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FRANKFURT, Germany -- Striker Mario Mandzukic scored a hat trick as holder Bayern Munich beat Hamburger SV 5-0 on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the German Cup. But Bayer Leverkusen, second in the Bundesliga behind Bayern, lost 1-0 at home to second-division Kaiserslautern. Wolfsburg held on with 10 men to win 3-2 at Hoffenheim. On Tuesday, Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 to also reach the last four. The semifinal draw immediately after the matches sent Kaiserslautern to Bayern Munich, while Dortmund will host Wolfsburg. The matches are on April 15-16. Hamburg, which has lost six straight in the Bundesliga, was 2-0 down inside 30 minutes after goals by Mandzukic and Dante. Arjen Robben added another after the break, before Mandzukic struck twice within a span of two minutes. "We were very concentrated, it..s never easy to win," Dante said. It could have been the last game in charge for Hamburg..s coach Bert van Marwijk, with media speculation that former coach Felix Magath would return to the club he captained to European glory as a player. Hamburg has dropped to next to last in the Bundesliga and could be relegated for the first time. Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger made his comeback for Bayern as a substitute in the second half. He missed nearly three months following ankle surgery. Mario Goetze broke free on the left and found Mandzukic, who was left unmarked to slot home from about five meters (yards) in the 22nd. Four minutes later, Dante headed home from a corner by Toni Kroos. Kroos also provided the long ball to Arjen Robben, who controlled it and drove home in the 54th. Goetze chipped a cross for Mandzukic at the far post for Bayern..s fourth goal in the 74th. Two minutes later, Hamburg..s defence failed to clear a long cross and Mandzukic fired home from close range. "Bayern plays in a league of its own," Hamburg defender Heiko Westermann said. Kaiserslautern beat Leverkusen on a goal by Ruben Jenssen in extra time. Mohamadou Idrissou, who had shot wide from the penalty spot early in extra time, set up his teammate with a pinpoint cross and Jenssen volleyed home in the 114th. Kaiserslautern reached the semifinals for the first time after 11 years. Ricardo Rodriguez converted two penalties before getting sent off but Wolfsburg held on to edge Hoffenheim 3-2. Wolfsburg now has the chance to reach the final for the first time since 1995. Last season it lost 6-1 to Bayern. Rodriguez, the Switerland defender, earned the second penalty after having converted the first for Wolfsburg. He drilled the ball into the roof of the net to restore Wolfsburg..s lead after Roberto Firmino..s equalizer. Bas Dost increased Wolfsburg..s lead in the 64th, before Rodriguez was sent off in the 71st for wasting time. 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Open opposite the British Open and the Texas Open the same week as the Ryder Cup.The tour had 43 weeks of golf in 2014, with the three-week break built around the Ryder Cup in the early fall and the final tournament Nov. 16 in Mexico. And there were only three opposite-field events the same week as three WGCs (Doral, Firestone, Shanghai).Is the new fall start any different from the old fall finish? Now it starts in California and goes to Las Vegas, Sea Island, two in Asia, one in Mississippi and Mexico. Ten years ago, the lineup after the majors included Hartford, Canada, Tampa and now-defunct tournaments at Disney and 84 Lumber. There also was a WGC thrown in the mix.Go back even further. Twenty years ago, the PGA Tour schedule featured 43 consecutive weeks of tournaments. That was right about the time the WGCs were being discussed, and a decade before the FedEx Cup was even an idea.The biggest change might be the golf that isnt being played.Back in 1994 when the Tour Championship ended (at Olympic Club — those were the days) on Oct. 30, there were six tournaments as part of the silly season. That included the Lincoln-Mercury at Kapalua, the Shark Shootout, Skins Game, JC Penney Mixed-Team Classic and the Diners Club Matches.Either way, there was never a shortage of golf. That much hasnt changed.___HAWAII FIVE-O: A friendship in Hawaii has led to Michelle Wie making her first cameo on a television series.Wie met actor Daniel Dae Kim through mutual friends in Hawaii — Wie was born and raised in Honolulu, while Kim has been living in paradise with his wife and children toward the latter years of his role in the miniseries Lost.Kim played in Wies charity Ping-Pong event after she won an LPGA Tour event in Hawaii this year. He was working on a movie in Atlanta in June when he drove over to Pinehurst No. 2 to watch Wie win her first major at the U.S. Womens Open.That led to Wie getting a small part in an episode of Hawaii 5-0, on which Kim plays Chin Ho Kelly. Wie shot the episode this weekend while in Hawaii. Still unknown is her role, although agent Jamie Kuhn says Wie is playing herself.Wie took an Instagram sitting in a directors chair, flashing the hang loose sign and adding, Officially an actress now with three emoticons crying of laughter.___MASTERS BID ON THE LINE: The Dubai Open on the Asian Tour is the final golf tournament of 2014, and more than a trophy is riding on the outcome.It likely will determine who gets into the Masters.Danny Willett of England has made a late surge with his tie for fourth in Turkey, his victory in the Nedbank Challenge and a tie for fourth last week in the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. He is No. 51 in the world, though he will go to No. 50 ahead of Kevin Streelman in the final ranking of thee year.ddddddddddddommy Fleetwood has eight top-15 finishes in his last 13 events, including a fourth-place finish in Thailand. He is at No. 52.Fleetwood is playing the Dubai Open, and he could pass Willett for the 50th spot in the world ranking depending on how he fares.The top 50 in the final world ranking of the year get invitations to the Masters. Streelman will fall out of the top 50, though he already has earned a spot at Augusta National next year with his victory at the Travelers Championship.___RICKIE IN THE UAE: Rickie Fowler is starting 2015 with back-to-back weeks in the desert — but in two parts of the world.Fowler is the latest American to sign up for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Jan. 15-18. After taking the following week off, he will make his U.S. debut in the Phoenix Open before what amounts to a home game at Torrey Pines.Im looking forward to it, Fowler said. Ive never been there. Ive heard good things. The world ranking points are good. And I look at it as an opportunity to see other places. This is one of those times to do it.Tiger Woods played in Abu Dhabi in 2012 and 2013, while Phil Mickelson was a runner-up at Abu Dhabi in 2014.___ANNIKA DESIGN: Annika Sorenstams golf project hits close to home. Annika Course Design has been hired to build a seaside course 20 minutes outside the capital of Estonia, a project geared around a family leisure resort and spa.Sorenstam, a 10-time major champion from Sweden, will be working with European Golf Design on the Annika Course at Estonian Golf & Country Club. It is to open in 2019 along with 50 of the planned 150 rooms at the resort.This will be her fifth golf course design overseas, and her first in Europe.Its exciting to be designing my first golf course in Europe, especially one that is close to home, Sorenstam said. The golf industry has been talking a lot about the need to develop golf facilities that are more flexible and family friendly, and Estonian Golf & Country Club is actually making it happen.The course will replace the clubs existing nine-hole course and complement the Sea Course, a qualifying site for the 2011 World Cup.___DIVOTS: The Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua is sharing the good fortune for an ace. If a player makes a hole-in-one on the par-3 eighth hole during the tournament, the player gets a 2015 Hyundai Genesis 5.0 and his caddie will receive a 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. The bad news? Lucas Glover in 2006 is the only player to make an ace on No. 8 during competition. ... A scholarship has been created to honour Ron Balicki, the former Golfweek magazine writer who died in April of cancer. The Ron Balicki Scholarship will be given each year at the NCAA Championship to honour and encourage journalism and writing students with an interest in writing about college and amateur golf. ... Padraig Harrington has received an exemption to the Phoenix Open.___STAT OF THE WEEK: Brendon de Jonge has played 72 tournaments worldwide the last two years, the most of anyone in the top 100 in the world ranking.___FINAL WORD: I cant remember the golf course because I was only 9 years old. The only thing about the golf course that I remember is that I got blown over on one of the tee boxes and Dad had to pick me up. — Charley Hull, who won a Ladies Golf Union championship at Turnberry in 2005. The links course will host the Ricoh Womens British Open next year. ' ' '