In Brief

GOLF

Rose, Fowler fall short in U.S. Open qualifying

Justin Rose now has plenty of time to celebrate his big win at the Memorial. One day after his first victory in America, he failed to qualify for the U.S. Open on Monday.

Major champions Tom Lehman, Davis Love III and Ben Curtis led 15 players who earned spots in the U.S. Open at the qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, while Rose and the youngster he beat at Muirfield Village -- 21-year-old Rickie Fowler -- did not.

The 36-hole day of survival was among 13 qualifiers across the country to fill out the 156-man field for the Open, to be played at Pebble Beach from June 17 to 20.

Most of the spots came from Columbus and Memphis, Tenn., where many PGA Tour players were competing.

Only three spots were available in Houston, and one of them won't be going to an NFL quarterback. Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys withdrew early in the second round when rain delays pushed the conclusion to today, when he is due back at team workouts. Romo opened the second round with a quadruple bogey, but he shot a respectable 1-under-par 71 in the first round.

Ty Tryon, who made it through PGA Tour qualifying when he was 17, was among seven qualifiers in Rockville, Md. Tryon is 26.

MISCELLANEOUS

UCLA wins Women's CWS finals opener vs. Arizona

Megan Langenfeld hit a game-ending homer in the eighth inning to give UCLA a 6-5 victory over Arizona in the opener of the Women's College World Series finals in Oklahoma City.

Langenfeld homered twice and drove in three runs, and Monica Harrison had a two-run double for the fifth-seeded Bruins.

Game 2 of the best-of-3 series is tonight.

Also: A book on the life of UCLA coaching great John Wooden that he had been working on in recent months will be released in early July.

Lydia Rinaldi of publisher McGraw-Hill said that "The Wisdom of Wooden: A Century of Family, Faith and Friends" is filled with Wooden's personal memories and some never-before-seen color photos.

Wooden died Friday in Los Angeles at 99.

Rinaldi said Steve Jamison, Wooden's longtime collaborator, read the completed book to Wooden in the hospital.

Former junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman will need surgery on his right knee after tearing his meniscus and stretching ligaments Saturday night at Yankee Stadium.

Foreman was hurt in the seventh round of his fight against Miguel Cotto, which he eventually lost when referee Arthur Mercante Jr. waved it off early in the ninth round.

Bob Brady of Santa Monica, Calif., averaged 238 over six games to lead the 228-player field after first-round qualifying in the Professional Bowlers Association Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center. Qualifying continues through Wednesday before the field is cut to 24 for match play.

The Las Vegas Blackjacks beat Belmont Shore (Calif.) 36-22 Sunday to win the Division I rugby club national championship in Glendale, Colo. The Blackjacks lost last year's championship game to Aspen (Colo.).

The IndyCar Series acknowledged that a malfunctioning hose complicated efforts by safety workers at Texas Motor Speedway to extinguish the fire on Simona de Silvestro's car Saturday night.

De Silvestro was eventually pulled out of the car by the workers. The IndyCar rookie burned her right hand.