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Austin American-Statesman SPORTS Monday, March 10, 2003 GOLF ROWING C4 Austin girls win eight total races Doral delayed by darkness sitting in front of her. "I miss a lot of conversations that go on in the boat," said the 5-foot-9-inch junior, who is already being recruited by college crews. "They really worked as a team today," Austin Coach Jennifer de Haas said of the 44 boats the Austin juniors launched to row the 1000-meter course along Festival Beach. Oklahoma Association for Rowing defeated Austin's girls in the eight and varsity quad, while St. Mark's and Episcopal School of Dallas were the top crews in the boy 's varsity quad and double.

Austin Rowing Club masters also picked up eight wins on Sunday. In the mixed eight, R. J. Eld-ridge's crew with an average crew age of 33 glided to first place, while -the Austin Posh crew took advantage of a 12.5-second handicap awarded to them for an average crew age of 54 to take second over the Row Nuts by a three-tenths of a second. The regatta's oldest rower, Fritz Woeste, 69, of the Dallas Rowing Club, helped his four-man crew to second place in the masters qua.

Westlake's Smith collects three wins on final day of Heart of Texas regatta By Lisa Lynam AMERICAN-STATESMAN CORRESPONDENT Westlake junior Taylor Smith was one of 24 girls on the Austin Rowing Club junior team to capture a total of eight wins at the Heart of Texas regatta Sunday. Smith contributed with three wins in the youth single, junior double and quad, and two second-place finishes in the junior eight and open quad. The two-day 20th anniversary regatta, billed as the Southwest's largest ever, welcomed more than 700 rowers. The 33 clubs included teams from Dallas, Houston, and Oklahoma. "I like the challenge.

You need endurance. It makes you stronger in spirit and body," said Smith, who has a bigger challenge than most when racing. The 14-year-old is deaf and has to lip-read instructions from her teammate HORSE RACING If cn finality. But winning a golf tournament is very important." The fans started booing as soon as it was clear Hoch had no intentions of putting, and they chanted heckled the players as they marked their balls on the green and drove off toward the clubhouse. "It made me feel like I was at an All-Star game," Hoch said, alluding to the controversial tie to baseball's All-Star game last year in Milwaukee.

Both players finished at 17-under 271, and they shared more than the 72-hole score. Playing one group apart, Hoch (69) and Furyk (68) even finished the same way both flew the 18th green in regulation, landed next to the grandstand and saved par. Bob Tway, a co-leader with Hoch going into the final round, was long gone before the excitement began to unfold. He had a 71 andfinished two strokes behind. UnKhown Dutchman stuns Els at Dubai DUBAI, "United Arab Emirates Tiger Woods' withdrawal made it possible for Robert-Jan Derksen to even play in the Dubai Desert Classic.

The real treat came when the unheralded Dutchman stole the show from Ernie Els. Derksen, the first alternate until Woods decided to skip Dubai for safety reasons, hit a delicate pitch to 5 feet for birdie on the 18th hole for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory over Els. "It's the biggest shock of my Alan Diaz ASSOCIATED I'ltESS Scott Hoch takes a drop on the 18th hole Sunday. Hoch and Jim Furyk saved par on the hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff. Hoch, unable to see putting line, puts playoff with Furyk on hold until today ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI Scott Hoch has made a career out of calling things the way he sees them, no matter whom he might offend.

This time, he simply couldn't see the line on his 9-foot birdie putt as darkness fell over Doral. So, he called off his playoff with Jim Furyk, a decision that angered thousands of fans who wanted to see a winner emerge' Sunday evening in the Ford Championship. They will return at 7 a.m. CST today to resume the second extra hole. As always, Hoch offered no apologies.

"They shouldn't hold that against me," Hoch said. "I would ha ve liked to ha ve a result today. I would have liked to have a result in my favor. I looked at the putt from both sides. I couldn't see how I wanted to putt it.

"I want to make the putt on what I see, not what I think I see." Furyk had a 6-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole, the 529-yard first. He had no problems with stopping play, especially with a victory and $900,000 riding on both putts. "I've got no problem with the decision," Furyksaid. "Ifeelbad for the fans. They watched a whole day of golf and wanted Ford Championship at Doral At Blue Monster, Doral GcW Resort Miami Yardage: Pan 72 Final Round Way suspended due to darkness with Furyk and Hock on second playoff hole; Play will resume at 8 Jim Furyk Scott Hoch Bob Tway Tim Petrovic Kenny Perry Jonathan Byrd Heath Slocum Shaun Micheel Skip Kendall Cliff Kresge Rod Pampling Mark Wilson Davis Love III JJ.

Henry Tom Pernice, Jr Patrick Sheehan John Huston Aaron Barber Dean Wilson Mike Weir Carlos Franco Brian Watts Woody Austin Glen Neal Lancaster Jeff Sluman Garrett Willis Ben Crane Stephen Ames Steve Elkington Jose Coceres Mike Heinen Brent Geiberger Matt Peterson Pat Bates 271 -17 271 -17 273 -15 274 -14 275 -13 275 -13 275 -13 276 -12 276 -12 276 -12 276 -12 277 -11 277 -11 278 -10 278 -10 278 -10 278 -10 278 -10 278 -10 278 -10 278 -10 279 -9 279 -9 279 -9 279 279 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 Derby contender emerges for Frankel SUNDAY'S GOLF RESULTS life unbelievable," Derksen said. He was in tears as he left the 18th green, even though Els still had a chance to catch him. Derksen was not even ranked among the top 3,000 in the world going into the tournament. He never had finished in the top 10 at a European tour event, and only four months ago made it through qualifying school for 'the sixth time. He looked like a world-beater Sunday, taking the lead with a 60-foot eagle putt on the 13th and playing error-free when the pressure mounted over the closing holes.

Derksen finished at 17-under Chris DiMarco. 1 Craig Perks. 70-71-74-75-290 2 72-70-73-76-291 3 72-71-76-74-293 5 Steven Alker Brian Steve Strieker. 5 Champions MasterCard Classic At Bosque Real Country Club -Lomas Altas, Mexico Purse: $2 million Yardage: Par 72 Final Round David Eger, $300,000 69-70-65-204 -12 Hale Irwin, $133,500 70-69-66-205 -11 Tom Jenkins. $133,500 70-65-70-205 -11 Eamonn Darcy, $133,500 -11 Bruce Lietzke, $133,500 -11 Walter Hall, $80,000 71-68-67-206 -10 Steven Veriato, $72,000 73-65-70-208 -8 Dana Quigley, $57333.34 71-69-69-209 -7 Seiji Ebihara, $57,333.33 68-71-70-209 -7 Isao Aoki.

$57,333.33 68-69-72-209 -7 Allen Doyle. $48,000 65-75-70-210 -6 Graham Marsh, $39,500 70-73-68-211 -5 Danny Edwards, $39,500 69-73-69-211 -5 Bobby Walzel, $39300 70-69-72-211 -5 Tom Kite. $39,500 72-65-74-211 -5 Doug Tewell, $32,000 71-71-70-212 -4 Jerry McGee, $32.000 -4 Bob Gilder. $32,000 73-67-72-212 -4 Hugh Baiocchi, $26,266.67 74-69-70-213 -3 Jose Maria Canizares, -3 Bruce Summerhays, $26,266.66 -3 Howard Twitty, $21,040 69-75-70-214 -2 Stewart Ginn. $21,040 71-72-71-214 -2 John Schroeder, $21,040 72-70-72-214 -2 Dave Barr, $21,040 72-69-73-214 -2 Gary Player, $21,040 71-70-73-214 -2 John Harris, $17,000 71-72-72-215 -1 John Mahaffey, $17,000 70-71-74-215 -1 Bruce Fleisher, $17,000 68-73-74-215 -1 Billy Kfatzert, $17,000 71-69-75-215 -1 Ed Dougherty, $13,800 71-73-72-216 Hubert Green, $13,800 74-70-72-216 By Richard Rosenblatt ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS Trainer Bobby Frankel is on the Kentucky Derby trail a week earlier than he thought.

Holding off Kafwain in the stretch, the Frankel-trained Peace Rules won the $750,000 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds on Sunday to emerge as one of the top contenders for the Kentucky Derby on May 3. "He definitely surprised me," said Frankel, who will saddle highly regarded Empire Maker in the $1 million Florida Derby next Saturday. "I thought if he finished third he'd run a good race." Peace Rules ran so well in his return to dirt that Frankel finds himself with a bunch of Derby contenders. The Hall of Fame trainer also plans to send out Special Rate in an COLLEGE GOLF 271. Eger rallies to win MasterCard Classic MEXICO CITY David Eger birdied three of the last four holes Sunday to win the MasterCard Classic by a stroke for his first Champions Tour title.

Eger, seventh after Saturday, shot a 7-under 65 to finish at 12 under. Defending champion Bruce Lietzke stayed with Eger until making bogey at the 15th hole and dropped into a four-way tie at 11 under with Hale Irwin, Eamonn Darcy and Tom Jenkins. Jay Overton, $13.800 72-72-72-216 Jim Albus, $13,800 73-71-72-216 Fuzzy Zoeller, $13,800 70-70-76-216 Dave Eichelberger, $11,250 1 Mike McCullough. $11,250 1 John Bland, $11,250 74-75-68-217 1 Bob Eastwood, $11,250 72-69-76-217 1 Jay Sigel, $9,000 75-69-74-2 18 2 Joe Inman, $9,000 69-75-74-218 2 Morris Hatalsky, $9,000 2 Jim Holtgrieve, $9,000 2 Mike Smith, $9,000 73-73-72-218 2 Wayne Levi, $9,000 2 Des Smyth, $9,000 2 Charles Coody, $6,400 74-72-73-219 3 Larry Ziegler. $6,400 71-75-73-219 3 Rodger Davis, $6,400 74-69-76-219 3 Tom Wargo, $6,400 74-69-76-219 3 Terry Dill, $6,400 79-70-70-219 3 Andy North, $6,400 72-69-78-219 3 Butch Baird, $5,000 74-73-73-220 4 Dave Stockton, $4,800 77-73-71-221 5 John Jacobs, $4,600 72-77-74-223 7 Walter Morgan, $4,000 77-70-77-224 8 Doug Lacrosse.

$4,000 73-76-75-224 8 Ted Goin, $4,000 74-76-74-224 8 Tony Jacklin, $4.000 8 Jim Colbert, $4,000 76-74-74-224 8 Mark Hayes, $3,100 9 Tommy Aaron. $3, 100 77-74-74-225 9 Don Massengale, $3,100 75-77-73-225 9 Jim Ahern. $3,100 74-79-72-225 9 Pat McDonald. $2,500 77-73-76-226 10 Lon Hinkle, $2.500 10 Butch Sheehan, $2,200 77-78-72-227 11 Lanny Wadkins, $1,820 -228 12 Walter 2embriski, $1320 76-77-75-228 12 James Mason, $1,820 12 DeWitt Weaver, $1,820 78-77-73-228 12 Rex Caldwell, $1,520 78-79-72-229 13 Tom Shaw, $1,400 73-78-79-230 14 Victor Garcia, $1,280 79-72-82-233 17 Bob Dickson, $1,280 17 Bobby Wadkins, $1,120 81-78-75-234 18 Rocky Thompson, $1,120 81-79-74-234 18 R.W. Eaks, $1,000 75-84-77-236 20 Rafael Diaz Quiroz, $920 33-83-77-243 27 Dubai Desert Classic At Emirates GoH dub Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $1.9 million Yardage Pan 72 Final Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherlands Ernie Els, S.Africa Ian Woosnam.

Wales David Lynn, England 68-66-69-71-274 Alastair Forysth, Scotland 65-69-69-71-274 Mikko llonen, Finland 67-67-73-68-275 Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 69-66-71-69-275 Kevin Na, South Korea 68-69-68-70-275 Phillip Price, Wales 71-67-68-70-276 Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 70-68-67-71-276 Darren Clarke, N.Ireland 70-69-72-66-277 Brian Davis, England 68-72-70-67-277 Jyoti Randhawa, India Jamie Donaldson, Wales 67-71-72-69-279 Mark Foster, England 73-66-68-72-279 Srren Kjeldsen, Denmark 71-72-71-66-280 Fredrik Andcrsson, Sweden 68-73-72-67-280 David Park, Wales Gary Orr, Scotland 71-69-68-72-280 Abo Paul Lawrle. Scotland Shingo Katayama, japan 70-68-75-69-282 Lee Westwood, England 70-73-69-71-283 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 68-69-71-75-283 Padraig Harrington. N.lreland Mark O'Meara, United States Lpnghorns third in Vegas Local car dealer in big trouble Forced to sell new vehicles to the public at loss allowance race at Santa Anita on Wednesday. Not a bad hand for Frankel, who is the nation's top trainer during the past three years but still is looking for his first Kentucky Derby win. Frankel said Peace Rules will run next in either the.Blue Grass Stakes on April 12 or the Lexington Stakes on April 19.

Both races are at Keeneland. The 1 l16th-mile race was billed as a showdown between undefeated Badge of Silver and Kafwain from Bob Baffert's powerful stable of 3-year-olds. But Peace Rules took the lead from 6-5 favorite Badge of Silver inside the 316ths pole and held off a late run by Kafwain, the 7-5 second choice, to win by 2V4 lengths. Funny Cide was third, with Badge of Silver sixth in the 10-horse field as he lost for the first time in four starts. Jason Hartwick paced the Longhorns by firing a one-under-par 71 to finish in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings at six-under-par 21071-68-71).

It was his third top 10 finish in eight tournaments this season. Ryan Moore of UNLV claimed medalist honors with a 54-hole total of eight-under-par 208 (71-70-67). UT's Rusty Kennedy shot an even-par 72" to place 16th at two-under-par 214, topping his previous low 54-hole score of the season by seven strokes. EE ORDER AS IT APPEARS ON CARD Allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. H03-AUS Paul Goydos 69-71-68-72-280 -8 Robert Gamez 70-68-68-74-280 -8 JohnSenden 69-68-69-74-280 -8 BHIyMayfair 68-72-65-75-280 -8 Marco Dawson 67-71-74-69-281 -7 Loren Roberts 74-67-69-71-281 -7 J.

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