PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Harold Henning, who won more than 50 tournaments during a nearly five-decade career, died Thursday after a lengthy illness, the PGA Tour said. The Miami Beach resident was 69.
It was not immediately known where Mr. Henning died.
A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr. Henning came to the United States to compete in 1954 and played his way onto the PGA Tour in 1966, where he won the 1966 Texas Open and the 1970 Tallahassee Open.
He joined the Champions Tour in 1984, where he had three victories in 18 years. Mr. Henning had two international victories in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.
"In addition to his competitive excellence on our Tours and around the world, Harold was instrumental to the development and popularity of the Champions Tour in the early days of its growth," tour commissioner Tim Finchem said. "His affability and warm personality generated tremendous goodwill for the Tour. ... He will be missed by all of us."
RUNNING: Woman gains two records
Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe was credited with records at two other distances after the International Association of Athletic Federations recognized road running and race walking. Radcliffe holds records at 10 and 20 kilometers (30 minutes, 21 seconds; 1:03:26).
RUNNERS WORLD MIDNIGHT RUN: Christian Hesch and Atalelech Ketema set course records during the 4-mile race through Central Park in New York. Hesch won in 18:36, breaking last year's mark by 31 seconds. Ketema won in 21:50, bettering the record of 22:05 set in 2003.
HIGH SCHOOL: Player killed in van crash
A van carrying a Centereach, N.Y., boys basketball team between tournaments flipped on North Carolina Highway 150, killing one student and injuring eight. The Rev. Ronald Stelzer, headmaster and coach of Our Savior New American School, said the student was Kevin Mormin, 18, a 7-foot-3 center from Paris. Three players were in critical but stable condition at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The van's driver, Emily Stelzer, 22, an English teacher and the coach's daughter, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and driving left of center. She was released under a $1,000 unsecured bond and is scheduled to appear in court Feb.24. According to a Highway Patrol statement, Stelzer's van hit the right shoulder. She overcorrected, crossing the center line and hitting the left ditch bank. That caused the van to flip several times, ejecting five players.
HORSES: Bobbie Use wins at Calder
Bobbie Use edged Cold Wynter by a neck to win the $100,000 Tropical Park Oaks at Calder Race Course in Miami. Ridden by Eibar Coa, Bobbie Use tracked Last Waltz for most of the race before passing down the stretch. Kitten's Joy won the Tropical Park Derby by 41/2 lengths. It was the second straight win in the race for jockey Jerry Bailey, who set a record in 2003 with 70 stakes wins.
INTERBOROUGH HANDICAP: Fit Performer beat Drexel Monorail by 41/4 lengths in the $81,600 race at Aqueduct in New York. Fit Performer won for the third time in 11 starts and earned $48,960.
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SKI JUMPING: Norway's Sigurd Pettersen won his second straight Four Hills event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Pettersen made the day's best jump of 123 meters and followed with a leap of 120.5 for a total score of 253.8 on a cold windless day.
SOCCER: Todd Smith, who was treated for leukemia while general manager of New England in 2002, died at 38. He died Wednesday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the team said. Mr. Smith resigned at the end of the 2002 season, when the Revolution reached the MLS Cup final.
