• Malia sweeps Nawiliwili races • Goosen beats Woods down stretch for TPC title • Roping and more at CJM Stables • Earnhardt Jr. win tightens Nextel race Malia sweeps Nawiliwili races The Nawiliwili Yacht Club’s 2004 race season is
• Malia sweeps Nawiliwili races
• Goosen beats Woods down stretch for TPC title
• Roping and more at CJM Stables
• Earnhardt Jr. win tightens Nextel race
Malia sweeps Nawiliwili races
The Nawiliwili Yacht Club’s 2004 race season is nearing an end. In the Fall Ahi Race Series, Malia once again swept the Nawiliwili races placing first in both the Open Class and Monohull Division. Placing second in the Open Class and first in the Multihull Class was Malihini. Monohull Bonjolea placed first in two of the six races for second place in the Monohull Division and third place in the Open Class. The results for the Ahi Series are as follows: Monohull Class – 1. Malia, 2. Bonjolea, 3. Papa Au and 4. Ozone. Multihull Class – 1. Malihini.
Halloween was celebrated by the yacht club with a fun race in the early evening in light winds. Placing first was Malia (corrected time 33:47), 2nd Coyote (38:18) and 3rd Windspan (40:22).
The yacht club’s final race of the 2004 season will take place Saturday, November 13. Skippers meet at 9 a.m. at the 200 dock picnic table to determine the day’s course. The public is invited to view the conclusion of the yearlong 10 race Feature Boat Series from the harbor jetty, as well as to attend the gathering at the Nawiliwili Yacht Club clubhouse immediately following the race. There will be a grill available for “grill your own food” and beverages for a small donation.
For more information on yacht club races and activities, call Karen Cole at 821-0222 or visit the web at www.nawiliwiliyachtclub.org and view pictures from the races.
Roping and more at CJM Stables
The 14th Annual 4 Steer Buy-Back Roping and Cowgirls Buy-Back Championship on December 5 with signups at 9 a.m. and roping starting at 10 a.m. at CJM Country Stables.
If interested in competing, call Jim at 652-6100.
Goosen beats Woods down stretch for TPC title
ATLANTA — A clutch shot and a flawless performance by U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen contrasted with a rare collapse by Tiger Woods.
In a fitting end to the PGA Tour season, the unflappable Goosen closed with a 6-under 64 to win the Tour Championship by four shots and become only the third player to overtake Woods in the final round.
Goosen made up a four-shot deficit on the front nine at East Lake, took the outright lead with a 35-foot birdie putt on the 13th and ended all the suspense with the best shot of the tournament.
From 195 yards in the rough, he hit a 5-iron within 3 feet for the only birdie of the day on the 481-yard 16th hole.
Losing a 54-hole lead almost never happens to Woods, although this has been a year like no other for him.
Woods’ only victory this year was the Match Play Championship in late February, and he now has gone 20 stroke-play tournaments without winning, the longest drought of his career.
Earnhardt Jr. win tightens Nextel race
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. pulled away from Jeff Gordon in a pair of overtime laps to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway and tighten the championship chase with two races to go.
Kurt Busch overcame a couple of mistakes to finish 10th and held on to the series lead. But the top four drivers are separated by just 48 points heading into next Sunday’s event at Darlington with Busch leading Gordon by 41.
Earnhardt is now third in the standings, 47 points behind. Johnson, whose string of three straight victories ended, is 48 back.
