In Memoriam 2000
Updated: 12/28/00
Some of the greatest industry icons passed away in 2000

Rick Acton, 54, Senior PGA Tour player and longtime club professional in the Pacific Northwest.

Gary Adams, 56, widely credited for introducing the metal wood to golf. He formed Taylor Made Golf in 1979 and later started Founders Club and McHenry Metals.

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Tiger testifies in ID theft trial
Updated: 12/19/00
Tiger Woods says he never rented a moving truck in Sacramento. He says never put $100 down on a used luxury car.

And golf's best player says he never gave 29-year-old Anthony Lemar Taylor of Sacramento permission to charge $17,000 on his credit cards.

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Hyundai Team Matches
Updated: 12/17/00
Defending champions Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson defeated Bruce Fleisher and David Graham 4 and 2 Sunday to win the Senior PGA Hyundai Team Matches.

In PGA match play, Duffy Waldorf sank a 5-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff to lift him and partner Tom Lehman to a 1-up victory over defending champions Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia.

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Dyson victorious in Hong Kong
Updated: 12/17/00
England's Simon Dyson shot a 7-under-par 64 today and won the $500,000 Hong Kong Open by three strokes.

Dyson eagled the ninth hole and had six birdies, finishing the tournament at the Hong Kong Golf Club at 21-under 263.

American John Kernohan, Australian Kim Felton, and South Korean Charlie Wi tied at 266. Kernohan had a 64, Felton a 68, and Wi a 66.

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Lawrie shares lead in Hong Kong
Updated: 12/16/00
Paul Lawrie eagled the 17th hole today and finished with an 8-under-par 63, sharing the lead with Kim Felton after three rounds of the Omega Hong Kong Open.

Lawrie, the 1999 British Open winner, had six birdies and had a 15-under par 198 total going into the final round at the Hong Kong Golf Club. Felton, who double bogeyed the the last hole, shot a 69.

"It's my last chance to to win this year, and you want to win a tournament every year," Lawrie said.

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Woods, Webb, Nelson honored
Updated: 12/15/00
Tiger Woods, Karrie Webb and Larry Nelson were landslide winners Thursday as players of the year by the Golf Writers Association of America.

Woods, who completed one of the greatest seasons ever in golf, previously was chosen player of the year by the PGA Tour and the PGA of America.

Webb and Nelson also were voted player of the year by the LPGA Tour and the Senior Tour, respectively.

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Begay now a better man
Updated: 12/14/00
Professional golfer Notah Begay III stood in front of hundreds of prosecutors, judges and probation officers and confessed Tuesday.

"I got picked up for DWI," Begay, 28, told a conference on youth crime sponsored by the Justice Department.

His January arrest outside an Albuquerque bar came when he was feeling invincible, coming off a 1999 rookie year on the PGA Tour in which he had won two tournaments and earned more than $1 million.

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The Hawaiian Challenge
Updated: 12/13/00
It was the middle of winter and I called home. They'd just been hit with 17 inches of snow and everything was closed--airports, schools, roads, even the local Dunkin' Donuts. "So, how's Hawaii?" they asked. Here's what I thought: "Hawaii's perfect." To spare their feelings, here's what I said: "It's OK."

But Hawaii is perfect. It has everything a good vacation needs--sunny days, tropical nights (and tropical drinks), enough beautiful golf courses to placate the 54-holes-a-day crowd and a lifestyle that makes a laid-back Californian seem as frantic as a New York cabbie at rush hour.

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