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Show DAILY HERALD Thursday, October 28, 2004 17 PROFESSIONAL GOLF Different goals for different players I The top 125 keep their PGA Tour cards for next year. I The top 150 have limited status,, meaning players can ask for exemptions or enter only , tournaments that have room for them, usually spots like Tucson, Reno and the John Deere Clas- Doug Ferguson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM HARBOR, Fla. Rod Pampling has never been to the Tour Championship. Justin Leonard has never missed one. Jim Furyk has one last chance to extend his streak to seven years with at least one PGA Tour victory. Vijay Singh ., is just as determined to win his ninth tournament of the seasoa Joey Sindelar wants to get in the Masters. Craig Barlow wants to keep his PGA Tour card. "There are bubbles all over the place," Sindelar said Wednesday at the Chrysler d Championship, the final event on the PGA Tour. "It's fun to have that chance." sic- ; v Anyone outside the top 150 unhas to go back to less they have some other safety net. "It definitely doesn't feel good being (No.) 126," said Barlow, who trails Olin Browne by $1,214. "The way I'm looking at this week, it's just another golf tournament. If you want to think about that it's the last tournament of the year, and I'm 126th on the money list, you're going to drive yourself crazy." Retief Goosen is the defending champion at Innisbrook, and he has no worries at No. 13 on the money list. Playing in the United States for the first time since he won the U.S. Open, Goosen is part of a strong field that has five other players from the top 10 in the world ranking Singh, 1 full-fiel- The Chrysler Championship becomes a numbers game Sunday: I The top 30 on the money list get into the $6 million Tour Championship next week at East Lake. The top 40 get invited to the Masters. The top 70 get into all the such as Bay Hill and the Memorial. Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Mike Weir and Stewart Cink. Still, most of the focus shifts down the money lists, the pressure increasing at each rung. Kenny Perry is $12,482 behind Pampling in his bid to get into the top 30 and go to the Tour Championship. Behind him are guys like Jonathan Kaye, Charles Howell III and Tim Her-roLeonard is No. 41 and prob--1 finish to ably needs a third-plac- e continue his streak. Several players have never been to the Masters, and this might be their best chance. Ryan Palmer won Disney last week to move from No. 91 to No. 3Ton the money list. His victory'made him eligible for the Chrysler Championship, and now it's a matter of protecting his position. Sindelar is No. 39, and he got some good news when he arrived at Innisbrook on Wednesday Jeff Maggert at No. 40, who already is eligible for the Masters, decided not to play. That means Sindelar went from a $9,000 cushion toa $61,000 cushion. "It helps for guys trying to pass me," Sindelar said. "So I'm kind of in the protect mode. If I could finish 25th or better, I should be OK." Sindelar has been on the bub- ble more times than he cares to remember. He finished 126th on the money list in 2000 and had to rely on sponsor's exemptions the next year. But he won the Wachovia Championship in May, so his goals changed from keeping a job to driving down .. Magnolia Lane. Still, he knows what it's like for those guys lower down the food chain guys like Glen Day at No. 136. Day didn't know his ranking on the money list, only that he needs about $100,000 this week to keep his card, something he has done every year since he joined the PGA Tour in 1994 "I'm beyond the bubble. I'm on the wrong side of everything," Day said. "This is foreign territory." Dangerous territory belongs to Steve Strieker, for a number , e PGA Tour, he HORSE RACING Breeders' Classic field filled with champions Strieker usually takes the But given his, situation. Striekis playing for the fifth time in six weeks. If the worst happens, he can st ill get by as a past champion and scrape together a playing schedule for 2005. year off after the Canadian er Open. He prefers to spend time with his family in Wisconsin, hunting and fishing and forgetting what a golf club looks like. co.r "TIRE Press Jim Furyk watches his approach shot at the lluick Open in July. Furyk will be trying to extend his streak of at least one PGA victory to seven straight years with a vic tory' f his week. winner on the has struggled like never before and is No. 149 on the money list. If he gets knocked out of the top 150, Strieker would have to go back to There's just one problem. "I didn't send in my tour school application," he said. "I'm kicking myself a little right now." A three-tim- Associated JOHN F. MARTIN of reasons. YOUR INCLUDES PAY-ONE-PRI- LIFETIME BALANCING PRORATED ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY RUBBER VALVE STEMS 'FREE ROTATIONS Richard Rosenblatt 'the associated press HURRY ON IN AND GET A GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Champions galore will line up for the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday, several with legitimate chances to stake their claim for Horse of Year by winning America's richest race. While retired Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones is still the Horse of the Year leader in the clubhouse, there are cases to be made for Classic contenders Birdstone, Pleasantly Perfect and even the mare Azeri, among others. A field of 13 was entered Wednesday, when post positions were drawn and odds set for the eight race, $14 million Breeders' Cup at Lone Star Park, hosting the event for the first time. colt endBirdstone is case No. 1. The ed Smarty Jones' Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes, then won the Travers. "If Birdstone does pull off this miracle, and it would be a small miracle, of course he's Horse of the Year. How can he not be?" said his trainer, Nick Zito. "The Classic is some field. There's not chicken feed in there." Richard Mandella has a similar take on defending Classic champion Pleasantly Perfect, who won the" Dubai World Cup the world's richest and the Pacific Classic this year. race Another win in the Classic, and the trainer says, "He's my horse of the year, no question." Azeri became a long shot contender when trainer D. Wayne Lukas entered her in the 1 Classic. The decision puts the 2002 Horse of the Year in position to run off with a second trophy if she beats the boys. "Absolutely," Azeri's trainer D. Wayne Lukas said when asked if his mare had a chance at Horse of the Year with a win. "You don't have to vote. Just mail it in." And then there's Roses in May, a winner in all five starts this year, including the Whitney Handafter his win in the icap, and Ghostzapper, Woodward Stakes. Pleasantly Perfect was the 2 morning line faRoses in May vorite, with Ghostzapper and Birdstone and Funny Cide both Azeri was 15-- Pleasantly Perfect, with jockey Jerry Bailey, drew the No. 12 post. Azeri would have been the prohibitive favorite for the Distaff, but Lukas and owner Michael Paulson opted for the Classic. Why? "I think we can win," Lukas said. "And: immortality." While the Classic usually decides Horse of the Year, it doesn't necessarily. In fact, it's been quite the opposite after year-envoting by three racing -- 5-- 3-- 5-- 6-- d ma $ jh? 37s47$52 P17570R13 P1W7W13 P1K70R14 PHWS6R15 P19VTOR14 P7&fi5rm P1BV6W14 P71V70R15 P1&KB13 PIBflOFm HUM HO 795 P1JV75RU P19VBM4 P17SWR13 P185HK13 51 FOXDallas Morning News TOM Exercise rider Yutta Lang rides Azeri early Wednesday morning at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, in preparation for Saturday's $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic. IRELLI P3000 . groups the Daily Racing Form, the National Turf Writers Association and NTRA racing secretaries. Only once in the last eight years has a horse tured the Classic and Horse of the Year honors, Tiznow in 2000. In the first 20 Classics, only seven have done it but only three since Sunday Silence in 1989 A.P. Indy in 1992, Cigar in "95, and Tiznow. Mineshaft was Horse of the Year in 2003 after being retired following his win in the Jockey Club Gold Cup before the Breeders' Cup. Azeri was the runaway winner two years ago after her victory in the BC Distaff, and Preakness, Belmont, Haskell and Travers winner Point Given won it in 2001 without running in the Breeders' Cup. Smarty Jones has strong credentials with one loss on his resume 4- - the Belmont by a measly length. However, he raced for only six months and never got a chance to compete against older horses, something voters are sure to consider. P18570flH 69 P1S5OT15 W PIWrWM 71 P2DMDR15 C P1&C6R14 SO P22MOR16....100 P2DVESR1S 90 even-mone- PRESS GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Kitten's Joy was made the even-mone- y favorite Wednesday for the $2 million Turf, and Nothing ' to Lose was the morning-lin- e choice in the Mile, giving owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey two favorites in the Breeders' Cup. The Ramsey s also own Roses in May, the 1 third choice in the $4 million Classic on Saturday at Lone Star Park. "All three are coming up to the races in super condition." Ken Ramsey said. "We're coming in with no excuses." Defending champion Pleasantly Perfect was made the 2 favorite for the Classic. Kitten's Joy has won eight of 1 1 career starts, including three in a row. He defeated Magistret-ti- , the third choice in the Turf , by 2"2 lengths on a yielding turf course at Belmont Park in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic this month Nothing to Lose, the 2 Mile favorite, is coming off two consecutive victories and has six wins in 13 career starts. He is trained by Bobby Frankel, after 5-- 5-- 7-- 1IBA0R14 2OVG0R15 22560R16 HWjUIS 205WI16 196G0R15 205G5R15 20eV4OR17 ClASSJC Ghostzapper 7-- 2 5-- 2 nile Fillies. The California-basefilly has two wins in three d ca- reer starts. I Speightston, the 1 favorite in the $1 million Sprint, finished third in his most recent start in the Vosburgh at Bel- mont Park on Oct. 2. Previously, he had won four in a row for trainer Todd Pletcher. Midas Eyes, trained by Frankel, was ' the 2 second choice. 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