September 8, 2008
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Mount Pleasant GC ranked 12th
Mount Pleasant Golf Course in Baltimore has been ranked the 12th-best municipal facility in the country by Golfweek magazine.
According to a spokesman for the Baltimore Municipal Golf Corporation, the ranking was the first of its kind and done in conjunction with the U.S. Open.
Torrey Pines South in San Diego, which hosted the Open, finished fifth. Bethpage State Park Black Course, the first public facility to host the Open and the site of next year's event, was first.
Mount Pleasant is a 74-year-old course that hosted PGA Tour events in the 1950s and early 1960s.
[Don Markus
• More golf // Viewers stayed tuned to the U.S. Open even as it spilled into the work week. Monday's playoff between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate earned a 7.6 overnight rating and 20 share from 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET on NBC, the network said. That's just 11 percent less than the 8.5 overnight rating drawn by Sunday's fourth round. ... Brian Hollins (72-73-145), of Rockville, and Forrest Wilson (74-71-145), of Alexandria, Va., tied for medalist honors in U.S. Junior Amateur sectional qualifying at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club and advanced to the championship July 21-26 in Birmingham, Ala.
• College World Series // Alan Ahmady hit a go-ahead single in the fifth inning as upstart Fresno State continued to surprise with a 5-3 victory over North Carolina in Omaha, Neb. The Tar Heels (52-13) will meet LSU in an elimination game tomorrow, with the winner facing Fresno (44-29) on Friday. ... Blake Dean hit a three-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep LSU (49-18-1) alive with a 6-5 victory over Rice (47-15).
• Hockey // Former Detroit Red Wings center Igor Larionov and ex- Edmonton Oilers star Glenn Anderson have been elected to the sport's Hall of Fame in Toronto. Former linesman Ray Scapinello and builder Ed Chynoweth also made the Hall.
• Colleges // Clemson's longtime track coach, Bob Pollock, retired, a season after he was investigated by the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division. Pollock and assistant coach Charles Foster were accused of depositing more than $27,000 collected at campus track and field events into personal accounts. ... Ambrose "Bud" Dudley, who founded the Liberty Bowl football game in 1959, died in Memphis. He was 88.
• Tennis // Lindsay Davenport, formerly ranked No. 1, withdrew from the WTA International Women's Open in Eastbourne, England, with a knee injury but expects to compete at Wimbledon.
• Et cetera // Ruben Acosta, president of FIVB, volleyball's governing body, for 24 years, said he will retire after the Beijing Olympics. ... Hendrick Motorsports has passed Roush Fenway Racing as the most valuable team in NASCAR, according to Forbes magazine. Hendrick was valued at $335 million.
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