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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Jessica Korda took the second-round lead in the season-opening Bahamas LPGA Classic, birdieing four of her last seven holes in high wind Friday for a 7-under 66. Kosuke Fukudome Jersey . The 20-year-old Korda had an 11-under 135 total on Atlantis Resorts Ocean Club course. "We went from beautiful, sunny, slight wind to cloudy and hurricane wind," Korda said. "It was a tough day out there. I mean, a little mentally draining because you really had to put everything into every shot." The 2012 Womens Australian Open winner for her lone LPGA Tour title, Korda recently started working with swing coach Grant Price. She struggled with her swing last year and felt that it led to some injuries in her left shoulder and wrist. "It was just time for a change," Korda said. "There was just stuff that wasnt working. Ive worked with (Grant) before, so I was really comfortable going into it, and hes just super positive, and thats something that I really needed coming into this year. "Were just working on keeping everything in plane and keeping it really simple to where if something does go wrong on the golf course, I can fix it myself." Price, Hall of Famer Nick Prices nephew, is fighting testicular cancer. Paula Creamer, playing alongside Korda, was a stroke back after a 65. "Feeding off Paula was good," Korda said. "She made four birdies in a row after (starting with a double bogey), and it wasnt like she wasnt giving herself opportunities. It was birdie after birdie. It was awesome to play with somebody like that because they really do push you and keep making you try harder." Creamer drove left on the first hole and three-putted from 7 feet. She birdied 10 of the last 17 holes. "After that, I said, Lets go make some birdies." And I did," said Creamer, winless since the 2010 U.S. Womens Open. "I love playing in windy conditions. I always have. The more difficult, the better. You have to be kind of a feel player out in these kind of situations and trust what youre doing and committing to your shots, and thats something that I really worked hard on in the off-season and it paid off today." Michelle Wie and Monday qualifier Jenny Suh were tied for third at 9 under. Wie had a 65, and Suh shot 66. Wie had 28 putts in her bogey-free round. "I think I just had a good rest this off-season," Wie said. "When I came back in January and I picked up my golf clubs, I was really excited to play. I was so ready to get back into a rhythm." Suh failed to gain fully exempt status on the tour when she lost a playoff at Q-school. "I know what the weekend could do and what it could hold for me, but Im just going to keep enjoying myself and try to make as many birdies as possible," Suh said. Lydia Ko, the 16-year-old New Zealander who shared the first-round lead with Meena Lee, was three strokes behind at 8 under after a 70. The fourth-ranked Ko is making her first start as an LPGA Tour member. She won the Canadian Womens Open the last two years as an amateur and closed last season with a victory in a non-tour event in Taiwan in her second pro start. Na Yeon Choi (6 , Christel Boeljon (67) and P.K. Kongkraphan (69) also were 8 under. Third-ranked Stacy Lewis was 6 under after a 71. Lee had a 76 to drop to 2 under. Rowan Wick Jersey . Playing in his 19th career final, the second-seeded Tsonga was favourite to win the Open 13 for the third time and to secure an 11th career title, but he struggled with Gulbis attacking approach. Kyle Schwarber Jersey . Mladenovics quick hands at the net made the difference while Bencics inexperience in doubles showed. "We took a lot of pleasure," Mladenovic told Sport Plus television. "Its extremely difficult to play in such conditions, but our doubles team showed a lot of quality. http://www.customcubsjersey.com/custom-phil-cavarretta-jersey-large-430n.html . The Nuggets leading scorer, Lawson is characterized as day to day by the team. Hes averaging 17.9 points and 8.9 assists. Lawson suffered the injury late in Denvers win Sunday at Sacramento.April 28, 1984 goes down in the annals of Chelsea FC as one of the most pivotal days in the entire 100-plus-year history of the club. Simply put, without that moment, Chelsea’s supporters across the globe would not have experienced the elation of May 19, 2012, when, of course, Didier Drogba single-handedly rallied his team to Champions League glory in Munich. The architect back in 1984 was club manager John Neal, who dragged Chelsea by the heels from a last-day escape from dropping into the third tier of English football in spring 1983 to promotion to the top tier just the following season. The majestic manner in which Chelsea gained promotion and the football produced the stuff of folklore. Making Neal’s feat all the more unlikely was the fact this was all achieved at a time ‘austerity measures’ reigned supreme at Stamford Bridge. With great sadness Chelsea announced Sunday the passing of John Neal. It is no exaggeration to suggest there might not be a Chelsea Football Club today had he not made such a success of dealing with crisis and getting the team back on its feet, read the final sentence of a highly emotional tribute to John Neal on the club’s website Monday morning. Neal was appointed manager at Chelsea in April 1981 following the sacking of Geoff Hurst, England’s hat-trick hero from the 1966 World Cup Final. Neal inherited a tired and aged squad with the club still under the ownership of the founding Mears family, who had sunk vast sums into the reconstruction of the East Stand just as the price of steel hit a record high. With loans required to complete the work and interest rates at the time more synonymous of loan-sharking rates, Neal was fully aware his transfer budget going into the 1981-1982 season was less than the price of a cup of tea at Stamford Bridge. Things did not improve in Neal’s first season in charge, but the highlight was an outstanding 90-minute performanc, and 2-0 victory in the FA Cup against a legendary Liverpool side, which at the time was the current European Champions. The club finished that season in mid-table mediocrity. Remember, Chelsea is not even in the top tier of English football, but playing in the old Second Division. With a change of ownership in late 1982, which saw Ken Bates buy the club for a princely sum of ￡1 from the Mears family, winds of change were finally in the chilling Stamford Bridge air. As can often happen to achieve success, you have to take one step backwards to enable you to take those two steps forward – this happened during the 1982-1983 season. Chelsea came within a whisker of falling into the third division for the very first time in the club’s history. Only a win and draw in their final two matches saved them from the drop. Survival gained, the expectation was Bates would relieve Neal of his managerial duties, but with money available and Neal’s canny eye for spotting raw talent and bargain basement experienced players, the owner and the coach cast away the Chelsea driftwood and brought in players who weren’t even famous in their own households. Pat Nevin was one player bought in under Neal. Rejected by Celtic, he got his start in professional football at Clyde, a club playing in the Scottish Second Division. Wee Pat - as he was affectionately called by Neal - went on to mesmerize and turn defences inside and out well before Eden Hazard was even a twinkle in his old man’s eye. Chelsea’s 1983-1984 season could not have gotten off to a better start as they pulverized Derby County 5-0. Winning five of their opening six matches set the tone for the season, where they ended the season going unbeaten in the final 17 matches, winning 13 of those. A number of club legends were born under Neal. Alec Mills Jersey. None more so than Paul Canoville, who was the very first black player in club history. This coming at the time racism in the guise of the National Front had infiltrated sections of Chelsea support. Canoville, plucked from non-league football and a possible lifetime of petty crime by Neal, would suffer horrendous racism from his own supporters and, shamefully on one occasion, even from a teammate. Neal famously pulled him aside in the locker room and told him to ignore the thugs, but take comfort from the fact it was those very thugs who were paying his salary. Canoville would go on to play a pivotal role in Chelsea’s push for promotion that season and had a starring role back on April 28, 1984. It is not an exaggeration to state that of all the memorable occasions ever witnessed at Stamford Bridge over the many decades the club has existed that Saturday afternoon in late April from 25 ago stands out foremost. The atmosphere profound, thanks in part to the 10,000-plus Leeds fans who traveled down to London to witness what, for all intents and purposes, turned out to be John Neal’s coronation. Even the weather co-operated, as a sun drenched Stamford Bridge welcomed by far its largest crowd of the season. When at the time, attendance averaged only 15,000, the official attendance that game was 33,447. With the knowledge that victory would finally secure promotion back to the top flight, it felt like 50,000 had packed the standing-room only terraces. The supporters were not to be disappointed - 3-0 up at half-time, Ken Bates, the owner, proceeded to walk around the pitch at the half with a megaphone pleading for the crowd not to invade the pitch and celebrate until the final whistle. Following Canoville scoring a fifth and final goal, deep into injury time, bedlam of the best variety broke out right all around Stamford Bridge and the man who made it all possible, John Neal, disappeared down the tunnel so as to allow his players to receive the adulations and congratulations. That summer Neal underwent heart surgery, but returned as Chelsea took their bow at Highbury to kick off their return in the top flight. Neal’s team drew that day and went on to finish a very credible sixth and managed a semi-final berth in the League Cup. At season’s end, and for health reasons, John Neal retired and took a place in that very same director’s box where he watched tens of thousands of Chelsea supporters celebrate him down on the pitch that previous April. Following Neal’s passing, Nevin, in an interview with a local Chelsea newspaper, said it was Neal’s wisdom, which set him apart from all other managers. A genuine wisdom is the best way to describe it, Nevin told West London Sport. And that’s rare – not only in football, but quite rare in life too.” With the same newspaper, Canoville spoke of the trust and respect Neal commanded. “He had everyone’s trust, Canoville said. He made brave football decisions, but did things in the right way and treated people with respect. He added, “I could not say one bad word about him and don’t know anyone else who could either.” John Neal’s funeral is scheduled to take place on Thursday. His spirit likely over the Stadion Gelsenkirchen this past Tuesday night, as a majestic Jose Mourinho-inspired Chelsea ripped FC Schalke apart, throughout a match where the Chelsea supporters paid their own special tribute and homage to a gentleman with the refined and so very unassuming character – the like of which is so extremely rare in football today. Chelsea’s gain certainly, football’s loss absolutely - John Neal was 82. Noel.Butler@BellMedia.ca @TheSoccerNoel on Twitter ' ' '  |
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