2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
INSIDE SPORTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004
Hey, Jay, what do you say?
Patrick Shehan, Denver sophomore, Nick Peterson, Austin, Texas, resident, and Mike Peterson, Blue Springs sophomore, talk to Big Jay during Saturday's football game at Memorial Stadium. Kansas defeated Tulsa 21-3.
Singh takes Woods' No.1 rank in golf
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NORTON, Mass. — Vijay Singh has been playing the best golf in the world for a long time. Now he has Tiger Woods' No. 1 ranking to prove it.
Singh finished his long climb to the top of golf's ultimate leaderboard by beating Woods in a head-to-head matchup, shooting a 69 yesterday to win the Deutsche Bank Championship by three strokes and claim Woods' spot as the top-ranked player in the world.
It was Singh's sixth victory of the year, enough to convince the computers that crunch the numbers what many have known for months.
many have known of us taken "Finally it's turned into my favor"
said Singh, who birdied three of the last four holes to win the $900,000 first prize. "I've worked pretty hard for this. I finally achieved what I wanted to do starting at the beginning of the year.
"It was a good win, as well. Coming down the stretch got pretty tight there, but I got focused and I played pretty good coming down."
Woods had been No.1 for more than five years — a record 264 consecutive weeks — in the rankings that consider performance over the past two years, factoring in the strength of field. Singh had winnowed Woods' lead to 12.09-11.91 heading into the Deutsche Bank, needing only to finish ahead of Woods to pass him.
The new numbers released later
Monday had Singh at 12.72 points to Woods' 12.27, making Singh the first player other than Woods to hold the No.1 ranking since Aug.8, 1999.
"That's not too bad, is it? I've had a good run." Woods said. "I'm not disappointed about the ranking; I'm disappointed in not winning ... Winning takes care of the ranking."
Singh and Woods were tied at 13 under after Singh boyedey the 13th hole, but Woods boyedey the next one and Singh birdied No. 15 to pull ahead by two strokes. The 41-year-old Fijian added birdies on the final two holes at the par-71, 7,415 TPC of Boston to finish 16 under, three ahead of Woods and defending champion Adam Scott.
wasn't about the ranking," said Singh, who has won the last nine times he took a lead into the final round. "It wasn't about going out there and trying to beat Tiger and beat the No. 1 player. I was out there trying to win the golf tournament and that was my goal starting out today.
"It was a golf tournament to me. It
"You know, Adam Scott nearly jumped up and took it away," he added, "but I was very focused."
Scott started the day seven strokes behind Singh before making the turn with four consecutive birdies to get into contention.
He birdied the 18th hole to move into second place at 13 under, and Woods' 69 matched him; John Rollins and Daniel Chopra were another two strokes back at minus 10.
Royals lose to Tigers in exchange of sloppy play
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — Wil Ledezma made his last start in the Tigers' rotation a strong one.
Ledezma (4-2) gave up two runs — one earned — and seven hits in six innings to lead Detroit to a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals yesterday. The 23-year-old left-hander will move to the bullpen to reduce the number of innings he throws the rest of this year.
of this year.
Ledezma went 12-4 for Double-A
Erie before coming to Detroit in mid-
July. He has pitched 155 2-3 innings this season.
Detroit hadn't played since Friday, when it won at Tampa Bay but had the last two games of the series postponed because of Hurricane Frances.
Gary Knotts pitched the final three innings and gave up two hits and one run — Angel Berroa's solo homer in the ninth — for his second save.
Denny Bautista (0-1) lost in his first major league start, allowing four
runs on eight hits in six innings. The Royals have lost three of four.
Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first, helped by two mistakes by Kansas City's defense.
Carlos Pena lifted a harmless-looking fly ball to shallow left, but Desi Relaford broke the wrong way and failed to make a diving catch, giving Pena an RBI double.
Monroe's single made it 2-0 when no one covered first on a grounder between first and the mound. Jason Smith followed with a single to left, scoring Pena.
Kansas City left the bases loaded in the third, but scored twice in the next inning — thanks to some sloppy defense by the Tigers.
Ken Harvey reached second on shortstop Guillen's throwing error on his grounder, and scored on Joe Randa's single to right. Randa ended up on second when Bobby Higginson misplayed the ball, and he scored when Matt Stairs doubled down the right-field line.
Monroe made it 4-2 in the sixth with his 13th homer. He has hit in 19 of his last 20 games.
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THURSDAY'S INTRAMURAL RESULTS
FLAG FOOTBALL
Delta Upsilon def. 1006 Wolfpack
18-0
Army ROTC def. Amini 20-6
Phi Delt A-1 def. SAE 1 6-0
Fighting Armadillos def. Oneders 19-0
CoRec:
Beavers def. 8th Floor Ellsworth
51-12
Women's:
AGD 2 def. AD Pirates 25-6
AGD 1 def. Pi Beta Phi 28-12
Sausage Tacos def. Andy's Army
14-12
SAND VOLLEYBALL
Fiji Pledge def. Pi Kap 1 (21-17,
21-11)
21-14 Fiji 1 def. Fiji 2 by forfeit (2-0, 2-0)
O-town 4 def. Pi Kap 2 (21-14, 22-20)
Beached Whales def. Beach Rats (21-14, 21-12)
blue Chips def. Volleyball Name (21-15, 21-15)
Lamda Chi Alpha 1 def. Lamda Chi Alpha 2 by forfeit (2-0, 2-0) Women's:
Kappa Kappa Gamma 3
Kappa Delta Green (21-14, 21-10)
Kappa Kappa Gamma 3 def.
Kansas athletics calendar
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Soccer at Furman, S.C. 6 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Rhode Island (KU)
invitational Tournament 12 p.m.
**Volleyball vs. Wisconsin (KU Invitational Tournament)** 7 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Denver 2 p.m.
Men's golf at East Tennessee State
Soccer vs. Clemson at Furman, S.C. 11 a.m.
Vollleyball vs. Denver 2 p.m.
SATURDAY
Cross Country at Wildcat Invitational in Topakka
Football vs. Toledo 6 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Brandon Rideau was named the Big 12 Conference special teams player of the week. Rideau plays wide receiver, but earned the honor on special teams by blocking two punts in Kansas' 21-3 victory over Tulsa. He also recovered and returned one of the punts for 19 yards, giving the Jayhawks key field position. On the receiving end, he caught three passes for 27 yards.
Brandon Rideau among this week's best of Big 12 players
The awards are given weekly and recipients are voted on by a panel of media members covering the Big 12. Vernand Morency of Oklahoma State was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and Derrick Johnson, linebacker from Texas, was named Defensive Player of the Week.
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