Extra holes the norm at Girls' Junior

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07/27/2007 - Lakewood, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michelle Shin rolled to a 4 & 3 win over Sarah Brown in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Girls' Junior on Thursday -- by far the easiest victory of the afternoon.

The other three quarterfinal matches required extra holes.

In them, Stephanie Kono needed 23 holes to beat stroke play medalist and reigning U.S. Women's Amateur champion Kimberly Kim; Ayaka Kaneko outlasted Sue Kim in 24 holes; and Kristen Park edged Haley Sanders in 19 holes.

Kimberly Kim, who cruised to stroke play medalist honors after opening with a 62 on Monday, missed a 15-foot eagle putt at the 18th hole with a chance beat Kono in regulation.

After the pair halved the first four extra holes, Kim came up short with her approach to No. 5 at Tacoma Country and Golf Club -- a 350-yard par four -- while Kono knocked hers to just six feet.

"As soon as I hit it ... I knew that it was close," said Kono, who made the short birdie for the win. "We just both played very solid. We made the putts when we needed to, and I was able to make one more than she did, so I was very lucky."

Kim was trying to become just the seventh player to win the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Girls' Junior in the same year.

"The whole round was disappointing," she said. "I wouldn't be disappointed if I played good and I lost. But I didn't putt good at all and I lost."

Kim was one of two recent USGA champions to be ousted in match play on Thursday.

In a third round match in the morning, Kaneko defeated reigning U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links champion Mina Harigae, 1-up.

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2007 NFL Football Betting Preview


“You play to win the game!”

Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.

The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.

The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.

Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?

Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.

New York Giants betting lines

Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.

Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.

Dallas Cowboys betting lines

Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.

The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.

Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.

Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.

Oakland Raiders betting lines

This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.

First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”

The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason. 

Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.

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