PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., July 25 -- The PGA Tour Policy Board has approved performance criteria and voting guidelines for the newly created PGA Tour Hall of Fame. Annual elections will be conducted for PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour players who meet the minimum competitive standards, as approved by the board. The first election will take place later this year. Those players elected in 1996 and 1997 will be inducted at the World Golf Hall of Fame upon its opening in 1998. A PGA Tour player first qualifies for the ballot if he has at least 10 victories in approved tournaments, or at least two victories among The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship, is at least 40 years old and has been a member of the PGA Tour for a minimum of 10 years. A Senior Tour player is listed when he totals 20 victories in approved events on the PGA Tour or Senior Tour, or has at least five victories among The Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship, The Tradition, Ford Senior Players Championship, PGA Seniors Championship and the U.S. Senior Open, and has been a member of the Senior Tour for at least five years. A player who appeared on the ballot based on his PGA Tour record, but was not elected, may be placed on the ballot a second time by achieving either the 20-victory or five 'majors' level. In addition, the Policy Board has the authority to add one player per year to the ballot who does not meet all the criteria.
This allows consideration for any exceptional case, such as a player who becomes disabledbefore his 40th birthday.
Katrin Schmidt and Kerstin Ubben, Germany, def. Martine De Souza and Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre, Mauritius, 15-1, 15-2 ------ Men's Doubles
Andreij Antropov and Nickolaj Zuev, Russia, def. Nick Ponting and Julian Robertson, Britain, 18-13, 7-15, 15-4 Michael Helber and Michael Keck, Germany, def. Peter Axelsson and Par-Gunnar Jonsson (5), Sweden, 15-8, 15-13 ---------- Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit Semifinals
Andrea Collinelli, Italy, def. Bradley McGee, Australia, 4 minutes 22.775 seconds Philippe Ermenault, France, def. Aleksey Markov, Russia, 4:24.082 Women's Sprint 1/8 Finals
Michelle Ferris, Australia, def. Donna Wynd, New Zealand, 11.923 seconds Felicia Ballanger, France, def. Mira Kasslin, Finland, 11.901 Oksana Grishina, Russia, def. Daniela Larreal, Venezuela, 12.209 Ingrid Haringa, Holland, def. Erika Salumae, Estonia, 12.164 Tanya Dubnicoff, Canada, def. Wang Yan, China, 12.002 Annett Neumann, Germany, def. Connie Paraskevin-Young, United States, 12.078 ------ Basketball Women's Group A Russia 75, Italy 70 ITALY (70)
Stefania Zanussi 0-1 0-0 0, Susanna Bonfiglio 0-6 1-2 1, Mara Fullin 4-9 2-2 12, Elena Paparazzo 2-6 2-4 6, Valentina Gardellin 2-6 0-0 6, Nicoletta Caselin 2-6 0-0 4, Viviana Ballabio 1-9 2-2 5, Catarina Pollini 9-15 4-6 22, Marta Rezoagli 0-0 0-0 0, Giuseppina Tufano 4-6 4-5 12, Lorenza Arnetoli 0-0 0-0 0, Novella Schiesaro 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 25- 65 15-21 70. RUSSIA (75)
Yevgeniya Nikonova 5-8 2-2 14, Irina Rutkovskaya 1-8 4-4 6, Yelena Baranova 7-10 0-0 14, Natalya Svinukhova 1-1 5-5 7, Svetlana Kuznetsova 0-0 2-2 2, Irina Sumnikova 2-3 0-2 4, Yelena Pshikova 1-8 2-2 4. Totals 24-49 25-31 75. Halftime--Russia 41, Italy 37. Three-point goals--Italy 5-12 (Zasnussi 0-1, Fullin 2-5, Gardellin 2-4, Ballabio 1-2), Russia 2-9 (Nikonova 2-3, Rutkovskaya 0-2, Sumnikova 0-1, Pshikova 0-3). Fouled out--Ballabio; Baranova. Total fouls--Italy 24, Russia 24. Rebounds--Italy 25 (Pollini 8), Russia 39 (Baranova 9). Assists--Italy 15 (Fullin 5), Russia 16 (Baranova 5). Technicals--None. ------ Team Handball Men's Group A
Croatia 31, Kuwait 22 Men's Group B
France 33, Algeria 22 ------ Volleyball Women's Group A
Argentina def. Bulgaria 15-10, 15-8, 11-15, 15-10 ------ (more)
