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07/24/2010 - Ada, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jim Liu earned a 4 & 2 victory over Justin Thomas on Saturday to become the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
Liu rallied from an early deficit and never trailed after the seventh hole of their scheduled 36-hole match play final.
The 14-year-old from Smithtown, N.Y., beat Tiger Woods' record to become the youngest winner in championship history.
Woods, who won three straight U.S. Juniors from 1991-93, set the previous mark at 15 years, six months and 28 days when he captured his first championship. Liu doesn't turn 15 until the middle of August.
Liu wrapped up the victory on No. 16 at Egypt Valley Country Club when Thomas, 17, conceded his competitor's three-foot par putt after missing a five-footer of his own.
Despite the match ending on the 34th hole, it was actually the smallest winning margin for a U.S. Junior final since 2006.
Things got started 30 minutes late because of a steady morning rain. Once the players got going Thomas took an early 2-up lead with a winning par at No. 1 and a winning birdie at No. 3.
Liu battled back, however, and built a 3-up lead after the first 18 holes.
Fighting to square the match by the eighth hole, Liu took his first lead with a birdie at the 10th, then extended the advantage to 3-up with back-to-back birdies at the 12th and 13th.
Thomas won the 14th with a birdie, but Liu restored his 3-up advantage with a birdie at the 16th and carried it into the midway break.
Thomas climbed all they way back to 1-down by making birdies at Nos. 2 and 4 after the match resumed. But he fell 2-down after losing No. 6 with a bogey.
Liu moved 3-up with a par at the 11th, but Thomas cut that lead to one with back-to-back birdies at the 12th and 13th holes.
The momentum didn't last, however, as Liu came back with a winning par at the 14th. He was conceded a 15-foot birdie putt at the 15th when Thomas could only manage a bogey, then closed the match out at the next hole.
<< Chelsea's Drogba out three weeks after surgery
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba had surgery
on Friday and will miss three weeks, putting his status for the start of the
English Premier League season in doubt.
Drogba had an groin operation to fix a pro
<< Royals spoil Mitre's return to rotation in win over Yankees
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Podsednik went 3-for-4, scored once and
drove a run in, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 win over the New York
Yankees in the third installment of a four-game set.
Jose Guillen added his 16th
<< Colvin, Castro hit HRs as Cubs nip Cards
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro homered to
support six solid innings from Tom Gorzelanny as Chicago turned away St.
Louis, 6-5, in the middle meeting of a three-game set.
Castro finished with three h
<< Manchester City signs Serbia defender Kolarov
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester City added its fourth new
player of the offseason Saturday, signing Serbia defender Aleksandar Kolarov
from Lazio for $25 million.
Kolarov, 24, played two games for Serbia at the recent
Atletico Madrid adds Brazilian fullback Filipe >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atletico Madrid acquired Brazilian fullback
Filipe from fellow Spanish club Deportivo on Saturday in a deal reported to be
worth nearly $15 million.
Filipe debuted for Brazil during 2010 FIFA World Cup qua
Report: Mets' Maine to miss rest of season >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Mets pitcher John Maine has
undergone surgery on his right shoulder that will sideline him for the rest of
the 2010 season.
According to the Newark Star-Ledger, the procedure was performed F
Rangers disable catcher Treanor >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers placed catcher Matt Treanor
on the 15-day disabled list after suffering a knee sprain in Friday's game
against the Angels.
In the bottom of the seventh, Treanor hit a bouncer off pitche
Flanagan moves in front in Ohio >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Australian Nick Flanagan carded a two-under 69
Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Nationwide
Children's Hospital Invitational.
Flanagan, who won three times in the 2007, completed 54
Sportsbook betting odds favor Europe in Ryder Cup
September 19, – Despite holding a decided edge in the all-time series, with 24 wins, 2 ties and 10 losses, Team USA is the underdog again heading into the Ryder Cup in Kidare, Ireland this weekend, according to MySportsbook.com. The Europeans have captured four of the past five editions, including their largest victory ever, an 18 ½ to 9 ½ thumping in Michigan in 2004. Current Ryder Cup betting odds favor the Europeans to continue their winning ways; they are a 4-5 bet to take the title, compared to 6-5 for the Americans.
Despite being knocked out in the first round of World Match play by Shaun Micheel, Tiger Woods is predicted to lead the US charge and be their highest point scorer for the week, with odds listed at 9-4 that he outpoints all other American players, including Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco to name a few. Team USA has four relatively unknown players on the roster but all four are 2007 tournament winners and have posted some of season’s best performances, each earning over $1.5 million on the PGA TOUR. They include Zach Johnson, Vaughan Taylor, JJ Henry and Brett Wetterich.
The experienced European squad includes the likes of Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Jose Maria Olazabal and Darren Clarke, who’s emotions will be tested after the passing of his wife to a battle with cancer. Donald and Garcia are in particularly good form and each is a 5-1 bet to lead the European squad in the points race. Donald has proven he can go head to head with Woods at a major event after a run for the $1.2 million purse at the PGA Championship. Garcia’s Ryder Cup credentials prove he’s ready for battle too.
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Ryder Cup Odds| Europe Tie USA |
4-5 10-1 6-5 |
| Tiger Woods Jim Furyk Phil Mickelson Chris DiMarco David Toms Stewart Cink Chad Campbell Scott Verplank Zach Johnson Vaughan Taylor JJ Henry Brett Wetterich |
9-4 4-1 5-1 7-1 8-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 25-1 30-1 30-1 50-1 |
| Sergio Garcia Luke Donald Padraig Harrington Colin Montgomerie Darren Clarke David Howell Lee Westwood Paul Casey Henrik Stenson Jose Maria Olazabal Paul McGinley Robert Karlsson |
5-1 5-1 6-1 13-2 8-1 9-1 9-1 11-1 12-1 12-1 20-1 25-1 |
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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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