The Week Sept. 25-Oct. 1
October 08, 2001
?Lone Star
Justin Leonard, winless for a year, gets well in San Antonio for a second straight season.
?Lone Star
Justin Leonard, winless for a year, gets well in San Antonio for a second straight season.
?High Fives
Se Ri Pak, fresh off a five-week vacation, wins her fifth title of 2001, by five shots.
?Yip Stick
After fighting the yips for years, Tom Kite goes to the long putter—and the winner's circle.
? PGA
Of the $10.7 million that Leonard, a native of Dallas, has won during his seven-year Tour career, $2.1 million (20%) has come from tournaments in Texas....
Leonard shot an 18-under 266 at LaCantera Golf Club to beat J.J. Henry and Matt Kuchar by two strokes....
Rookie Kuchar, who won $264,000, now has $533,253 in eight starts this year, enough for a Tour card in 2002....
The Tour had expected all 12 members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team to attend its Sept. 26 tribute in San Antonio to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but only Hal Sutton and David Toms showed.
? LPGA
A concerned Pak, who shot a 16-under 272 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Mobile to win the AFLAC Champions, spent the final two weeks of her layoff in New York City with her sister, Yoo Ri, a 28-year-old student at a fashion school there....

