2015-07-31

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork. Luis Neto Jersey .com) - The 2014 LPGA Tour season has come and gone, but not before it left behind an incredible number of storylines that should continue to develop heading into the 2015 campaign. Stacy Lewis and Inbee Park continued to dominate the LPGA circuit, while a new face in Lydia Ko turned professional and absolutely took the womens golf world by storm. The trio of Lewis, Park and Ko combined for nine wins, 33 top-5 finishes and 50 top-10 finishes on the season. Still, there was a lot more parity in the five major championships compared to a season ago. While Park took home the first three major titles in 2013, all five were won by different players in 2014. Michelle Wie had a breakthrough season that was headlined by her first career major championship victory when she defeated Lewis by two shots at the U.S. Womens Open. Wie also picked up one other win at the LPGA LOTTE Championship, making it a total of four for her career. While some names remained in the spotlight for another year, numerous names emerged, making the future rather bright for the LPGA Tour. Now lets see who did what in 2014: PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- STACY LEWIS This was far from the easiest choice to make as the seasons Park and Ko put together were just as impressive, but despite not winning a major championship in 2014, Stacy Lewis added to her already loaded resume. Lewis dominated the middle of the LPGA schedule this past year and was a model of consistency throughout the season. While Lewis did not win in her first eight events, she notched seven top-10 finishes, including three runner-ups. In her ninth event, Lewis finally broke through with a win at the North Texas LPGA Shootout. Lewis finished the week with three straight rounds in the 60s, including 7-under 64s in the second and final rounds, to earn a 6-shot win over Meena Lee at 16-under-par 268. Three events later, Lewis grabbed her second win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, which was a 54-hole event. Lewis fired a sub-70 round all three days and again won by six shots at 16-under 197, this time over Christina Kim. Following a tie for sixth and a runner-up finish at the U.S. Womens Open, Lewis got back to her winning ways at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, also a 54-hole event. Lewis carded rounds of 70-66-65 to outlast Ko, Cristie Kerr and Angela Stanford to win by a shot at 12-under 201. Lewis picked up three wins in her first 15 events, but she did not finish atop the leaderboard in any of the final 13. Still, Lewis did grab five top-10 finishes, including two runner-ups, over that final stretch. Lewis played in 28 events in 2014 and did not miss a single cut. She had 11 top-5 finishes and 18 top-10 finishes. Lewis ended as the solo runner-up five times and also tied for second once. At the conclusion of the season following the CME Group Tour Championship, Lewis had officially won the Rolex Player of the Year, the Vare Trophy (lowest scoring average) and the season money title. Lewis won the Vare Trophy for the second straight year with a scoring average of 69.48. Her total of $2,539,039 were the highest earnings on tour as well. Lewis became the first American since Betsy King in 1993 to win Rolex Player of the Year, the Vare Trophy and the official money title in the same season. Park and Ko were also highly considered for the 2014 Player of the Year. TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR -- U.S. WOMENS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Michelle Wie had started to pick up a head of steam at the start of the 2014 season as she secured her third career victory at the LPGA LOTTE Championship, but something was still missing from her resume: A major championship win. A week after Martin Kaymer ran away with the U.S. Open Championship at Pinehurst No. 2, Wie and the worlds best on the womens circuit headed to North Carolina for the U.S. Womens Open Championship. A huge birdie putt on No. 17 followed by a par on 18 helped Wie hold off Lewis by two shots to win her first major title. Wie carded an even-par 70 in Sundays final round and she was the only player to finish under par for the week at 2-under 278. Wie entered the final round tied for the lead with Amy Yang, but both of them tripped to bogeys on the first and Yang made double-bogey on No. 2 to fall back two shots and she never recovered. Wie steadied the ship and made eight straight pars to finish her front nine at 1-over for the day. Six groups ahead of Wie was Lewis, who began with six straight pars before draining a trio of birdies from eight. Lewis then made another gain on No. 13, getting her to even par and one shot back of Wie. A poor tee shot led to a bogey on No. 14 for Lewis and Wie got to 3-under with a 9-foot eagle putt on the par-5 10th, putting her up by four shots. Another bogey on 16 had Lewis reeling, but back-to-back birdies on 17 and 18 put the pressure on Wie as Lewis was back to even par. Still up by three after five straight pars from 11, Wie did not make things easy on herself as she made a mess of No. 16 and had to settle for a double- bogey. Just like that Wie only had a 1-shot lead yet again. After her approach on 17 found the green about 18 feet from the hole, Wie made the putt of the tournament. When her ball found the center of the cup, Wie gave a huge fist pump as her lead was back up to two with one hole to play. Wie calmly two-putted for her par at the last to claim her first major championship. Not only was this Wies first major title, but it was also her first career win on mainland United States as her other three victories came in Canada, Mexico and her native Hawaii. ROOKIE OF YEAR -- LYDIA KO There is no surprise here as Lydia Ko put together one of the greatest rookie seasons in history after turning pro at the beginning of the 2014 campaign. Ko, who secured two victories as an amateur in 2013, received permission to turn pro in 2014 and she did not disappoint. In her first eight events of the season, Ko came close to earning her first professional victory multiple times with three top-10 finishes including a tie for second at the JTBC Founders Cup. Ko finally broke through with her first professional win and third overall with a 1-shot victory over Lewis at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. It only got better from there for Ko as she went on to win by one shot over So Yeon Ryu at the Marathon Classic seven events later. Ko also finished the 2014 season on fire as she ended in the top 10 in each of her final four events including a win at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, where she outlasted Carlota Ciganda and Julieta Granada in a playoff. The 17-year-old also won the season-long Race to the CME Globe and the $1 million prize with her fifth career victory on the LPGA Tour. Her incredible season is why Ko easily won LPGA Rookie of the Year honors. On the year, Ko earned three wins, two runner-ups and three third-place finishes. Overall, Ko ended inside the top five 10 times and inside the top 10 15 times. Ko did not miss a single cut in 26 total events this year. Perhaps the only thing missing from Kos resume right now is a major championship, but she will have plenty more chances in the future as she figures to be one of the games true rising stars. GOOD YEAR - Inbee Park was able to overtake Lewis as the world No. 1 late in the season. After winning the first three major championships in 2013, Park secured her second LPGA Championship and fifth major title when she defeated Brittany Lincicome in a playoff in August. Park had three wins on the year, two runner- ups, four third-place finishes and 17 top 10s. In 23 events, Park missed just one cut all year. - Michelle Wie had a breakthrough year in 2014 as she walked away with two more wins including a major championship. Wie was one of eight players on tour to win multiple times on the year. She also had one runner-up, three third- place finishes and 13 top 10s. - So Yeon Ryu made all but two cuts on the season and she had 15 top-10 finishes in 25 events. Ryu picked up her third career victory at the Canadian Pacific Womens Open and she finished inside the top five 10 times. - Shanshan Feng followed in Kos footsteps as she did not miss a cut all season in 24 events. Feng also came away with a victory at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, her fourth career win. Feng had two runner-ups as well and she ended inside the top 10 12 times. - Anna Nordqvist, Karrie Webb, Jessica Korda and Mirim Lee were the other four players to finish with multiple wins on the season. Each of them had two victories in 2014. BAD YEAR - Laura Diaz has won 20 times on the LPGA Tour and she also has 41 career international victories. However, despite a tie for ninth at the Womens British Open in 2014, Diaz did not have another top 10 finish and she ended 75th on the money list. -Ai Miyazato has won nine times on the LPGA Tour, but she did not record a single top-10 finish and she missed seven cuts this past season. Miyazato finished 86th on the money list. - In 18 events this year, Cydney Clanton made just five cuts during the 2014 season. Ruben Amorim Jersey . Glenn was a first-round draft pick in 1994 by the New York Jets out of Texas A&M. He started 176 games during his career with New York, Houston, Dallas, Jacksonville and New Orleans. Joao Pererira Jersey . 22 Arizona State on Saturday night. Kyle Brindza kicked three second-half field goals, the go-ahead kick from 25 yards with 3:03 remaining. He tied a Notre Dame record with a 53-yarder that matched the longest in a college game at the $1.SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Jim Boeheim won his first game in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He likely wont rest easy any time soon, though. C.J. Fair scored 15 points, including the go-ahead basket with 4:16 to go, and No. 2 Syracuse rallied late to beat Miami 49-44 on Saturday in the Oranges ACC debut. Syracuse trailed 35-29 nearing the midpoint of the second half of a slow-paced game that featured just three fast-break points -- a 3-pointer by Syracuses Trevor Cooney in the first 5 minutes of play. But with the sharpshooting Cooney suffering through his worst shooting performance of the season, the Orange found a way to prevail in the end by going inside against Miamis matchup zone. "When you get into league play, youre going to have games like this," Boeheim said. "Its not easy. Were going to see this a lot." Syracuse (14-0, 1-0) entered the game as one of seven unbeaten teams remaining in Division I and struggled against Miami (8-6, 0-2), the reigning conference champion. The Hurricanes are the only team in the conference with no returning starters, and they lost their ACC opener 61-60 in overtime to Virginia Tech in early December. On this day, they gave the Orange a game right until the end. A long jumper from the right corner by Rion Brown gave Miami a 35-29 lead with 12:22 remaining and the Hurricanes were executing coach Jim Larranagas game plan nicely, taking time off the clock and preventing the Orange from scoring inside. "They had a real solid matchup zone and we couldnt really get anything going," Fair said. "They got good shots working the shot clock down and made us work on defence. Its tough playing defence that long." Still, Syracuse managed to slowly chip away at the lead. Fairs 3 from the right corner at 11:08 was the Oranges first basket of the second half and narrowed the deficit to 35-32. After two free throws by Davon Reed gave Miami a 40-35 lead, Rakeem Christmas scored twice inside -- on a putback and lefty hook in the lane -- to start a decisive 10-4 Orange run. "When we got down, we just wanted to go back out there and be stronger, make big plays," Christmas said. "It got our team going and we turned up our defence from there. We just came together as a team." Jerami Grant hit a jumper from the free throw line, Fair converted a spinning layup in the lane and Tyler Ennis hit a driving layup to give Syracuse a 43-40 lead with 3:19 left. Syracuse overrcame a 25-7 deficit and beat then-No. Rui Patricio Portugal Jersey. 8 Villanova by 16 points a week ago, but the Orange struggled to find any rhythm against Miami. With 7:54 left, Cooney was 2 of 11 from the field, all from 3-point range. He entered the game shooting 50 per cent from long range (43 of 86), tops in the ACC. "I got open 3s, they just didnt fall," said Cooney, who finished 2 of 12. "Its tough. You just have to hang strong. It was great to see us hang in there." Miami pulled within 43-42 on a reverse layup by James Kelly with 2:15 left, but Ennis scored again inside, and Cooney and Ennis both hit two free throws in the final minute as the Orange prevailed. "We got a little spread out in the zone," Brown said. "We were so worried about the shooters they got in the lane a couple of times and got some easy layups. We deviated from the game plan just a couple of plays and it showed." Miami, which trailed by four points at halftime, started the second half with a 14-4 run as the Orange missed their first nine shots. Garrius Adams, who led Miami with nine points, and freshman Manu Lecomte hit 3-pointers and Brown hit a jumper from deep in the right corner to key the surge. "The tempo was what we wanted. We needed to keep them on defence," Larranaga said. "Time of possession was very important, almost like a football game. Defensively, we wanted to keep them on the perimeter, and thats the one disappointing part for us. Overall, we had a good defensive game plan and executed it pretty well, but at the end they got some interior baskets and that really hurt us." Cooney finished with 11 points and Ennis had 10 points, seven assists and two turnovers for Syracuse. Forward Dajuan Coleman, who sat out Tuesdays game against Eastern Michigan nursing a sore left knee, dressed and participated in pregame warmups but did not play. Kelly and Lecomte both finished with eight points for Miami, which finished 7 of 19 from 3-point range. The Hurricanes didnt look like the team that went 0 for 15 from 3-point range in opening the season with an overtime loss to St. Francis Brooklyn, a program that hasnt finished over .500 since 2003-04. Facing the vaunted Syracuse zone, the Hurricanes were up for the task, hitting 5 of 11 3-point attempts in the first half. Adams and Lecomte hit from long range on successive possessions late in the period and Miami trailed just 25-21 at halftime. cheap jerseys cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys Landon Donovan Jersey ' ' '

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