LOCAL NOTES : Woods Tied for Second in Junior Golf

Tiger Woods of Cypress, the two-time defending champion, was tied for second after the first round of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in Portland, Ore.

Woods shot one-under-par 69 on the 6,465-yard Waverley Country Club Course to gain a four-way tie, three shots behind Rob McMillan of Winnipeg, Canada.

After today’s second round of stroke play the field will be cut to 64 players for the match-play portion.

Chris Berry of Yorba Linda and Zachary Allen of Mission Viejo each shot 72, putting them among the top 30 in the 156-player field.

McMillan, who recently won the Manitoba junior and open amateur titles, had seven birdies and three bogeys in matching his best round.

McMillan, who qualified for match play in last year’s junior championship only to lose in the first round, shot 33 on each nine and birdied the final two holes.

Joining Woods at 69 was Oscar Sanchez of Spain, Ryan Chackel of Eugene, Ore., and Mike Henderson of Raleigh, N.C.

Woods, the first to win consecutive U.S. junior boys’ titles, is recovering from mononucleosis. He appeared tired and relieved after his round.

“I wanted somewhere around par,” he said. “I drove the ball well. My irons were strong and I putted well. Somehow I shot one-under. As long as I’m in the top 64, it doesn’t matter.”

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Annette Smith has resigned as assistant women’s basketball coach at UC Irvine to take a job as an assistant at Texas, her alma mater.

Smith, an assistant to Irvine Coach Colleen Matsuhara the last two seasons, is the leading scorer in the university’s history with 2,523 points and helped lead the Lady Longhorns to the NCAA title as a senior in 1986.

“Annette was the player who took us to that next level and started our move to the top,” Texas Coach Jody Conradt said. “She is the epitome of the Lady Longhorn program. I am very pleased to have her back.”