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have to emerge before the year is
done.
The defense, however, might be
the strongest side of the ball (for the
Gamecocks. Preseason All-America
candidates Arturo Freeman and John
Abraham anchor a very aggressive
defense with an edge thanks to the
new coaching staff.
And with a slimmed-down
Courtney Leavitt punting and a
healthy Steve Florio still placekick
ing, special teams is also shaping up
well.
With all that added up, it’s easy
to forget that most of this team is
left over from last fall’s 1-10 squad.
Of course, the 17th hardest schedule
in the nation doesn’t sound too
hopeful.
But what the heck, cheer and
have fun this season. Excitement is
in the air-on the eve of the 15-year
anniversary of 1984’s 10-2 Black
Magic season. The Gamecocks
shocked the nation then, coming off
a 5-6 season the year before.
But maybe that's the key to all of
this hoopla every year. South Car
olina, in every facet of life, is
known to be different and deviate
from the normal. You don’t have to
read too much of the newspaper to
figure out there are a lot of unrealis
tic and stubborn people in this state.
I'm proud to be one of those
people. In keeping with tradition,
I'll look forward to Carolina going
9-2 this year.
Charlie Wallace can be reached at
Gcked@sc.edu.
Texas Longhorn wins
U.S. Amateur Golf
Championship
by Rob Gloster
Associated Press
PEBaUE Beach — After a nearly
perfect day of golf, David Gossett
finally made a mistake — as he
hoisted the U.S. Amateur champi
onship trophy, the top fell off and
fell to the 10th green.
“Bogey,” the Texas sophomore
muttered.
Gossett had iust defeated
Korean high school junior Sung
Yoon Kim, grabbing the biggest
margin of victory at the Amateur in
50 years.
Gossett, 20, took control of the
36-hole final early. He opened a
two-hole lead on No. 4, then won
holes 6 through 9 to grab a six-hole
lead.
He led by five holes after a
morning round that included a sev
en-minute fog delay.
When play resumed in the after
noon, Gossett needed just 10 more
holes to finish off the match. He
boosted his margin to nine holes
with birdies on 7 and 8, holes Kim
bogeyed.
Kim, who had shown no emo
tion all week while pulling off a
series of upsets, had trouble getting
out of the sand on No. 7 and tossed
his ball through the fog and into the
Pacific Ocean in disgust.
On No. 8, Kim’s long putt for
par hit the cup and rolled out. Then
Gossett made a 25-foot putt, pump
ing his right fist in the air and high
fiving caddie Andy Martinez —
who usually works for PGA pro
Tom Lehman — as he went up by
nine holes.
A van carrying the trophy and
the table for the awards presentation
trailed the golfers, knowing Gossett
could wrap up the match at any
moment.
Both golfers bogeyed No. 9 and
headed back into the thick fog,
which made the afternoon even
muggier than before.
As people walked their dogs on
the beach below and waves crashed
on the shore, Gossett wrapped up
the match.
He made par on the 10th, which
sits right in front of a house built by
actor Gene Hackman. Kim needed
to make a 45-foot putt to make par
and keep the match alive, but did
not come close.
“Whew,” Gossett quietly said
to himself.
Then he hugged his dad and
finally showed some emotion, stick
ing his tongue out and smiling while
lifting the trophy. He had just made
a “Hook ’em Horns” signal with
his hand — not unexpected for a
Texas Longhorn — when the top of
the trophy fell off.
It was the biggest margin of vic
tory in the final of the Amateur
since Charles Coe won 11 and 10
over Rufus King at Oak Hill
Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., in
1949. Gossett matched the 9 and 8
win by Hal Sutton at Pinehurst,
N.C., in 1980.
The victory earned Gossett
exemptions into next year’s U.S.
Open and British Open.
Both finalists get an invitation to
play in next year’s Masters, as long
as they remain amateurs.
Kim, 17, came within a victory
of becoming the youngest champion
in Amateur history and the first
non-North American to win the
title since Harold Hilton of England,
won it in 1911.
| | Women’s soccer vs. UNC Charlotte
Sean Rayford photo editor
Forward Leslie Lamb shakes off a UNC Charlotte defender in the Lady Gamecocks’ soccer scrim
mage Saturday. Carolina won the game 6-2 and begins its season Sept 1.
Braves take
half-game
lead in East
Baseball Roundup
Associated Press
ATLANTA - Brian Jordan’s one-out single in the
ninth inning drove in Gerald Williams from sec
ond with the winning run and the Atlanta Braves
completed a three-game sweep of San Diego, *
defeating the Padres 3-2 Sunday.
Williams led the ninth against Dan Miceli (4-4)
by walking. Bret Boone’s sacrifice moved him
to second. Chipper Jones walked.
Jordan followed with a line drive, scoring
Williams. John Rocker (4-4) got the win.
Sterling Hitchcock allowed two runs in six ,
innings. Starter Terry Mulholland gave up six .
hits and two runs m eight innings.
San Diego pushed ahead 2-1 in the sixth.
Jordan lost Reggie Sanders’ fly for a double.
Phil Nevin hit a run-scoring double. The
Braves tied it on Andruw Jones double leading
the sixth.
On agrounder, Nevin failed to check Jones
back to second, he moved up on the throw to
first. Hitchcock’s wild pitch allowed Jones to
score.
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Panthers coach behert dodges quarterback questions,
won’t announce starter for Friday night’s exhibition
by Joe Macenka
Associated Press
SPARTAMMJRQ — It wasn’t hard to make
George Seifert uncomfortable Sunday. All
it took was a few questions about the status
of the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback com
petition.
Two days after Seifert got solid perfor
mances from Steve Beuerlein, Jeff Lewis
and Dameyune Craig in an exhibition against
Pittsburgh, the Panthers’ first-year coach
wasn’t interested in talk about the status of
the three.
Carolina’s first-year coach declined to
reveal whether incumbent starter Steve
Beuerlein would work with the first-team
offense in the Panthers’ next exhibition Fri
day night in Baltimore.
And Seifert cautioned reporters against
reading too much into his refusal to announce
a starter for the contest.
“Don’t say that Beuerlein’s not going
to start — please,” he said. “Right now,
we’re just looking at all the different sce
narios.”
Pressed on the issue, Seifert playfully
accused reporters of “double-teaming” him,
and he would not even say which of the five
quarterbacks on Carolina’s roster would see
action against the Ravens.
Neither 15-year NFL veteran Steve Bono
nor ffee-agent rookie Matt Lytle played in
Friday night’s 20-13 victory over the Steel -
ers.
“We’re considering a lot of different
options right now,” Seifert said. “But that
doesn’t mean that I’m not going to start
Beuerlein or that we’re even going to play
Lewis. Who knows what we’re going to
do?”
Lewis, acquired in an off-season trade
in the hopes he would eventually replace
the 34-year-old Beuerlein, completed 10 of
13 passes for 98 yards.
Craig followed by leading the winning
touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter.
He finished with three rushes for 31 yards
and completed five of seven passes for 50
yards.
Although none of the quarteibacks threw
a touchdown pass, all three effectively moved
the team, and Seifert said that’s all he’s look
ing for at this stage of the exhibition season.
“It’s not like we’ve arrived and we’ve
got all this exotic Pro Bowl-caliber depth
now,” he said.
“We’re just kind of giving them an
opportunity to show us what they’ve got,
^nd it was good. They took advantage of their
shots.”
As usual, Beuerlein got the bulk of the
work with the first-team offense Sunday
when the Panthers started their final week
of training camp at Wofford College.
Afterwards, he shrugged when asked
whether he was worried about protecting
his job.
“If I was playing poorly, I could un
derstand maybe me getting uptight about
things or worried about my position,” he
said.
“But all I can do is go out and play as
well as I can play. If I’m playing well, which
I think I am, and the chips fall the other way,
that’s the way it goes. I’m not going to lose
any sleep over it. I know I’m doing as well
as I can.”
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Beuerlein, who has been the Panthers’
No. 1 quarterback since early last season,
started against Pittsburgh and left the con
test after completing 10 of 14 passes for 68
yards.
MoreK Three starters left Sunday morning’s
practice with injuries, but none appeared to
be serious. Running back Tshimanga Biak
later. Rookie right tackle Chris Terry left
with what was diagnosed as a pinched shoul
der nerve and was listed as day-to-day. Full
back William Floyd was hit in the groin late
in practice and did not return, but later said 1
he was fine. Those not practicing Sunday in
cluded defensive end Sean Gilbert, who was
diagnosed with an irritated arch nerve.
Seifert said the foot was treated with an
injection and should not keep Gilbert out
for more than two days. Offensive lineman
Matt Campbell, sidelined last week with a
sprained knee, was back out on the practice «
field Sunday and said he might be ready to
play against Baltimore.
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