STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Dan Quinn
birdied three of his first seven holes Sunday to pull ahead and then stretched
his lead on the back nine to earn a six-point victory over former NFL
quarterback Mark Rypien in the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe
Golf Course. Multimedia Photoview all 7 photos Article Gallery: Quinn pulls
away to win Tahoe celebrity golf Quinn, a former NHL star who will caddie for
Sunday's British Open winner Ernie Els next week at the Canadian Open, was
hoping for the same come-from behind victory at the American Century
Championship. He started the final round three points behind Rypien. Quinn
finished with 66 points in the modified Stableford scoring system to win the
event for the fourth time. Rypien was second with 60 and Hall of Fame
quarterback John Elway finished third with 59.
kes� _ t e x�Y H;[ only to make a double-bogey 7 at the seventh after he
drove left into the rough. Woods started the round five shots back and looking
to come from behind for the first time ever to win a major title. But the
debacle at No. 6 seemed likely to wipe out any chance he had of rallying. He
ran into trouble by putting his approach into one of the treacherous bunkers
alongside the green. With the ball right up against a towering sod wall, Woods
made the ill-fated decision to try to chip the ball out — and didn't come
close, the ball striking the side of the bunker not even halfway up. He had to
jump out of the way just to make sure he didn't get hit in the shoulder, the
ball plopping back into the stand a little farther back. With nowhere to place
his feet, Woods had to sprawl out on the grass, his left leg tucked up under
his right, and punch at the ball from a sitting position. He caught the lip of
the bunker this time, but the ball skidded out to the front of the green.
Woods' work wasn't done, though. His long bogey putt stopped about 4 feet short
of the hole, and he missed that one for a devastating triple that knocked him back
to 3 under. Graeme McDowell, playing in the final group with Scott, also was
struggling. He bogeyed the second and took another bogey at the sixth after
dumping his ball into the same bunker that doomed Woods. Wisely, G-Mac punched
ball backward in the sand, giving him a chance to stick his next bunker shot
right up next to the flag. He tapped that one in to save a 5, certainly a lot
better than a 7. McDowell and Snedeker were both at 5 under, leaving Scott with
the same lead he had at the start of the day. ___ Follow Paul Newberry on
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