaventure forward Mike Gansey received permission to transfer, coach Anthony Solomon said. Also, forward Patrick Tathum will be released from the letter of intent he signed last fall. SOCCER: World Peace King Cup organizers in South Korea will stage the eight-team tournament despite the SARS outbreak that forced several sports cancellations throughout Asia. The Major League Soccer-champion Galaxy was drawn last week in the same pool as Italian team Roma, Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhoven and Brazil's Sao Paulo for the July 15-22 event. HORSE RACING: Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. plans to saddle Scrimshaw scrimshaw Decoration of bone or ivory objects, such as whale's teeth and walrus tusks, with fanciful designs, traditionally carved by Anglo-American and Native American whale fishermen with a jackknife or sail needle and emphasized with black pigments (e.g., lampblack). and Ten Cents a Shine on Saturday in his bid to win the Preakness for the sixth time. |
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