April Sports Line Archive

McIntosh US Airways' High Flyer of the Month for April

(April 30) Euan McIntosh from Scotland is the winner of the High Flyer of the Month award presented by US Airways in April. After finishing winless in 2001, he re-emerged on the EPDTour circuit with two stellar performances this month. While finishing fourth at the Jakobsberg Classic tournament in Koblenz, Germany on April 17th, he secured his first win of the year only one week later at the Bad Windsheim Classic tournament in Germany.

Each month, the most successful member achieving the highest winnings through regular EPDTour events in that specific month is selected to be the 'High Flyer of the Month', presented by US Airways. The winner is rewarded with one transatlantic round-trip ticket to any one if US Airways' 207 worldwide destinations.

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Tina Fischer to start in Stockbridge

(April 29) Germany's top women's golfer Tina Fischer will make her next appearance on the US LPGA Tour at the Chick-Fil-A Charity Championship in Stockbridge, Georgia. The tournament will be played from May 3rd until May 5th. With $1,250,000 in prize money, the tournament is one of the highest rated events on the LPGA Tour. The first place winner will receive $180,000 in prize money.

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Three Germans in North American Baseball-
Franke transferred to Raptors

(April 20) A record number of German players are playing baseball in the Minor Leagues in the United States this season. Michael "Mitch" Franke, who was the first German player to sign a contract in the United States in 2001, is joined this year by Tim Henkenjohann, who was signed by the Minnesota Twins and Simon Gühring, who was chosen by the Milwaukee Brewers. Franke had a very successful first year in the States and, after only one year with the Rookie League team of the Brewers in Tempe, Arizona, was moved up to the Ogden Raptors in the Pioneer League. Gühring and Henkenjohann should be assigned to teams within the next few weeks.

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