FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005
SPORTS
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Golfer bags tourney victory
BY JONATHON ANDERSON
janderson@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Gary Woodland followed his torrid summer play and captured the individual title in the Cleveland State Invitational in Chardon, Ohio, on Tuesday.
This marked Woodland's first tournament title of his career. He won the Kansas Amateur Match Play Championship in July.
"I have been playing well since this summer, and I am glad that I was able to get started off on the right foot," Woodland said. "It's always nice when your hard work and dedication that you put in is able to be noticed out there on the course."
Coming out of the gates with
a 67. Woodland was able to go into the second round with a stroke of confidence and a chance to play aggressively to increase his lead.
"The nice part about this past tournament was that I never put myself in a bad situation," Woodland said. "Although I didn't drive the ball as well as I would have liked, my approach shots and ability to keep the ball on the fairway allowed me to stay consistent and ahead of the field."
Woodland closed the tournament with a three-round total of 202 and finished 11-under par.
2022 and Kansas men's golf coach Ross Randall said he was very proud of his captain's efforts.
"Gary was clicking right out of the gate," Randall said. "He
had himself a great tournament, and it allowed other teams to see how well Gary can really play."
Kansas escaped the tournament with a ninth place finish in team play. The Jafhawks fired a three-round total of 887. Louisville won the tournament with a three-round total of 871.
Although Kansas finished in the middle of the pack, Randall said he wasn't worried.
"It was the first event, and on paper we didn't bring our A team," Randall said. "We will get going down the stretch here. We took the team that worked the hardest and that is something to be happy about. There are a lot of guys that want to make these trips and put in a lot of time."
trips and put in the Junior Tyler Docking did not play in the Cleveland State Invitational because he failed to make the cut in the preliminary round. The next tournament will be held at Alvamar Golf and Country Club in Lawrence, and a provisional rule allows all members of the team to participate.
Senior Pete Krsnich finished in a tie for 48th with a 226 three-round total. Freshman Zach Pederson shot a 234 to tie for 70th. Senior Jason Sigler shot an overall score of 238 and finished in a tie for 79th. Senior Ryan Rainer ended in a tie for 82nd after totaling a 239.
Kansas will hit the links Sept. 19-20 when it plays host to the Kansas Invitational at Alvamar Golf and Country Club.
Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
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BY DOUG TUCKER
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All year long, they could do almost nothing wrong. Now, the Chicago White Sox can hardly do anything right — and they could be in trouble.
"We're playing lousy baseball on the bases, pitching, everything," manager Ozzie Guillen said Thursday after the Kansas City Royals emerged with a 7-5 win over the mistake-prone White Sox. "There's no doubt about it. We really flat-out stink. It's not the same team I've been watching all year."
Tadahito Iguchi's pinch three-run double off Andrew Sisco sliced the Royals' lead to 6-5 in the eighth, but Berroa added an RBI single in the eighth on a cool, rainy day which drew a crowd that seemed much small-
The White Sox have lost six of seven, including back-to-back setbacks against a Kansas City team that has the worst record in the majors. Their lead over Cleveland in the AL Central that stood at 9 1/2 games on Sept. 7 has shrunk to 4 1/2.
The White Sox committed two costly baserunning blunders and gave up a season-high
Chip Ambres opened the Kansas City seventh with his second double. With one out, Emil Brown chased Buehrle with an RBI single that put the Royals on top 3-2. Angel Berroa singled off reliever Luis Vizcaíno ahead of Buck's double. A walk and an infield single loaded the bases, and Vizcaíno walked in the sixth run.
they played. The White Sox held a seemingly commanding 15-game lead as late as Aug. 1. The Indians haven't been this close since April 20.
April 20.
“If I named all that I'm disappointed about, we might be here all day,” Guillen said. “The entire week was disappointing. Even the game we won, I was disappointed. If we continue to play like this, good luck.”
"There's no doubt about it. We really flat-out stink. It's not the same team I've been watching all year."
eight doubles to the Royals, who lost to Chicago the first 10 times they played this year.
Ozzie Guillen
Royals Manager
John Buck hit a two-run double to key four-run seventh inning for the Royals.
might for the injury. Ambiorix Burgos (2-5) got the victory in relief of starter Zack Greinke, going 1 1-3 innings and giving up two runs.
Buehrle (15-8) went 6 1-3 innings for the White Sox and was charged with four runs on nine hits, with two walks and three strikeouts.
er than the announced 9,258.
Jermaine Dye hit a solo home run in the second inning and Carl Everett had an RBI single for a 2-0 Chicago lead. The Royals tied it the third on Brown's RBI double and a sacrifice fly by Berroa.
Mike MacDougal got the final four outs for his 19th save in 22 chances.
Carl Everett was hit by a pitch with one out in the sixth and went to third on Dye's double. But he overran the bag and was tagged out trying to get back.
Betroa In the second inning, A.J. Pierzynski singled after Dye's home run but was easily thrown out while attempting to score on Joe Crede's double.
Greinke managed to avoid becoming the major leagues' first 17-game loser.
"I got bailed out by the defense and by bad baserunning," he said. "They're playing for a lot. You can see how pumped up they are."
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