08/18/2008 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Katherine Hull claimed her first LPGA Tour win on Sunday and that helped her enter the top 50 in this week's Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings.
Hull jumped 40 places to No. 49 this week.
Lorena Ochoa remained No. 1 and was again followed by Sorenstam. Yani Tseng finished third behind Hull and moved up two spots to No. 3 this week.
Tseng's move bumped Suzann Pettersen and Paula Creamer down to four and five respectively.
Ji-Yai Shin, Karrie Webb, Cristie Kerr, Seon-Hwa Lee and Jeong Jang remained in the sixth through 10 spots this week.
Inbee Park and Maria Hjorth exchanged places with Park inching up to 11th. Eun-Hee Ji, Helen Alfredsson, Angela Park and Momoko Ueda held steady in 13th to 16th.
Jee Young Lee and Yuri Fudoh flip-flopped positions again this week with Lee back up to 17. Morgan Pressel remained No. 19 and Juli Inkster held steady in the 20th position.
Se Ri Pak finished second behind Hull and moved up nine places to 21st.
<< Ginepri, Isner advance; del Potro withdraws in New Haven
New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - American wild cards Robby Ginepri and John
Isner were among the Day-2 first-round winners at the $708,000 Pilot Pen
Tennis event, a final U.S. Open tune-up. Red-hot Argentine Juan Martin del
Potro, meanwhile,
<< Pirates place Mientkiewicz on bereavement list
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Pirates placed first
baseman Doug Mientkiewicz on the bereavement list following Monday's win
against the New York Mets.
Mientkiewicz left the team to be with his wife, who unde
<< Texans sign RB Shipp
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Texans announced Monday that they
have signed running back Marcel Shipp.
Shipp, an eight-year veteran, was released by Arizona earlier this month.
Signed as an undrafted rookie free agent b
<< Orton named Bears' starting quarterback
Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bears announced Monday that
Kyle Orton will line up under center in the team's season opener September 7
in Indianapolis.
Orton, a fourth-round draft pick in 2005 from Purdue, had been b
Zito's strong start helps Giants blank Braves >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Rowand homered and drove in two runs
while Barry Zito hurled seven strong innings, as San Francisco shut down
Atlanta, 5-0, in the finale of a four-game set from Turner Field.
Zito (7-15) allow
Rangers' Kinsler placed on DL >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas Rangers second baseman and American
League MVP candidate Ian Kinsler was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday
with a sports hernia.
Coming into Monday's action, Kinsler, 26, led the majors
Bryan, Putnam share U.S. Amateur lead >>
Pinehurst, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wesley Bryan and Andrew Putnam both posted
rounds of three-under 67 Monday to share the lead after the first round of
stroke play at the U.S. Amateur.
The championship is being contested at Pinehurs
Ravens' Suggs signs franchise tag tender >>
Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs
signed the club's one-year franchise tag agreement on Monday, ending his 27-
day holdout from training camp.
The Ravens slapped the franchise tag on Suggs, mean
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