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12/04/2011 - Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Junthima Gulyanamitta carded her second straight four-under 68 Sunday to come from behind and win medalist honors at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
Gulyanamitta has played just two LPGA Tour events in her career, the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women's Opens. She ended the five-round marathon at 10-under 350.
Christine Song, who had the lead after the first four rounds, closed with a 74 to take second place at minus-eight. Jennie Lee shot a 72 and took third at four-under-par 356.
Dori Carter (68), Jodi Ewart (70) and Karlin Beck (69) shared fourth place at minus-three and were the final players in red figures.
Forty-one players earned at least partial status on the LPGA Tour for 2012, while the top 20 will be fully exempt.
Meredith Duncan birdied 17 then holed out for eagle on 18 to jump into a share of ninth. If she had gone par-par, Duncan would have only had partial status next year.
Jacqui Concolino had the fate of eight other golfers in her hands on the par- five 18th. If she had made birdie or eagle, only she would have been fully exempt status next year.
Instead, she made par to force a nine-way playoff for the last fully exempt spot. Lizette Salas came out of a group that included Sophia Sheridan, Min Seo Kwak, Stephanie Sherlock, Paola Moreno, Veronica Felibert, Danah Ford Bordner, Lacey Agnew and Concolino to get the last fully exempt spot. The eight others will be partially exempt in 2012.
The final round was contested on the Champions Course at LPGA International. The first four rounds had rotated over the Champions and Legends Courses.
Song started the day with a four-stroke lead over Gulyanamitta, but that cushion was gone by the eighth hole. Song dropped shots at five and eight, while Gulyanamitta had birdies on three and five.
Gulyanamitta moved two clear as there was a two-stroke swing on the 10th. where she rolled in a birdie effort and Song tripped to a bogey. However, Gulyanamitta faltered to a double-bogey at 12 to create a share of the lead.
Gulyanamitta came right back with birdies on 13 and 14 to move two ahead.
Song got within one with a birdie on 15. She stumbled to a bogey at 16, then both players birdied the par-five 18th.
These were the other players that earned fully exempt status for 2012: Maude- Aimee LeBlanc, Sandra Changkija, Duncan, Minea Blomqvist, Stephanie Kono, Cydney Clanton, Angela Oh, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Elisa Serramia, Tanya Dergal, Ayaka Kaneko, Victoria Tanco and Hannah Yun.
Kono and Tanco both played the tournament as amateurs, but turned professional after Q School ended.
Among those that climbed inside the top 40 and gained partial status for 2012 were 2005 U.S. Women's Open champ Birdie Kim (69) and Izzy Beisiegel (72), who both finished tied for 34th at plus-eight.
Beisiegel, who is from Montreal, played five Canadian Tour events in 2011 and missed the cut in all five. Her only LPGA Tour start was at the Canadian Women's Open, where she again missed the cut.
NOTES: There were four players that dropped out of the top-40 in the final round: Lili Alvarez, Paz Echeverria, Jean Reynolds and Jaclyn Sweeney...This was the final LPGA Tour event of 2011.
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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The Indianapolis Colts know that winning the Super Bowl last season put a huge target on their backs, and they expect opponents to go all-out to knock them from the top of the mountain.
They’ll get their first test from the New Orleans Saints this Thursday night. The defending champs had nothing but good things to say about the New Orleans defense this past week, praising their opponents’ pass rush and run-stopping abilities.
"They play very aggressively," head coach Tony Dungy told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "They play a lot of man-to-man coverage, and they come after you. They have good pass rushers, and they're going to try to pressure us, I'm sure."
Both center Jeff Saturday and quarterback Peyton Manning gave New Orleans’ front four props, admitting keeping guys like Will Smithand Charles Grant contained would be a tall task for the offensive line.
New Orleans ranked second in total defense during the preseason at a sportsbook, allowing just under 233 yards per game. Last season, the defense finished 11th in the league after giving up 307.3 yards and 20.1 points per contest.
Not so sound on the ground
If Indianapolis' efficient offense has a weakness it has to be its running attack. The Colts one-two-punch of Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai is no longer, leaving the bulk of the carries to Addai, the second-year back out of LSU.
Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Kenton Keith was named Addai’s backup this week after beating out DeDe Dorsey for the second-string position. Indy has only three backs on the roster right now, including fullback Luke Lawton, and coach Dungy is aware of the thinness of his ground game. Sports Betting lines on the game can be found at BettingExpress.com
“We’ll continue to look. Luke Lawton’s done a good job for us too. So probably getting a third true tailback is something that we’d like to do,” Dungy told the Indiana Tribune-Star.
Last season, Addai rushed for over 1,000 yards in his rookie campaign and scored seven touchdowns on the ground.
Brees says bring it on
Opening the season on the road against the defending Super Bowl champions is not the way most teams would like to kick off their year – unless you’re the New Orleans Saints or their quarterback Drew Brees. This internet Sportsbooks had the Saints as the favorites.
Brees told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that he is excited to get the regular season started and the Colts are a great challenge for him and his teammates. The 28-year-old QB, entering his second season with the Saints, is expecting a wild environment in the RCA Dome this Thursday when the franchise celebrates its 2007-2007 championship.
Brees said he sees the opening game scheduling as an honor and a testament to how well New Orleans did last season. The Saints missed facing the Colts in the Super Bowl by one game, losing to the Chicago Bearsin the NFC Championship game.
"I mean, people think we can hang with these guys," Brees told reporters. "Even if they didn't, it wouldn't matter what they thought because as a team we're very confident. We know what we can do. We're not satisfied where we finished the season last year. And we've been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time."
SportsBooks ready for a shootout
Oddsmakers are preparing for some fireworks this Thursday when the NFL season kicks off. online Sportsbooks have Thursday’s total set at a whopping 52 points, accounting for two of the league’s most explosive offenses.
“This is like must-see TV,” Saints cornerback and former Colt Jason David told the Baton Rouge Advocate. “It’s two exciting offenses with great players. You’ve got a lot of star power on offense. At any given time a big play can happen. If I was a fan, I wouldn’t miss a snap.”
New Orleans, who ranked No.1 in total offense last season, can go blow-for-blow with the Colts’ attack. Head coach Sean Payton’s offensive schemes will get even better production out of Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and receiver Marques Colston now that they’ve each had a season of playing together under their belts.
The Saints and Colts were the top two passing teams in the NFL last year, but while Indianapolis managed to put up almost 27 points per game, New Orleans struggled to capitalize on their efforts. The Saints ranked fifth in points per game.
“Yards are great,” running backDeuce McAllister told reporters, “but to be able to score more touchdowns would be important for us.”
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