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By DORAN CUSHING, KEVIN KELLY, Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published November 30, 2000

Woods meets with PGA official

Tiger Woods seems well on his way to making peace with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, with the two holding what both described as a very positive meeting.

Woods, who recently expressed concern about controlling some of his marketing rights, said Wednesday that "pretty much everything" had been resolved during a meeting with Finchem two days earlier.

"It was very positive, very upbeat. There was no hostility at all," Woods said. "My relationship with Tim has definitely improved. He was very candid, and so was I."

Woods stunned PGA Tour officials this month when he said the tour was taking financial advantage of him with policies that controlled his rights.

Woods and Finchem discussed player marketing rights, commercial use of player images and the Internet.

MORE GOLF: Greg Norman criticized fellow Australian Stuart Appleby for his late withdrawal from the Australian PGA Championship to play in the more lucrative Sun City, South Africa, tournament this weekend. Appleby waited until Sunday night to notify surprised officials of his decision not to play at Royal Queensland. ... Todd Barranger, attempting to regain his PGA card after a long battle with testicular cancer, shot 10-under-par 62 to take the first-round lead in the qualifying tournament in La Quinta, Calif. (Results, 7C)

SAILING: In the ISAF Women's Match Racing Championship, eight teams were eliminated in racing in Tampa Bay off St. Petersburg. The top eight teams begin the quarterfinals this morning. Hanna Swett, defending world champion Dorte Jensen and Paula Lewin won five of their seven matches and moved to the quarterfinals tied for the Division A lead. Katie Spithill finished two points back and also qualified for the next round robin. The top team in Division B was skippered by Shirley Robertson, with Marie Bjorling second on a tie-breaker. They were followed by Klaartje Zuiderbaar and Betsy Alison, who also qualified for the semifinals. Dru Slattery, ranked ninth in the world, and fourth-ranked Cordelia Eglin were eliminated. The regatta continues through Saturday with racing on the bay east of The Pier. ... Four-time winner Dennis Conner returned to the New York Yacht Club, set to assemble a Stars & Stripes challenge for the America's Cup in 2002-03.

AUTOS: NASCAR executive vice president Brian France said the long-discussed 24-hour television channel is still a work in progress. "Until we get more detail, it's still an important initiative for us," France said. "We think we will complete the NASCAR Channel at some time in the future. But right now we're focusing on the core rights and the Daytona 500, which Fox will light off the NASCAR coverage in 2001." Fox, one of three networks involved in a $2.4-billion television rights deal that begins next season, has helped develop the idea. NASCAR officials said in July a channel devoted to stock car racing was at least one year away.

TENNIS: Pete Sampras bounced back to beat Alex Corretja 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 and remain in contention for the Masters Cup title in Lisbon, Portugal. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin also were winners.

BOXING: Larry Donald forced journeyman Obed Sullivan to take a standing eight-count in the 12th round en route to a majority draw in their NABO heavyweight title fight late Tuesday.

SOCCER: Sun Wen, the top scorer and most valuable player in the 1999 Women's World Cup, was among five Chinese players who signed with the Women's United Soccer Association. ... Alexi Lalas, whose red hair, goatee and glib comments made him one of the most famous American players, is considering ending his one-year retirement. Lalas, 30, resumed training while in Australia for the Sydney Olympics and has been working with Los Angeles Galaxy since the end of the MLS season.

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