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Show Page B2 THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HaiiTheHenld.comX Provo, Utah, Monday, February 17, 2003 op The Associated Press Emie Els is PERTH, Australia off to a breathtaking start this year, even by bis own demanding standards four titles in five tournaments, with finish in the other. a second-plac- e The South African's latest victory came in a landslide Sunday when he 66 to capclosed with a ture the Johnnie Walker Classic by 10 strokes, setting a PGA European Tour record by finishing 29 under par. 4 "The way I'm playing now is some of the best golf I've ever played," said. e winner of the US. Els, a Open. The whole package is pretty 262' set by India's Jeev Milkha at the 1996 Phillip Singh ' Morris Asian Cup. i' in the first three Els shot rounds to take a lead at 23 under entering Sunday. This week everything went right," he said. had a great time. The greens are soft, the wind stayed away all week and I could just go out there and attack the golf course." Goosen, the 2002 winner, shot a 68 to finish 12 strokes back at 17 under along with England's Justin Rose (65), Australia's Robert Allenby (66), New Zealand's David Smail (68) and France's Remesy (69). of 64-65-- nine-stro- good at the moment d His total of 259 on the Lake Karrinyup course broke the record for relation to tour's par, surpassing Jerry Anderson's in the 1984 European Masters. Australians Stephen Leaney and Andre Stoltz matched Els' closing 66 " four-roun- Jean-Franco- 1 72-ho- le 27-unde- r to tie for second at 19 under. Els has made his surging start this season while Tiger Woods was sidelined following an operation on his left knee. "It's not me against Tiger and Tiger against me," Els said. "I think it is us on a golf course and us trying to win golf tournaments. I'm just going to do what I am doing and play better golf "I have said it week in and week out: I want to feel competitive and TIGER Continued from Bl Woods finished at er 272 and earned $810,000. He also sent a message to Ernie Els, who has emerged as his chief rival. Woods spent the morning watching highlights of Els' victory at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Australia, his fourth victory in five events this year. The top two players in the world won't get together until the Match Play Championship in two weeks just north of San Diego. "Everybody makes a big deal of how far he's hitting it," Woods said. "You can hit it 400 yards, but you've still got to make the putts." That was a subtle message for Mickelson, too. In an interview with Golf magazine, Mickelson said: "He hates that I can fly it by him now. He has a faster swing speed than I do, but he has inferior equipment. Tiger is the only player good enough to overcome the equipment he's stuck with." Mickelson apologized for the remark this week. Both said it was no longer an issue, although Woods didn't forget it. "Tiger was gracious about it, but I think he uses it as fuel," Faxon said. "As if he needs any more." 10-stro- ke . STEVE ISESIUSThe Asaoculcd Press Vicente Fernandez celebrates after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green at the ACE Group Classic. so far I have tournaments been doing that." The Johnnie Walker also was sanctioned by the Australasian and Asian tours, and Els broke the Asian record win Lefty's consolation prize Sunday was hitting it past Woods off the tee, although he was 25 yards sideways on a couple of holes. "He flew it by me a couple of times today, but I hit more fairways" Woods said. "I wasn't trying to pound it out there because I knew the rough was pretty high. I felt like it was more important to get the ball in play." has won a PGA Tour event with Mickelson in the field, while Lefty has won only six of those tour- two said 3. W one-stro- ke ' smiling now Kurt Busch finished second, followed by Johnson and Kevin Harvick. Mark Martin, last year's series runner-uwas fifth, with Bobby Gordon sixth and defending Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart seventh. ' Waltrip followed Earnhardt Jr., who had been lapped, past Johnson in a 22 laps and was still out front when he started having electrical problems. He finally slowed on lap 88 and drove slowly into the pits the next tune around. He lost two laps and his shot at victory. Waltrip then became the man to beat. He wound up leading three times for a total of 68 laps, including the final four. Busch said he considered himself lucky to do so well, especially with . p, p, tight two-ca- r 05 draft As the leaders neared the finish line, defending champion Ward Burton spun and slammed into the fourth-tur- n wall, bringing out the fifth caution flag of the day. Moments later, rain fell for the second time, and cars were stopped on pit road to wait after completing 109 of 200 laps. ' .' Waltrip spent the delay sitting in the rain with his I) everybody's foot got heavy," Busch said. "It was a whole new race Officials moved up the start of the race about 20 minutes to try to get it in before the rain. Jeff Green was shuffled back to ninth on the first lap, and Waltrip moved from fourth to first. Earnhardt Jr. fell to fourth, but worked bis way back to second on lap five. That's the way it . Pole-winn- er remained until the first round of pit stops. Stewart led for a while, but there were more pit stops after Terry Labonte was bumped from behind by Elliott Sadler and slid anti-climac- tic through the backstretch grass, bringing out the first caution. Earnhardt made a y stop and came out in frontr with Waltrip next. as the triumph might have been, bis team celebrated in a garage 100 t DENIS POKOYThe Associated Pres Phil Mickelson peers ftrdugh a willow tree after hitting his second shot the rough on the 12th hole. in ' Not for long. first exchange was over Woods holed a a handshake equipment on the first tee, and letting birdie putt on the second Mickelson missed each other know what ball hole 12-fo- ot , they were playing. The gallery lined the d entire length of the first hole, standing 15 yards deep in spots to see a battle that never developed. "The fans were excited about the possibilities," Woods said. "I think that 452-yar- showed." from 15 on the same line. Woods hit fairways, Mickelson hit a police officer in the ankle, the ball bouncing down a hill and into swampy rough. After Woods' birdie on the 11th, everyone else was as playing for second usual. . , gas-onl- yards from Victory Lane. Buffy Waltrip and Earnhardt's widow, Teresa, hugged. Waltrip lifted the trophy high above bis head as the crew sprayed beer and champagne all over him. With a drizzle still falling, Waltrip insisted they move the celebration to a Victory Lane. Waltrip has practically owned Daytona's famed 2 oval the past few seasons. He finished second to Earnhardt Jr. in the 2001 Pepsi 400 and was fifth in last year's 500 after winning a qualifying race. Three-tim- e Winston Cup champion They appeared content to run that way until Sadler broke up the teamwork by passing Waltrip on lap 55. Two laps later, a big crash brought out the second yellow flag. With most of the field racing in a two- - and three-wid- e pack, Burton bumped Ken Schrader from behind coming off turn four. That turned Schroder's car into Ryan Newman, last year's top rookie. 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Brown, owner of Brent Brown for the consumers who We'd rather give our local customers the chance to purchase these i vehicles than to send them to the wholesale auctions in Salt Lake,' Says Brown. : Questions iegarding directed' to (801) - 224-132- .or .- this sale can be (801) 373- - 9500, ...... 0, be available to bid on trade-in- s during the sale hours of 10 am to 7 p.m. v , . ' ' Earnhardt Jr. running so strong in the No. 8 car. "When the 8 car dropped , out, everybody's eyes lit up, "We were just enjoying a day in the rain in Florida," he said. "We were just goofing oflaughing about the opportunity that we had here to be winners of the Daytona 500. "That's what we talked about, you know, we don't need it to go on, we won. Let's just stop now After a little more than . an hour, NASCAR declared Waltrip the winner. As W - they cleared the air over the equipment dispute earlier this week, and there were so signs of acrimony inside the ropes. "I enjoy playing with him. I always have," Mickelson said. "My success rate isn't that great, but I enjoy the challenge." Woods started the final round with a lead over Faxon, but the crowd was energized by Mickelson joining the group. It was the first time Woods and Mickelson had played in the final group since the 2001 Masters, which Woods won for an unprecedented fourth straight major. Woods and Mickelson warmed up about 15 yards apart on the north end of the practice range. Their : Earnhardt, Waltrip said. "He made this place so special over the years. He was about this race. I know he's .mm- head-to-hea- 65-28-- Continued from Bl ChamJack Nicklaus completed his first full-fiepions Tour event since last April, shooting a 72 for a total to tie for 58th. Club professional Jay Overton, a qualifier, bogeyed the last hole to tie for fourth with Gil Morgan and Tom Purser. filets be Asuociued Preti Darrell Waltrip's younger brother finally got to fully enjoy a victory in July, taking the 2002 Pepsi race. The tandem of Waltrip and Earnhardt Jr. dominated this 500. Junior, the heavy favorite after winning three preliminary races in eight days, led DAYTONA ACE GROUP CLASSIC: At Naples, Fla., Vicente 68 in strong wind and Fernandez shot a won the ACE Group Classic by three strotes,.his first victory on the Champions Tour since 1999. The Argentine sank a 61-foputt to er finish the three rounds hi 202. He didnt mate a bogey for the final 53 holes of the tournament Tour rookie Des Smith (66) and Tom Watson (69) shared second place in the $1.6 million tournament Results, 1 turns over his Dodge coming out of turn 4 at the Daytona 500 on Sunday, i : Newman walked away from the accident NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is at The Club at TwinEagles. Watson, the 2002 runner-uhasnt won professionally in 84 tries In Florida. 10 GRAHAM, In wife, Buffy. Woods naments. d Woods' record over Mickelson is UaV wy It was the 26th time The ke 1 two-tim- - 26-und- er Vin numbers available at dealership. - |