Sports Briefs October 10, 2011
Golf
Bryce Molder won the Frys.com Open in San Martin, Calif., after the longest playoff this year on the PGA Tour.
Molder made a 6-foot birdie putt on the sixth extra hole Sunday at CordeValle to outlast Briny Baird and capture his first tour victory in his 132nd attempt.
Tiger Woods finished 10 shots behind in a tie for 30th in his first tournament in seven weeks. His round was memorable for a fan who ran toward the seventh green while he was putting and tossed a hot dog in his direction.
The bun barely reached the green. The hot dog landed on the putting surface.
The 31-year-old man, whose name wasn't released, dropped to the ground to be arrested as Santa Clara sheriff's deputies converged on him. Woods backed off his birdie putt, then quickly resumed play.
Arjun Atwal, who played with Woods, said he was concerned for a moment at the sight of a fan yelling out Woods' name and approaching the green.
"They could have shot him," Atwal said. "The cops could have thought it was something else."
• Top-ranked Yani Tseng won the LPGA Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea, for her sixth LPGA Tour victory of the season and ninth overall title of the year, shooting a 5-under 67 to edge Na Yeon Choi by a stroke.
• Brad Faxon won the Insperity Championship in The Woodlands, Texas, for his first Champions Tour title when heavy rain washed out the final round.
Hockey
Canadiens 5, Jets 1: At Winnipeg, Manitoba, Carey Price stopped 30 shots and Montreal put a damper on a massive civic celebration with a victory over Winnipeg.
Oilers 2, Penguins 1, SO: Ales Hemsky scored the shootout winner and host Edmonton started off the season with a win over Pittsburgh.
Football
Florida is out of The Associated Press Top 25 poll.
Not just the Gators - the entire state.
For the first time since Dec. 6, 1982, no Sunshine State team was among the AP rankings on Sunday, marking the end of 472 straight polls where either Florida, Florida State or Miami - and usually all three - were on the list. Florida and Florida State both lost Saturday, the Gators losing at No. 1 LSU 41-11 and the Seminoles continuing their freefall with a 35-30 setback at Wake Forest.
The top 10 teams in the poll were unchanged. LSU, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Boise State, No. 6 Oklahoma State, No. 7 Stanford, No. 8 Clemson, No. 9 Oregon and No. 10 Arkansas all won by an average of 34.4 points. No. 4 Wisconsin was idle.
Basketball
The NBA preseason schedule was supposed to open with five games on Sunday, but that slate was canceled long ago and the first two weeks of the regular season are now in jeopardy as well.
A person with knowledge of the plans said that top negotiators for the NBA and players' association had agreed to meet again, two days after the union said the league insisted it accept a 50-50 split of revenues as a condition for returning to the negotiating table. Players balked at that demand.
Tennis
Tomas Berdych beat Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win the China Open in Beijing, and Agnieszka Radwanska topped Andrea Petkovic, 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to claim the women's title, her second in as many weeks.
Auto racing
Sebastian Vettel wrapped up his second straight Formula One championship, finishing third behind Jenson Button in the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan.
Gymnastics
Japan, the Olympic silver medalists, topped the United States and Germany in the first day of men's qualifying at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. But the Americans are clearly making up ground, and the unforgiving format of team finals can't come fast enough.
Qualifying continues today. The top eight earn spots at next summer's London Olympics.
- The Associated Press