1.   Whenever a West Ham player somehow broke free in the Leeds half he seemed so overawed that he just Geoff Thomased the ball.

2.   All the other current Ryder Cup players broke par.

3.   The midfield player broke an arm during the midweek draw with Arsenal and will be in plaster for six weeks.

4.   At mid-afternoon, as is traditional, the game was halted so the players could break for a spot of tea.

5.   At that pace, a player could break the record in two-thirds of a season.

6.   Career records usually are broken by players on the downside, near the end of their career.

7.   Chatting behind a Hi Corbett Field batting cage Monday, Garcia recalled a spring camp in which eight players broke their legs while doing sliding drills.

8.   Fifty-three players broke par, a third-round record for the tournament.

9.   Forty-two players broke par Saturday.