8B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, MAY 8, 2006
Hit, run, score a newsie victory
Contributed photo by Erin Bodzin
The University Daily Kansas news staff gather after winning the semi-annual softball game against the Kansan advertising staff at Lyons Park, North Second Street and Lyon Street, on Saturday afternoon. Driven by solid infield defense and a strong offense, the news staff defeated the advertising staff 14-5.
GOLF
GOLF Bryant wins second tournament this year
HOOVER, Ala. — With Brad Bryant's terrific shots and Mark McNulty's costly blunders, the Regions Charity Classic took a dramatic twist at the end.
Bryant turned a three-stroke deficit into a two-shot victory over the final three holes Sunday, finishing with an 8-under 64 to take full advantage of McNulty's two shots into the water.
"The ending was some-what bittersweet," Bryant said. "I certainly did not expect Mark to hit a ball in the water, let alone hit it in the water twice. That's very unusual. He's such a great player. On the other hand, I
just hit great shots."
Two shots in particular helped give Bryant his second Champions Tour victory of the year and a $240,000 payday with his 17-under 199 total.
McNulty, who had a three-stroke lead through 15 holes, sent his second shot into the water on No.17 for the second straight day and made a double bogey. That left an
opening for Bryant, who used a 3-iron to hit a near-perfect, 219-yard approach and set up a nearly 4-foot birdie putt for a one-stroke edge.
On the previous hole, he hit a 5-iron 209 yards to set up a 3-foot eagle putt.
Bryant called those swings "quite possibly the best shots I've ever hit in my life"
—The Associated Press
WOMEN'S GOLF
Kerr erases big lead to win
BY TERESA M. WALKER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Cristie Kerr thought all week she would leave here a winner. Then she started Sunday with what she called a magical shot, a 50-foot putt from the fringe that went up and over a ridge and into the hole for birdie.
"That was one of the best putts under pressure that I've hit in a long time, and it went in unbelievable." Kerr said.
With that start, Kerr overcame a four-stroke deficit to win her seventh LPGA Tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over Lorena Ochoa, Pat Hurst and Angela Stanford in the Franklin American Mortgage Championship.
Kerr had five birdies in her bogy-free round to finish with a tournament-record 19-under 269 total on the Vanderbilt Legends Club's Ironhorse Course. Kerr broke the mark of 17 under set by Annika Sorenstam in 2002, and matched the lowest score on tour this year, Ochoa's 19 under in the 54-hole Takefuji Classic.
Kerr also became only the second American winner through nine events this year, joining Juli Inkster — the Safeway champion in March.
"It feels absolutely great, and there's going to be many more," Kerr said. "We've got a lot of talented Americans, and everybody out here, it's so competitive out here I can't tell you."
Ochoa, the tour money leader who won here in 2004, had three straight birdies to pull within two of Kerr. Ochoa tried to eagle the par-5, 469-yard 18th, but hit a 5-iron from 180 yards into the water and finished with a 66.
"We're trying to be aggressive," Ochoa said. "We had a good club in our hand, made a bad swing, wanted to put it close and make an eagle. We were trying."
Hurst had glanced at the leaderboard and knew Kerr had a safe lead. She had a chance at eagle from nearly 50 feet on No. 18, but her putt came up short and she settled for her fifth straight birdie and a 68.
Stanford, trying to win for the second time in her career and to become the third wire-to-wire winner on tour this year, finished with a 73.
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