This Week in Golf - May 3rd through May 6th
Golf Betting Lines
05/01/2007 -
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PGA TOUR -
WACHOVIA CHAMPIONSHIP, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina - Jim
Furyk won the Wachovia Championship last year in the middle of an impressive
season that saw him post 14 top-10 finishes and vault to No. 2 in the world
rankings.
He backed into a playoff when Brett Wetterich three-putted for bogey at the
72nd hole, then won the playoff with a par when Wetterich bogeyed No. 18
again.
The year before, Furyk lost a playoff to Vijay Singh.
"I've seen enough of 18 for another year, I promise you that," Furyk said
after last year's win. "I had to see it three times on Sunday last year and
twice this time. So I've had enough."
The only man in front of Furyk in the world rankings, No. 1 Tiger Woods, is
playing this week for the first time since he finished runner-up to Zach
Johnson at the Masters.
Woods tied for 11th place in his last Wachovia Championship appearance in
2005, never breaking 70 in the four rounds. The year before, he tied for third
place after shooting a 75 on Saturday.
Including Woods and Furyk, 18 of the top 20 golfers in the world rankings will
be in the field this weekend -- a tough break for the middle-of-the-road
players looking to collect a share of the $6.3 million purse.
Indeed, the four previous Wachovia Championships have produced three top-
flight winners -- Furyk, Vijay Singh and David Toms -- and another, Joey
Sindelar, who has posted wins in each of the last three decades.
The Golf Channel will broadcast the first two rounds, and CBS will have the
weekend. Next week is the transplanted Players Championship, which was won by
Stephen Ames last season two weeks prior to the Masters.
EUROPEAN TOUR
TELECOM ITALIA OPEN, Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & Country Club - How does it
go? "Champagne wishes and caviar dreams."
Last year, Francesco Molinari shot a 65 in the final round to finish off a
spectacular week of golf and pull away for a four-shot victory, becoming the
first Italian in 26 years to win the Italia Open.
His final round began with a chip-in eagle on the first hole and ended with a
birdie and champagne shower at the 18th green, a dream ending for the younger
brother of 2005 U.S. Amateur champion Edoardo Molinari.
"It was fantastic last year because I don't think the crowd really expected an
Italian golfer to win," the younger Molinari told the European Tour. "Because
of that, they went crazy over the last few holes -- it was more like a
football match."
With many of the world's top players competing in the Wachovia Championship,
Molinari's quest for a title defense will be made easier -- although no player
has successfully defended in the last 60 years.
The Golf Channel will have live coverage of all four rounds, beginning at 9:30
a.m. (et) on Thursday and Friday and at 8 a.m. on the weekend days. Next week
is the Andalucian Open, where Niclas Fasth birdied the fourth sudden-death
playoff hole last year to make up for a late-round collapse and beat John
Bickerton.
LPGA TOUR
SEMGROUP CHAMPIONSHIP, Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma - This
week's event was previously known as the Williams Championship (2001-02) and
the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic (2003-06).
Last October, Cristie Kerr shot a career-low and tournament-record 61 on
Saturday, then held off Annika Sorenstam on Sunday to win by two shots for her
third victory of the season.
Holding off Sorenstam at this event is usually no easy task. She won three
times in six years, including back-to-back victories in 2004 and '05. But
Sorenstam is still recovering from a serious back injury, and will not be in
the field this week.
Neither will Silvia Cavalleri, the surprise winner of last week's Corona
Championship, although plenty of the top players in the women's game will be
on hand, including new No. 1 Lorena Ochoa.
ESPN2 will have coverage of all three rounds this weekend from 3-5 p.m. (et)
each day. Next week is the Michelob Ultra Open, where Karrie Webb smashed the
tournament scoring record last year on the way to a seven-shot win.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
FEDEX KINKO'S CLASSIC, The Hills Country Club, Austin, Texas - Last year, Jay
Haas shot a 65 on Sunday to beat Mark James and Tom Kite by two shots.
It was the second of back-to-back wins for Haas, who went on to win four times
last season on the way to claiming the yearlong Charles Schwab Cup. Haas has a
chance to go back-to-back again this season after winning the last Champions
Tour event, the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, two weeks ago.
All four of the previous champions are scheduled to be in the field this week,
with Jim Thorpe, Larry Nelson and Hale Irwin joining Haas in the chase for the
$240,000 first-place check.
The Golf Channel will have coverage of all three rounds beginning at 6:30 p.m.
(et) each day. The Champions Tour will have another week off before returning
for the Regions Charity Classic, which was won by Brad Bryant last year.
NATIONWIDE TOUR
FORT SMITH CLASSIC, Hardscrabble Country Club, Fort Smith, Arkansas - Darron
Stiles won the Rheem Classic -- now the Fort Smith Classic -- last year and
became just the 18th player to collect four titles on the Nationwide Tour.
Stiles is one of many past champions of this event who are currently playing
on the PGA Tour, a list that includes Masters champion Zach Johnson (2003) and
2006 Augusta runner-up Tim Clark (2000).
The purse for this year's event was increased $20,000 to $495,000, with the
winner's share up more than $3,000 to $89,000.
A very busy Golf Channel will have 2 1/2 hours of coverage on all four days
beginning at 1:30 p.m. (et). The tour takes next week off before returning
in two weeks with the BMW Charity Pro-Am at the Cliffs, where Ken Duke won
last year.
CANADIAN TOUR
FORD CULIACAN OPEN, Country Club of Culiacan, Culiacan, Mexico - This is the
second of three consecutive events in Mexico for the Canadian Tour
Each of the first three winners of the 2007 -- Adam Bland, Wes Heffernan and
Byron Smith -- will be in the field competing for the $125,000 purse.
Next week, the tour remains South of the Border for the Riviera Vallarta
Nayarit Open in Nuevo Vallarta.
<< Haas, Canas exit Munich
Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded German Tommy Haas and surging
Argentine Guillermo Canas both exited the clay-court BMW Open on Tuesday.
The 2000 Munich finalist Haas succumbed to veteran Frenchman Sebastien
Grosjean
<< Panthers cut Keyshawn
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Carolina Panthers parted ways with wide
receiver Keyshawn Johnson after just one year, as the team announced that
they have released him on Tuesday.
Johnson had signed a four-year deal with the team
<< Bucs acquire Sims from KC
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continued to reshape
their defense on Tuesday, acquiring defensive tackle Ryan Sims from the Kansas
City Chiefs in exchange for an undisclosed future draft pick.
After using the fou
<< These Bulls are learning how to win
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - There is nobody close to resembling Michael Jordan on
this version of the Chicago Bulls, but they have rising stars and some
veterans who are starting to learn how to win together.
Former Piston Ben Wallace
<< Brodeur, Crosby, Luongo named Hart Trophy finalists
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby, New Jersey
netminder Martin Brodeur and Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo were named
the finalists for the Hart Trophy, given to the league's most valuable player,
as the
Indians send Carmona to Triple-A >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians optioned right-
handed pitcher Fausto Carmona to Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, and recalled
outfielder Ben Francisco.
Carmona made four starts for the Indians while fillin
Dementieva advances in chilly Warsaw >>
Warsaw, Poland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two-time Grand Slam runner-up Elena
Dementieva highlighted Tuesday's first-round winners at the J&S Cup tennis
event.
A seventh-seeded Dementieva came from behind to beat American Meilen Tu 6
Czech Republic, Russia win groups at Hockey Worlds >>
Moscow, Russia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The United States rallied to tie the game
late, but a goal from Jaroslav Bednar with 1:08 to play lifted the Czech
Republic to a 4-3 win and first place in Group B at the 2007 World Ice Hockey
Champio
Greisen, Jones & Alfonzo earn AFL Weekly honors >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Georgia Force QB CHRIS GREISEN, San Jose
SaberCats OL/DL RONALD JONES, and Chicago Rush WR/LB DEJUAN ALFONZO have been
named Offensive Player, ADT Defensive Player, and Ironman of the Week,
respectively, for We
Bartoli, Schiavone advance in Estoril >>
Estoril, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seeds Marion Bartoli and Francesca
Schiavone were among Tuesday's first-round winners at the $145,000 Estoril
Open.
The French Bartoli blew past Portuguese wild card Neuza Silva 6-2, 6-1, whil
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Bonds nearly hits HR 751, SF wins
4 and drove in
a pair of runs, and Barry Bonds nearly hit homer No. 751 as San Francisco beat
1, in the middle contest of three at AT&T Park.
6) allowed five hits and one run over 6 2/3 innings, fanning
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Bonds, who came within five homers of Hank Aaron's record on Friday, went
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