Monday, August 11, 2003
Love's International win sets record
The Associated Press
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. - Davis Love III birdied three of his first four holes Sunday at The International and cruised to his fourth victory of the season.
Love led wire-to-wire for his 18th career title. He also vaulted from fourth to first on the PGA Tour's money list with $5.1 million heading into next week's PGA Championship.
Love, who began the final round with 41 points, added five points under the modified Stableford scoring system used in this event and beat Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen by a tournament-record 12 points.
Chris DiMarco was another point back at 33, and John Rollins had 31. Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson each had 26.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Wayne Levi sank a 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the 3M Championship on Sunday, notching his first career Champions Tour victory.
Levi's last victory was at the 1990 Canadian Open. He was the 20th winner in 21 official tournaments this year on the Tour.
LPGA: Hee-Won Han had to work overtime to make sure she didn't settle for second place this time.
The runner-up a year ago, Han made a 25-foot birdie putt on the third hole of sudden death Sunday to beat Wendy Ward and win the Wendy's Championship for Children.
Han, who finished a shot behind Mi Hyun Kim a year ago, won for just the second time in her career.
U.S. WOMEN'S AM: Virada Nirapathpangporn beat Jane Park 2 and 1 in a 36-hole final to capture the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship title Sunday at Philadelphia Country Club.
Nirapathpangporn, a quarterfinalist in the tournament the last two years, built a two-hole lead after 18 holes in the morning. She watched Park pull even in the afternoon before playing bogey-free golf over the final 13 holes for the victory.