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Show - Page B2 THE DAILY' HERALD. (www.HarkTheHerdld.com), Provo, Utah. Friday. June 1, 2001 GOLF Ioger.lmnj s "The guy is remarkable. How could you say anything By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer DUBLIN, Ohio Tiger plunked two irons into the water and a tee shot into the trees on an erratic front nine that left fans shaking their heads in disbelief. The back nine had his fellow pros doing the same thing for different reasons. Woods came back from a watery start with a spectacular exhibition of golf on the final eight holes Thursday, making two eagles and a pair of birdies to get within two shots of Scott Verplank and Chris Smith. The fat 38 Woods shot on the front side seemed a distant memory by the time in on the 18th hole for a back nine of 30 and a 68. Verplank and Smith had the lead with 66s, but Woods was an imposing figure on the leaderboard. Woods OPEN Bnteiii3rioini Mm said. else," Verplank "Nobody has played like he's played." On a day when the wind swirled and the greens were speedy, Woods looked for a while like he might have trouble even shooting par. He made a double bogey on the third hole after hitting his second shot into the water, and hit another iron into the water two holes later before making a to save. par. Just when it seemed like he would plod his way in, though, Woods exploded. He eagled the 11th and 15th holes and by the time he sunk a birdie putt with a sheepish grin on No. 17, he had played seven holes in 6 under. "He's so aggressive and so good he can stiff it on every single hole," said Ser- er gio Garcia, who shot a 68 of his own. "That shows how strong mentally he is. He makes a double and it doesn't get to him and he's able to bounce back." Trying to accomplish what even he has yet to do win the same as a pro tournament three years in a Woods was in a clusrow ter of 11 plavers two shots off the lead at 68. Jeff Sluman and Stuart Appleby each shot 67. "I felt if I could somehow hang around and get to even par I'd be in great shape," Woods said. "It was definitely a bonus to end up in the 60s with the way I started off." Smith, a local favorite playing in his first Memorial, was in the first group off the tee and promptly served notice that this would not be a day when the Muirfield Village Golf Club played at its hardest. with a 70 on Thursday. Schneiter asked Hudson on the No. 18 tee box if he needed a birdie to win. "Nope, just a par will do it," replied Hudson. He then missed his final green, but saved par with a Schneiter chip and made the turn at then promptly bogeyed No, 10. He got that back with a birdie on chip arid the par-- 5 No. 12. After making a routine birdie on 13, he nearly went ,to on 14 with a putt off the front of the green. Schneiter's winning shot birdie on was a sand-sav- e the par-- 5 16th that nearly died before slowly dropping roll. after an "I was getting dehydrated out there on the final nine said; holes," Schneiter "There wasn't any water out there for the players, and I could feel myself getting very tired." Fully a third of the field "managed to break par because the greens had been softened by earlier rains, allowing players to fire at the pins. Tournament host Jack Nicklaus wasn't among them, shooting a 75 that still drew a standing ovation from the fans surrounding the 18th green. Woods was unfazed about his start, which could have been much worse had he not been able to get up and down from just off the third green and then make a saving par on the par-- 5 fifth hole. By that time, Woods was just trying to grind it out and somehow find a way to get it back to par so he wouldn't shoot himself out of the tournament in the first round. He did that and more. "With two balls in the water in five holes you 105-play- er idea how you stood in relation to the leaders." Schneiter's victory was his second Provo Open title with two previous second-plac- e finishes. He won the 50th Provo Open in 1990. For the old, this win came on rounds of 66 and 69, and was good for a 37-ye- ar $2,000 check. Tying Sutterfield for second at par were Jeff Keye, Chris Moody and Joseph Summerhays, who. was the clubhouse leader after his morning round 66. He sat in the clubhouse watching his sister Carrie play in the Women's U.S. Open on TV. The four runnerups each earned $1,350. BYUs Kyle Wight (68-7finished with low amateur honors three shots back at 138, two shots better than teammate Billy Harvey. Tom Story's 147 give him a victory over Ken Clark for senior professional honors ($700). Professional Brett 63 was the low round of the affair and launched him into the logjam behind Schneiter after a 75 on Wednesday. Amateur Bret Wilkins 0) one-sh- ot V1 r Moody and Sutterfield left some strokes on the greens. Sutterfield's playing partners said the state amateur Way-ment- 's . 4 36-ho- le two-putte- ke first-roun- KEVIN LEE.The Daily Herald Cougar pride: Billy Harvey, who just finished his career at BYU, watches his chip during the Provo Open on Thursday. Harvey finished in a tie for 10th. s amateur. " Schneiter, Steve Keye, Jeff Msody, Chris Summemays, Joseph Sutterfield, Brad . Reynolds, Kury Tanner, Todd Wayment, Brett Wight Kyle (a) Booth, David Galles, Craig Green, Jeremy Haberstroh.John Johnson, Tom Rekotz.Todd Wilson, Dean ElliS, Ryan (a) Jamison, Kurt (a) Ursen, Chris (a) 75 68 7.0 67 68 70 70 '76 69 67 Job, Ryan (a) Spencer, Glerv Thompson, Kim Watkinsjroy Blair, Jimmy Busby, John Jr (a) Fairbanks, Scott 'Johnson, Matt 71 72 71 Harvey, Billy (a) Garrido.Jose Bybee,Doug(a) 69 66 69 66 68 64 67 63 66 70 67 70 68 74 . 72 71 72 71 71 71 74 73 69 68 69 69 69 67 68 69 72 71 70 69 66 70 72 75 71 70 70 71 72 73 69 71 71 - - - - - 135 136 136 136 136 138 138 138 138 139 139 ' 142 Swilor, Milan 73 70 White, Henry Borich.Mike Ingram, Ed (a) Johansen, Dean 68 75 72 75 72 72 , Landon, Kyle (a) OetUi.Adam Swilor, Luke (a) Wight, Jason (a) Andreason, Shawn Meyer, Todd 139 142: '76 73 71 67 72 Christensen, Jon (a) Cole, Chris (a) Overton, Jared (a) Sampson, Brett Overson, Darren (a) 139 139 140 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 142 69 Owen, Mark Andreason, Shyler Snyder, Cory ' Clark, Ken Crawford, Berg (a) Monsen, Tyler Nelson, Stu Story, Tom Wright Robert Bingham, Blair (a) Clark, Jesse (a) Demartini, Chris (a) Zobell, Tracy Anderson, Kim (a) Carter, Cory (a) Glaser, Brett Lacombe, Keith Ridd.Kean - 69 73 76 78 73 74 69 74 71 74 74 75 69 67 72 71 77 72 76 71 74 73 75 78 74 74 75 73 69 74 72 77 77 72 77 77 77 72 72 77 73 73 72 71 74 78 79 76 - - 73 73 72 73 77 75 -- - - - - - 142 143 143 143 143 144 " 144 145 145 145 145 145 146 146 147 147 147 147 147 148 148 148 148 148 148 149 149 149 149 150 150 150 150 150 he was controlling and dictating," Sampras said. Andre Agassi watched 'Continued from B2 part of the match before seven from Wimbledon, and taking the court himself for t victory. a French trophy would bo- a straight-sebeen easy for a "It's never But in his lster place history. 'slow clay gives opponents game like Pete's to do well Agassi said. "On clay, if:extra time to counter his here,"can't just explode for game, so you shot and hit one lie a Buuieumes iuilcu iu the court. He's through great at where the at baseline, stay entire an point turning he has slim hope. "Here is different, no?" around with one shot, but said Blanco, ranked 76th. "I on clay you can't. You have have more chances than on to fight off three or four, another surface against then slowly turn the point ; him." around, then slowly finish it." When Sampras charged Agassi, seeded third, the net, he too often got passed. Staying back played plays that more patient style as well as anyone. He into Blanco's hands. "All the baseline points, beat Julien Boutter FRENCH ; serve-and-voll- ey - 6-- 3, 6-- 2, er 5 tricky pin placements out there, especially on nine, and you had to be very care- - the ful how you approached greens or you could end up in real trouble," Moody said. Simister, Stephen (a) 77 76 Borget, Steve (a) 76 Christensen, Roy 76 Gabbitas, Ron (a) 68 Roberts, Rick Robinson, Scott (a) Sasser, Quentin Baker, Johnathan Cowan, Wade (a) 73 74 79 78 '74 Madsen.Russ 71 Mitchell, Bob (a) Rhineer, Christian (a) 74 80 Taylor, John (a) 77 Cox,Tadd(a) 78 Gibb.Ron(a) 76 Robinson, Vaughn 79 Green, Myatt (a) 74 Hicken, Randy (a) 78 Nielsen, Eric ' 77 Turner, David (a) 74 Murphy, Pat (a) 81 White, Jason (a) Crouch, Jay (a) West Danny Souders, Michael (a) Halladay, Robert (a) Home, Doug (a) Uoyd, Rick (a) Bradford, David (a) Criswell, Matt Hill, Pea (a) Sargent Steve Talley, Blaine (a) . Gabbitas, Sterling (a) 82 7.5 78 78 78 82 78 80 73 75 75 75 78 78 77 73 74 78 81 78 72 76 75 77 75 80 77 77 81 74 74 81 78 79 79 75 80 80 83 78 79 78 75 75 84 79 - - - - 150 151 151 151 151 151 151 152 152 152 152 152 152 153 153 153 154 154 154 154 155 155 156 156 156 157 157 157 158 158 158 158 158 159 Zundell, Rod (a) Crane, Justin Fillmore, John Gallegos, Craig (a) Hawkins, Tim (a) Bingham, Mike (a) FisterJonSr. Craft, Barry (a) Ezell,Jason(a) Probst, Bill (a) Redford, Ryan (a) 80 76 82 83 81 79 85 77 81 82 78 79 83 80 Heatonjodd(a) Miller, Justin (a) 80 Preisendorf, Jerry (a) 80 80 Price, Randy (a) Waggoner, Charles (a) 81 Wilkins, Bret (a) 93 84 Brough, Larry (a) 86 Wootton, Brent 82 Smith, Mclane (a) 80 Rutter, Stewart (a) 86 Bark, Jong (a) 80 Nelson, Casey (a) Saver, John (a) 86 81 Brown, Kevin (a) 85 Painter, Ben (a) 81 Dorman, Roger (a) 85 Childs, Ryan (a) 89 Holt, Mark (a) 91 Hansen, Clinton 92 Boyle, Sam (a) 94 Petty, Chris (a) 89 Langford, Dale (a) 79 83 77 77 79 81 75 84 80 80 84 83 79 83 83 83 83 82 70 80 78 83 86 81 87 81 87 84 91 88 84 84 87 85 95 - - - - 159 159 159 160 160 160 160 161 161 162 162 162 162 163 163 163 163 163 163 164 164 165 166 167 167 167 Even Sorenstam left the gallery buzzing, although not the way she planned. Playing from a difficult stance out of the rough, she slipped and hit the ball sideways about 35 yards with a drawing gasps from the crowd. The Swede managed a smile, realizing that a U.S. Open is never won on Thursday, only lost, and she at least didn't lose her patience. Despite only four birdie opportunities from inside 15 feet, and a shank that led to a double bogey, she finished with the 70 that left her three strokes out of the lead and without many worries about the state of her game. "I wanted to keep going," Sorenstam said. "I feel like I'm hitting it just right." Juli Inkster, one of only two Americans to win on the LPGA Tour this year, overcame an early double bogey for a 68 and was tied with Mi Hyun Kim and Jill 168 169 172 173 173 175 179 179 184 The only other players to break par were former champion Se Ri Pak, Cristie Kerr, Dina Ammaccapane and amateur Stephanie Keever, all with 69s. Eathorne, a former Canadian Amateur champion, hardly brought a U.S. Open-typ- e game to Pine Needles. Only half of her tee shots found the fairway, and she missed nine greens. Still, she found the secret to scoring is a good putter, and Eathorne sure had that. She took only 24 putts, for including a birdie on the tough 17th and another to save par on the final hole. "I don't think I left any out there," Eathorne said. "I made a couple of real good for par, and makis even ing those harder." was another unlikely leader, especially because of her record in the 20-foot- er 20-foot- er rs Figg-Curri- than slammed 25-foot- er into the cup on 17. "It wasn't anything special. Just a lot of solid shots on the back nine," Woods said. Woods' back nine charge overshadowed the 66 shot by a nervous Smith, who played at nearby Ohio State and used to hang around the Memorial each year. er Open. She missed only three fairways, which she feels is just as essential as putting. The Donald Ross design requires you to think off the managing her circum- stances. After five wins in her first 10 events, a landmark 59 in women's golf and a victory at the first major of the year, Sorenstam was never more confident coming into a U.S. Open. The first few holes could have made her think otherwise. Starting on( No. 10, she had mud on her ball that made her second shot squirt sideways and clip a tree. Her drive on 11 landed in a divot. , She finally paid for the bad luck on No. 14. Her drive landed in the rough on a knoll, leaving her feet about 30 inches below the ball. She tried to hit a but slipped during her swing. She opened the face of the club, and the ball shot sideways about 30yards. From under a tree, she hit short of the green, chipped to 12 feet and made double bogey. Throughout the rcund, Sorenstam was between clubs as she tried to gauge a course that wasn't as hard and fast as it appeared, and swirling winds that confused her. During one seven-hol- e stretch, she had five birdie putts no closer than 40 feet. What saved her round was a on No. 17. After lagging beautifully throughout the round, she charged this one 8 feet by and risked going 3 over. Instead, she curled it in for par. "After the first putt, I told myself to pay attention to where I am," she said. "When I made that putt, it put me in a different mindset." She skipped to the hole and pumped her fist after a birdie on No. 3 to get back to even, realizing that such opportunities would be rare. Clearly, Pine Needles was no place to shoot 59. "It seems like all year I've had birdie chances of feet on 12 or 13 holes every round," Sorenstam said. "Today, I'd be surprised if I had six like that." But she still has a great chance, which is all she wanted. And at the end of a bizarre day, Sorenstam was right in the mix, which was hardly a surprise. er 15-fo- ot and may pose the about 6. ... For us, family is threat in Paris to No. 1. It lasts longer than a ,6-- 2 Tbiggest No. Gustavo Kuerten. No. 2 3 Larsen, Ryan (a) Miller, Steve wind to within 4 feet on the 15th and made that par-- 5 putt for a second eagle, then added a final birdie with a tee," she said. "You have to manage your game the best you can." Sorenstam was best at McGill. Provo Open final results 62nd Provo Open at The Reserve at East Bay, 6,900 yards, par-7(a) denotes didn't. After making the turn at 2 over and pairing the 10th hole, Woods hit a second shot into the 11th and made a par-for eagle. He followed it with a pitching wedge to 18 feet and another birdie putt on the par-- 3 12th to get under par for the first time. Woods wasn't done yet. that rode the He hit a women. ot 1992 could easily pack it in and get frustrated," Woods said. "I don't play that way." Not on the back nine he want to ask," Kuehn said. "I think it's great." Both shot 79, tying for low score among pregnant 10-fo- ot champion said he could have saved seven shots, if he'd putted better. "I felt I played good today. Steve just played better," Sutterfield said. Moody hit all nine greens in regulation on the front d for pars on and had a turnaround all of them before finishing in the tournament after with a 69. d 93 "There were some real backing his TONY DLJAKThe Associated Press off the first Long and true: Tiger Woods watches his drive tee Thursday at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Continued from B2 10-fo- ot 1 f I WOMEN " Continued from Bl f With five of the 10 women already gone, No. 1 Martina Hingis and top-seed- Marat Safin heeded 12 hours to beat Calatrava (4), sport." 6-- 3, 3-- 6, 6-- 3, Alex 6-- 7 6-- 3. ln women's play, No. 6 Serena Williams beat quali- fier Katarina Srebotnik then tried to quell the latest controversy to involve her and sister Venus, who lost in the first round. 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