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Woods Adjusts Swing, Ready for British Open
L Y T H A M ST A N N E S , E n
g lan d (R e u te rs) — D efending
B ritish O p en c h a m p io n T ig e r
W oods m ay h av e had a few p ro b
lem s h ittin g the b all in recen t
w eek s b u t h e o m in o u sly p ro
n o u n ced th at his g am e w as back
on track .
“ It w as so m e th in g very sm all
w ith m y sw in g , w h ich led to
o th e r b re a k d o w n s,” he told re
p o rters at R oyal L ytham and St
A n n es. “ But I ’ve fix ed it and I ’m
now sta rtin g to hit the ball the
w ay I k n o w I can hit it.”
W o o d s, th e w o rld ’s N o. 1
p la y e r w ho w on last y e a r’s B rit
ish O p en at St A n d rew s by eig h t
sh o ts on his w ay to a rem ark ab le
Tiger Woods practices fo r
the British Open at a course in
Lytham, England.
four m ajo rs in a ro w , has not
m anaged a finish hig h er than 12th
in his past three ev en ts outings.
H e tied fo r 12th at the U .S.
O pen at S outhern H ills, 16th at
the B uick C lassic and shared 20th
place in the W estern O pen.
B ut he b e lie v e s his sw ing is
now back, h aving started to com e
to g e th e r d u rin g the third round at
the W estern O pen.
I f W o o d s re m a in e d a little
cag ey about how good his gam e
w as going into his B ritish O pen
title d e fe n se , his coach B utch
H a n n o n p u lled no p unches.
“ P eople say L ytham is so tight
that T ig e r c a n ’t use h is d riv er
and th erefo re his length is not a
factor. B ut h e hits his irons fur
th er than an y o n e else so im m ed i
ately that becom es an advantage.”
W oods w ill forever be r e
m em bered for his asto n ish in g
play at St A ndrew s last year
w hen he avoided g o ing into a
single bunker o v er the course
o f the four days.
He adm itted that L ytham ,
how ever, — w ith its 196 b u n
kers — w ould be a very d if
ferent test this w eek. “ I t’s
going to be a little m ore d iffi
cult to do it this year. T he
bunkers are m ore clo se to the
landing areas and c lo se r to
the greens. B ut, i f you do
(m iss the bun k ers), you are
probably go in g to have m ore
chance o f w inning this w e e k ,”
W oods said.
Sports Briefs
Camacho Defeats Duran
by Unanimous Decision
West Beats East in
WNBA All-Star Game
DENVER — It w asn’t so much a fight for the ages as o f the ages. In
a bout that seemed to feature as much clutching as punching Hector
Camacho used a steady mix o f right jabs to set up his left hook in a
unanimous 12-round decision over 50-year-old Roberto Duran on
Saturday night. The 39-year-old Camacho received winning scores o f
114-112,118-108 and 118-108 to improve to 75-4. He captured the fringe
National Boxing Association title Duran carried into the ring.
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RLANDO, Fla. — Lisa Leslie broke her own
WNBA All-Star game record with 20 points and
added nine rebounds to lead the Western Confer
Armstrong Attacks, Wins Stage on Tour
ence to an 80-72 victory over the Eastern Conference.
Leslie was selected the game’s MVP for the second time
L ’A L PE D ’HUEZ, France— Lance Armstrong won Tuesday’s stage
o
f
the
T our de France, a grueling climb in the F rench Alps, surging ahead
in her career. Sacramento’s Yolanda Griffith added 17 points
in
the
last mountain pass to leave his rivals stranded. Armstrong won
and 7 rebounds for the West, which has won all three All-Star
the
129.79-mile
stretch from Aix-les-Bains to this ski station after
games with Houston coach Van Chancellor at the helm.
bluffing
his
main
title
challenger, Germany’s Jan Ullrich. He trailed the
Cleveland’s Merlakia Jones led the Eastern Conference with
Team Telekom rider in the first two mountain passes, then surged
12 points, including 10 in the second half.
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MOVIES ON THE BIG SCREEN
Kennedy School Theater
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July 21, 2001
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