*GOLF: Harrison Frazar shot a 59 in the fourth round of the PGA Tour qualifying tournament at LaQuinta, Calif., the first player in eight years to hit the magic number at Q-school. Frazar, winless in 300 starts during his PGA Tour career, had a 30 on the front nine of the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West, then ran off seven consecutive birdies from the 11th hole. The last player to shoot 59 at Q-school was David Gossett in 2000, although he failed to earn his PGA Tour card. Frazar was at 24-under 264 and leading by four shots with only two rounds remaining. … Mathew Goggin birdied the final hole for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Australian PGA at Coolum. Goggin had a 12-under 204 total. Geoff Ogilvy (67) and Rod Pampling (68) were tied for second. … Henrik Stenson shot a 7-under 65 to extend his lead to eight shots after the third round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, South Africa. Robert Karlsson shot 67 and trailed Stenson. … Larry Nelson brought a different son and wound up in a familiar spot as he and Drew Nelson put together an 11-under 61 to share the lead with Tom and David Kite in the Del Webb Father-Son Championship at Orlando. Greg Norman and his son Gregory were another shot behind.
*COLLEGES: Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez said he expects defensive end Brandon Graham to return, defensive end Carson Butler to enter the NFL draft and running back Avery Horn to transfer. Rodriguez did not clear up Sam McGuffie’s future with the team but did say the freshman running back still is enrolled in school and coping with family matters in Texas. … California (8-4) accepted an invitation to the Emerald Bowl, committing to finish the season across San Francisco Bay, most likely against Miami. … Sonya Harris scored 18 points to lead Bradley (6-1) to a 71-53 victory over Illinois (3-5) at the United Center. Jenna Smith led the Illini with 14 points. … Garrett Barnas threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Harper College (11-1) scored 33 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat host Phoenix College 39-38 in the Valley of the Sun Bowl. … Top-ranked Iowa set the national wrestling dual-meet attendance record with a crowd of 15,955, and the Hawkeyes celebrated by beating No. 2 Iowa State 20-15.
*SKIING: Aksel Lund Svindal won a World Cup super-G at Beaver Creek, Colo., a day after capturing the downhill title. Svindal completed the super-G in 1 minute 13.05 seconds, with Hermann Maier 0.45 seconds behind, a day before his 36th birthday. Michael Walchhofer was third. Ted Ligety tied for seventh and Bode Miller bounded up after sliding to the snow to finish 14th. … The women’s World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Canada, was canceled because of heavy snow and shifting winds that caused poor visibility.
*ALSO : Joe Motzko scored twice as the Wolves downed Rockford 6-1 at Allstate Arena. … Ryan Lochte won the 200-yard backstroke in 1 minute 38.49 seconds at the U.S. Short Course swimming championships in Atlanta, giving him four titles in three days. Naperville’s Mary DeScenza, who just missed a spot in Beijing, won five titles after taking the 200 backstroke and butterfly. … … Amaury Leveaux set the men’s 50-meter butterfly short-course world record (22.29 seconds) and Coralie Balmy set a record in the women’s 200 freestyle (1:53.18) at the French championships at Angers, France. … Carl Froch (24-0) survived the big right hands of Jean Pascal to capture the WBC super-middleweight title at Nottingham, England, on a unanimous decision in his home city. … Amir Khan rebounded from a stunning first-round loss three months ago to stop Oisin Fagan in the second round at London and capture the WBA international lightweight title.
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EDITED BY STEVE NIDETZ FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
