LOCAL NOTEBOOK: STADLER'S STRUGGLES CONTINUE.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
Craig Stadler appeared to have the U.S. Senior Open in his grasp Sunday. The former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. golfer was tied for the lead after three rounds and had a three-shot lead with 10 holes left as he searched for his first 2005 Champions Tour title after winning Player of the Year honors in 2004. But Stadler inexplicably imploded im·plode v. im·plod·ed, im·plod·ing, im·plodes v.intr. To collapse inward violently. v.tr. 1. To cause to collapse inward violently. 2. , finishing four shots back of winner Allen Doyle. ``Everything I did was wrong,'' Stadler simply stated. Stadler played his final 10 holes 7-over-par on the way to a disappointing 76. Stadler has eight top-10 finishes in 13 events this year, but hasn't finished better than third. He won eight Champions Tour events in his first two years, including one major each season. --Getting jazzed: Multi-platinum jazz artist Kenny G should have a pretty good idea what it's like to play the same course as the pros. A multiple club champion at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks - site of the annual Target World Championship, Tiger Woods' unofficial PGA Tour event - Kenny G will play in the same field as the pros after receiving a sponsor's exemption to play in the 2005 Mark Chrstopher Charity Classic at Empire Lakes Golf Course Empire Lakes Golf Course is a public, daily fee golf course designed by Arnold Palmer located in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The course plays home to the Nationwide Tour event, the Mark Christopher Charity Classic. Empire Lakes Golf Course Web Site on Sept. 12-18. --Can't cut it: No local golfers advanced to match play at last week's Western Amateur. USC's Ben Hayes was the top local, finishing 29th by shooting 7-over-par for four rounds. UCLA's Daniel Im tied for 32nd, two shots back of Hayes. USC's Joshua Wooding was 43rd at 12- over-par. The trio were among 52 golfers that survived the 36-hole stroke-play cut in the 157-player field. Santa Fe, N.M. resident Jamie Lovemark, 17, won the tournament and is believed to be the youngest winner in the event's history. --Public irony: The Public Links Golf Association of Southern California was established ``for the benefit of the public golfer who did not have the financial resources to belong to a private country club,'' according to its Web site. Ironically, two local golfers representing the PLGA PLGA Poly-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid PLGA Plastic Land Grid Array PLGA Physically Limited Golfers Association at this week's Pacific Coast Amateur are members at private clubs. Glendale's Keith Kinsel is a five-time club champion at Oakmont Country Club Oakmont Country Club is a prestigious "top five" country club and the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the U.S.".[1] It is located in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA. and has won the club title three times at public Brookside Golf Course Brookside Golf is a multi-course golf facility located in Pasadena, California. The facility offers two courses, the longer C.W. Koiner Course (Course #1) and shorter E.O. Nay Course (Course #2). . Sean Martin, (818) 713-3607 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com |
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