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This Day In Sports 1992 — Jimmy Connors loses to Ivan Lendl, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0, in his record Numbers Game 115th and final U.S. Open singles match. Antelope Valley Press, Wednesday, September 4, 2019 C5 Morning rush Getting a PGA Tour card is tough Valley Press news services By DOUG FERGUSON Tour. Parker, Chiney Ogwumike rally Sparks Associated Press But the UCLA alum still has past Dream 70-60 Tyler Duncan played his best to wait. LOS ANGELES — Candace Parker and Tavatanakit rallied from six Chiney Ogwumike each had double-doubles and golf over the final nine holes of his Los Angeles overcame a slow start to beat the last- long season, making four birdies ON THE shots behind to win the Sioux place Atlanta Dream 70-60 on Tuesday night in a on the back nine to close with a 66. BUBBLE Falls GreatLife Challenge last week for her third victory of the game that put the Sparks in position to earn a first- That meant getting a PGA Tour Tom Lewis, round bye in the playoffs. card for the third straight season, season on the Symetra Tour. Pre- of England, viously, three Symetra Tour victo- Parker had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Ogwu- twice through what now is called competes in the mike 17 and 10. Ogwumike started for her sister ries earned an instant promotion the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Korn Ferry Tour Nneka, who was out with an illness that sidelined D.J. Trahan also delivered a to the LPGA Tour, a policy that Championship her for the second half of the team’s last game clutch moment with an approach changed last year with the intro- golf tournament against Las Vegas. to 3 feet for birdie on the last hole duction of the “Q-Series” on the Chelsea Gray added 15 points. to get one of the last cards. in Newburgh, LPGA Tour, which is a pair of 72- After trailing by 11 after one quarter, the Sparks The Korn Ferry Tour Champi- Ind. on Monday. hole tournaments in consecutive Associated Press rallied in the second quarter, took the lead in the onship, the final chance to earn a weeks. third and held off Atlanta to move a full game ahead PGA Tour card for 25 players, was won’t be keeping them. ther the regular season or the The 19-year-old Thai didn’t of fifth-place Chicago with two games to play. sound bothered by it all. Tav- The Sparks (20-12) have won 12 straight at at times exciting, exhausting and Of the 50 players who earned Finals series — won on the PGA home, where they play their last two games. Los An- exhilarating for those who made PGA Tour cards last year — either Tour the next year. That includes atanakit is No. 2 on the money list geles coach Derek Fisher became the ninth WNBA it. And it’s also just the start. the regular season or the Finals Max Homa at Quail Hollow and with $110,487, leaving her about head coach to get to 20 wins in their first season. Getting a PGA Tour card is series of what is now the Korn Adam Long at the Desert Classic, $3,000 short of Perrine Delacour, The record is 29 by the Sparks’ Michael Cooper in tough. Keeping it is no picnic. Ferry Tour — 31 failed to finish where he beat Phil Mickelson by who has played 17 times on the 2000. The new PGA Tour season among the top 125 in the FedEx one shot. Symetra Tour. Tavatanakit has starts Sept. 12 at the Greenbrier, Cup to retain full status. The previous year, seven play- won three times in just eight Lloyd scores 2, U.S. women beat with six domestic events and one Thirty players failed to keep ers who had to earn tour cards starts. Portugal again on victory tour at the Mexican resort of Mayako- their cards in 2018, and 29 did not went on to win, four of them get- “It’s hard to get a picture of ST. PAUL, Minn. — Carli Lloyd scored twice ba, all of them offering full FedEx keep their cards in 2017. ting a Masters invitation. That what I’ve been able to accom- and the U.S. national team extended its winning Cup points and an invitation to As for that optimism? There’s group included Ted Potter Jr., who plish,” Tavatanakit said. “I set streak to 16 games with a 3-0 exhibition victory over the Masters for the winner. no predicting who’s going to get took down Dustin Johnson at Peb- my goals and have lived in the Portugal on Tuesday night. Optimism is never higher. The hot in what week. One adage ble Beach. And in 2016-17, the list moment really well for the past It was Jill Ellis’ 105th victory as the U.S. coach, passed down from veterans over of nine winners included Xander three months since turning pro. I tying her with Tony DiCicco’s record from 1994- PGA Tour in September is right 1999. Ellis, now 105-7-18, plans to step down in up there with Major League Base- the years is that players typically Schauffele and Bryson DeCham- just focus on what I need to do to October following the team’s final two victory tour ball in March. make 80 percent of their money beau. be a better player. All I want is to matches. Now for the bad news: If the from 20 percent of their tourna- PATTY T’S TIMING improve every time I step on the last three years are any indica- ments. Patty Tavatanakit is sure to course. It’s pretty unreal for how WNMU freshman wide receiver Cruz dies tion, some 60 percent of the play- Five players who earned cards join the LPGA Tour next year far I have come and what the fu- in apparent drowning ers who earned PGA Tour cards from the Korn Ferry Tour — ei- based on her play on the Symetra ture holds too.” SILVER CITY, N.M. — Western New Mexico University officials say freshman wide receiverEd - die Cruz has died in an apparent drowning. Grant County Sheriff’s officials say a New Mexi- NFL COLLEGE FOOTBALL MLB SPORTS ODDS CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Major League Baseball co State Police dive team was called out to Bill Evans NFL Preseason Glance Schedule American League Glance South Division AMERICAN CONFERENCE Monday, Sept. 2 West Division National League W L Pct. GB Today Lake north of Silver City around 3 p.m. Monday af- West SOUTH W L Pct GB x#-RanchoCuca. 40 30 .571 — Notre Dame 35, Louisville 17 Houston 90 50 .643 _ FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Lake Elsinore 38 32 .543 2 ter calls about a possible drowning. W L T Pct PF PA at WASHINGTON -115 New York +105 Oakland 3 1 0 .750 84 67 Thursday, Sept. 5 Oakland 79 58 .577 9½ JetHawks 34 36 .486 6 Divers recovered a man’s body about 4½ hours FAR WEST Philadelphia -117 at CINCINNATI +107 Inland Empire 31 39 .443 9 later. Denver 2 3 0 .400 69 73 Texas 68 72 .486 22 at PITTSBURGH -178 Miami +166 Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 82 88 W. Colorado at Idaho St., 5:35 p.m. Angels 65 74 .468 24½ at ST. LOUIS -118 San Francisco +108 North Division L.A. Chargers 1 3 0 .250 72 83 Friday, Sept. 6 Seattle 58 82 .414 32 at ARIZONA -117 San Diego +107 W L Pct. GB East SOUTH East Division at LA DODGERS -340 Colorado +310 x#-Visalia 39 31 .557 — W L T Pct PF PA William & Mary at Virginia, 5 p.m. W L Pct GB American League San Jose 36 34 .514 3 Buffalo 4 0 0 1.000 102 73 SOUTHWEST New York 91 49 .650 _ at NEW YORK OFF Texas OFF Modesto 35 35 .500 4 New England 3 1 0 .750 92 54 Wake Forest at Rice, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay 82 59 .582 9½ at CLEVELAND -277 Chicago +247 Stockton 27 43 .386 12 Planner Miami 3 1 0 .750 86 63 FAR WEST Boston 74 64 .536 16 at BOSTON -130 Minnesota +120 x-First Half Winner; #-Clinched Division N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 63 69 Marshall at Boise St., 6 p.m. Toronto 55 85 .393 36 at KANSAS CITY -190 Detroit +175 Sunday’s Games at OAKLAND -149 LA Angels +139 South Sacramento St. at Arizona St., 7 p.m. Baltimore 46 93 .331 44½ San Jose 6, Stockton 2 Saturday, Sept. 7 Central Division College Football Inland Empire 6, Rancho Cucamonga 3 W L T Pct PF PA Friday COMING UP IN THE VALLEY Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 69 65 FAR WEST W L Pct GB JetHawks 5, Lake Elsinore 2 FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Modesto 6, Visalia 5 Indianapolis 1 3 0 .250 64 78 N. Illinois at Utah, 10 a.m. Minnesota 86 52 .623 _ Wake Forest 19½ 17½ (57) at RICE Monday’s Games ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (Junior College) Houston 1 3 0 .250 66 107 Nebraska at Colorado, 12:30 p.m. Cleveland 80 59 .576 6½ at BOISE ST 11½ 10½ (57) Marshall San Jose 7, Stockton 1 ■ Cross Country: Friday at Fresno Invite, 9 a.m. Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 29 106 W. Illinois at Colorado St., 1 p.m. Chicago 61 77 .442 25 Saturday Rancho Cucamonga 4, Inland Empire 3 North Lindenwood (Mo.) at E.