The $6,000 Medlin earned Thursday by winning the $60,000 HSBC Carolinas Open at the Surf Golf and Beach Club might just facilitate her first trip in early June.

Medlin, of Hamlet, N.C., holed an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole to close out a 1-under-par 70 in Thursday's final round for an 11-under 202 total and one-shot win over Kelly Mitchum of Southern Pines, N.C.

QI was reading Rule 13-4 Ball in Hazard; Prohibited Actions, and Exception 2 states: "After making the stroke, the player or his caddie may smooth sand or soil in the hazard, provided that, if the ball is still in the hazard or has been lifted from the hazard and may be dropped or placed in the hazard, nothing is done that improves the lie of the ball or assists the player in his subsequent play of the hole."

Does this mean that I can use my club to smooth the sand?

Felgueroso, who qualified for the tournament as an individual, had three birdies and a bogey.

UCLA's Maria Jose Uribe shot 65 and had a one-stroke lead. The Bruins lead the team competition by two strokes at 5-under 283.

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The kid has grown up this year, and his acceptance of manhood may have culminated Sunday at Quail Hollow Club.

Kim parlayed a lifestyle adjustment and renewed dedication to his game into his first PGA Tour victory, shooting a 3-under-par 69 in Sunday's final round for a five-shot win over runner-up Ben Curtis in the $6.4 million Wachovia Championship.

Creamer bogeyed the 18th hole at Cedar Ridge for the third straight day and wound up in overtime when Inkster made an 18-foot birdie putt.

Creamer twice gave herself birdie putts in the playoff, making an 8-footer on No. 10 for the victory.

The Myrtle Beach resident and former Coastal Carolina All-American is a leading candidate for PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, yet he hasn't been able to perform well in front of the home folks. He hasn't broken 78 in three rounds.

Johnson shot a 6-over-par 78 Thursday in the first round of the Wachovia Championship at Quail Hollow Club and is one shot out of last place entering today's second round. Two weeks ago at the Verizon Heritage in Hilton Head Island, he shot a pair of 79s - his worst two rounds of the year.

The Quail Creek Golf Course at Coastal Carolina University and the Professional Golf Management program at CCU sponsored a charity golf marathon Sunday to benefit the golf management program as well as the CCU Dalton and Linda Floyd Family Mentoring Program.

"The mentoring program was formed in 2003 to try to find ways to address the low graduation rate. We try to get students in elementary school, at this young age, to start thinking about college," said Emma Savage-Davis, director for the Center for Education and Community at CCU, which oversees the mentoring program. "By pairing them with a college student, we're planting the seed."