Mon Feb 13 2012
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Steve Stricker won the Northern Trust Open on Sunday for his fourth victory since May to move to No. 2 in the world ranking.
Starting the final round Sunday with a six-shot lead at Riviera, Stricker never had it easy. He led by only two shots after five holes, and still didn’t feel as though he had the tournament wrapped up until he tapped in for a 1-under 70. He finished two ahead of Luke Donald.
Donald had all the momentum on the front nine until missing consecutive putts inside 10 feet. He never got any closer the rest of the day and closed with a 66. Dustin Johnson had a 66 and J.B. Holmes shot 67 to tie for third.
Stricker, the runner-up at Riviera last year, has won four of his last 15 starts and is No. 2 for the second time in his career.
Ben Curtis (Kent State) shot a 1-under 70 in the final round to finish the tournament with a 2-over-par 286, earning $13,568.
JR Motorsports mulling Danica
decision
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Danica Patrick is expected to announce Monday if she will enter the Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
JR Motorsports has said it will be up to Patrick to decide if she wants to make her NASCAR debut in the Feb. 13 second-tier series race at Daytona, and she wanted to wait until after her stock car debut to make a final decision.
After she rallied from a midrace spin in Saturday’s ARCA race at Daytona to finish sixth, the buzz has been growing that Patrick will indeed enter the Nationwide race.
Ohio State women blow past Penn St.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Samantha Prahalis had 26 points, Maria Moeller added three key second-half 3s and No. 8 Ohio State overcame a 15-point deficit to beat Penn State 86-73 on Sunday.
A 3-point shooting barrage kept the Buckeyes (23-3, 11-2 Big Ten) in the game after the team committed a season-high 25 turnovers, including 18 in the first half.
Coach Jim Foster’s team then overwhelmed the Lady Lions (15-8, 7-6) from the perimeter. Ohio State shot 65 percent from 3-point range, including 9-of-13 in the second half.
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