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May 9 2013, 02:38 AM
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DULUTH, Ga. -- Bart Bryant isnt worried about adjusting to his new life as a rookie on the Champions Tour. Bryants bigger emphasis is his return to golf after two surgeries on his left wrist kept him out of the game for three years. Playing with a wrap on the wrist, Bryant shot a 4-under 68 on Friday to take a share of the first-round lead in the rain-delayed Greater Gwinnett Championship. The start of play was delayed four hours by rain. David Frost also was 4 under through 13 holes when the round was suspended because of darkness. Frost was one of 57 players still on the TPC Sugarloaf course. The first round will be completed Saturday morning, followed by the second round. The 50-year-old Bryant is playing in only his fourth tournament in his rookie season on the senior circuit. "Im enjoying it," Bryant said. "I dont feel like theres a lot of adjustment. The adjustment for me is coming back to golf after being out for almost three years with the wrist injury." Bryant said he had his first wrist fusion surgery in 2010. "I rehabbed for a year and the doctor said the fusion did not work correctly, so I did it again in 2011," he said. "Ive got three screws in there and they took a little bone out of the upper arm. ... Honestly it was done for quality of life, and if I could play it was a bonus." A win would be an even bigger bonus. Bryant said he uses three different kinds of tape to wrap the wrist for added support. He had five birdies and one bogey and rushed to complete the round after the horn sounded to halt play. "I think I might have been the last guy to hit one before the horn went off," Bryant said, adding it will be "so nice" to have a little extra rest early Saturday morning when the 57 players must complete their rounds. Bryant was one of 24 to finish Friday. Bryant won three events on the PGA Tour, including the 2005 Tour Championship at Atlantas East Lake Golf Club. Frost, the Toshiba Classic winner last month in California, has finished in the top 10 in each of his five events this season. The South African used a birdie at No. 4, his 13th and final hole of the day, to move to 4 under. Duffy Waldorf and Neal Lancaster shot 69, and John Cook, Michael Allen, Mark OMeara and Fred Funk also were 3 under. Among the players 2 under and still on the course were Tom Watson and Mark Calcavecchia. Bernhard Langer, the tour points leader, was even par through 13 holes. NOTES: The tournament is the first Champions Tour event in the Atlanta area since 2000. ... John Huston withdrew with a back injury shortly before his scheduled tee time. Chip Beck took Hustons spot and was 1 over through 12 holes. ... Due to the rain delay, fans can use tickets for the Friday round Saturday or Sunday. ... TPC Sugarloaf was the site of the PGA Tours BellSouth Classic from 1997-2008. Beats By Dre France . The Premier League club said the early indications were that the operation to repair a stress fracture in Wilsheres right ankle was a success. Beats By Dre . The deal was reported earlier this month during a signing moratorium, then held up while the Celtics tried to work out a sign-and-trade agreement with the Dallas Mavericks. http://www.beatsbydremagasin.fr/ . Monta Ellis scored 22 points, and the Bucks quickly erased an early deficit before pulling away with a 13-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to beat the Wizards 101-91 Friday night, when Milwaukees Brandon Jennings and Washingtons Bradley Beal were ejected in the final minute. Beats By Dre Pas Cher . Wroten spent the 2011 regular season with the Toronto Argonauts. In 18 games he had 35 defensive tackles, one pass knockdown, one forced fumble, and two interceptions for 24 yards.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For the first time in more than two months, there were smiles and laughter throughout the Charlotte Bobcats locker room following a home game. The Bobcats long home losing streak had finally ended. Gerald Henderson made a 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left to lift the Bobcats to a 102-101 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night, snapping a 16-game home losing streak. The Bobcats streak was stopped two losses short of the NBA record held by the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks. "I saw the clock," Henderson said. "I kind of grabbed the ball with about five seconds. I knew I had some time. I just threw it up there and it went in. It feels great to end that streak." Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 25 points and Ramon Sessions finished with 23 as the Bobcats won at home for the first time since Nov. 21. Henderson finished with 15 points. Luke Ridnour had a season-high 22 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to lead Minnesota, which has lost nine of 10. Hendersons game-winner capped a frantic final 29 seconds after Ricky Rubio put the Timberwolves up 101-99 with a reverse layup. The Bobcats were struggling to get a shot off before the 24-second shot clock expired. At one point Henderson drove the lane and lost control of the ball, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had to save it from going out of bounds by throwing it back in. Walker tried to set up again, but the ball bounced off J.J. Bareas knee and into the backcourt. With time running down, Walker retrieved the ball and passed it to Henderson, who pump-faked to avoid a leaping Andrei Kirilenko and then gathered himself briefly to swish the 3-pointer. "Man, I didnt think he had time to get it off," Walker said. "He pump-faked. I didnt know if it was going in or not but he really took his time and he had a chance to gather himself. He shot it with confidence and it went in." The Timberwolves had a chance to win the game but Barea failed to get a shot off as time expired and wound up on the floor. Acting Timberwolves coach Terry Porter and Berea argued the call with officials at midcourt, pleading that Berea was fouled by Walker as he attempted the shot. "There was some contact there and they didnt think there was enough to call a foul,&quuot; Porter said.dddddddddddd"Four seconds is plenty of time to get an opportunity to get it off." Porter called Hendersons game-winner after a frantic battle for the ball "just one of those fluke things." "They were scrambling for the ball. We were scrambling for the ball," Porter said. "We had two guys on (Walker) and he found a passing lane to get it to Henderson and in a low clock situation had to turn and shoot and he made it. Thats just one of those things." Despite playing without two starters and six players overall, the Timberwolves jumped out to a 29-11 lead less than nine minutes into the game. Ridnour hit a pair of 3-pointers and Greg Stiemsma gave the Bobcats fits inside, three times getting free for uncontested alley-oop dunks. Stiemsma had 10 points and six rebounds in the first eight minutes but struggled to produce after that, finishing with 11 points and seven rebounds. Looking to generate something offensively, Charlotte coach Mike Dunlap went with a small lineup that included the 6-foot-5 Henderson at power forward. The Bobcats managed to cut the lead to 11 at the break and then to four at the end of the third quarter. Charlotte opened the fourth quarter with a flurry, going on an 18-6 run as Walker and Sessions began to take charge. "I was thinking to put the guys on the floor that are playing well and I didnt care if they were 5-foot-nothing," Dunlap said. "I just said lets find five that can make that push." The Bobcats tied the game at 79 after a Minnesota turnover and a Walker steal led to a pair of fastbreak layups for Sessions. Walker gave the Bobcats their first lead of the game on a pull-up jumper from 18 feet with just over 10 minutes to play. Charlotte increased its lead to eight, but the Timberwolves battled back to tie the game behind back-to-back 3-pointers from Ridnour and Berea. Barea finished with 19 points and Rubio had a season-high 14 points and eight assists. The 18-point deficit was the largest the Bobcats have overcome this season. NOTES: Bismack Biyombo had his third double-double of the season for the Bobcats, finishing with 10 points and 13 rebounds. ... The Bobcats shot a season high 50.7 per cent from the field. ... Charlotte outrebounded Minnesota 38-30. ' ' '
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