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9/28/00 -- There may be no ‘I’ in team, but there is a ‘me.’ Such is relevant to Angel Cabrera and Jose Coceres.
9/28/00 -- Jeff Maggert won more money in a single event last season than he has in 22 starts this year. Not to say Maggert’s had a dismal 2000; he’s earned five top 10s and nearly $850K in cash.
9/27/00 --David Duval has had a lot of time to think about what might have been in 2000. What if he could have made just a few more putts earlier in the season? What if he had hit a 5-iron at the 13th, instead of the 6-iron that found Rae’s Creek, Sunday at Augusta? What if his back nine could have mirrored his magnificent front nine in the final round at the British Open?
9/27/00 -- All of Europe’s top names are in Cologne, Germany for this week’s Linde German Masters. All except Darren Clarke.
9/24/00 -- Proving Tiger Woods is the only player who can stop Tiger Woods, the world’s #1 finished bogey-birdie-bogey to hold on to a one-shot lead after 18 holes of the WGC - NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio.
9/24/00 -- Just as he did two years ago, Lee Westwood used a Sunday surge to capture the Belgacom Open.
9/23/00 -- A pair of Ryder Cup teammates turned rivals are set for a Sunday showdown at the Belgacom Open. Padraig Harrington takes a slim one-shot lead over Lee Westwood into the final round at Royal Zoute.
9/22/00 -- Tom Gillis has fond memories of the Belgacom Open. Two years ago, the American was on the brink of losing his European Tour card when he birdied the 72nd hole in Knokke, Belgium
9/21/00 -- Hennie Otto fired a career-best 7-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead over five others through 18 holes of the Belgacom Open in Royal Zoute, Belgium.
9/17/00 -- Chris DiMarco knew it was his time this week. All the three footers fell. Every mistake offered opportunity. Even his beloved Florida Gators won in miraculous fashion.
9/16/00 -- Unless you’re a die-hard golf fan, you might not be able to pick out Chris DiMarco on the putting green.
9/15/00 -- Frank Lickliter is looking for his maiden PGA Tour victory at the inaugural SEI Pennsylvania Classic. To earn it, he’ll have to beat, among others, Mark Calcavecchia, the man with whom he shares the 36-hole lead.
9/14/00 -- Dorothy Gale said, ‘There’s no place like home.’ No one agrees with that statement more than Emlyn Aubrey.
9/13/00 -- For the first time since 1980, the PGA Tour makes an official stop in the Keystone State.Thursday will mark the beginning of the inaugural SEI Pennsylvania Classic at the Waynesborough Country Club in Paoli, Penn.
9/10/00 -- You’ve probably heard this one before. An unheralded player takes Tiger Woods to the limit. Yet, Tiger prevails.
9/10/00 -- ‘El Gato’ - the cat - took a page out of a fellow feline’s book this week at Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.
9/9/00 -- Eduardo Romero picked a good time to tie his career low round on the European Tour.
9/9/00 -- For the second consecutive week, Grant Waite has earned a spot in Sunday’s final group.
9/2/00 -- Jesper Parnevik three-putted the 18th hole Saturday to give Grant Waite sole possession of the lead entering the final round of the Air Canada Championship.
9/8/00 -- Eduardo Romero continues to lead mid-way through the Canon European Masters, but a number of Europe’s finest are on the Big Cat’s tail.
9/7/00 -- There must be something in the high altitude at Crans-sur-Sierre that suits Eduardo Romero. The Argentinean, who hasn’t won on the European Tour since the 1994 Canon European Masters, has put himself in position to break his 6-year winless streak at the same event.
9/7/00 -- Despite the red-carpet treatment, you’ll pardon Tiger Woods if he doesn’t feel at home at the Bell Canadian Open.
9/6/00 -- Half of the 1999 European Ryder Cup team will be in action when the Canon European Masters is played in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland, this week.
9/3/00 -- Thomas Bjorn finally captured the victory his superb season so deserved. The Dane fired a final-round 67 to win the BMW International Open by three shots over local favorite Bernhard Langer.