round of sixty seven but putting on eight hundred one stroke ahead of defending champion graeme mcdowell he found himself it's possible that the tone that we covered to make our welshman janie donald so good we saw a france where six under overnight leader california dropped to five under. par steve stricker hit a hole in one at the memorial tournament in ohio a sweet sixteen from him saw the ball flight one hundred eighty eight yards and right into the cup that's the second time in his career he's faced the hole and into a three shot lead after two rounds at the car pool players were tied for second. and that's over the sports desk by.

handsome on the leaderboard who was also consistently hitting the greens here defending champion graeme mcdowell is one of eight players three shots off the lead . and over in the states is radhika to make room mcelroy as a share the lead there the memorial tournament this is the last competition before the u.s. open and he's on six under after firing a sixty six along with chris riley they are shot ahead of crystal marco and josh teeter. you can find rush's rope and plays a separate grueling three and a half months as they begin preparations for this autumn's world cup in new zealand the team as richard and paul think discovered when they go a tough training program in an attempt to be nickel their status as tornado nice

you follow in the footsteps of my you know one of my best friends graeme mcdowell last year pavel. you know it's a great feeling to get my first major championship part of the way quite early on in my career especially after what's happened. over the last couple of months you know it feels great you know just looking forward to to put myself in the picture for any more. i have finally confirmed the country's most successful club coach has now become the head of the national ice hockey team sen labial dean off has been given the task of preparing the star studded squad for the home winter olympics in sochi in three years time the fifty six year old is currently manager of twice k h l champions act fast will most likely give up his club for the sake of the country his predecessor of yet as well because he had a part time job on moscow and then some about your lie of what he was sent to the russian boss last month following a worse than expected fourth place at this year's world championships in sweden we were doing all those to a record for russian with titles as well as coaching exp

you know one of my best friends graeme mcdowell last year pavel. you know it's a great feeling to get my first major championship part of the way quite early on in my career especially after what's happened. over the last couple of months you know it feels great you know just looking forward to to put myself in the picture for more well the third tennis major of the year gets underway today with rafael nadal starting the defense of his wimbledon title against america's michael russell that is on center court now playing to second title at the all england club last year but he suffered a blow to his grass court preparation at the recent shoots we lose in the quarter finals to go to some good here and the down may have clinched a record equalling six french open title before that although he doubts he can sing get much closer. top sixteen grand slam i. will do a bit. about what was going on the see some of. what i did last year is something that i for sure don't think. well other games like to see for seed andy murray up against spain is daniel jimmy

[ laughter ] oh, roger mcdowell. roger mcdowell, i love that guy. he's one of my favorites, man.t. >> all right. [ laughter ] here we go. i got -- >> jimmy: oh, my god! i got another checklist. [ laughter ] that's the worst pack of cards ever. i'm going to put that in there, too. >> i've got to get jim walewander. >> jimmy: yeah, you got to put walewander in there. i'm going to put beardo, double checklist, willie mcgee and my man, roger mcdowell. >> here's what you do. >> jimmy: okay. >> okay. you take the card. >> jimmy: mm-hmm. >> there's a skill in this. you're going to flip the card. >> jimmy: okay. >> now, i'll flip the card. and then you have to try and match it heads or tails. you match it, you get both cards. you miss, i pick up my card and yours. okay? >> jimmy: okay. >> not at the same time. >> jimmy: okay. [ light laughter ] >> okay. heads, match it. >> jimmy: is there any skill to this? >> yes. there is. and i can tell you don't have it. [ laughter ] no, no! >> jimmy: yes! what happened? is that good? [ applause ] >> that is dumb luck. >> jimmy: dumb luck. i'm not du

the mixup is with a bank account mcdowell had with another woman. she didn't report it to the irs when she closed it. for some reason, the irs deposited $110,000 in the account. >> he immediately spent half of that money to pay off debt. also, he went out and bought a car. the question is, would you say something if you found yourself $110,000 richer? we want to know what you think about that. that's our facebook question. >> there have been a lot of responses there. some saying they would have turned it in. others saying they would use it. >> you get your pay stub and think, who is this irs fella? they're taking a lot of my money. >> you feel like you're owed something from the irs. i've given them all this money over the years. >> maybe i'll see what happens. or you lay low and see what happens. interesting responses there. we'll continue to hear from you on our fan page, wnnfans.com. >>> right now, shifting gears a lilt bit and taking a look at your weather. there's a threat of severe storms from the plains to the carolinas, with the possibility

graham mcdowell is the defending champ.layers were getting in the final practice rounds today. the last ten majors have been won by ten different players. hseven were first-time major winners. mcdowell is looking forward to defending his title. >> i'm level par the first on thursday morning the same as everyone else. just one of the guys trying to win a buck. here at the u.s. open for the first time believing in myself that i can win the u.s. open because i did it last year. >> and tiger sitting out this one. they say it is a wide open, open. >> tiger has really struggled. >> thanks, rick, very much. that is this edition of abc 7 news at 9:00. stay connected 24/7 at abc7.com. for rick kwan and spencer christian and all of us, i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time as always. hope to see you again in one hour over on channel 7. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

been doing a lot lately and there's no reason why i can't do this week defending champion graeme mcdowell meanwhile already showed he can get it done under major pressure the northern ireland native prefer in his game to speak for itself in this tournament and beyond that all my for a u.s. open media and i've done that everything this this is my last but it's all before to see off on thursday and you know i'm really happy that it's all done because i really want to start looking forward to the rest of my career and what i want to achieve for the rest of my career and while the thirty one year old won a major title for his first ever p.g.a. tour when phil mickelson has had a much tougher time cracking the tournament over the years lefty holds the record for the most second place finishes in tournament history with five before time major champion who will turn forty one during the first round believes he knows the adjustments needed to be made just as when i was trying to win my first major championship if you focused so much on the result of the focus so much on winning sometimes you get y

score of the us open by four shots and ensure the trophy goes back to northern ireland after grain mcdowell success last year. you know it'll probably take a little bit of time to sink in. but just to sit here no matter just one natural free. fall in the footsteps of my one of my best friends graham. last year purple. you know it's a great feeling to get my first major championship out of the way quite early on in my career especially after what's happened. over the last couple of months feels great you know just looking forward to to put myself in the picture for more now wimbledon gets underway today with the first match on center court seeing the men's defending champion rafael nadal playing america's michael russell and our claim to second title at the all england club last year but the spanish clay suffered a major blow to his grass court preparation as the world number one crashed down to eventual finalists joel free to song in the quarterfinals at queen's club last week and the dollar might have clinched a record equalling sixth french open title before that but you can see him get m

score at usa by four shots tonight and sure the trophy goes back to northern ireland after graeme mcdowell success last year. we want russia's rugby team is gearing up for their first ever world cup appearance this autumn in new zealand we caught up with the secretary-general of the international rugby board on a recent trip to moscow and he took the time to answer a few questions about the upcoming finals. we've actually done very well despite the economic downturn. ticket sales have been very good for rugby around the world governments want to invest in having big rugby tournaments in their countries because they see how beneficial it is there were three hundred fifty thousand visitors who came to france for oberle cup two thousand and seven and we have eighty five thousand coming to new zealand for several cup two thousand and eleven are also much cheaper to run as an event from the olympics or the fifa soccer world cup so yes of course the economic downturn affects everyone but not as much as perhaps other sports have been affected. and we chose to world cups at the same time two fifte

well not your feet you know following in the footsteps of my you know one of my best friends graeme mcdowell last year pavel. you know it's a great feeling and fury get my first major championship out of the way quite early on in my career specially after what's happened. you know the last couple of months you know it feels great you know just looking forward to put myself in the picture for for hopefully many more. russia have finally confirmed the country's most successful club coach has not become the head of their national ice hockey team so it's a lovely let you know it has been given the task of preparing the slowest. it's wild for the whole winter olympics in sochi in three years time fifty six year old is currently manager of my spiritual champions i thought most likely give up his club for the sake of the country as he says that this is the week off with a part time job that is the most the most solid actually wired but he was signed as russia boss last month well in worse than expected fourth place at this year's world championships in sweden. even off post a record for russian lea

it's exactly what happened it steven mcdowell from laguna beach.he irs deposited $110,000 into his bank account. he went ahead and spend it, paid off his student loans, got out of foreclosure. well, now he has been arrested and theta, attorney is saying it's not -- the tax attorney is saying it's not his fault. >> he said, look, i screwed up. i spent it on my student loans. and i spend it on my home mortgage. it doesn't sound like this man exercised criminal intent anywhere along the way. >> well, police say that a 67- year-old woman from los angeles apparently gave the irs the wrong bank account number when she filed her taxes. mcdow contacted the woman to make monthly payments but she declined. >>> the new lawsuit over popular beauty products and their organic claims. ,, [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really m

you know following in the footsteps of my you know one of my best friends graeme mcdowell last year pavel. you know it's a great feeling to get my first major championship. part of the way quite early on in my career especially after what's happened. over the last couple of months you know it feels great you know just looking forward to to put myself in the picture for free hopefully many more. moving to football now and shock waves are literally going through the russian premier league after champions and it confirms best ostreicher colazal which was given an electric shock by a policeman in the wake of their two know when it vulgar on saturday so need places on their official websites that the serbia striker underwent a medical back in since petersburg where the doctor said last a bitch will have to be treated for minor blood on his back to take it all celebrated sedates victory by throwing his jersey into the sun and then things got out of hand and he was allegedly assaulted by riot police and police did not have a stun gun was used but to the top planning to see the attacker now in th

round of sixty seven that puts him on eight under par one stroke ahead of defending champion graeme mcdowell who found himself in a spot of bother at the ten. but he recovered well to make par welshman jamie donaldson. of france linus six while overnight leading the form dropped to five. while state director hit a howling one at the memorial tournament in ohio a sweet six iron from him sort of pull fire one hundred eighty eight yards right into the cup that is the second time in history the whole. and helped into a three shot lead after two rounds and a car fall placed a tie in second place and finally we will end with just a day to go until the start of the churchill company in the russian national team have been holding a training camp near moscow with the world of new faces on show russia's new boys were put to the test in the scrimmage if they finish their final preparations on home still ahead of that card which will kick off for them on june the eighth when they will face and it will be russia's second time at the tournament following last year's day however the results are not a paria

helped produce a dramatic day of third round action it's celtic manor defending champion graeme mcdowell had the biggest haul double bogeys in his eighty one saw him drop into a share of thirty place eleven strokes off the lee and equally in his worst ever round on the european tour but scandinavian golfers lead the way sweden is better hansen is joint second after recovering from two. under sixty nine he is tied at seven under damages and is sixty six was the best friend of the day almost hitting an albatross at the eighty three under par while overnight lead in or rallied from three four birdies on the back nine to go back to stop to the top with a level par seventy one and a one stroke lead going into the final round and lastly moto g.p. this is a prize leader as a prize rider for pole position for sunday's catalan grand prix and battled marco simoncelli claimed the front position for the first time a former champion peyton stoner had dominated the free practices but had to settle for second place on the grid while reigning world champion you will be renzo rounded off the front row a

of sixty seven and that puts him on eight under par one stroke ahead of defending champion graeme mcdowell who found himself in a spot of bother at the ten. but managed to recover from the stand to make well from jamie and victor do with france are minus six well overnight leading up to five. and steve stricker hit a hole in one at the memorial tournament in ohio six signs from him sees the ball fly a hundred eighty eight yards right into the cup that is the second time in his career he's a star how helped into a three shot lead after two rounds and they all prize tied in second. or moto g.p. champion casey stoner seems to be in the right sort of for the claim his second straight victory history in setting the pace in the first two three practices ahead of sunday's catalan grand prix by stoner who was riding in his first season with honda triumph in the last race in france three weeks ago he was also quickest during a practice sessions both of them yesterday because of it marco simoncelli was second fastest of it goes into this race having braved death threats from local fans. and in formu

open trophy versus staying in northern ireland after last year's event was won by graeme mcdowell arroyo is set to enjoy a few weeks break but knows a whole new set of challenges await next month not the british open it's going to be the first couple weeks of the big challenge but. it's a nice position of. expectation. to stuff that as long as i can stay focused. let everything else take care of itself. a lot one quick thought is all your support for this horrible i'll have more in two hours time whether it's next time arenas here with all the news. hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on our t.v. . home.

winds help produce a dramatic day of third round action at celtic manor defending champion graeme mcdowell had the biggest fall for double bogeys in his eighty one and saw him drop from second to a share of thirty third place eleven strokes off the lead and equally his worst ever round on the european tour but scandinavian golfers lead the way it's sweden's peter hansen is joint second after recovering to early vote and i spoke to under sixty nine he's tied at seven under with denmark and as hansen who's sixty six was the best round of the day almost sitting in albatross at the eighteenth. overnight we rallied from three bogeys before birdies back nine to go back to the top level par seventy one and a one stroke lead going into the final round. and finally it's worth having another look at steve stricker is holding one in the second round at memorial tournament in ohio the american followed up his first round of sixty eight the sixty seven to miss sweet six iron shot a par three eight when the poor fly one hundred eighty eight yards and right into the cup it was the second time in his care

after a blustery saturday with shock at the leaderboard it's at celtic manor defending champion mcdowell graeme. suffered the most he won the ryder cup in europe here on this course a few months ago but he had a nightmare on saturday equalling his worst ever round of eighty one and was eleven strokes of the lead however sweden's peter hanson was joint second along with ben one and as hanson you sixty six was the best round of the day almost holding a rare three under par albatross of the eighteenth overnight. with four birdies on the back nine she took the lead of all the level par seventy run to hold a one stroke lead going into the last day. and over in america steve stricker kept his magic touch at the memorial tournament he couldn't reproduce his hole in one from the second round but managed to sink this from over one hundred yards on the second hole for an eagle and he also potted a twenty five footer for birdie during his round of sixty nine but maintained his three short cushion at the top of the leaderboard jonathan birdies next he also carly to sixty nine showing some steady for

stroke there is open trophy staying in northern ireland after last year's a battle was won by graeme mcdowell and finally sports medicine plays a crucial role in the success of athletes these days one russian doctor is considered one of its pioneers by silly argument goes to meeks how to solve a basketball team claim olympic gold in one thousand eight hundred seoul and the film has now been made about his amazing career which is still going strong as i'm sure farmer reports now. at sixty two years old the sea after the manga has a wealth of experience and achievements in his field success with the russian possible taking in solar the twenty three years ago is now the focus of a documentary about his life he realized morning sleep is crucial to the team's recovery and his place be the only ones to miss breakfast every day the fact that they believe contributed to that goal by trial i. remember. we had to walk to the canteen it was very far an inconvenience of the soviet delegation lives in the outskirts of the village i mean had to cover quite a long distance on the road you know if you have a

handsome on the leaderboard was also consistently hitting the greens here defending champion graeme mcdowell is one of eight three shots of a late. handover date right to make room mark roy has a share of the lead at the memorial tournament this is the last competition before the u.s. open and he's on six under after firing a sixty six along with chris riley they are a shot at the head of krista marco and josh teeter. here. finally rushes rugby players are set for a grueling three and a half months as they begin preparations for this autumn's world cup in new zealand and the team as richard discovered will undergo a tough training program in an attempt to belittle their status as told me. plus. the clock is ticking for the russian rugby team this one hundred days remains of the rugby world cup gets underway in new zealand as russia meet with k.b. in the competition and coach kingsley jones knows he's got plenty of work ahead of him. but a massive challenge you know i always like challenges in my life. i like me to sort it really and a dog if you like and sure we are in the dogs of course but

sixty seven and that puts him on eight under par one straight ahead of defending champion graeme mcdowell he found himself in a spot of bother ten it was in the sand but managed to recover rather well to make welshman jamie donaldson and vic to do this in france or at minus six but overnight to conclude the five. and steve stricker had how we won the memorial tournament in ohio a sweet six time from him sees the ball fly a hundred eighty yards all the way into the cup that's the second time in his career he's a stockholder and it helps him to a three shot lead after two rounds and a free. plays tight in a second. that is all the support will be here next march. most. of the latest in science conflict comes from the ground floor so. we are going to the future of coverage. from. the.

a hand on the leaderboard he was also consistently hitting the greens defending champion graeme mcdowell is one of a pace three shots of the late. and over in the states is ryder cup team mate roy mcelroy has a share believe it memorial tournament this is last competition before us so that is on six sunday after firing a sixty six along with chris riley they are a shot ahead of crist and marco and josh tater. and finally rushes rugby player as a separate gruelling three and a half months as they begin preparations for this autumn's world cup in new zealand the team as rich poor think discovered will undergo a tough training program in an attempt to belittle their status as torn. the clock is ticking for the russian rugby team this one hundred days remains of the rugby world cup gets underway in new zealand this russian we gave him a competition and coach kingsley jones knows he's got plenty of work at it. but it's a massive challenge and i've always liked challenges in real life. i look real source it really underdog if you like and. we are underdogs of course. there's a massive potentia

here so control think on staying in northern island off the last day as event was won by graeme mcdowell micro now set to enjoy a few weeks' holiday with nails a whole new set of challenges await next month at the brightest. open. it's going to be difficult the first couple weeks will be a bit of a challenge but. it's it's it's nice position to be a pressure of expectation. you know i just have to you know as long as i can stay focused on what i need to do which is play golf and everything else take care of itself. and finally sports medicine plays a crucial role in the success of athletes these days one russian doctor is considered one of his pa and they as i say lever arm goes to me exe help me solve a basketball team claim olympic gold in one thousand nine hundred eight in seoul and the film has now been made about his amazing korea which is still going strong and to follow my has mall. at sixty two years old the silly after manga has a wealth of experience and achievements in his field success with the russian possible taking in cell leather twenty three years ago is now the focus of

today after a blustery saturday shook up the leaderboard at celtic manor defending champion graeme mcdowell suffered the most he had won the ryder cup for europe on this very same course a few months ago but i don't like where yesterday equaling equally his worst ever round of eighty one and he's now eleven strokes awfully scandinavian golfers lead the way sweden is better hansen is joint second along with denmark and is sixty six with the best round of the day normally it's all about approach from the eighteenth while the overnight lead in or rallied with on the back nine to top the leaderboard with a level par seventy one he is one stroke that hasn't won strictly against the last day. when they were in the states the trick is his magic touch at the memorial tournament in ohio he couldn't reproduce is only in one day before but he managed to think this from over one hundred yards in the second hole for an eagle and also parted a twenty five for the during his round of sixty nine and that keeps his three shots pushing at the top of the leaderboard jonathan byrd is next he also carded a sixt

open trophy busting in northern ireland after last year's event was won by queen mcdowell michael roy said to enjoy a few weeks holiday but knows a whole new set of challenges await next month after christmas. it's going to be difficult the first couple weeks will be a bit of challenge but. it's a nice position to be the expectation. to you as long as i stay focused on what i need to do which is to play good golf and let everything else take care of itself. what a week that was for him all your sports whether.

pains well and it's a shot the head of sweden's hanson on the leaderboard defending champion graeme mcdowell is one of eight plays three shots off the lead. so that brings us to the end of the sport almost because we have got time to say russia repping plays a separate grueling three and a half months as a begin preparations for this orton's world cup in new zealand i the team is richer than paul think the skull it will undergo on our training program in an attempt to build in an attempt to be a little less status as torn. but talk is ticking for the russian rugby team this one hundred days remains of the rugby world cup gets underway in new zealand as russia meet big baby in the competition and coach kingsley jones knows he's got plenty of work ahead of him. but a massive challenge you know i've always liked challenges in my life. i like the source of the underdog if you like and i'm sure we are in the dogs of course but. there's a massive potential here and i think the rugby world cup is ninety nine days away. there is room for improvement a lot of improvement in every department in one th

handsome on the leaderboard who was also consistently hitting the greens here defending champion graeme mcdowell is one of eight players three shots off the lead . and over in the states is radhika to make room mcelroy as a share the lead there the memorial tournament this is the last competition before the u.s. open and he's on six under after firing a sixty six along with chris riley they are shot ahead of crystal marco and josh teeter. you can find rush's rope and plays a separate grueling three and a half months as they begin preparations for this autumn's world cup in new zealand the team as richard and paul think discovered when they go a tough training program in an attempt to be nickel their status as tornado nice while. the clock is ticking for the russian remy team this one hundred days remains of the rugby world cup gets underway in new zealand as russia meet with tb in the competition and coach kingsley jones knows he's got plenty of work ahead of him. at a massive challenge you always like challenges in my life. i like me the source he was the underdog if you like and i'm sure we ar