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Peter Hiskey, of the Naval Academy Golf Club, and Joel Kaye, of Caves Valley Golf Club, were among seven players advancing to the U.S. Mid-Amateur championship from a 110-man field, as sectional qualifying was held at Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Va., yesterday.Hiskey was the co-medalist at 71, sharing the honor with Mitch Adams, 41, of Cary, N.C. Hiskey, bolstered by three successive front-nine birdies, will be going for the second time.Adams, going for the first time, highlighted his round by chipping for an eagle at the 489-yard, par-5 eighth hole.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Sarah LeBrun Ingram of Nashville, Tenn., clinging to a 1-up lead after losing the 16th and 17th holes, managed a closing par-5 for a half and a 1-up decision over Marion Maney-McInerney of Dedham, Mass., in the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur championship at Desert Highlands Golf Club yesterday.In this morning's scheduled 18-hole final on the 5,872-yard, par-72 course, Ingram, whose family lives in Owings Mills, will play 1988 champion Martha Lang of Geneva, Ill., a 2-up winner over Tish Pruess, the 1961 U.S. Women's Amateur champion from Colorado Springs, Colo.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The theory came from Brad Faxon, the proof from those who tried in vain to stop Tiger Woods from winning his third Masters and seventh major championship yesterday at Augusta National Golf Club. While Faxon was barely in contention, finishing tied for 12th and 10 strokes behind Woods at 2-under-par 286, the veteran PGA Tour pro could see what was happening to those closer to the lead. "These guys are behind and they know they've got to make some birdies," said Faxon, who shot 71 yesterday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Most figured Chris DiMarco would fade quietly back into obscurity in yesterday's third round of the 65th Masters. They figured that leading after each of the first two rounds might have been a fluke for DiMarco, and the prospect of playing with Tiger Woods would bring him back to reality. Guess what? The skeptics were wrong. While DiMarco went from a one-shot lead to being two behind Woods after shooting an even-par 72, the 32-year-old journeyman stood up well under the pressure that comes with playing in his first Masters, as well as being paired with the world's best player.

1. Atlantic Golf at Potomac Ridge 15800 Sharpville Road, Waldorf 20601 Phone: 800-791-9078 Holes: 27 (three 9-hole courses): The Meadows, par 35; The Hollow, par 36; The Ridge, par 37. Cost per round: Until April: Monday-Thursday $45/$40 (twilight, after 2 p.m.); weekends $52/$43. In season, Monday-Thursday $49/$45; weekends $57/$48. Rates subject to change. Check www.mdgolf.com/potomac 2. Atlantic Golf at Queenstown Harbor 310 Links Lane, Queenstown 21658 Phone: 800-827-5257 and 410-827-6611 Holes: 36; par 71 on Lakes course, par 72 on River course Cost per round: River course: Monday-Thursday: $89 before 2 p.m.; $79 after 2 p.m. Weekends: open-11 a.m. $119; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $89; 2 p.m.-close $75; 36 holes $165 before 2 p.m./$135 after.

ROCKVILLE -- Jane Fitzgerald, a medalist playing her first round of match play, easily advanced to today's quarterfinals of the Maryland State Golf Association Women's Amateur Championship at Norbeck Country Club.Fitzgerald, who is unattached, closed out Melly Tucker of Argyle, 7 and 6, and will face Stephanie Kell of Country Club of Maryland, who defeated Cindy Peterka of Sparrows Point, 2 and 1, yesterday.The Fitzgerald-Kell quarterfinal is set for 10:06 a.m. on the par-73, 5,667-yard course.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Of the players who made the cut in the 58th Masters, Jeff Maggert finished tied for last. His 3-over-par 75 yesterday put him at 17-over 305.But Maggert went home to Houston last night with something no else in the field -- not even the champion, Jose-Maria Olazabal -- had.A double eagle.And a place in Masters history."It was exciting," the low-keyed Maggert said after he became only the third player ever to double-eagle a hole at Augusta National.Gene Sarazen did it in 1935, Bruce Devlin in 1967.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Golfers in this country have been pining for the No. 1 spot since Tom Watson ruled the game in the 1970s and early '80s.American prestige dipped as golfers from Spain, Germany, England, Australia and Wales were considered the best in the world.As guys named Ian, Seve, Bernhard and Shark rose to the top, U.S. golf fans took to yelling "You're the man," each time an American golfer got anywhere near the lead in a PGA Tour event.L Yesterday, they may have found their man, however reluctant.

The writer of this course review is a Columbia resident and frequent golfer who has played most courses in Central Maryland. Almost daily, power carts are lined up near the pro shop with windshield tags bearing golfers' names and hole assignments for an outing. That's the only way most of us can play golf at Turf Valley Resort. Because it's private, play officially is limited to members and hotel guests. But Turf Valley - its main entry off U.S. 40 on the west end of Ellicott City - was host to about 200 outings last year for charities and other causes.

HONOLULU -- Paul Azinger made eight birdies, five on the back nine, to shoot a 7-under-par 65 yesterday for a one-shot lead after the first round of the United Airlines Hawaiian Open.Bruce Zabriski was one shot back at 6-under 66.Azinger, a second-place finisher twice on the 6,975-yard, par-72 Waialae Country Club course, made birdies at Nos. 8 and 9 after bogeying No. 7 to come into the break at 2-under 34. He said he gained confidence from those putts, and used it to birdie No. 11 with a 45-foot putt.