GOLF

AUSTIN PEAY GOLFER DREW MILLER—A RELATIVE UNKNOWN IN THE GOVERNOR PROGRAM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS—FIRED A SEVEN UNDER PAR 65 SUNDAY TO WIN THE 51^ST COMMANDING GENERAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT COLE PARK GOLF COURSE AT FORT CAMPBELL.

MILLER HAD A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 136 TO CLAIM A FOUR SHOT VICTORY. HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES FINISHED SIXTH, WITH AUSTIN PEAY GOLFER LOGAN LOFTUS FINISHING 7^TH IN THE EVENT.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS SWAN LAKE GOLF COURSE IN CLARKSVILLE WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN LATER THIS WEEK FOR REPAIR WORK ON ITS GREENS.

THE COURSE WILL HOST THE HANK MILES JUNIOR CITY AMATEUR TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, WITH THE COURSE CLOSING UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST. SWAN LAKE WILL SWAP ITS BENTGRASS GREENS—SOME OF WHICH HAVE BECOME UNPLAYABLE BECAUSE OF THE HEAT THE LAST TWO SUMMERS—FOR CHAMPIONS BERMUDA GRASS GREENS.

THE COURSE WILL ALSO BE DOING SOME CLEANUP WORK DUE TO HEAVY TREE DAMAGE FROM RECENT THUNDERSTORMS AND CHANGE SOME OF THE TEE BOXES.

A FIELD OF 42 GOLFERS BEGIN PLAY TODAY IN THE WOMEN’S STATE AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT AT THE MILLER MEMORIAL GOLF CLUB IN MURRAY. TODAY’S PLAY IS A QUALIFYING ROUND FOR MATCH PLAY WHICH BEGINS TUESDAY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

OWENSBORO CATHOLIC’S BECCA GREENWELL WAS NAMED CO M-V-P OF THE F-I-B-A AMERICAS UNDER 16 TOURNAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KENTUCKY’S LEADING SCORER FROM LAST SEASON AVERAGED 15 POINT SIX POINTS A GAME DURING THE TOURNAMENT.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

CENTRAL HARDIN OF REGION FIVE IS KENTUCKY’S STATE CHAMPION. THE BRUINS DEFEATED MERCER COUNTY 21-2 IN FIVE INNINGS TO WIN THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE-KHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY NIGHT IN LEXINGTON.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AFTER A WIN OVER NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, THE VANDERBILT COMMODORES PLAY S-E-C RIVAL FLORIDA AT SIX THIS EVENING AT THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA.

THE GATORS OWN THE SEASON SERIES THREE GAMES TO ONE INCLUDING A 5-0 SHUTOUT OVER VANDY IN THE S-E-C CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THE OTHER GAME IN OMAHA TODAY IS AN ELIMINATION GAME AS NORTH CAROLINA FACES TEXAS.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES GAME AGAINST MARION WAS RAINED OUT SATURDAY NIGHT. AFTER A COUPLE OF OFF DAYS, THE PIRATES PLAY A TWO GAME SERIES WITH FULTON BEGINNING TOMORROW NIGHT AT SEVEN AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

DON’T FORGET THE TRADEWATER PIRATES WILL PLAY THE OWENSBORO OILERS THURSDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL’S COLONEL FIELD. TICKETS ARE FIVE DOLLARS, WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO PENNYROYAL HOSPICE.

WE’LL HAVE THE BROADCAST OF THE GAME ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS WON THE FIRST HALF EASTERN DIVISION TITLE IN THE MIDWEST LEAGUE WITH A COME FROM BEHIND 6-4 WIN AT SOUTH BEND SUNDAY. THE HOT RODS ARE OFF UNTIL FRIDAY FOR THE MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL STAR BREAK.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS DEFEATED MEMPHIS 5-3 SUNDAY AT AUTO ZONE PARK. THE TWO TEAMS CONCLUDE THEIR SERIES THIS EVENING IN MEMPHIS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

HOPKINSVILLE NATIVE AND NEW UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ASSISTANT COACH STEVE PARDUE WAS IN TOWN SATURDAY FOR THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY UK ALUMNI CLUB’S GOLF OUTING.

PARDUE SAYS ONE OF THE NOTICABLE DIFFERENCES IN KENTUCKY’S OFFENSE BETWEEN ITS BOWL GAME LOSS AT THE END OF LAST SEASON THROUGH THE END OF SPRING PRACTICE WAS THE IMPROVED PLAY OF QUARTERBACK MORGAN NEWTON.

KENTUCKY OPENS THE SEASON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1^ST AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.