1.   Besides Australian star Greg Norman, resting his shoulder for a three-week run that starts next week, the only other absentee worth noting is Fluff Cowan.

2.   Juli Inkster and Beth Daniel are the only absentees.

3.   Nick Faldo is the only absentee.

4.   The only absentee is Cuba, not invited at the insistence of the United States even though the rest of the region is friendly to Havana.

5.   The only absentee was lock Rod McCall, who twisted an ankle Wednesday.

6.   The only absentees from the special congress were North Korea and Eritrea.

7.   The only other notable absentee was Anna Kournikova, who was not named to the Russian team.

8.   Forward Peter Hoekstra is the only other major absentee, who is to have a knee operation.

9.   The only absentee is the United States.

10.   The only absentee was Eritrea.