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Monday, Septal Ji 30, 19 C-3 SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER iradlley cadges Eiis my itito Yeltorcf EMd; Ctellenge Claish 1 in I 'Y victory at Birdie in playoff provides triumph in rain-shortened event A88OOATE0 PRESS PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga, Michael Bradley pulled a wedge from his bag and surveyed the fortunate spot where his ball had landed. "Do you like this?" he asked his caddie. "Yeah," was the quick reply. "Think this will come out decent?" Bradley asked. "Yeah," was the answer again.

Bradley, taking advantage of a good lie in the rough, knocked his approach shot within 12 feet of the cup, then rolled in the birdie putt to win the rain-soaked Buick Challenge in a five-way playoff. The victory, Bradley's first after four years on the PGA Tour, came on the first hole he had played since Friday. Rain washed out the third and fourth rounds, forcing a playoff among the second-round leaders, which included defending champion Fred Funk. "It was one of those days where you didn't know what was going to happen," Bradley said. "Will we play nine? Will we come back tomorrow? It kind of kept us in limbo all day." The tournament was reduced to 36 holes when Bhowers washed out most of Saturday's round and struck again Sunday after an hour of play.

The rain lasted for about two hours, leaving the Callaway (p III I' t' -4 x' 1 I fc rh ft) A 2 t- Jk" rC J2t vn: GOLF Gardens course unplayable. Since less than half the field had completed the round, PGA officials reverted to the second-round scores. Bradley, Funk, Davis Love IIL Len Mattiace and John Maginnes, all at 10-under-par 134, warmed up for about 15 minutes, then headed for the course for the first time since Friday. Meanwhile, players like Jay Haas, who had gotten within one shot of the leaders by playing 15 holes in 7-under par in the third round, saw their efforts erased from the books. Johnson's in the money CORNELIUS, N.C.

One week later, Trish Johnson turned the tables on Dottie Pepper, and this time it wasnt about international pride. It was about $75,000. Four strokes behind Pepper at the start of the final round of the Fieldcrest Cannon Classic, Johnson shot a career-low 8-under-par 64 and won the $500,000 event by three shots. "I don't know where it came from, really the best round of golf in my life," said Johnson, who one week earlier was part of the losing European team that couldn't hold off the U.S. squad on the final day of the Solheim Cup competition.

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The Los Angeles Galaxy scored twice in the final six minutes for a 2-0 victory Sunday in front of 27,833 at the Rose Bowl. The result forces both teams to decide their best-of-three series Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Rose Bowl. The winner will play either Kansas City or Dallas in the MLS semifinals. The Clash lost more than its advantage in games.

Two key players, Eric Wynalda and Oscar Draguicevich, will miss Wednesday night's match after each received two yellow cards. Wynalda pushed Jorge Salcedo from behind in the 28th minute for the first yellow card and pulled Cobi Jones down from behind in the 87th minute for the second. "I got tangled up with Cobi and he took a dive and hell tell you that," said Wynalda, known for his consuming intensity as the national team's all-time leading scorer. "If I was in the same situation as Cobi, I would've done my best Greg Louganis impersonation." Draguicevich, who was replaced in the 87th minute, received two in the 90th: one for entering the field to argue with referee Joshua Pa-tlack, the other for abusive language. Two yellow cards equal automatic ejection and result in suspension from the next game.

Clash coach Laurie Calloway said both players would be fined and seemed especially disappointed with Wynalda'8 ejection. "He has to curb that petulance a little bit," Calloway said. "It's CLASH LOS ANGELES 0 00 0 2 2 First Half -None. Second Half -1, Los Angeles, Fraser, 85th minute. 2, Los Angeles, Hurtedo (Campos), 90th minute.

Goalies -Dash, Salzwedei; Los Ange-les, Campos. Attendance V. 633) Pepper at the turn, only to lose, 3 and 2. This time, there was no such suspense. Johnson, a native of Bristol, England, who currently resides in London, btrdied two of her first three holes on the vay to a bogey-free final round that was two strokes lower than her previous best score in nine years on the LPGA Tour.

Colbert putts to payoff CLEMMONS, N.C. Jim Colbert never saw it coming, but he sure blindsided the rest of the Senior Tour field, stringing together some clutch putts over the final five holes to win his third Vantage Championship in six years. Colbert, who won $225,000 to close the gap on money-leader Hale Irwin, carded five straight 3s on the back nine for a 2-under-par final-round 69. That was good enough for a 54-hole total of 9-under 204 and a one-shot victory over Irwin, Kermit Zarley and Gary Player in the $15 million event second richest on tour. "We just kept plugging away until it happened," Colbert said of him and his caddie.

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March 5 Dallas Thurs. April 3 something he should think about at that stage of the game, especially with his experience." Calloway, however, said replacing Draguicevich might pose a bigger problem, since defender Troy Dayak is out with a herniated disk in his neck. "He's been playing very well in the last two, three games," Calloway said of Draguicevich. "He's been marking down and playing everybody we've asked him to. "If the (ejections) stand, I might have to play." Draguicevich'8 performance Sunday was part of San Jose's strategy to take control through defense.

From the opening kickoff, the Clash relied on tight, physical man marking to clog the middle, force Los Angeles to attack from the wings and frustrate the Galaxy's main threats: Jones, Mauricio Cienfuegos and Eduardo Hurtado, the league's third-leading scorer. San Jose also would double-mark any player deep in the Clash's end, and even send in a third player to clear loose balls. The strategy resulted in nine fouls and three yellow cards for the Eliminate excessive fullness of eyelids, lines and wrinkles without a skin Incision, using the new Coherent UltraPulse Laser Technique. Dr. Michael Rabkin is the first oculo-plastic surgeon in the western United States to own and utilize advanced laser technology to perform eyelid surgery and remove wrinkles.

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