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Sports Notebook
Star-Bulletin staff
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ON THE PGA TOUR
Memorial Tournament
Site: Dublin, Ohio.
Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.
Course: Muirfield Village Golf Club (7,300 yards, par 72).
Purse: $5.75 million.
Winner's share: $1,035,000.
Television: ESPN.
Last year: Bart Bryant won the second of his three career PGA Tour titles, shooting 69-69-66-68 to beat Fred Couples by a stroke.
Last week: Jeff Maggert won the St. Jude Classic for his third PGA Tour title, closing with a 5-under 65 for a three-stroke victory over Tom Pernice Jr. The 42-year-old Maggert won for the first time since the 1999 WGC-Accenture Match Play.
On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com
ON THE LPGA TOUR
ShopRite LPGA Classic
Site: Galloway Township, N.J.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Seaview Marriott Resort & Spa, Bay Course (6,071 yards, par 71).
Purse: $1.5 million.
Winner's share: $225,000.
Television: ESPN2.
Last year: Annika Sorenstam won for the fifth time in her first seven 2005 events and the eighth time in her last 11 tour starts. She shot 67-65-64 for a four-stroke victory over Juli Inkster.
On the Net: http://www.lpga.com
ON THE CHAMPIONS TOUR
Allianz Championship
Site: Polk City, Iowa.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Tournament Club of Iowa (6,779 yards, par 71).
Purse: $1.5 million.
Winner's share: $225,000.
Television: The Golf Channel.
Last week: Jay Haas won the Senior PGA Championship for his third straight Champions Tour victory, beating Brad Bryant on the third hole of a playoff at Oak Tree.
On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com
ON THE PGA TOUR
MONEY LEADERS
| 1. Phil Mickelson |
$3,237,992 |
| 2. Jim Furyk |
$3,038,549 |
| 3. Stuart Appleby |
$2,685,675 |
| 4. Geoff Ogilvy |
$2,588,759 |
| 5. Tiger Woods |
$2,485,083 |
| 6. Chad Campbell |
$2,406,661 |
| 7. David Toms |
$2,302,794 |
| 8. Rory Sabbatini |
$2,294,410 |
| 9. Stephen Ames |
$2,153,749 |
| 10. Retief Goosen |
$1,964,323 |
SCORING AVERAGE
| 1. Jim Furyk |
69.38 |
| 2. Phil Mickelson |
69.40 |
| 3. Adam Scott |
69.50 |
| 4. Tiger Woods |
69.62 |
| 5. Vijay Singh |
69.68 |
| 5. Luke Donald |
69.68 |
| 7. Arron Oberholser |
69.73 |
| 8. David Toms |
69.75 |
| 9. Retief Goosen |
69.79 |
| 10. Ernie Els |
69.97 |
DRIVING DISTANCE
| 1. Bubba Watson |
321.2 |
| 2. J.B. Holmes |
312.6 |
| 3. Robert Garrigus |
310.7 |
| 4. Tag Ridings |
309.1 |
| 5. Brett Wetterich |
308.8 |
| 6. Camilo Villegas |
307.7 |
| 7. Fred Couples |
304.7 |
| 7. John Daly |
304.4 |
| 9. Charley Hoffman |
303.8 |
| 10. Hank Kuehne |
303.0 |
ALL-AROUND RANKING
| 1. David Toms |
243 |
| 2. Vijay Singh |
282 |
| 3. Lucas Glover |
292 |
| 4. Brett Wetterich |
308 |
| 5. Adam Scott |
320 |
| 6. Phil Mickelson |
339 |
| 7. Jose Maria Olazabal |
345 |
| 8. Retief Goosen |
347 |
| 9. Stephen Ames |
352 |
| 9. Stuart Appleby |
352 |
PGA Tour Money Leaders
Through May 28
|
Trn |
Money |
| 1. Phil Mickelson |
11 |
$3,237,992 |
| 2. Jim Furyk |
13 |
$3,038,549 |
| 3. Stuart Appleby |
11 |
$2,685,675 |
| 4. Geoff Ogilvy |
12 |
$2,588,759 |
| 5. Tiger Woods |
7 |
$2,485,083 |
| 6. Chad Campbell |
14 |
$2,406,661 |
| 7. David Toms |
13 |
$2,302,794 |
| 8. Rory Sabbatini |
13 |
$2,294,410 |
| 9. Stephen Ames |
12 |
$2,153,749 |
| 10. Retief Goosen |
8 |
$1,964,323 |
| 11. Vijay Singh |
12 |
$1,904,165 |
| 12. Rod Pampling |
12 |
$1,896,947 |
| 13. Arron Oberholser |
12 |
$1,833,793 |
| 14. Luke Donald |
10 |
$1,772,853 |
| 15. Jose Maria Olazabal |
10 |
$1,703,245 |
| 16. Trevor Immelman |
12 |
$1,696,286 |
| 17. Brett Wetterich |
10 |
$1,588,486 |
| 18. Adam Scott |
8 |
$1,556,373 |
| 19. Tim Herron |
14 |
$1,545,106 |
| 20. Lucas Glover |
15 |
$1,518,954 |
| 21. Zach Johnson |
13 |
$1,452,308 |
| 22. Tim Clark |
12 |
$1,439,823 |
| 23. Camilo Villegas |
15 |
$1,349,919 |
| 24. Tom Pernice, Jr. |
16 |
$1,334,401 |
| 25. Scott Verplank |
11 |
$1,260,354 |
| 26. Jeff Maggert |
13 |
$1,235,869 |
| 27. Davis Love III |
13 |
$1,220,031 |
| 28. Richard S. Johnson |
15 |
$1,193,652 |
| 29. Aaron Baddeley |
13 |
$1,180,895 |
| 30. J.B. Holmes |
12 |
$1,175,914 |
| 31. Mike Weir |
12 |
$1,173,607 |
| 32. Vaughn Taylor |
14 |
$1,150,200 |
| 33. Chris Couch |
13 |
$1,102,278 |
| 34. Billy Mayfair |
15 |
$1,096,074 |
| 35. Fred Funk |
15 |
$1,061,490 |
| 36. Bo Van Pelt |
15 |
$995,078 |
| 37. Tom Lehman |
12 |
$971,222 |
| 38. Jerry Kelly |
15 |
$966,489 |
| 39. Carl Pettersson |
14 |
$955,101 |
| 40. Nathan Green |
13 |
$951,800 |
| 41. Greg Owen |
13 |
$910,290 |
| 42. Bob Estes |
12 |
$892,492 |
| 43. Jesper Parnevik |
14 |
$869,017 |
| 44. Brett Quigley |
15 |
$847,185 |
| 45. Stewart Cink |
13 |
$815,022 |
| 46. Ernie Els |
9 |
$813,304 |
| 47. J.J. Henry |
14 |
$794,352 |
| 48. Dean Wilson |
17 |
$763,644 |
| 49. Fred Couples |
9 |
$749,874 |
| 50. Charles Howell III |
14 |
$742,338 |
| 51. John Rollins |
12 |
$719,936 |
| 52. Ryan Palmer |
14 |
$711,077 |
| 53. K.J. Choi |
11 |
$692,756 |
| 54. Sergio Garcia |
9 |
$681,145 |
| 55. Jonathan Byrd |
9 |
$676,012 |
| 56. Steve Lowery |
15 |
$671,488 |
| 57. Craig Barlow |
11 |
$666,968 |
| 58. Kirk Triplett |
11 |
$665,309 |
| 59. John Senden |
15 |
$663,644 |
| 60. Brian Gay |
16 |
$662,941 |
| 61. Pat Perez |
11 |
$658,157 |
| 62. Dudley Hart |
14 |
$644,426 |
| 63. Charles Warren |
14 |
$631,474 |
| 64. Jason Bohn |
14 |
$617,987 |
| 65. Charley Hoffman |
13 |
$603,764 |
| 66. Ben Crane |
11 |
$601,958 |
| 67. Ted Purdy |
16 |
$593,646 |
| 68. Padraig Harrington |
8 |
$582,035 |
| 69. Darren Clarke |
7 |
$576,200 |
| 70. Nick Watney |
14 |
$568,309 |
| 71. Robert Allenby |
9 |
$565,964 |
| 72. Fredrik Jacobson |
12 |
$565,251 |
| 73. Justin Leonard |
14 |
$564,387 |
| 74. Steve Stricker |
6 |
$551,864 |
| 75. Shane Bertsch |
17 |
$541,796 |
World Golf Ranking
Through May 28
| 1. Tiger Woods |
USA |
16.76 |
| 2. Phil Mickelson |
USA |
9.54 |
| 3. Retief Goosen |
SAf |
8.17 |
| 4. Vijay Singh |
Fij |
7.52 |
| 5. Jim Furyk |
USA |
6.47 |
| 6. Ernie Els |
SAf |
6.10 |
| 7. Sergio Garcia |
Spn |
5.86 |
| 8. David Toms |
USA |
5.23 |
| 9. Adam Scott |
Aus |
5.03 |
| 10. David Howell |
Eng |
5.00 |
| 11. Luke Donald |
Eng |
4.61 |
| 12. Jose Maria Olazabal |
Spn |
4.42 |
| 13. Henrik Stenson |
Swe |
4.21 |
| 14. Chad Campbell |
USA |
4.11 |
| 15. Tim Clark |
SAf |
4.09 |
| 16. Stuart Appleby |
Aus |
3.97 |
| 17. Geoff Ogilvy |
Aus |
3.94 |
| 18. Chris DiMarco |
USA |
3.90 |
| 19. Darren Clarke |
NIr |
3.80 |
| 20. Michael Campbell |
NZl |
3.76 |
| 21. Fred Couples |
USA |
3.73 |
| 22. Colin Montgomerie |
Sco |
3.68 |
| 23. Davis Love III |
USA |
3.68 |
| 24. Rod Pampling |
Aus |
3.66 |
| 25. Angel Cabrera |
Arg |
3.55 |
| 26. Kenny Perry |
USA |
3.52 |
| 27. Stephen Ames |
Can |
3.50 |
| 28. Rory Sabbatini |
SAf |
3.50 |
| 29. Padraig Harrington |
Ire |
3.45 |
| 30. Scott Verplank |
USA |
3.37 |
| 31. Thomas Bjorn |
Den |
3.33 |
| 32. Nick O'Hern |
Aus |
3.32 |
| 33. Tim Herron |
USA |
3.00 |
| 34. Trevor Immelman |
SAf |
2.95 |
| 35. Robert Allenby |
Aus |
2.92 |
| 36. Ben Crane |
USA |
2.82 |
| 37. Paul McGinley |
Ire |
2.80 |
| 38. Miguel Angel Jimenez |
Spn |
2.79 |
| 39. Paul Casey |
Eng |
2.75 |
| 40. Bart Bryant |
USA |
2.72 |
| 41. Arron Oberholser |
USA |
2.72 |
| 42. Mike Weir |
Can |
2.69 |
| 43. Shingo Katayama |
Jpn |
2.64 |
| 44. Zach Johnson |
USA |
2.63 |
| 45. Choi Kyung-Ju |
Kor |
2.60 |
| 46. Lucas Glover |
USA |
2.58 |
| 47. Tom Lehman |
USA |
2.53 |
| 48. Stewart Cink |
USA |
2.53 |
| 49. Fred Funk |
USA |
2.49 |
| 50. Niclas Fasth |
Swe |
2.35 |
LPGA Money Leaders
Through May 28
|
Trn |
Money |
| 1. Lorena Ochoa |
10 |
$1,114,888 |
| 2. Karrie Webb |
8 |
$935,202 |
| 3. Hee-Won Han |
11 |
$704,208 |
| 4. Mi Hyun Kim |
11 |
$584,826 |
| 5. Cristie Kerr |
10 |
$541,737 |
| 6. Juli Inkster |
9 |
$538,388 |
| 7. Annika Sorenstam |
7 |
$513,273 |
| 8. Seon Hwa Lee |
11 |
$435,414 |
| 9. Meena Lee |
11 |
$374,772 |
| 10. Natalie Gulbis |
11 |
$373,021 |
| 11. Paula Creamer |
10 |
$320,747 |
| 12. Pat Hurst |
10 |
$298,173 |
| 13. Jeong Jang |
10 |
$271,245 |
| 14. Sung Ah Yim |
10 |
$254,798 |
| 15. Joo Mi Kim |
10 |
$240,482 |
| 16. Helen Alfredsson |
10 |
$199,381 |
| 17. Ai Miyazato |
10 |
$182,193 |
| 18. Stacy Prammanasudh |
10 |
$181,900 |
| 19. Michele Redman |
9 |
$169,994 |
| 20. Shi Hyun Ahn |
10 |
$169,346 |
| 21. Brittany Lang |
11 |
$163,404 |
| 22. Kyeong Bae |
12 |
$158,460 |
| 23. Julieta Granada |
11 |
$157,028 |
| 24. Sarah Lee |
11 |
$148,791 |
| 25. Brittany Lincicome |
10 |
$147,252 |
| 26. Angela Stanford |
10 |
$146,750 |
| 27. Brandie Burton |
7 |
$143,664 |
| 28. Suzann Pettersen |
10 |
$139,834 |
| 29. Aree Song |
10 |
$137,433 |
| 30. Morgan Pressel |
8 |
$137,043 |
| 31. Heather Young |
11 |
$130,036 |
| 32. Christina Kim |
11 |
$129,607 |
| 33. Virada Nirapathpongporn |
9 |
$126,268 |
| 34. Laura Diaz |
8 |
$124,952 |
| 35. Jee Young Lee |
9 |
$115,411 |
| 36. Catriona Matthew |
10 |
$115,305 |
| 37. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc |
9 |
$113,249 |
| 38. Karen Stupples |
9 |
$113,053 |
| 39. Reilley Rankin |
8 |
$110,693 |
| 40. Young Kim |
10 |
$109,171 |
| 41. Nicole Castrale |
10 |
$107,302 |
| 42. Wendy Ward |
10 |
$107,149 |
| 43. Tina Barrett |
11 |
$103,164 |
| 44. Sophie Gustafson |
10 |
$99,718 |
| 45. Nancy Scranton |
11 |
$97,608 |
| 46. Lindsey Wright |
11 |
$97,376 |
| 47. Il Mi Chung |
12 |
$93,847 |
| 48. Se Ri Pak |
8 |
$91,911 |
| 49. Beth Daniel |
6 |
$91,834 |
| 50. Karine Icher |
10 |
$91,016 |
Link up in Hawaii
JUNE
» 3: USGA Women's Public Links, Ala Wai Golf Course. Information: 589-2046.
» 3 and 4: Coral Creek Classic, Coral Creek Golf Course. Information: Amatour Hawaii, 351-2499
» 5: USGA U.S. Open sectional qualifying, Poipu Bay Resort. Information: usga.org.
» 13: U.S. Women's Open sectional qualifier, Ko Olina Golf Club. Information: USGA, (908) 234-2300.
» 15-16: Aloha Section Jr. PGA Championship (13-17 years): Honolulu Country Club. Information: 593-2230.
» 15-16 Aloha Section Jr. PGA Champ (12 & under) Naniloa Country Club 593-2230.
» 22: Izumo Taisha Invitational, Pearl Country Club. Information: 538-7778.
Source: 808golf.com
Local aces
| NAME |
RESIDENCE |
COURSE |
HOLE |
YARDS |
CLUB |
DATE |
| George Briggles |
Makakilo |
Mililani Golf Club |
12 |
140 |
6-iron |
May 13 |
| Travis Hayashida |
Kailua |
Ewa Beach Golf Club |
8 |
115 |
Wedge |
May 13 |
| Robert Cherry |
Waialua |
Turtle Bay, Palmer Course |
4 |
181 |
7-wood |
May 17 |
| Walter Fong |
Mililani |
Kapolei |
8 |
156 |
5-iron |
May 11 |
| Eddie Laguit |
Waipahu |
West Loch |
15 |
139 |
7-wood |
May 23 |
| Brandon Naval |
Honolulu |
Ala Wai |
11 |
179 |
5-wood |
May 27 |
| Chuck Davis |
Dallas, Texas |
Poipu Bay |
7 |
152 |
8-iron |
May 27 |
Send aces to sports@starbulletin.com or call 529-4784
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