McPherson caught the worst weather of the opening round of the Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Club with an early tee time and shot a 7-over-par 79 through rain that left her tied for 119th entering today's second round. But the news was better back home.

McPherson was one of eight people elected to the University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame for 2010. The inductees were announced Thursday by the South Carolina Lettermen's Association.

Huber is the 2010 national spokesman for the Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer campaign, and he'll be appearing in that capacity at two events sponsored by marketing cooperative Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.

Golf Holiday and ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer - are teaming up to offer free screenings for men in the area in a Drive Against Prostate Cancer event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at the Martin's PGA Tour Superstore location at 2310 Highway 17 in North Myrtle Beach.

Playing a treacherous alternate shot format in which a weak player can ruin a round for even the most skilled partner, my son Derek and I were holding up very well.

We even managed to play through the brilliance of the John Daly pants worn so courageously by our playing partners, Mike and Rob Iribarren of the Texas Iribarrens.

Choi had six birdies and an eagle and three bogeys to reach 9-under 135, one stroke ahead of Richard Johnson of Sweden, who had a 66.

British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen was one of the overnight leaders, but he slipped to third after a round of 70, leaving him two strokes behind Choi and even with Rafa Echenique of Argentina.

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