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Sergio’s last stand iust enough to put Tiger away at golf s Bighorn
by Tim Dahlberg
Associated Press
PALM DESERT, Ca. — Perhaps the
PGA Tour should switch to night golf.
For one night, at least, Tiger Woods
seemed almost vulnerable under the
lights. Sergio Garcia put on a Tiger
like finish Monday night to do what
no one seems able to do in regular day
events—beat Woods down the stretch.
Garcia’s four birdies in the last five
holes was too much for an ailing Woods
to overcome — though he nearly did
by almost holing a pitch shot under the
bright lights lining the 18th hole.
And Woods didn’t exactly play
poorly, making five birdies against no
bogeys. Garcia just played a little bet
ter at the end, when Woods usually
shines, to beat him 1-up.
“It was different, playing under
the lights like other athletes do,” Woods
said. “Overall, it was very exciting. It
was a wonderful match.”
The made-for-television “Battle
at Bighorn” paid $1.1 million to
Garcia and $400,000 to Woods, who
battled the flu and a brutal schedule
that saw him win the NEC Invitation
al a night earlier and do a clinic in
Akron, Ohio, on Monday morning be
fore flying to the desert. “I’ve had bet
ter days, and I’ve had shorter days,”
Woods said. “It was a long day and I
enjoyed it. I just wish I could have felt
a bit better.”
Garcia was feeling fine after
sinking a 35-footer on the 16th hole,
then a 10-footer for birdie on 18 to
clinch the match, as golf returned to
prime time on ABC. “He’s by far the
best golfer in the world,” Garcia
said. “I just made some putts when I
had to.”
Woods, coming off wins in the PGA
Championship a week earlier and the
NEC Invitational on Sunday night,
fought the flu as well as fatigue but still
lost by only a hole. “I’m so cold. I’m
freezing,” Woods said to caddie Steve
Williams as he waited to putt on the
17th hole on a warm night in the desert.
Darkness descended on the desert
course by the 14th hole, with players
and fans straining to see the shots. But
floodlights perched atop cranes lit the
last four holes, and that was where Gar
cia shone. “Over those last holes, I just
felt so good with the putter,” Garcia
said. Woods still had a chance on the
18th, nearly holing a pitch over a green
side bunker to within 3 feet of the hole.
But Garcia, who had pitched to 10 feet,
made his putt and the match was over.
“At least I gave Seigio a run for
his money,” Woods said. “He "had to
make some putts to earn it.” For Wxxls,
it was the end to a stretch of golf that
saw him win in a thrilling finish at the
PGA and in a runaway at the NEC.
“I’ve had three pretty good
weeks,” Woods said. “The last few
months have been good to me. But it
builds up. My body just broke down a
couple days short.” Woods finished off
the field in near darkness Sunday to
win the NEC in Akron, Ohio, then flew
across the country Monday, and he and
Garcia needed lights to finish the final
holes.
The darker it got, the better Gar
cia played. Garcia made eight
birdies, five on the back nine, against
a pair of bogeys for what would have
been a 66 in medal play. Woods didn’t
make a bogey, but managed only five
birdies, including the conceded putt
on the final hole, for a medal 67.
CBS Sports buys rights to SEC Championship
by Kyle Almond
The Gamecock
. CBS Sports, which holds the rights
to broadcast Southeastern Conference
regular-season football games, has
now acquired the exclusive rights
to broadcast the 2001 SEC Football
Championship game.
The deal was announced last
Thursday by Sean McManus, Presi
dent of CBS Sports, and Roy Kramer,
commissioner of the SEC.
The SEC Championship, the an
nual match-up between the regular
season champions of the SEC East
ern and Wfestem Division, is currently
broadcast by ABC Sports.
“This agreement is a testament to
CBS Sports’ commitment to broad
cast the best events in college sports,”
McManus said. “The SEC Champi
onship annually delivers one of th<
most competitive matchups in col
lege football and we are extremeh
excited to add the event to an already
outstanding lineup on the CB!
Television Network.”
In 1998, CBS Sports reached ;
multi-year contract extension witl
SEC to broadcast its regular seasoi
football games. Beginning in 2001
the new agreement will expand CB!
Sports’ current commitment and pro
vide moit exclusive national cover
age of SEC home games throughou
the season. Primetime and double
header options are also possibilitie:
under the new deal.
“We are very pleased to havs
reached this agreement with CBS a:
it will make possible the promotion
and marketing of our football cham
pionship game throughout the year
in association with our regular sea
son television partner,”
> Kramer said.
Last season in the SEC Champi
i onship, SEC West champions Alaba
i ma defeated SEC East champions
i Florida, 34-7, at the Geoigia Dome.
This year, the title game will be
held once again in Atlanta, on Dec.
2.
CBS Sports’ first championship
will air Dec. 1, 2001.
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports@hotmail.com.
PSU unranked for first time since 1992
by Richard
Rosenblatt
Associated Press
Penn State lost more than the
Kickoff Classic over the weekend:
The Nittany Lions are out of The As
sociated Press Top 25 college foot
ball poll for the first time since the
end of the 1992 season.
Soundly beaten by USC 29-5 on
Sunday, Penn State saw its streak of
being ranked in 119 consecutive polls
end Monday with the release of the
AP’s first regular-season ratings.
The Nittany Lions, who had the
fourth-longest run of consecutive rank
ings behind Nebraska, Florida State
and Florida, entered the game ranked
22nd.
The last time the Lions were
unranked was in the final poll of the
1992 season, when they finished 7
5 after a loss to Stanford in the Block
buster Bowl.
Nebraska and Florida State re
mained 1-2 in this week’s poll as the
top 11 were unchanged from the pre
season poll.
The Comhuskers, who open their
season Saturday against San Jose State,
collected 35 first-place votes and 1,728
points from the 71 sports writers and
broadcasters on the panel. The Semi
noles, 29-3 winners over BYU in the
Pigskin Classic, had 30 first-place
votes and 1,723 points.
Alabama, which opens its sea
son Saturday at UCLA, was third with
three first-place votes and 1,577
points, followed by No. 4 Wisconsin
and No. 5 Miami.
The Badgers, who had one first
place vote, and the Hurricanes open
their seasons Thursday night. Wis
consin plays Western Michigan, while
Miami goes against McNeese State.
Michigan was No. 6, followed by
No. 7 Texas (two first-place votes),
No. 8 Kansas State, No. 9 Florida and
No. 10 Georgia. K-State opened with
a 27-7 win over Iowa in the Eddie
Robinson Classic.
Virginia Tech, which had its game
against Georgia Tech postponed by
violent thunderstorms and light
ning, was No. 11, followed by No. 12
USC (up three spots), No. 13 Ten
nessee, No. 14 Washington, No. 15
Purdue, No. 16 Ohio State, No. 17
Clemson, No. 18 Mississippi, No. 19
Oklahoma and No. 20 TCU.
Illinois was No. 21, followed by
No. 22 Southern Mississippi, No. 23
Colorado, No. 24 Michigan State and
No. 25 Texas A&M.
The Aggies, the only new team in
the poll, open at Notre Dame on Sat
urday.
Nebraska’s streak of consecu
tive poll appearances is up to 310, fol
lowed by Florida State’s 184 and Flori
da’s 178.
In the USA Today/ESPN coaches
poll, the top five are Nebraska, Flori
da State, Alabama, Michigan and Wis
consin.
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Floyd thinks the sellouts in foot
ball and basketball - the team has
sold every season ticket at the Car
olina Coliseum for basketball games
the past two years - show that most
fans support McGee’s tenure.
l’I don’t sense there’s a lot of
negative taik out there,” he said.
For instance, the athletic de
partment raised a record $10.3 mil
lion for the 1998-99 season, while
the Gamecock Club added more than
1,000 new members that same year.
University President John Palms,
like almost every other Gamecock,
would like more football success.
But, Palms said, ‘ ’There’s a lot more
to his job than that.”
McGee’s style, like that of a For
tune 500 chairman, is centered on -
results. He says people don’t think
in commercial terms about college
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'required” to improve.” he said, ‘ ’The
impact of it, you don’t see for sev
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