SPORTS
August 20, 2000
Don Baker of Canoga Park won two matches Saturday and reached the semifinals of the British Mid-Amateur Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Baker, the only American remaining in the field, upset co-medalist Giles Legg of Dudsbury Golf Club in Dorset, England, in the third round, 2 and 1. In the afternoon, Baker downed Nicolas Bell of Carlisle Golf Club in Cumbria, England, 1 up, in the quarterfinals.
SPORTS
July 16, 1990 | from The Hartford Courant
Mark Calcavecchia may flinch a bit when recalling his finish in the Canon Greater Hartford Open, but he is delighted to discuss his victory in the British Open 51 weeks ago. "What did winning it do for me?" he said rhetorically. "Made me money." As in Brinks armored carloads. Before winning the title he'll defend starting Thursday at St. Andrews Golf Club in Scotland, Calcavecchia said he felt fortunate to receive a $20,000 guarantee to play in the 1989 Swiss Open.
SPORTS
August 23, 2000
Neils Ludlow has resigned as boys' basketball coach at El Camino Real High and will be replaced by assistant John Gould. Gould has been an assistant the last two seasons. * Ron Haywood has resigned as girls' basketball coach at Highland High and has joined the staff at Louisville. Haywood, who was 21-29 in two seasons at Highland, is expected to take over Louisville's program beginning the 2001-02 season after Kevin Wiser steps down.
NEWS
July 17, 1997 | THOMAS BONK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The sky is the color of motor oil, the wind is blowing hard and there's enough mud around here to make a swamp jealous. It must be time to play the British Open, the oldest major title in golf that is being played for the 126th time beginning today at Royal Troon on the shore of the Firth of Clyde on the western Scottish coast.
SPORTS
June 22, 1992 | GENE WOJCIECHOWSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jack Nicklaus should have known better. After all, no one remembers the ABC-TV kiss of death better than Nicklaus, who received the hated peck on the cheek a decade ago, when Pebble Beach last played host to the U.S. Open. Now Colin Montgomerie knows it, too. It is a Sunday smooch he could have done without. Some history is in order. In '82, Nicklaus was sitting in the network's broadcast booth waiting for Tom Watson to finish his final round.
SPORTS
July 17, 1990 | BRUCE BERLET, HARTFORD COURANT
Mark Calcavecchia might flinch when recalling his disappointing finish in the Greater Hartford Open, but he is delighted to discuss his victory in the British Open 51 weeks ago. "What did winning it do for me?" he said. "Made me money." As in Brink's armored car loads. Before winning the title he will defend starting Thursday at St. Andrews Golf Club in Scotland, Calcavecchia said he felt fortunate to receive a $20,000 guarantee to play in the 1989 Swiss Open.