SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Lucas Glover shot a course record Tuesday to dominate the first round of the PGA Grand Slam.
Glover hit six birdies and an eagle to finish at 6-under-par 65 at the newly renovated Port Royal Golf Course, but bogeys at Nos. 13 and 16 stopped him from taking total control of the tournament.
The U.S. Open champion owed his record-setting round to hot putting, including monster putts of 60-plus feet on Nos. 4 and 17, which earned him the eagle and a two-shot lead over Stewart Cink.
“I played well,” Glover said. “I’m really pleased with my round. I didn’t know what to expect. I think, truthfully, not seeing the course might have helped, because we might not have known where some of the trouble was.”
Angel Cabrera finished five shots behind Glover, while Y.E. Yang, still recovering from the long flight from South Korea, finished with an even par 71.
NCAA: Just 21 percent of athletic departments profitable
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA’s latest report on revenues and expenses showed fewer than 25 percent of all Football Bowl Subdivision schools made money in 2007-08, while the remaining 302 schools competing in Division I struggled to break even.
Twenty-five of 119 FBS schools reported overall profits, an increase from 19 in 2006.
The NCAA collected data from 2004 through 2008 but did not identify individual schools or teams in the report.
• St. John’s redshirt senior Anthony Mason Jr. will miss four to six weeks while he recovers after re-aggravating a hamstring injury during a weekend practice. Mason was an all-Big East honorable mention pick as a junior in 2007-08, when he led the Red Storm in scoring at 14 points per game.
Footnotes.
For the second straight offseason, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. The team said it will provide further details after today’s procedure in Birmingham, Ala.
• Ned Colletti agreed to a long-term extension to stay on as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Baseball players and owners agreed to push back the deadline for a collusion grievance over last winter’s free agents until the end of this offseason.
• Landon Donovan claimed an unprecedented sixth Honda Player of the Year Award given annually to the U.S. national soccer team’s top player.
• Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones‘ application to switch to the U.S. national team from Germany has been approved by FIFA.
• Gymnast Yury Ryazanov was killed in a car crash near Vladimir, Russia, just days after taking the bronze medal at the world championships. He was 22.
• The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said cyclist J.D. Swanguen of San Diego accepted a three-month suspension after testing positive for a metabolite of marijuana or hashish.
• Former No. 1-ranked player Justine Henin confirmed she will make her return to the WTA Tour at the Brisbane (Australia) International in January.
The Associated Press
