IN BRIEF

golf

Woods will play in two weeks
in North Carolina tournament

Tiger Woods announced Thursday he will play in the Quail Hollow Championship, which begins April 29 in Charlotte, N.C. It will be his first tournament in which tickets are sold to the public since his spectacular downfall from a sex scandal.

Woods tied for fourth last week at the Masters, which has the most controlled gallery in golf. He received warm applause when he teed off in the first round, and the support was steady throughout the week.

Kym Hougham, tournament director for the Charlotte event, said officials have been preparing for Woods' possible participation and will need to make only slight tweaks with security plans.

Also: K.J. Choi shot a 7-under-par 64 to take a two-stroke lead at the Heritage at Hilton Head, S.C. Mike Weir and Greg Owen opened with 66s, and Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia and five-time Verizon winner Davis Love III topped a group at 67.

Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice shot a 12-over 83 in his Nationwide Tour debut, leaving him 20 strokes behind leader Dicky Pride in the Fresh Express Classic at Hayward, Calif. Rice, 47, was tied for 153rd in the 155-man field.

Cristie Kerr, Na Yeon Choi and Amanda Blumenherst each scored 13 points in their three six-holes matches to top the quarterfinal qualifiers in the inaugural Mojo 6 Jamaica LPGA Invitational at Montego Bay.

The UNLV women's golf team is third after the first round of the Mountain West Conference Championship at Black Horse Golf Course in Seaside, Calif. The Rebels are at 20-over 308, 14 strokes behind leader New Mexico and two behind Colorado State.

Therese Koelbaek, Alejandra Guacaneme and Mandi Incorvaia each shot 4-over 76 to lead UNLV. They are tied for seventh.

miscellaneous

Police intervene as angry fans
wait hours for World Cup tickets

Johannesburg police were called to a World Cup ticket center in South Africa as FIFA's attempt to boost sluggish ticket sales ended with fans angered by delays caused by technical difficulties.

A crowd gathered at the ticketing center in Cape Town, one of 11 centers that opened countrywide Thursday, and chanted and yelled at organizers.

After 3½ hours, only 32 people out of a crowd of about 1,000 had managed to buy tickets. Officials said last week that 500,000 tickets are still available for the Cup, which begins June 11.

Also: Evan Song of Henderson upset one of the nation's top junior tennis players in the boys 18s at the prestigious Easter Bowl Spring National Championships, beating No. 2 seed Dennis Novikov of Boca Raton, Fla., 6-1, 1-6, 6-2.

Novikov is No. 48 in the world in the ITF junior rankings. Song, in his first year of the 18s with an ITF ranking of 819, will play in the quarterfinals today against No. 11 seed Michael Zhu of Princeton, N.J.

The fourth annual Professional Bull Riders World Cup begins at 8 tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center, with teams of five riders representing the United States, Brazil, Australia, Canada and Mexico. Brazil won the first World Cup in 2007, and the U.S. has won the last two.

The event continues at 6 p.m. Saturday, with the final two rounds starting at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Visit PBR.com for more information.

Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Anne Catholic Church, 1901 S. Maryland Parkway, for longtime amateur boxing coach Teddy Padilla, who died Monday after a three-year battle with cancer. Padilla, 43, helped train boxers at Barry's Boxing Gym for 15 years and worked with undefeated super lightweight Diego Magdaleno.

Coronado senior boys basketball player Brandon Glanz gave an oral commitment to Idaho State and plans to sign with the Bengals today. Glanz, a 6-foot-5-inch, 235-pound post player, averaged 25.2 points and 16.0 rebounds as a senior to lead the Cougars (23-7) to the Sunrise Region semifinals. He was named a first-team all-state selection by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Baylor guard LaceDarius Dunn, who led the team in scoring this season at 19.6 points per game, said he will return for his senior season.

UNLV junior Sarah Muniz set a school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., finishing 11th in 10:43.42. Senior Bailey Kuestermeyer took 14th in the 10,000 meters in 35:29.57.