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Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Woods endeavors to master Augusta
Golf champion strives to regain last year's glory
The Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods returned to Augusta National Golf Club the way he left it a year ago in a class by himself
For the first three years that Woods came to the Masters, the always-thinking Butch Harmon made certain his star pupil played practice rounds with former champions.
Yesterday,
Woods
returned to
Woods: Returns to tournament to defend his title.
Augusta as one of those former champions and fittingly played his practice round alone. It was symbolic of the way Woods finished last year at the Masters — 12 strokes ahead of his nearest competitor.
Woods' victory was a tribute to
his ability and to Harmon's brilliant game plan. Local knowledge at Augusta is so important, Harmon wanted to make certain Woods had every opportunity to soak up every bit of information possible.
"There is a route around Augusta," three-time winner Nick Faldo said. "You just have to find it and follow it."
In search of that route, Woods played practice rounds with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Crenshaw, Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal and other Masters champions.
"That was my main purpose in those practice rounds — to have him play with people who know how the greens break, know where the pins will be on Sunday, know what spots you have to hit on the green to have the ball funnel to the hole." Harmon said.
Harmon was the perfect schoolmaster, setting up the curriculum cleverly and selecting the best teachers who shared their insight willingly. And Woods was a pupil whose learning curve is as impressive as his tee shots.
"One of the great things about Tiger is how open he is to information. He knows that as good as he is, he can't do it on talent alone. He listens, and he soaks up information like a sponge."
"One of the great things about Tiger is how open he is to information," Harmon said. "He knows that as good as he is, he can't do it on talent alone. He listens, and he
Butch Harmon
soaks up information like a sponge."
Tiger Woods' mentor
Faldo said it took him six or seven Masters to feel comfortable at Augusta. Woods mastered the layout in one-third that time, shooting a record 18-under-par last year.
"Another impressive thing about Tiger is how he uses information," Harmon said. "He is not afraid to take something he has learned right out onto the course, whether it's something we are working on with his swing or something we have talked about on how to play the course."
There likely is not a better golf course to match Woods' game. Augusta is wide open with no rough, so although his occasional wild tee shots may cost him a bogey, the shots will not cost him a double bogey or triple bogey like those that did Woods in at the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship last year.
Ten of the holes Woods played in those three tournaments totaled 24 strokes over par. But he made only seven bogeys all week at Augusta last year, and he never had a score higher than bogey on any hole.
Watching Woods work his way around Augusta is similar to watching Nicklaus play the course when he was at his peak.
"I felt if I played well, I would really have to have some bad breaks to lose at Augusta," Nicklaus said. "With my length, the hazards weren't there. I hit it over everything, same as he does. I see no reason why he won't do it again."
Although Augusta already may feel like home for Woods, a number of challengers will give him a run when the 62nd Masters starts Thursday.
win The Players Championship.
Lee Westwood, the 24-year-old Englishman who won Sunday in New Orleans, joins Jim Furry, Phil Mickelson and David Duval in the tier of under-30 players right behind Woods. Els and Leonard.
Davis Love III won the last major played by the PGA in August—and will try to become the first player to win consecutive majors since Nick Price took the British Open and PGA in 1994.
The last 13 major championships — dating back to Price — have been won by 13 different people.
One of the people who could break that streak is John Daly, winner of the 1995 British Open and who is playing the most consistent golf of his troubled career.
Two question marks are Faldo and Greg Norman, who crossed paths here in 1996 when the Faldo overcame a six-stroke deficit Sunday to catch Norman.
Faldo has not putted consistently in nearly two years. Norman, who has played only 17 1/2 competitive rounds this year, is not even arriving at Augusta until tonight.
Woods, however, is here. The whoops and hollers that greeted his arrival on the first tree told that story.
That both his drive and a mulligan landed in the pine needles well right of the fairway said there is still a long way to go until Sunday and a possible second green jacket.
U.S. team holds on to chance at Davis Cup
Courier wins final match in series; Russia takes loss
The Associated Press
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Jim Courier saved the United States from Davis Cup elimination.
He rallied from the brink of defeat today to beat 18-year-old Marat Safin 0-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, giving the United States a 3-2 first-round victory against Russia following an opening loss by Andre Assigli.
Courier sank to his knees when his victory finally was secure and was mobbed by captain Tom Gullikson. Soon, Agassi and the rest of the U.S. team piled on.
Agassi lost in straight sets to Kafelnikov earlier in the day to
Safin slumped in his courtside chair, consoled by Russian captain Shamil Tarpischev and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
even the best-of-five series. Then, the Americans seemed headed for their first Davis Cup home loss since 1987 when Courier lost the first eight games against the Russian teen-ager, ranked No. 170 in the world.
But Courier, a former No. 1 whose skills have declined in recent years, had too much experience and grit for Safin, a Davis cup rookie who had never played in a five-set match.
Courier, playing in the 29th five set match of his career and the second of this series, essentially won the match in the third game of the final set.
After Safin saved two break points with booming serves for deuce, Courier volleyed into position for a slam and won the game when the Russian sent an easy forehand beyond the baseline.
The two players held serve the rest of the way, with Courier sealing the victory when Safin could not handle a serve on double match point, sending the return
way long.
The Americans have won 31 Davis Cup titles, more than any other country. Their last title came in 1995, when a team led by Pete Sampras beat the Russians in a classic final at Moscow Now
Courier: Win keeps team alive in Davis Cup play.
the two countries have another stimulating series to add to their budding rivalry.
The United States advanced to the second round against Belgium, which defeated the Netherlands 3-2 today when Christophe Van Garsse finished off the decisive singles match against Sjeng Schalkeni 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6. They completed a match that was halted Sunday because of darkness.
The Americans never have been beaten in a Davis Cup series when
Courier plays, going 11-0. That streak appeared in jeopardy when Agassi lost in singles for the first time since 1990, losing to Kafelnikov 6-3, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3).
After losing the tiebreaker, Agassi slammed his racket to the court, grabbed his bag and hustled to the locker room. His match lasted all of 90 minutes.
"I haven't played a match that poorly in a long time" said Agassi, who had only three break chance
— all in the first set — and failed to convert any of the chances. "I just didn't the range' on my shots."
But the match turned on more than Agassi's shortcomings. Kafelnikov is one of the world's premier players, and he played like it.
"I was able to place my shots wherever I wanted," he said. "I felt like everything was working for me."
Agassi had won 16-straight Davis Cup singles, including a straight-set romp Saturday
against Safin to tie the American record set by Bill Tilden from 1920-26. But Kafelnikov prevented Agassi from setting a mark and clinching the best-of-five series.
Agassi's powerful baseline strokes were off target the entire match — he had only 18 winners and 35 unforced errors — and Kafelnikov's booming serve produced 12 aces and prevented any breaks.
The sixth-ranked singles player in the world simply overpowered Agassi, who has revitalized his career in recent months, improving his ranking from No.141 to No.22 in November.
Agassi even resorted to taking off his trademark baseball cap a couple of times, but it did not improve his play on a sunny day at the International Tennis Center.
The U.S.-Russia series finished a day later than scheduled because rain postponed Friday's opening singles matches.
Struggles dim NHL's brightest
"We have to be concerned about momentum this close to the playoffs," Colorado's Joe Sakic said.
Colorado can take some consolation in that leading scorer Peter Forsberg is still out of the lineup with a groin injury, and Sakic recently returned to the lineup after a knee injury during the Olympics.
Colorado has scored just three goals in the four-game slump, the longest for the Avalanche since they moved from Quebec to Colorado in 1995. Even so, the Avalanche (37-24-16) led Los Angeles by 11 points in the Pacific Division following the Kings' 3-2 loss Saturday at Washington.
As for Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock, he is worried.
The Associated Press
"I am really concerned. I think we all are," Hitchcock said following Saturday night's 5-3 loss at Vancouver.
Detroit's 3-2 defeat Saturday of Chicago moved the Red Wings into a virtual tie with Dallas at the top of the Central, with 97 points apiece. But the Stars (43-20-11) technically held first instead of Detroit (41-20-15) because of more victories.
The Stars' Daryl Sydor said, "We have to turn this around quickly or our summer will arrive very soon."
The Devils suddenly have hit the doldrums, too. They had lost a season-high three straight games before Sunday night's 3-2 defeat of Phoenix. Friday night, they blew a two-goal lead after two periods for only the second time in 45 games and lost 3-2 to the Ottawa Senators.
The Pacific Division-leading Avalanche had lost four straight, and the Central Division-leading Stars were 1-5 entering last night.
Despite their recent play, the Devils (46-21-9) have the best record in the NHL, with 101 points following Sunday's victory.
This is not how all four teams want to approach the playoffs, which start in two weeks. And things especially have sour for Colorado and Dallas.
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The Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars sure picked a bad time to slump. The New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins, the other two division leaders, also are struggling.
Like the other front-runners, the Northeast-leading Penguins have not exactly been burning up the league of late.
Sunday night's 3-1 loss at Florida gave them a 1-4-2 record in their last seven games.
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