Scoreboard: 7-23
7/23/2011GOLF
Senior British Open
Walton on the Hill, England, par 72
Mark Calcavecchia, United States 68-69 – 137
Lee Rinker, United States 70-67 – 137
Rod Spittle, Canada 70-67 – 137
Peter Fowler, Australia 70-68 – 139
John Cook, United States 73-67 – 140
Mike Goodes, United States 70-70 – 140
Barry Lane, England 71-70 – 141
Corey Pavin, United States 72-69 – 141
Bob Tway, United States 70-71 – 141
Mark Belsham, England 71-71 – 142
Chip Beck, United States 73-69 – 142
Russ Cochran, United States 72-70 – 142
Angel Franco, Paraguay 70-72 – 142
Gordon Brand Jnr., Scotland 70-72 – 142
Fred Funk, United States 72-70 – 142
Mike Harwood, Australia 68-74 – 142
Mike Reid, United States 74-69 – 143
John Huston, United States 72-71 – 143
Steve Jones, United States 73-70 – 143
Tom Lehman, United States 71-72 – 143
Mark O’Meara, United States 71-72 – 143
Tom Watson, United States 75-68 – 143
Bob Gilder, United States 72-71 – 143
Tommy Armour III, United States 74-69 – 143
Larry Mize, United States 71-72 – 143
Tom Kite, United States 72-71 – 143
Tom Byrum, United States 71-72 – 143
David Frost, South Africa 69-74 – 143
Dick Mast, United States 73-71 – 144
Olin Browne, United States 75-69 – 144
Ian Woosnam, Wales 71-73 – 144
Jeff Sluman, United States 71-73 – 144
Jay Haas, United States 71-74 – 145
Michael Allen, United States 74-71 – 145
Scott Simpson, United States 71-74 – 145
a-Paul Simson, United States 73-73 – 146
Mike Cunning, United States 72-74 – 146
Nick Price, Zimbabwe 72-74 – 146
Mark Brooks, United States 72-74 – 146
James D. Mason, United States 73-73 – 146
Bernhard Langer, Germany 70-76 – 146
a-Randy Haag, United States 72-75 – 147
Jerry Pate, United States 74-73 – 147
Damon Green, United States 76-71 – 147
Steve Pate, United States 76-72 – 148
Phil Blackmar, United States 73-75 – 148
Joe Daley, United States 71-77 – 148
Missed cut
Tim Thelen, United States 78-71 – 149
Jay Don Blake, United States 75-74 – 149
Jim Carter, United States 75-74 – 149
P.H. Horgan, United States 78-71 – 149
Pete Oakley, United States 78-72 – 150
David Peoples, United States 75-75 – 150
Willie Wood, United States 75-76 – 151
Mark Balen, United States 74-77 – 151
Ernie Gonzalez, United States 78-73 – 151
Jerry Bruner, United States 78-73 – 151
Mark Wiebe, United States 76-76 – 152
Gary Hallberg, United States 73-80 – 153
Kirk Hanefeld, United States 77-76 – 153
Rick Lewallen, United States 74-79 – 153
Jim Gallagher Jr., United States 74-80 – 154
Gary Trivisonno, United States 76-78 – 154
Bruce Vaughan, United States 78-77 – 155
Mike Donald, United States 79-77 – 156
Paul Wise, United States 79-78 – 157
Canadian Open
Vancouver, British Columbia, par 70
Chad Campbell 69-67 – 136
Michael Thompson 70-66 – 136
Paul Goydos 68-69 – 137
Lee Janzen 69-68 – 137
Charl Schwartzel 71-67 – 138
Geoff Ogilvy 70-68 – 138
Rickie Fowler 69-69 – 138
Jerry Kelly 71-67 – 138
Kris Blanks 67-71 – 138
David Hearn 70-68 – 138
Adam Hadwin 72-66 – 138
Scott McCarron 74-65 – 139
Aron Price 68-71 – 139
Ben Crane 69-70 – 139
Lucas Glover 69-70 – 139
Spencer Levin 73-66 – 139
Cameron Tringale 73-66 – 139
Jarrod Lyle 72-67 – 139
Keegan Bradley 70-70 – 140
Bo Van Pelt 68-72 – 140
Colt Knost 72-68 – 140
David Mathis 71-69 – 140
Scott Piercy 70-70 – 140
Morgan Hoffmann 70-70 – 140
Steve Flesch 72-68 – 140
Kevin Kisner 68-72 – 140
Andres Romero 72-68 – 140
Joe Durant 71-70 – 141
Kevin Stadler 72-69 – 141
Josh Teater 74-67 – 141
Chez Reavie 70-71 – 141
Kevin Na 69-72 – 141
John Daly 70-71 – 141
Bud Cauley 69-72 – 141
Brad Fritsch 71-70 – 141
Matt McQuillan 68-73 – 141
Tommy Gainey 77-65 – 142
Sean O’Hair 69-73 – 142
Marc Turnesa 71-71 – 142
Ben Martin 68-74 – 142
Brett Quigley 68-74 – 142
Paul Stankowski 72-70 – 142
Shane Bertsch 72-70 – 142
Ryan Moore 73-69 – 142
Ernie Els 68-74 – 142
Hunter Mahan 70-72 – 142
Bill Lunde 68-74 – 142
Matt Bettencourt 70-72 – 142
Scott Stallings 71-71 – 142
Greg Chalmers 72-70 – 142
Bio Kim 75-67 – 142
Charlie Wi 73-70 – 143
Kevin Chappell 73-70 – 143
Woody Austin 68-75 – 143
Luke Donald 70-73 – 143
Pat Perez 74-69 – 143
Justin Leonard 73-70 – 143
Jimmy Walker 68-75 – 143
Chris DiMarco 70-73 – 143
Briny Baird 72-71 – 143
Will MacKenzie 74-69 – 143
William McGirt 74-69 – 143
a-Patrick Cantlay 72-71 – 143
Martin Piller 71-72 – 143
Peter Lonard 73-70 – 143
Jim Furyk 74-70 – 144
Brian Gay 73-71 – 144
D.J. Brigman 70-74 – 144
Chris Tidland 77-67 – 144
Kevin Streelman 73-71 – 144
Nathan Green 70-74 – 144
Frank Lickliter II 74-70 – 144
Chris Stroud 73-71 – 144
Fabian Gomez 73-71 – 144
Alexandre Rocha 76-68 – 144
Dustin Risdon 75-69 – 144
LPGA-Evian Masters
Evian-les-Bains, France, par 72
Miki Saiki 68-67 – 135
Angela Stanford 70-66 – 136
Stacy Lewis 69-67 – 136
Ai Miyazato 68-68 – 136
Shin-Ae Ahn 67-69 – 136
Maria Hjorth 67-69 – 136
Paula Creamer 70-67 – 137
Cristie Kerr 68-69 – 137
Karen Stupples 67-70 – 137
Ran Hong 69-69 – 138
Jiyai Shin 69-69 – 138
Caroline Hedwall 73-66 – 139
Catriona Matthew 71-68 – 139
Mika Miyazato 71-68 – 139
Stacy Prammanasudh 71-68 – 139
Inbee Park 69-70 – 139
Brittany Lincicome 68-71 – 139
Suzann Pettersen 73-67 – 140
Amy Yang 73-67 – 140
Na Yeon Choi 72-68 – 140
Yuri Fudoh 71-69 – 140
Se Ri Pak 71-69 – 140
Morgan Pressel 71-69 – 140
Pat Hurst 70-70 – 140
Ayako Uehara 70-70 – 140
Virginie Lagoutte-Clement 69-71 – 140
Shanshan Feng 68-72 – 140
Sun Young Yoo 73-68 – 141
Akane Iijima 72-69 – 141
Jimin Kang 72-69 – 141
Cindy LaCrosse 72-69 – 141
So-Yeon Ryu 72-69 – 141
Heather Bowie Young 72-69 – 141
Sophie Gustafson 71-70 – 141
Rikako Morita 71-70 – 141
Ryann O’Toole 71-70 – 141
Shiho Oyama 71-70 – 141
I.K. Kim 74-68 – 142
Hyun-Ji Kim 72-70 – 142
Azahara Munoz 72-70 – 142
Melissa Reid 72-70 – 142
Song-Hee Kim 71-71 – 142
Eun-Hee Ji 69-73 – 142
Yani Tseng 69-73 – 142
Candie Kung 74-69 – 143
Ji-Na Lim 73-70 – 143
Anne-Lise Caudal 72-71 – 143
Paige Mackenzie 71-72 – 143
Hee Young Park 71-72 – 143
Karrie Webb 71-72 – 143
Natalie Gulbis 70-73 – 143
Ji-Woo Lee 70-73 – 143
Alexis Thompson 70-73 – 143
Gwladys Nocera 76-68 – 144
Christina Kim 75-69 – 144
Haru Nomura 75-69 – 144
Seul-A Yoon 75-69 – 144
Wendy Ward 74-70 – 144
Chella Choi 73-71 – 144
Lindsey Wright 73-71 – 144
Julieta Granada 72-72 – 144
Meena Lee 71-73 – 144
Sandra Gal 70-74 – 144
Anna Nordqvist 77-68 – 145
Trish Johnson 75-70 – 145
Brittany Lang 75-70 – 145
Mayu Hattori 72-73 – 145
CYCLING
Tour de France
At Alpe d’Huez, France
19th Stage
68 miles from first-time stage town Modane to Alpe d’Huez, the final mountain stage, featuring a Categorie 1 climb up the Col du Telegraphe, followed by Hors Categorie climbs over the Galibier pass and the finish at Alpe d’Huez.
1. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, 3 hours, 13 minutes, 25 seconds.
2. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 14 seconds behind.
3. Alberto Contador, Spain, Saxo Bank Sungard, :23.
4. Peter Velits, Slovakia, HTC-Highroad, :57.
5. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC, same time.
6. Thomas De Gendt, Belgium, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.
7. Damiano Cunego, Italy, Lampre-ISD, same time.
8. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, same time.
9. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, same time.
10. Ryder Hesjedal, Canada, Garmin-Cervelo, 1:15.
11. Tom Danielson, United States, Garmin-Cervelo, same time.
12. Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 1:27.
13. Hubert Dupont, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 2:06.
14. Rein Taaramae, Estonia, Cofidis, same time.
15. Ivan Basso, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time.
16. Levi Leipheimer, United States, RadioShack, same time.
17. Jerome Coppel, France, Saur-Sojasun, 2:31.
18. Kevin De Weert, Belgium, Quick Step, 2:46.
19. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Cervelo, 3:22.
20. Thomas Voeckler, France, Europcar, same time.
PRO FOOTBALL
Arena Football League
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
West Division
W L T Pct PF PA
z-Arizona 15 2 0 .882 1059 787
x-Spokane 9 9 0 .500 1058 1027
Utah 9 9 0 .500 1082 1117
San Jose 7 10 0 .412 978 1023
Central Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Chicago 13 4 0 .765 916 779
x-Dallas 11 6 0 .647 1012 952
Tulsa 7 10 0 .412 823 834
Kansas City 6 11 0 .353 799 903
Iowa 5 12 0 .294 857 1053
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
W L T Pct PF PA
z-Jacksonville 14 4 0 .778 1158 909
x-Georgia 10 7 0 .588 944 872
x-Orlando 10 7 0 .588 939 889
Tampa Bay 6 11 0 .353 745 949
New Orleans 3 14 0 .176 782 955
Eastern Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Cleveland 10 8 0 .556 904 842
Pittsburgh 9 9 0 .500 870 972
Milwaukee 6 11 0 .353 818 826
Philadelphia 6 12 0 .333 914 969
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
LAST NIGHT
Pittsburgh 61, Philadelphia 48
Utah 76, Cleveland 69
Jacksonville 75, Spokane 56
CFL
EAST DIVISION
W L T Pts PF PA
Montreal 3 0 0 6 109 68
Winnipeg 2 1 0 4 66 53
Hamilton 1 2 0 2 59 55
Toronto 1 2 0 2 56 83
WEST DIVISION
W L T Pts PF PA
Edmonton 3 0 0 6 103 55
Calgary 2 1 0 4 76 75
B.C. 0 3 0 0 75 97
Saskatchewan 0 3 0 0 56 124
LAST NIGHT
Hamilton at B.C., late
TONIGHT
Winnipeg at Toronto, 4
Edmonton at Calgary, 7
SUNDAY
Saskatchewan at Montreal, 7 p.m.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 8 4 7 31 24 16
New York 6 5 11 29 35 28
Columbus 7 6 7 28 21 20
Houston 5 6 9 24 24 23
Sporting KC 5 6 8 23 24 25
D.C. 5 6 8 23 24 30
New England 4 9 7 19 17 27
Chicago 2 6 12 18 20 25
Toronto FC 3 10 9 18 17 37
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 11 2 9 42 28 16
FC Dallas 11 5 5 38 27 19
Seattle 10 4 8 38 32 23
Real Salt Lake 8 3 6 30 23 12
Colorado 7 6 9 30 29 28
San Jose 5 6 9 24 24 23
Chivas USA 5 7 8 23 24 23
Portland 6 9 3 21 22 31
Vancouver 2 10 9 15 21 30
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday
New England 1, D.C. United 0
FC Dallas 1, Toronto FC 0
Colorado 4, New York 1
San Jose 2, Vancouver 2, tie
Los Angeles 1, Columbus 0
TONIGHT
FC Dallas at New York, 6
Portland at Columbus, 8
Toronto FC at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30
New England at Colorado, 9
San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 10
Houston at Chivas USA, 10:30
Friday, July 29
Colorado at Philadelphia, 7:30
Saturday, July 30
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7:30
Seattle FC at Houston, 8:30
New England at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30
Columbus at Real Salt Lake, 9
D.C. United at San Jose, 10:30
Toronto FC at Portland, 11
Sunday, July 31
Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.
AUTO RACING
Lucas Deep Clean 200
NASCAR Camping World Truck
Lebanon, Tenn.
Lap length: 1.333 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (1) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 150 laps, 134.8 rating, 47 points, $39,175. 2. (6) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 150, 119, 43, $28,425. 3. (5) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 150, 138.1, 43, $22,075. 4. (8) Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet, 150, 111.7, 40, $14,225. 5. (7) Parker Kligerman, Dodge, 150, 108.8, 39, $14,950.
6. (21) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 150, 88.7, 38, $11,700. 7. (19) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 150, 91.8, 37, $9,800. 8. (11) David Starr, Toyota, 150, 83.7, 36, $9,750. 9. (3) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 150, 98.7, 0. $7,400. 10. (2) Joey Coulter, Chevrolet, 150, 94.1, 35, $10,925.
11. (15) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 150, 84.8, 33, $9,525. 12. (9) Jason White, Chevrolet, 150, 88.3, 32, $9,425. 13. (18) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota, 150, 75.5, 31, $9,375. 14. (10) Miguel Paludo, Toyota, 150, 77, 30, $9,350. 15. (20) Justin Lofton, Toyota, 150, 66.4, 29, $10,600.
16. (14) Ricky Carmichael, Chevrolet, 150, 67.5, 28, $9,175. 17. (4) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 150, 85.1, 27, $9,125. 18. (17) Blake Feese, Chevrolet, 149, 66.1, 26, $9,075. 19. (16) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 149, 64.7, 26, $9,025. 20. (23) B.J. McLeod, Chevrolet, 147, 48.6, 24, $7,450.
21. (13) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 146, 51.6, 23, $7,400. 22. (12) Josh Richards, Toyota, 146, 56.7, 22, $7,325. 23. (34) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Ford, 139, 33.9, 0. $6,275. 24. (22) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 137, 50, 20, $6,225. 25. (31) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 137, 37.1, 19, $6,350.
26. (25) Johanna Long, Toyota, 125, 41, 18, $6,150. 27. (24) Max Papis, Toyota, engine, 105, 52.9, 17, $6,475. 28. (26) Shane Sieg, Chevrolet, engine, 69, 41.7, 16, $6,075. 29. (28) Brent Raymer, Chevrolet, ignition, 58, 38.7, 15, $6,050. 30. (29) Clay Greenfield, Chevrolet, handling, 44, 33.4, 14, $6,540.
31. (32) Chris Lafferty, Dodge, rear gear, 16, 34.5, 0. $6,025. 32. (27) Johnny Chapman, Chevrolet, clutch, 12, 34.1, 0. $6,010. 33. (33) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, overheating, 6. 30.7, 0. $5,985. 34. (30) Mike Garvey, Chevrolet, vibration, 3. 30.7, 10, $5,960.
Race Statistics
Average speed of race winner: 131.214 mph.
Time of race: 1 hour, 31 minutes, 25 seconds.
Margin of victory: 3.981 seconds.
Caution flags: 3 for 13 laps.
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers.
TENNIS
Atlanta Open
Norcross, Ga.
Singles
Quarterfinals
Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, d. Kevin Anderson (2), South Africa, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).
John Isner (3), United States, d. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-1, 6-2.
Mardy Fish (1), United States, d. Somdev Devvarman (8), India, 6-4, 6-3.
German Open
Hamburg, Germany
Singles
Quarterfinals
Mikhail Youzhny (4), Russia, d. Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
Gilles Simon (5), France, d. Gael Monfils (1), France, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
Nicolas Almagro (3), Spain, d. Florian Mayer (6), Germany, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).
Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain, d. Jurgen Melzer (2), Austria, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
WNBA
Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 9 5 .643 –
Indiana 10 6 .625 –
New York 9 7 .563 1
Chicago 8 8 .500 2
Atlanta 5 9 .357 4
Washington 3 10 .231 5½
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
Phoenix 10 4 .714 –
Minnesota 9 4 .692 ½
San Antonio 9 4 .692 ½
Seattle 7 7 .500 3
Los Angeles 6 8 .429 4
Tulsa 1 14 .067 9½
TODAY
All-Star Game, Los Angeles, 3:30
HOLE IN ONE
LENNY TOMANSKI, No.12 Maple Grove, 137 yards, 8-iron.
SPENCER HOOD, No. 7 at Cottonwood, 115 yards, 9-iron.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES – Activated OF Luke Scott from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Matt Angle to Norfolk (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS – Selected the contract of INF Jason Kipnis from Columbus (IL). Designated INF Jared Goedert for assignment. Optioned INF Luis Valbuena to Columbus (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS – Activated OF Jason Kubel from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Scott Diamond to Rochester (IL). Activated RHP Kevin Slowey from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Rochester.
TAMPA BAY RAYS – Activated RHP Wade Davis from the 15-day DL.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES – Recalled RHP Cristhian Martinez from Gwinnett (IL). Optioned RHP Cory Gearrin to Gwinnett.
CINCINNATI REDS – Placed 3B Scott Rolen on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Todd Frazier from Louisville (IL). Activated RHP Jose Arredondo from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Jeremy Horst to Louisville.
COLORADO ROCKIES – Placed OF Carlos Gonzalez on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF/INF Eric Young Jr. from Colorado Springs (PCL).
HOUSTON ASTROS – Activated OF Jason Bourgeois from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Brian Bogusevic to Oklahoma City (PCL).
NEW YORK METS – Activated 3B David Wright from the 15-day DL. Designated UT Nick Evans for assignment.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – Activated RHP Brad Lidge from the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Danys Baez for assignment.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES – Activated INF Ronny Cedeno from the 7-day DL and INF Steve Pearce from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Chris Leroux to Indianapolis (IL). Assigned OF Anthony Norman and INF Josh Rodriguez from Indianapolis to Altoona (EL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES – Recalled INF/OF Kyle Blanks from Tucson (PCL). Optioned INF Anthony Rizzo to Tucson. Claimed OF Mike Baxter off waivers from the N.Y. Mets.
American Association
FORT WORTH CATS – Claimed LHP Aaron Cunningham off waivers from Shreveport-Bossier.
WICHITA WINGNUTS – Traded RHP Brandon Mathes to Florence (Frontier) for a player to be named.
Can-Am League
BROCKTON ROX – Signed INF Alex Sumner and INF Dan Barbero. Placed LHP Daniel Schmidt on irrevocable waivers.
Frontier League
FLORENCE FREEDOM – Signed RHP Steve MacFarland.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS – Signed RHP Joe Tarallo.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MIAMI HEAT – Promoted vice president of basketball operations Nick Arison to chief executive officer.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MONTREAL CANADIENS – Named Randy Cunneyworth and Randy Lacouceur assistant coaches and Clement Jodoin coach of Hamilton (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS – Named Pascal Vincent assistant coach.
COLLEGE
CINCINNATI – Named Joe Crump men’s volunteer assistant soccer coach.
HIGH POINT – Named Phil Schuman women’s assistant lacrosse coach.
LA SALLE – Named Dan Ireland men’s and women’s cross country and track and field coach.
PFEIFFER – Named Donald Thomas, Dustin Alpert and Jason Moxley men’s assistant basketball coaches.
QUINNIPIAC – Signed women’s hockey coach Rick Seeley to a contract extension through the 2015-16 season.
STANFORD – Named Christopher Morgan women’s assistant swimming coach.
CULVER LINE
Major League Baseball
National League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
Houston -110 at Chicago +100
at Cincinnati -125 Atlanta +115
at Philadelphia -135 San Diego +125
St. Louis -130 at Pittsburgh +120
at Florida -130 New York +120
at Arizona -150 Colorado +140
at San Fran. -135 Milwaukee +125
at Los Angeles -135 Washington +125
American League
at New York -175 Oakland +165
at Minnesota -140 Detroit +130
Chicago -110 at Cleveland +100
at Baltimore -110 Los Angeles +100
at Boston -250 Seattle +220
at Kansas City -105 Tampa Bay -105
at Texas -170 Toronto +160
SPORTLIGHT
July 23
1960 — Betsy Rawls becomes the first woman to win the U.S. Women’s Open golf title four times.
1966 — John Pennel pole vaults 17 feet, 6¼ inches for the world record in a meet at Los Angeles. It’s the eighth of nine world records he set in the event in his career and his first since 1963.
1976 — The last NFL All-Star game is held and is shortened when thunderstorms hit Chicago. The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the All-Stars 24-0.
1978 — Hollis Stacy wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship for the second straight year.
1989 — Mark Calcavecchia wins the British Open, edging Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in a three-man playoff. Calcavecchia, the first American to win the Open in five years, birdies three of the four holes in the playoff.
1989 — Greg Lemond wins his second Tour de France with the closest finish ever, edging Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds. Lemond starts the day 50 seconds behind Fignon and wins the final stage, a 15-mile race against the clock from Versailles to Paris, in 26:57. Fignon finishes the stage 58 seconds slower.
1995 — John Daly wins the British Open at St. Andrews by four strokes in a four-hole playoff with Italy’s Costantino Rocca. Rocca forces the playoff by sinking a 65-foot putt on the 18th hole.
1995 — Miguel Indurain of Spain wins his record fifth consecutive Tour de France. Indurain joins Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault as the other five-time winners.
2000 — Tiger Woods, at 24, becomes the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam with a record-breaking performance in the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews. Woods closes with a 3-under 69 for a 19-under 269 total, the lowest score in relation to par at a major championship.
2006 — Tiger Woods, one month after missing the cut for the first time in a major, becomes the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles.
2006 — Floyd Landis, pedaling with an injured hip, cruises to victory in the Tour de France keeping cycling’s most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.
2009 — Mark Buehrle pitches the 18th perfect game in major league history, a 5-0 win over Tampa Bay.
AMATEUR GOLF
TWDGA 3 of 4 best ball
at Indianbrook
1 - Kathy Williams, unattached; Kathy Warner, Eaglerock GC; Barb Hipsher, Idianbrook CC; Holly Bennett, Toledo CC, 194.
2 - Cathy Happel, Brandywine CC; Carolyn Ray, Brandywine CC; Trish Andrews, Brandywine CC; Rachel Latta, Brandywine CC, 198.
3 - Marianne Reece, Heatherdowns GC; Joan Barkenquast, Brandywine CC; Phyllis Zielinski, Highland Meadows; Mary Cowan, Highland Meadows. 201.
SPORTS NOTE
TIFFIN LACROSSE CAMP: Tiffin University women’s lacrosse team is holding a Lacrosse Skills Camp for girls grades 7th through graduated seniors on August 6, 10 a.m.-4 p,m. Fee: $60/girl. Registration forms can be found at www.gotiffindragons.com under Women’s Lacrosse. Information: Colleen Dixon at dixonce@tiffin.edu or Jason Allen at coachnda24@hotmail.com
OTTAWA HILLS COACH: Ottawa Hills High School is accepting applications for head softball coach. Send resume to Tim Erickson, Athletic Director, at 2532 Evergreen, Toledo, Ohio 43606.
BASEBALL TRYOUTS: Titans Baseball Club holds 2012 tryouts for 9-U & 10-U players July 31st & Aug. 7th. Information: titansballclub@gmail.com.
BASKETBALL LEAGUE: Boys and girls in 7 & 8 grades and high school for a summer basketball league which starts the first week in August. Information: Renee Nelson 419-726-5995 or 419-290-6823.
BASEBALL VOLUNTEERS: Batboys and batgirls are needed for the NABF College World Series Aug. 4 through Aug. 7 at five sites: Bowman Park, St. Francis de Sales, Ned Skeldon, Owens Community College, and Fifth Third Field. Baseball shaggers also needed for the home run derby at Ned Skeldon on Aug. 4 at 7:45 p.m. Information: 419-936-3887.