61.   To speed up play, the Tour lets a huge field of competitors ride during the first two phases of its annual qualifying tournament.

62.   Tournament officials refused to give him a wild-card berth, so he entered the qualifying tournament.

63.   Wearing sunglasses and trying to stay calm, Jack Nicklaus watched his son, Gary, compete on Saturday in the grueling six-round PGA Tour qualifying tournament.

64.   We suggest a less-elaborate qualifying tournament is in order instead of this year-and-a-half death march.

65.   When the qualifying tournament was over, Moorpark had faced elimination nine times.

66.   Organizers have dropped plans for a qualifying tournament, with one team being eliminated from each pool before the tournament switches to North America.

67.   A remarkable thing has happened in the six years since the United States last played a game in a World Cup qualifying tournament.

68.   After the Gold Cup, this team will participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Argentina.

69.   Although Australia is favored to win the Oceania qualifying tournament, it would then need to beat the fourth best Asian team to reach the finals.

70.   Anand won the right to challenge Karpov for the world crown at a three-week qualifying tournament at Groningen, Netherlands, beating Michael Adams of England.