The News Review:
- Song Trojans lead golf tournament
- Sports Briefing | Golf Rookie Shares Lead
- Golf: Hoch Purtzer share first-round lead at Senior PGA Championship
- Golf Capsules
- Cyr wins individual title at NAIA golf nationals
Song Trojans lead golf tournament
ESPN
2 UCLA was three strokes back at 29 over. “ur overall goal was to improve each day and I know we moved up and are now in first” Southern California coach Andrea Gaston said. “You just have to go out there and play this golf course. If the opportunity for birdies is out there you have to go get them. We’re still going to have to play really great golf tomorrow to win this. We can’t just go out and protect this. “Southern California’s Belen Mozo (73) and Lizette Salas (75) were tied for 15th at 7-over and Caroline Kim (79) was tied for 57th at 16-over.
Sports Briefing | Golf Rookie Shares Lead
New York Times
Nitties a 26-year-old Australian who appeared on the Golf Channel’s “Big Break” series finished second at the PGA Tour qualifying tournament last fall. He was one under through 14 holes and hopeful of getting one more birdie in his round. He then hit his approach at the 504-yard 15th to 5 feet. His longest putt in the closing stretch was 12 feet.
Golf: Hoch Purtzer share first-round lead at Senior PGA Championship
San Jose Mercury News
place_ad_here(“adPosBox”); Byron Nelson Championship in Irving Texas. Nitties 1 under through 14 holes hit his approach at the 504-yard 15th to five feet and his longest putt in the closing stretch was 12 feet. The 26-year-old Australian who appeared on the Golf Channel’s “Big Break” series finished second at the PGA Tour qualifying tournament last fall. Duke shared the first-round lead for only the second time in 118 career starts. Mike Weir Scott McCarron Charles Howell III and Brad Adamonis were at 66. Karine Icher and Hee Young Park shot 8-under 64s to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Corning (N.
Golf Capsules
SI.com
Now the South African shares the lead going into the final round at Byron Nelson’s tournament. “Anything associated with his name would be an absolute honor” Sabbatini said after shooting a 5-under 65 on Saturday to keep a share of the lead with John Mallinger in the Byron Nelson Championship. Two years after his last victory at the Colonial where Ben Hogan’s larger-than-life statue is prominent Sabbatini is in position to win again. He made five birdies in a seven-hole stretch midway through his third round.
Cyr wins individual title at NAIA golf nationals
San Diego Union Tribune
May 23 2009 Point Loma Nazarene senior Sam Cyr shot even-par 71 yesterday in the fourth round to win his second straight individual title in the NAIA Men’s National Golf Championships in Silvis Ill. Cyr is the first golfer to win back-to-back NAIA championships since Jamie Burns of North Florida did so in 1992 and ’93. Cyr who won for the 12th time in his college career was the only player in the 151-man field to finish under par on the TPC at Deer Run layout. Cyr had a 2-under 282 total and beat Armando Villareal of Texas Wesleyan by three shots. Cyr’s victory was forged on Thursday when he shot a tournament-best 67 in the third round.
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