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...climbed as high as I can, and it's worth every step of it." ANNIKA SORENSTAM, first female golfer to play in a men's PGA Tour event since 1945, after failing to make the cut after two rounds at the Colonial...
Sorenstam's challenge has sparked another loud round of 19th hole, his-and-hers trash talk in a season already spiked by debate about gender equity. When the guns of Augusta started firing--remember Hootie and Martha?--earlier this year, most of the PGA players tried to jump into the nearest hole to avoid the subject...
This time, though, PGA player Vijay Singh teed off on Sorenstam, saying "I hope she misses the cut"--that is, gets knocked out halfway through the four-round tournament. Although Singh begged for a mulligan, insisting he was misunderstood, it was music to USA and CBS, which will be adding extra coverage to follow Sorenstam, Tiger-like, in what until then had been just another golf tournament. And Singh might be expressing the anxiety the gentlemen may feel when, come Sunday, some of them could be in the running for the First PGA Pro to Get His Butt Kicked...
...Finsterwald Jr. "This is a position golf course"--a plus for Sorenstam, one of the most accurate hitters in the game. She'll have to hope her straight shooting will make up for her power disadvantage--her current 275.4-yd. average drive would rank her 159th on the PGA tour...
...hope she misses the cut. Why? Because she doesn't belong out here." VIJAY SINGH, golf pro, on Annika Sorenstam playing in the Colonial tournament, where she will become the first woman in 58 years to compete on the PGA Tour. Singh later apologized and said his comments were misunderstood...