Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday August 12 2002 Tiger wins Buick Open Major sets sights on PGA title Date Continued from B1 “There have been a lot of great champions here at the (men’s) British Open” Webb said “To win here on such a great golf course is a dream come true1' Webb had to get past a large group of young rivals to win her sixth career major She birdied three of the first four holes to move into a tie with Koch and Rosales and seized the lead at No 10 where she made a 20-fobirdie putt She pushed the lead to two strokes with a' birdie putt on the 15 th GRAND BLANC Mich ( AP) — Tiger Wixxls has won the PGA Championship two ways: hy playing the previous week and hy practicing and resting Golf L Now he will attempt to win Pinal major olT a victory Woods-sho- t 70 a Buick the win to Open Sunday by four shots at 17 under It was his 33rd IGA Tour victo-r- y and fourth in his last eight starts “You want to feel like you're playing well going into a championship" Woods said “And any lime you win you feel good" Although he missed a chanec to win the Grand Slam tie at the with his 28lh-plac- e British Open three weeks ago Woods has an opportunity to do something no other golfer has beginning Thursday at Haeltine in Chaska Minn Wcxxls who won this year's Musters and US Open will he the First to win three majors in a year twice if he wins the PGA Championship Ben Hogan did it in 19S3 and Woods who has won seven of ' the last 2 majors did it two " years ago “That would rank right up there" said Woods who was to fly Sunday night to Minnesota “Hopefully I can add that to my list It's already been a successful year and I would like to make iLeven more successful" Esteban Toledo who began the final round one stroke behind Woods stayed with the world's best golfer through 12 holes but then collapsed with three straight bogeys Toledo shot a Trover 73 to Finish at 13 under tied for sec- - the year's ot 15-fo- ot hole Ellis and Marti briefly got within a stroke of the lead but they were unable to maintain the charge Webb added another birdie at 17 on a putt She was already in the clubhouse when her challengers began to falter 12-fo- ot PGA Senior Tour Hale Irwin who lost in playoffs two of the last three 68 and weeks shot a beat Hubert Green by three strokes in the 3M Championship at Blaine Minn his third senior victory of the year J is spur negotiations “It’s like anything else in life — - you talk about getting ' your car washed and you procrastinate and procrastinate all week long” he said “We all do it But all of a sudden if your car has to be in a car show on Saturday you go get it washed because there’s a deadline and that is the purpose of setting a strike tour-leadi- AL Continued from B2 progress in negotiations the past week Players ended their opposition to mandatory drug testing and agreed to be tested for illegal steroids starting next year clubs to trim tens of millions of dollars frbm payrolls “We don’t consider players to be a luxury” union head Donald Fehr said The union doesn’t want to leave itself open to a lockout which would delay a con- frontation until next spring when owners have less money at stake That’s why a strike date probably will hie decades-ol- d date” high-spendi- ng Monday’s meeting in Chicago takes place on the anniversary of the 232-da- y strike in 1994 that led to tire cancellation of the World Series for the first time since 1904 But a big difference this time is that both sides have had dozens of bargaining sessions in recent weeks and have narrowed their differ ences Nine years ago when owners demanded a fixed Ceiling on salaries known as a cap the first substantive talks didn’t take place until three months after the walkout “There’s good reason to be optimistic at this point” said former pitcher David Cone a key member of the players’ negotiating team during the last walkout “The framework's there for an agreement unlike last time” set “The simple fact that we haven’t set a date yet shows how much we understand it will affect the game and the fans” New York Yankees reliever Mike Stanton said “But we don’t want the fact that we haven’t set a date to be seen as some sign of weakness We’ll do what we have to do” Arizona pitcher Brian Anderson said part of the reason to set a strike date is to Hafner who made his major league debut Tuesday night went with three RBIs as the Rangers rouged up Charles Nagy (1-Needing just a triple for the cycle Hafner was thrown out at third trying to stretch a double in the seventh tered in around 65 mph and kept the Orioles completely off-balan-ce 3) ' AP photo Tiger Woods raises his hands in victory after winning the 2002 Buick Open at Warwick Hilts Golf & Country Cfub Sunday afternoon ond with Mark O'Meara (68) Brian Gay (68) and Fred Funk (7 1 ): It matched Toledo's best finish and moved him from 1 18 to 83 on the money list “I wasn’t at nervous at all" Toledo said “He’s the best player and I tried to put some pressure on him It just didn't ' work” Woods insisted he was at Warwick Hills this week to win and not justpractice for the PGA He opened with a 67 shot a season-be- st 63 on Friday and had a 71 Saturday “I won this tournament two ' way The first two days I hit the ball great and in the last two rounds I made every putt I looked at’’ he said “If I can combine those two things’ I’ll be in great shape for next week” ' Seattle starter James lasted only 2 win (7-innings 2--3 9) Indians 5 Alex Rodriguez hit his AL- leading 38th homer and rook- ie Travis Hafner nearly hit for the cycle to lead visiting Texas over Cleveland 11 Rangers Rddriguez had three hits Rafael Palmeiro drove in three runs and Aaron Myette (1-won for the first time since last September for Texas Frank Catalanotto singled doubled tripled and scored three times ' 4) ’ Tigers 2 Orioles 1 Steve Sparks allowed four hits in seven-plu- s innings as Detroit beat Baltimore at home Damian Jackson and George Lombard had RBI singles off John Stephens (0-for the who Baltimore sent to Tigers its fourth loss in 11 games earned his Sparks second straight victory and third in four starts with a knucldeball that usually flut Juan Acevedo pitched the ninth for his 22nd save in 26 chances Royals 10 Devil Rays 0 Rookie Runelvys Hernandez and three relievers comand Joe bined on a two-hitt- er Randa hit a three-ru- n homer as Kansas City shut out Tampa Bay at home Hernandez (3-has won his past two starts allowing five hits and three runs in 1 1 innings Aaron Guiel Carlos Febles and Michael Ticker also homered for tire Royals Devil Rays rookie' Jorge Sosa (1-lost his fourth straight start 1) 2) : (7-1- 1) 6) Put those feet '''I to Work Registration is going on now & Racquet Glut CENTERSTAGE DANCE Ballet ‘02 - 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