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(I''''Y )L0 LW The Vancouver Sun, Tuesday, November 2, 1993 SPORTS TOUR TALK ItViLLE Norman reopens golfing gash, although this time it self-inflicted wound RICHARD ZOKOL tions and make sure that say, the next 15, aren't going to displace them on the top 30 list. This whole scenario is great for the lesser regular tournaments the last month or so leading to the Tour Championship. They're getting stronger fields, more of top 30 players, than they once did. But the situation has become an even bigger strain on those around the 125 mark on the money list trying to keep their playing privileges. With so many of the top players now playing in the late tournaments, the competition for cash is far greater and there are fewer starting places available for the players sweating to make the 125 list.

It's going to mean a trip back to Q-school for some guys who might have snuck back into the top 125 in past years. money in the Disney, Las Vegas, Southern and Texas opens. They let the others fight to make the top 125. Beman's big carrot, a $3-million US purse with $540,000 going to the winner, has created a huge impact on the entire tour even though only the top 30 get to play in it. Now, in one fell swoop, it's possible for someone to come from a way back and win the money title and player-of-the-year honors, which Norman blew Sunday.

The Tour Championship has affected almost the entire tour, really. Going into the final six or seven weeks of the schedule, maybe only the top 15 are shoo-ins to qualify for the closer. But the second 15 are no longer going fishing or packing it in early. They're trying to hold their Greg Norman and a whole lot of other people thought his wound from past inflictions was all stitched up once and for all after his British Open triumph in July. But the wound was reopened Sunday and I'm afraid it will be festering for a long time to come.

Everything was perfectly set for Norman to win the Tour Championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Coming down the stretch he had the lead with two par-five holes and a short par-four remaining to play. With his physical ability, which is far superior than almost everyone's, he should have won the tournament by four strokes. He lost by one with a 6-5-5 finish. It will be a torturous winter for Norman, once again.

This time no it with bogeys on four of the last six holes While Norman didn't come through, the script was almost perfect for the year-ending event PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman is doing his utmost to turn into a very important tournament. Without a title sponsor (financially the PGA Tour is solid as the Rock of Gibraltar) he's made the Tour Championship richer than the World Series and the Johnnie Walker and playing it at great traditional courses such as Olympic, Pinehurst and Hilton Head. Following the World Series of Golf in past years, the top players have gone fishing in September and October or just taken the rest of the year oft Their pockets were full and they were relaxed, and they let the others play for the Norman hits the ball hard and he hits it long and straight. But he obviously can't harness all that strength and power when he's facing delicate, short shots under extreme pressure. He's not polished mentally with a short-iron in hand.

At times when adrenalin can be Norman's asset, he doesn't use it often enough from within 100 yards or so. His rhythm and focus seem to dissipate when he's standing over the finesse, feel shots. It's difficult to fathom a player of his ability dumping sand-wedge shots into green-side bunkers with so much at stake. I wouldn't not for one minute say I wouldn't do the same thing under those circumstances. But for a player the level he's competing at, to get into that position and lose miracle shot beat him; this time he beat himself and everyone will be dissecting his makeup.

I thought he had himself under control after winning the British Open. I thought he had turned that last corner. But he clearly demonstrated he doesn't have the demons under control, that he doesn't have total command of his game or NHL Two B.C. teams sweep big prizes in cashspiel McPhee shoots Stars into draw with Toronto LYNDON LITTLE Vancouver Sun ft4 ---r. it.

4, 6 44: i 1 i 1 A s. lll: 4- fz .7, I 1'1 A s. i 7 CHARLES AGELAP BUFFALOED: Redskins' Reggie Brooks Is snagged by Bills' Mark Maddox NFL Bills beat 'Skins to dump three Super Bowl foes Nov. 26-28. It's an obvious feather in the cap of the Abbotsford Club to have the McCain West winner as a member.

But because the SuperSpiel East conflicts with their own AbbotsfordClearbrook Classic, it appears the club will lose one of the name entries from its own major cashspiel. In winning in Portage la Prairie, the Sinclair rink came out on top of a star-studded field that included four former world champions Ed Werenich, Ed Lukowich, Rick Lang and Orest Meleschuk as well as 1991 Brier champ Vic Peters. The Sinclair foursome was particularly tough on Winnipeg rinks. Before beating Duguid in the final, the Abbotsford quartet stopped Greg McGibbon 7-5 in the championship semis and John Bubbs 7-6 in the quarter-finals. Like Duguid, McGibbon and Bubbs curl out of the Manitoba capital.

Kamloops is bidding to be the first B.C. community to play host to the Brier since Victoria in 1984. The Kamloops bid is for 1996. The Canadian Curling Association is expected to choose a Western Canadian site for the national finals in '96, but the B.C. city must win out over competing bids from Calgary and Winnipeg.

Warren Hansen, director of competitions for the CCA, was in Kamloops recently and came away impressed. "I don't have any concerns about Kamloops," said Hansen, who will report to the CCA board sometime this week in Ottawa. "We've had very positive reports on the Canada Summer Games and that's a very positive point. My job is to make a recommendation on whether a bid is viable." What may be working in Kamloops' favor is a growing CCA feeling that it wants to make the championships a week-long festival one which captures the attention of the entire community something that would be easier to do in a city the size of Kamloops than in either Calgary or Winnipeg. An announcement on the '96 site is expected in January.

Al Moore and Sheril Becker, two skips who know what it's like to get close to the big prize and fail, didn't let it slip away this time. Moore, from North Vancouver, and Becker, from Cranbrook, scored victories Monday in the championship finals of the Labatt's Crown of Curling cashspiel at the Kamloops Curling Club. Moore, who reached the final of the 1991 B.C. men's championship in undefeated fashion only to lose the title match to Gerry Kent, defeated hometown hope Rob Kuroyama 6-5 to claim the men's top prize of $9,000. Becker, who was a semi-finalist at the B.C.

women's championships in both 1991 and '92 but failed to win the title either year, defeated Allison MacInnes of Kamloops 10-5 to take home the top women's prize of $6,000. The Moore foursome, which advanced to the final earlier in the day with a 9-4 triumph over Bert Hinch of the host club and a 54 victory over Tim Horrigan of Victoria, did all its scoring with three-enders in both the fourth and sixth ends. Becker opened fast against MacInnes, blowing the final open with a five-ender on the second end. Milt Sinclair's victory Sunday in the lucrative McCain SuperSpiel West cashspiel in Portage la Prairie, was the classic good newshad news situation for the Abbotsford Curling Club. Sinclair, last year's Pacific Coast Curling Association A event champion, defeated Dale Duguid of Winnipeg 54 to win the $10,000 first-place prize.

But that's not where the benefits end. By winning the event Sinclair and his Abbotsford CC club-mates Kevin Britz (third), Bob Arksey (second) and lead Dean Lunn earn an automatic berth into this year's prestigious $75,000 eight-rink TSN Skins Game Dec. 4-5 in Ottawa. As well, the Sinclair foursome also earns an all-expense-paid trip to compete in the McCain SuperSpiel East tournament in New Brunswick Associated Press Toronto tied the game at 2-2 at 12:46 of the second period when Cullen DALLASMike McPhee's goal at worked himself free in front of the 12:30 of the third period lifted the net and knocked in Clark's pass for Dallas Stars to a 3-3 National Hock- his third goal. ey League tie with the Tomnto Maple Brett Hull scored two goals, Leafs on Monday at Reunion Arena.

including the winner, as the St Louis Dallas took a 2-0 lead on a pair of Blues defeated the slumping Hart, power-play goals. ford Whalers 4-2 in Hartford. Ulf Dahlen scored his first of the Hull's power-play goal snapped a year at 13:45 of the first period and 2-2 tie when he took a centering pass Mike Modano bagged his 1 lth of from CraigJanney and beat Hartford the season just 33 seconds into the goaltender Frank Pietrangelo at second period. 16:02. The Leafs, the NILL's top team with Janney scored an empty-netter for a 10-1-1 record, took a 3-2 lead on the final margin.

goals by Dmitri Mironov, John Cullen Brendan Shanahan also scored his and Wendel Clark. 10th of the season for the Blues, who Clark's third-period goal, his 10th won their third straight while ofthe season, gave Toronto a 3-21ead. extending the Whalers winless Clark also had two assists. streak (0-7-1) to eight games. Clark parked in front of Dallas The Whalers out-shot St.

Louis goaltender Andy Moog and convert- 31-30, but only Geoff Sanderson, who ed a behind-the-net pass from Doug leads the team with 10 goals, and Eric Gilmour at 5:54 of the third period to Weinrich, could beat St. Louis goalie cap the Leafs' rally. Curt But McPhee tied the game at 3 3, 14Whatershots in firing 'a 10-footer past goaltender- the first period, as Hartford Felix Potvin on the glove side. shot St Louis 15-8, the biggest mar-Toronto's Dave Andreychuk had gin for the Whalers in any period this the best scoring opportunity in the season. five-minute overtime but Moog made The Blues opened the scoring a sprawling save with 2:27 to play.

about 20 seconds into their first Moog made another key save on power-play opportunity when ShanaClark with 52 seconds remaining. han took a rebound off the boards at Dahlen gave the Stars a 1-0 lead the left circle and beat Pietrangelo after one period. Skating down the at 6:18. left side and to the net, Dahlen Weimich scored his first ofthe deposited a crisp cross-ice feed from son, also a power-play, when his 40- Modano past Potvin. footer beat Joseph on the glove side Dallas made it 2-0 when Dahlen at 10:05.

passed from behind the net to The score was tied 2-2 at the end Modano, who streaked into the slot of the second after the teams again and fired a point-blank shot past traded goals. Potvin. The Blues went ahead 2-1 when Mironov cut Dallas' lead to 2-1 at Shanahan found Hull alone in the 3:57 of the second period, firing a crease at 8:02. Hartford answered wrist shot from the top of the left cir- two minutes later on Sanderson's cle past Moog. goal.

52-17 in last season's Super Bowl, and a 17-14 victory over the New York started the Bills' title game losing streak three seasons ago with a 20-19 wini The Bills, leading the league with 24 takeaways going into the weekend, used two interceptions by Nate domes to take control of the game in the third quarter. In all, the Bills stopped four consecutive drives by intercepting Mark Rypien. Darryl Talley and James Williams got the other Bills' interceptions. Trailing 14-10 at the half, the Redskins drove into Buffalo territory at the start of the third quarter before domes picked off Rypien at the Buffalo 22. Thomas then carried the ball eight times in a 12-play drive that ended with his one-yard touchdown run.

Reggie Brooks was the star for Washington, carrying 24 times for 117 yards and a seven-yard touchdown. Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. The sweep is complete. The Buffalo Bills beat the ington Redskins 24-10 Monday night to give them victories this season over the teams that beat them in the last three Super Bowls. Andre Reed had 159 receiving yards and a touchdown and Thurman Thomas ran for 129 yards and a score.

The Bills (6-1) piled up 397 yards against the Redskins (1-6), who entered the game with the NFL's next-to-worst defence. Jim Kelly completed 18 of 24 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns and Buffalo intercepted Mark Ryplen four times. In handing Washington its sixth straight loss, Buffalo exacted some revenge for the 37-24 loss to the Redskins in the 1991 Super Bowl. Buffalo already has a 13-10 victory over Dallas, which beat the Bills HOCKEY NOTES ourque, Bruins agree to $12-mason contract Associated Press come back to the come back to the Ma TA sage to the rest of the NHL. "I hope it works that way," Sin-den said.

"The main thrust was to make Ray feel he was treated fairly and properly. But if there's a spinoff, so be it." Peter Stastny is not likely to return to the Quebec Nordiques. "The chances of seeing Stastny sage to the rest of the NHL. Nordiques are very slight," Nordiques coach and general manager Pierre Page said Monday. Stastny, 37, a free agent without compensation, contacted the Nordiques recently looking for work.

Page said he would rather obtain players through trades or by calling up players from the minors. Y. Win A Luxury Condo 0400 rad WHISTLER'S NEWEST DEVELOPMENT OUE1111 Y2 SOLD security of a five-year guaranteed contract apparently convinced Bourque to make some financial concessions. Another major factor was his desire to remain in the Boston area with his wife, Christiane, and three young children. "Coming out of arbitration (the Bruins and I) didn't really feel that good about how it went," said Bourque, 32.

"Going for more money, I would've had to go through the same thing. "At my age, the money I'll be getting for the next five years means I'll be able to plan the rest of my future. I'm secure in a lot of ways." Harry Sinden, the Bruins president and general manager who was perceived by some fans as the villain during Bourque's arbitration process, was happy on two counts: He has locked up his best player for five years, and also has been able to avoid a trend toward soaring salaries. While the Montreal Canadiens signed goaltender Patrick Roy to a four-year, $16 million contract, Sin-den was able to sign perhaps his most expensive player for a much smaller amount Some observers suggested Sinden was sending a mes security of a five-year guaranteed WILMINGTON, Mass. Ray Bourque and the Boston Bruins agreed to a five-year contract Mon.

day, ending months of negotiations. Terms of the deal were not announced, but the total package was said to be more than $12 million. The contract begins with the current season and extends through 1997-98. "It's a big day for me," said Bourque, an all-star in each of his previous 14 seasons with the Bruins and a four-time Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's best defence-man. "There's nothing more that I wanted to come out of this with than finishing my days in Boston," Bourque, the team captain, said after Monday's practice.

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