1.   Panton-Lewis dropped three strokes in her closing five holes while Forbes three-putted the seventeenth and eighteenth greens to undo her earlier work.

2.   Birdies on the closing holes yesterday at the Olympic Club proved tougher to collect than Beanie Babies during the Christmas shopping season.

3.   After hitting her approach into the rough beyond the green on that closing hole, she launched a brilliant recovery with a difficult pitch back downhill.

4.   He meant no disrespect to runner-up Craig Parry, who was paired with Lehman and entered that closing hole tied for the lead.

5.   His handling of the disastrous closing hole told us everything.

6.   Nicklaus birdied four of the last six holes, including the closing hole, to a standing ovation.

7.   Nicklaus birdied four of the last six holes, including the closing hole to a standing ovation.

8.   That set in motion the drama over the closing holes, though what had happened earlier made the ending possible.

9.   There were some brilliant shots over the closing holes Saturday.

10.   Those trees should be a new factor, especially Sunday when the Masters boils down to the closing holes.