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Must present coupon at time of drop off. Service hours are from 7:30-6:00 Monday thru Friday. You can order your Mitsubishi or Suzuki, parts or make service appointments online at www.tranumimports.com Page 4B Sports jt THE BATTALION Tuesday, December! Teen earns PGA can Final-round 66puts Tryon on Tom WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour is about to get some peach fuzz. Ty Tryon, the 17-year-old golfer with a man- sized game, became the youngest player in histo ry to earn a PGA Tour card Monday when he closed with a bogey-free 66 to easily finish in the top 35 at qualifying school. How to celebrate such a feat? “Shirley Temples!” said his father. Bill Tryon, who groomed the boy to be a pro from the time he sent him to swing guru David Leadbetter at age 7. Tryon started the final round at breezy Bear Lakes Country Club three strokes out of the top 35 and needing his best score of the six-day tourna ment to get his card. He had a 66 in mind and delivered, making the most gut-wrenching day in golf look like child’s play. “It’s just unbelievable,” said Tryon, who fin ished at 18-under 414 and in a tie for 23rd. nine strokes behind winner Pat Perez. “Tonight when 1 go to sleep. I’ll know that I’m on the PGA Tour.” He’ll have to wait seven months. The PGA Tour adopted a new policy in September that players be 18 before they can become members. Tryon turns 18 on June 2. Until then, he can accept sponsor’s exemptions to seven tournaments and play no more than 12. He will not show up on the PGA Tour money list until June. That can wait. Next up is rookie orientation, followed by a more pressing concern. The junior at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando has an English paper due Friday on "To Kill a Mockingbird.” “Yeah. I’ve read so much,” Tryon said, rolling his eyes. He has proved to be a quick studying of professional golf. Tryon was playing junior golf a yean; burst onto the stage at the Honda Qa« March. A Monday qualifier, he becamt youngest player in 44 years to makethecittu PGA Tour. He was 16 at the time, and won in a tie for 39th. In July, he was tied for the lead after one n of the B.C. Open and finished tied for 371 “After the first round of the B.C. Oper, like, ‘This is doable.’ I didn’t know it woaU this smooth, right through Q-school c try," he said. Tryon made it through all three stages:: school, w ith 12 of his 14 rounds underpar The only pressure he faced wasonMoi final round with as much at stake as the bad: of a major championship. Only thetop33ar: get their PGA Tour cards, while therestaor developmental Buy.com Tour. Tryon was cool from the start, ripping! yard drive down the middle of the fairwayaaii ting a wedge into 6 feet for birdie. He stalk the next five holes, then was informed li threesome was being timed. It was only fitting the way Tryon resp i since he has been in a hurry to get to lit leagues all year. He birdied the next wo then sealed his spot on the Tour by hitting a 3i from 227 yards into a stiff breeze to 12 fee making the putt for eagle on No. 3, his 12i He gave himself breathing roomonanotk 5, his 15th hole, when his 2-iron from 240; sailed over the flag and stopped 20feetawa> a two-putt birdie. BCS Iordan Continued from Page IB Contitiued from Page 3B With an LSU victory, there is also a possibility that No. 5 Oregon could also have a claim to the national title. If Oregon (10-1) wins its BCS bowl game, which was given to them as PAC-10 cham pions, and Nebraska upsets Miami in the Rose Bowl, then Oregon will have a decent argu ment to be co-champions. The BCS was put into effect after the 1997 season, when Nebraska and Michigan finished the year undefeated and shared the national title. So, if the Volunteers are upset by the Tigers Saturday, BCS opponents will rejoice and BCS officials will prepare themselves for a whirlwind of problems. Brian Ruff is a junior sports management major. tendinitis he has felt in both knees since he resumed work outs earlier this year. At 38, Jordan has barely been able to practice for more than a week. When he does, he can’t make it through the entire session. Jordan is averaging 24.8 points and 38 minutes per game and is shooting just 40 percent, well below his career average. He leads the league in shots taken and shots missed. “We’re pleased with the results of Michael’s examina tion” said Wizards general man ager Wes Unseld. “Michael will rest the knee for a few days and continue his treatment so that he can return as soon as possible.” Unseld said that “Michael wants to play every minute of every game,” but that coach Doug Collins “will manage Michael’s minutes in an effort to rail the soreness in the knee." Jordan last missed an game because of injw March 5, 1993, against Antonio. It was the secor; two games he missed pitalized with a foot infect:: The wear and tear NBA schedule on Joris body seemed the big obstacle in his second co: back. He was slowed byb spasms and two crackedrib well as the knee tendiniti: workouts over the summe: has also been playing sore right wrist. The good news for that the MRI apparentlyshi no ligament or cartilagedairi which would have sidelined much longer. Jordan had the knee ec ined in Chicago by Dr. Hefferon, the Bulls’ fo® team physician. Tuesday, D T] hi Pas: E ver; one has the writer because o urban spr; not believ brings us you're Be As for that it is p seriously? the world you blow mail writti A&M that is sai< selves am courage, ( laughed a We know The gr Aggie oth t Musti That Ray T forme can a and tl tie. I I do open meet Going Home Over Break? 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