Down 7, Nelson Takes Senior Title In Playoff
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SPRING, Texas - Larry Nelson rallied from far off the lead and made a 5-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Hale Irwin and win the Administaff Small Business Classic on Sunday.
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MAMARONECK, NY -- A nice comeback wasn&#39;t enough to get Jackson&#39;s Brian Stuard into match play in the US Amateur golf tournament.
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BUFFALO -- The Bruins might have jump-started their playoff run last night, as they outlasted the Buffalo Sabres in a 4-3 shootout victory.
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LOWELL -- James Hamilton knew it was a risky proposition. Along with 11 other soon-to-be senior teammates, he had to coax a dedicated man back to his bench of 20 years. The fireballing ace was talking about another championship. The unassuming skipper, Harwich's Fred Thacher, was contemplating retirement.
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North champion Andover is gone, having moved up to challenge the heavyweights of Division 1. That opens the door for other contenders, starting with Lynnfield , which lost to Andover, 7-1, in the sectional final.
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Byron Nelson, who had the greatest year in the history of professional golf when he won 18 tournaments in 1945, including a record 11 in a row, died Tuesday. He was 94.
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The Foxboro Warriors are going to the playoffs. Senior Kevin McCarthy had 138 yards on 28 carries and senior Dave Flynn added 87 yards on 12 carries to lead 17th-ranked Foxboro over second-ranked Mansfield, 16-6, yesterday.
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With 3:43 left last night, St. John's Prep had lost its 14-point lead and its momentum.
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Spring, TX (Sports Network) - Larry Nelson fired an eight-under 64 Sunday and birdied the first playoff hole to win the inaugural Adminstaff Small Business Classic.
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Clif Brown's career night made the NCAA Tournament play-in game feel less like a consolation prize. For Niagara, it felt like history.
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How different was the era in which he played? Consider that not long after he won his only US Open, Byron Nelson traveled north and won the Massachusetts Open.
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Andre Caldwell scored on a 2-yard end around on the final play of the Senior Bowl to cap a 14-play, 86-yard final drive and lift the South to a 17-16 win over the North on Saturday.
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One would think Woburn coach Rocky Nelson, who has 145 wins in 21 seasons, would be a tough man to frighten. But tailback Mark Bruno and upstart Stoneham, who entered last night's game against Woburn 3-0, intended to do just that.
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Lincoln-Sudbury controlled the puck in the offensive zone with an extra man on and a chance to tie the game in the final moments against No. 6 Westford Academy last night, but the Grey Ghosts' senior-laden roster proved too much for the Warriors.
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Jeff Maggert thought he had been playing well. Now he wants to see how much better this year can be coming off his first victory since 1999. He became only the fourth player this year to come from behind in the final round and win, shooting a 5-under 65 on Sunday to overcome a three-stroke deficit and win by three over Tom Pernice Jr. at the St. Jude Classic.
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In 2001, Everett had already clinched a playoff spot heading into its Thanksgiving game with Cambridge. Perhaps looking ahead, the Crimson Tide dropped the game and were largely written off for the postseason, only to rebound and win the Division 1 Super Bowl.
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Don Nelson finally became the second NBA coach with 1,200 career wins on his fifth try when the host Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Hornets, 101-80, last night.