NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE SCORES

NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE SCORES
Thursday
At Gary Player Country Club
Sun City, South Africa
Purse: $4.06 million
Yardage: 7,769; Par: 72
First Round
Vijay Singh, Fiji65
Kenny Perry, U.S.65
Chris DiMarco, U.S.66
Adam Scott, Australia66
Darren Clarke, N.Ireland66
Robert Allenby, Australia66
Stuart Appleby, Australia67
Jerry Kelly, U.S.67
Tim Clark, South Africa68
Sergio Garcia, Spain68
Stephen Leany, Australia68
Nick Price, Zimbabwe69
Jay Haas, U.S.70
Retief Goosen, South Africa70
Fred Funk, U.S.71
Padraig Harrington, Ireland72
Ernie Els, South Africa72
Charles Howell III, U.S.73
BASEBALL
FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
NEW YORK -- The 15 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANAHEIM (1) -- Signed Kelvim Escobar, rhp, Toronto, to an $18.75 million, three-year contract.
BOSTON (1) -- Re-signed Mike Timlin, rhp, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.
CHICAGO (1) -- Re-signed Sandy Alomar Jr., c, to a $750,000, one-year contract.
CLEVELAND (2) -- Signed Jason Bere, rhp, and Mark Wohlers, rhp, to minor league contracts.
KANSAS CITY (4) -- Re-signed Kevin Appier, rhp, to a $300,000, one-year contract; re-signed Brian Anderson, lhp, to a two-year contract; re-signed Curtis Leskanic, rhp, to a $1,375,000, one-year contract; re-signed Joe Randa, 3b, to a one-year contract.
SEATTLE (1) -- Signed Raul Ibanez, of, Kansas City, to a $13.25 million, three-year contract.
TEXAS (1) -- Signed Andy Fox, inf, Florida, to a minor league contract ($450,000).
TORONTO (1) -- Signed Pat Hentgen, rhp, Baltimore, to a $2.2 million, one-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (1) -- Signed Jesse Orosco, lhp, Minnesota, to a minor league contract ($800,000).
HOUSTON (3) -- Re-signed Dan Miceli, rhp, to a $600,000, one-year contract; re-signed Jose Vizcaino, ss, to a $1.2 million, one-year contract; re-signed Brad Aumus, c, to a $4 million, two-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (1) -- Re-signed Tom Martin, lhp, to a $3.3 million, two-year contract.