31.   Losing to Mickelson on the third playoff hole Sunday was bad enough.

32.   Mickelson defended his title last year, his third victory overall in the Buick, by beating Frank Lickliter with a double bogey on the third playoff hole.

33.   Murray chipped a backhander past Patrick Roy for his third playoff goal.

34.   Norman was eliminated on the third playoff hole.

35.   Olin Browne sank a three-foot birdie putt to defeat Todd Barranger on the third playoff hole and win the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational on Sunday.

36.   On the third playoff hole Sorentsam was in trouble off the tee, finding a fairway bunker with her driver.

37.   Steve Kelly and Adam Deadmarsh scored for Los Angeles, which clinched its third playoff berth in four years.

38.   The ensuing birdie tied the match, and Romero won it on the third playoff hole.

39.   The Mets-Diamondbacks matchup was the third playoff game of the day in the majors.

40.   The Spurs already were without starting center David Robinson, who missed his third straight playoff game because of a sprained lower back.