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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 12, 1999
Olazabal wins Masters
Greg Norman again falls short of green jacket
The Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The only redemption Sunday belonged to Jose Maria Olazabal.
Unable to walk three years ago and fearing his career had ended. Olazabal stole the thunder from Greg Norman and won the Masters for the second time.
Just when it looked as though Norman might finally redeem himself from three past failures at Augusta National by making a 30-foot eagle on the 13th hole and taking the lead, Olazabal suk in a birdie putt, creating a tie.
The rest of the day belonged to the 33-year-old Spaniard, who didn't make a bogey during the final 13 holes. He finished his 1-under 71 with a 4-foot putt and pumped his fist.
He won by two strokes over Davis Love III with a 280, the highest winning score at the Masters in 10 years.
The cheers belonged to Norman. As usual, so did the groans.
This wasn't nearly as shocking as his collapse in 1996, when Norman squandered a six-stroke lead to Nick Faldo in the final round. Norman simply didn't make the shots that Augusta requires of its champions on the final holes.
Norman three-putted from 40 feet off the fringe for a bogey on the 14th, then effectively ended his chances on the par-515th, when his sand wedge from 98 yards away missed its target by 40 feet and he took another bogey.
Olazabal closed it out in fashion with a 3-foot birdie putt on the 16th, then two more pars in which his brilliance with the short game was on display.
The limp gone, he marched up to the 18th green to a gallery that finally gave him his due.
"I reached a point that I really had serious doubts about not just playing golf but the quality of my life," Olazabal said. "To be here at this moment, it's very emotional."
Norman, who missed most of last year because of shoulder surgery, had to take yet another walk up the final fairway, waiting for someone else to be crowned once again.
"I said to myself, "It could have just as easily been me," "Norman said.
Olazabal became the 11th European winner of the Masters in the last 20 years and now has as many green jackets as his mentor, Seve Ballesteros.
Norman, playing in the final group at a major championship for the eighth time, finished with a 73 and finished third at 283. Bob Estes and Steve Pate were another stroke back.
David Duval had the best round of the day, a 2-under 70, and was in a large group at 285 that included Nick Price, Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood.
Not even Olazabal could have imagined this moment three years ago, when foot problems that later were traced to his back left him confined to his couch in Spain, having to watch the '96 Masters on television.
One of the many notes he received during his 18 months away from the game was from Norman. They became close friends when Olayazabal returned the favor last year as Norman was recovering from shoulder surgery.
On Sunday, Olazabal had almost as much to do with Norman's fate as the Shark himself.
They were tied at 5 under going to the 10th tee, and then produced drama as compelling as 1975, when Jack Nicklaus held off Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf.
"It was a successful week, and a sad week, all rolled up in one," Norman said. "It's not a heartbreak. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill on this one."
Hornet arena committee head criticized for talks with Jordan
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — He flew to New York, smoked Cuban cigars with Michael Jordan and told him that buying into the Charlotte Hornets would be good for the team, good for the city and good for the prospects of a new arena.
Then John Fennebresque, the head of the New Arena Committee, flew home to criticism from people who wondered why he tried to sell Jordan on Charlotte.
"I told Jordan that I was there for the city," Fennebresque said. "That's why I was there. I wanted to keep the Hornets in Charlotte. We needed a new arena to be uptown and Michael Jordan's involvement as a 50 percent owner could make the job a whole lot easier."
Others think he should have stayed at home March 19.
"It was stupid, wrong, and ridiculous," said Al Rousso, at- large City Council member.
Jordan: Could buy into Charlotte Hornets.
Rousso objects to spending public money to promote a private multimillionaire's enterprise. He is angry that Fennbresque, chairman of a council.
appointed committee, agreed to meet privately with Jordan.
Fennebresque's allies say politicians and the public should be grateful that he is channeling his energy and talent into the arena project. Fennebresque, they say, makes things happen.
"John is my lawyer," said Hugh McColl Jr., chairman and chief executive of Bank of America. "I could have chosen anyone. He gets things done."
Fennebresque said the meeting was merely advisory.
"I was not negotiating with Michael Jordan," he said.
Hornets owner George Shinn has said his talks with Jordan are continuing.
"I doubt a further meeting would be as confidential as this one was," he said. "Then I can tell all the people in politics that they can be jealous right from the start."
1999 NFL draft sports strong arms
Coaches eye quarterbacks for opening round of picks
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — So much for the "best available athletes," the players every coach says he'll draft regardless of position.
When the NFL draft begins Saturday, those players — Ricky Williams, Champ Bailey, Chris Claiborne, Torry Holt and Jevon Kearse — will wait while Tim Couch, Akill Smith, Donovan McNabb and Daunte Culpepper are chosen.
That's because Couch and his co-stars are quarterbacks, and this is the best draft for quarterbacks since 1983, when six went in the first round. Two of those six, John Elway and Dan Marino, are sure Hall of Famers, and a third, Jim Kelly, has a good shot.
On the other hand...
"You're not going to look five years from now and say, 'Boy, all these guys are great.' Down the road it might be just two of them," said Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora.
Of the three first-round quarterbacks in '83, Ken O'Brien and Tony Eason, had ordinary careers, and
History says Mora's right.
Todd Blackledge, the second quarterback taken (after Elway), was a bust.
So although Williams, who set an NCAA rushing record at Texas and won the Heisman Trophy, is an obvious No. 1, he'll probably have to wait a few minutes at the draft, just as friend and new Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson did when he was taken No. 2 behind Elway in '83.
This year's draft also could be a bookhistoric.
society has shown. The probable first-round quarterbacks are Couch of Kentucky, Smith of Oregon, McNabb of Syracuse, Culpepper of Central Florida and Cade McNown of UCLA. Smith, Culpepper and McNabb are black, as is another possible first-rounder, Shaun King of Tulane.
three black quarterbacks have been taken in the first round — Doug Williams in 1978, Andre Ware in 1990 and Steve McNair in 1995. Warren Moon, third behind Marino and Elway in career yards passing, went undrafted in 1978 and had to go to Canada to prove himself.
For whatever reason, only
While times have changed, so have styles. Of the top group, only Couch is the prototypical dropback passer NFL scouts have liked for so long.
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