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Sunday, October 20, 2002

DiMarco remains on top by 2 after roller-coaster day

Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Chris DiMarco didn’t have to spend any time at the Magic Kingdom to feel like he was on a roller coaster Saturday.

DiMarco went from a two-stroke lead to a two-stroke deficit at the Disney World Golf Classic before finishing the third round in the same position he started — in the lead after a 3-under 69, only with plenty of company.

Despite missing a 5-foot birdie putt on the final hole, DiMarco was at 20-under 196 and had a two-stroke lead over Skip Kendall, Scott Hoch and Bob Burns.

“I’ll be a little more aggressive tomorrow,” DiMarco said. “I don’t know why I wasn’t today after shooting a 64 and a 63.”

There was no reason to hold back. On another ideal day for scoring, the Magnolia course was as vulnerable as ever, with the average score 69.6.

Kendall made eight birdies over his first 13 holes and briefly had a two-stroke lead until hitting into a bunker for a bogey on No. 15, and three-putting from 30 feet on 17.

He wound up with a 66 and will be in the final group today, which is only fitting.

DiMarco was ready to quit golf seven years ago when Kendall taught him the “claw” putting grip. DiMarco has gone on to three PGA Tour victories, while Kendall is still trying to win his first in 260 starts.

Hoch made his only bogey on 18 and had a 69, while Burns had a 67.

Tiger Woods had a 5-under 67, a pedestrian round considering the conditions.

“You need to shoot at least 65 to try to keep pace or move up the board,” Woods said. “If you shoot 68, you’re probably going to stay your ground, if not get passed. You need to try to shoot 3-under par. Right now, par is about 68.”

Still, with DiMarco failing to run away from the field, Woods will return today with an outside chance of winning Disney for the third time. At 14-under 202, he was among 19 players within six shots of the lead.

That might be a lot of ground to make up at most tournaments, but not at Disney. Two years ago, Woods appeared to be in a final-round duel with Steve Flesch when Duffy Waldorf closed with a 62 to make up six strokes and beat them both.

Woods says he’s not that far off, and he might be right.

At Magnolia Golf Course Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Yardage: 7,200; Par: 72

Chris DiMarco 64-63-69—196

Skip Kendall 67-65-66—198

Bob Burns 63-68-67—198

Scott Hoch 64-65-69—198

Joel Edwards 67-65-67—199

Tim Herron 67-66-67—200

Hidemichi Tanaka 63-67-70—200

John Rollins 66-71-64—201

Robert Damron 68-66-67—201

Chad Campbell 64-70-67—201

Tim Clark 65-68-68—201

Stuart Appleby 65-67-69—201

David Toms 69-68-65—202

Michael Long 67-69-66—202

Tiger Woods 66-69-67—202

Dennis Paulson 67-68-67—202

Billy Mayfair 70-65-67—202

Esteban Toledo 66-69-67—202

Carlos Franco 66-68-68—202

Brian Gay 66-66-70—202

Jim Furyk 70-66-67—203

Charles Howell III 66-69-68—203

Craig Barlow 71-64-68—203

Tom Pernice, Jr. 67-67-69—203

K.J. Choi 66-68-69—203

Scott Verplank 69-65-69—203

Jeff Sluman 63-70-70—203

Rich Beem 69-68-67—204

Dan Forsman 69-68-67—204

Len Mattiace 68-69-67—204

Bob Tway 71-65-68—204

Shaun Micheel 71-64-69—204

David Peoples 67-68-69—204

Kirk Triplett 68-66-70—204

John Cook 67-67-70—204

Bob May 67-71-67—205

Per-Ulrik Johansson 68-69-68—205

Craig Parry 69-67-69—205

Bernhard Langer 66-68-71—205

Rod Pampling 68-65-72—205

Mark Brooks 67-65-73—205

Davis Love III 71-67-68—206

Frank Lickliter II 69-68-69—206

Joey Sindelar 71-66-69—206

Peter Lonard 64-73-69—206

Jay Don Blake 66-70-70—206

Jay Haas 68-67-71—206

Luke Donald 67-68-71—206

Tom Lehman 69-68-70—207

Loren Roberts 67-70-70—207

Kent Jones 69-68-70—207

Bart Bryant 70-67-70—207

Ian Leggatt 68-69-70—207

Kenny Perry 72-64-71—207

Jerry Kelly 69-67-71—207

Russ Cochran 67-68-72—207

Joe Durant 64-71-72—207

Robin Freeman 71-67-70—208

Jim Carter 71-66-71—208

Garrett Willis 69-67-72—208

Matt Kuchar 68-68-72—208

Glen Hnatiuk 70-68-71—209

Kevin Sutherland 69-69-71—209

Briny Baird 70-67-72—209

Greg Kraft 67-70-72—209

Olin Browne 68-68-73—209

Brett Quigley 71-67-72—210

Pete Jordan 72-66-72—210

Scott McCarron 66-72-72—210

Hal Sutton 67-71-73—211

John Riegger 69-69-73—211

Neal Lancaster 70-68-73—211

Brent Geiberger 68-70-75—213

Paul Claxton 66-71-76—213

SBC Championship

SAN ANTONIO — Dana Quigley shot a bogey-free 7-under-par 64 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Argentina’s Vicente Fernandez after the second round of the SBC Championship.

Quigley, seeking his second victory of the year and seventh in six seasons on the Senior PGA Tour, had a 10-under 132 total on the Oak Hills Country Club course.

Fernandez shot a 67, holing a 6-foot putt on the par-3 18th for his third birdie in four holes. Australia’s Rodger Davis was two strokes back after his second straight 67.

Quigley had four birdies on the front nine, reached 9 under with birdies on Nos. 10 and 11, and finished with an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 18.

Davis was 5 under for the day and 9 under overall after 17 holes. But on the 198-yard 18th, his ball ricocheted twice off the bleachers behind the green. He got a lucky bounce, however, and ended up in the middle of a bunker.

At Oak Hills Country Club

San Antonio, Texas

Yardage: 6,661; Par: 72

Dana Quigley 68-64—132

Vicente Fernandez 66-67—133

Rodger Davis 67-67—134

Gil Morgan 69-66—135

Tom Watson 69-66—135

Fuzzy Zoeller 69-67—136

Tom Kite 70-67—137

Bruce Fleisher 69-68—137

George Archer 64-73—137

Bob Gilder 71-67—138

Bruce Lietzke 70-68—138

Mike Hill 68-70—138

Lanny Wadkins 71-68—139

Jim Dent 71-68—139

Don Pooley 71-68—139

Andy North 71-68—139

Dave Eichelberger 70-69—139

Jim Holtgrieve 69-70—139

Dick Mast 69-70—139

Bruce Summerhays 68-71—139

Ben Crenshaw 70-70—140

John Jacobs 70-70—140

Jim Thorpe 72-68—140

Gary McCord 73-67—140

Dale Douglass 70-70—140

Ted Goin 71-70—141

Rafael Navarro 71-70—141

John Schroeder 72-69—141

Doug Tewell 69-72—141

Terry Mauney 75-66—141

Stewart Ginn 68-73—141

Mike McCullough 71-71—142

John Mahaffey 71-71—142

Jim Albus 71-71—142

Wayne Levi 71-71—142

Morris Hatalsky 72-70—142

Allen Doyle 70-72—142

Tom Jenkins 70-72—142

Larry Nelson 70-72—142

Jose Maria Canizares 69-73—142

John Bland 68-74—142

Tom Purtzer 69-73—142

Gibby Gilbert 70-73—143

Kermit Zarley 72-71—143

Howard Twitty 70-73—143

Hugh Baiocchi 72-71—143

Mike Smith 74-69—143

Ray Floyd 70-73—143

Graham Marsh 75-68—143

Hubert Green 71-73—144

Mark McCumber 71-73—144

Hale Irwin 72-72—144

Bobby Wadkins 69-75—144

Butch Sheehan 74-70—144

Walter Hall 75-69—144

Jim Ahern 71-74—145

Sammy Rachels 72-73—145

John Harris 72-73—145

Walter Morgan 70-75—145

Steven Veriato 75-70—145

Rex Caldwell 74-72—146

Leonard Thompson 75-71—146

Bob Charles 72-75—147

Terry Dill 73-74—147

Miller Barber 73-74—147

David Graham 74-73—147

Dave Stockton 75-72—147

Gary Player 75-72—147

James Barker 72-76—148

Lee Trevino 73-75—148

James Mason 76-72—148

J.C. Snead 77-72—149

Rocky Thompson 79-70—149

Chi Chi Rodriguez 72-78—150

Charles Coody 76-74—150

Bob Eastwood 76-75—151

Bob Murphy 77-74—151

Bill Rogers 78-75—153

World Match Play Championship

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Ernie Els will face Sergio Garcia in the World Match Play final after both advanced Saturday.

Els beat Vijay Singh 3 and 2 and Sergio Garcia beat Michael Campbell 2 and 1 with the help of an eagle on the 17th hole.

Today will be the fifth World Match Play final for Els, who won three in a row from 1994-96.

The two finalists are good friends, and Garcia recently bought Els’ house in Orlando, Fla., when Els moved into a different place on the same street.

“It should be good fun. He’s a great player and a good friend of mine,” Garcia said. “But both of us will be trying as hard as we can.”

Pars were enough for Els to win the first three holes as Singh bogeyed them all.

Els went four ahead at the short 5th, but Singh won three of the next 10 holes to get back to one down. Then he drove into trees at the tough 16th hole and double-bogeyed at the 17th.

Singh’s wild second shot at the 19th struck a woman spectator on the head — she was not injured — and he fell five behind after five holes of the afternoon. He got three of them back, two when Els bogeyed on the 29th and 30th holes, but Els wrapped up the match on the 34th green.

Campbell won the first two holes and the 6th against Garcia, but the Spaniard battled back to be level at the break.

At the 26th, Garcia’s drive finished in a spectator’s coat, but the man dropped it out and there was no penalty.

Campbell beat Nick Faldo in a record-setting match and Ian Woosnam on Friday, and fatigue caught up with him against Garcia in the afternoon.

Bad drives on the 30th hole and at the next cost him both holes. Campbell surrendered to Garcia’s eagle chip at the 35th while he faced an 18-foot eagle chance.

“It felt good to make the chip and not let him putt,” Garcia said. “In 36-hole matches, unless you go five or six down, you can always come back.”

At Wentworth Club, West Course

Semifinals

Sergio Garcia (4), Spain, def. Michael Campbell (8), New Zealand, 2 and 1.

Ernie Els (2), South Africa, def. Vijay Singh (6), Fiji, 3 and 2.

Buy.com Hibernia Southern

The third round of the Buy.com Hibernia Southern tournament has been canceled due to rain. The tournament will conclude today as a 54-hole event.

 

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