European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 21, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 Green wins . Open by a stroke Lyga title despite Telephone threat on his life captured by Rankin continued from Page it Green rolled Home the Weiskopf who had to rally from dragged Start also birdied three in a Row coming Home got to within two stroke with two to play but finished Par bogey his shoulders slumped and a sad Wistful expression on his face when he missed the Par putt on 18.he was third alone at 281 with a closing Tom Purtzer 25, who emerged from obscurity with an Early season Victory in the los Angeles open also challenged , too once closed to within a single snot but hooked his tee shot out of Bounds on the14th Hole and dropped Back in the pack with a double bogey five. Purtzer was fourth at 72-282. A pair of outsiders tour Rookie Jay Haas and Gary Jacobson a physical fitness de Votee and a refugee from the mini Tours were next tied for fifth at 283. They never really got in the Chase for the most coveted title in the world however. Neither did the group at 284. They included masters Champion Tom Watson who shot a closing 67, Lyn Lott 70, an Terry Diehl 74. Andy bean started the Day one shot Backof Hubert and alone in second. He three putted for bogey on the first Hole however and never recovered. Bean finished with a 79 that left him far Back at 288.jack Nicklaus who now must wait an other year for a try at a record Matching fourth american National championship never really got in the Hunt after an open ing 74. He simply could t make anything happen bogeyed the 18th for the a Row and shot a 72 that left him at 285. He was tied at that figure with Al gel Berger the Man who shot that landmark 59 a week ago. Geiberger was 10 stroke higher in this round. Arnold Palmer the 47-year-old living legend who was within a single shot of the Lead after the first 18 holes received award standing ovation As he approached the 18th Green. It brought a glimpse of the famous smile before a finished out a 72 and 287.lee Trevino and Johnny Miller were at How they finished Hubert grown Lou Grahm Tom Wal Shopf Tom Purter Jay a n arose Tom Wotton Lyn Lett Terry Diehl at Golb Tref Mir wet Mccullough Jack Nickous Hod fun urn Gary Peytr St tvs Melnyk Jot injun will Armstrong Jerry Mcge Bill k Valieri Arnold pm a Brut Wituk Man Simk so att amt Andy bean go but War Coorg Money pm Trevino j comm Tom kit John litter Rod Cun or am War intr Joni Al Arentino Mohn a Irwin a Rte Jim Donl bin Croatia Morris hat Alky Bill Millon Undy Miller co e. 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Clutch putt won it 290, Trevino with a closing 73, Miller with76. Hale Irwin had 72-293 and Ben Cren Shaw 79-296. Jerry Pate 1976 open Cham Pion failed to qualify for the final two , who collected $45,000 from the total purse of $275.000, started off As if he Drun away with it. He was following his game plan to the letter stay in front Anklet the rest catch him. He once had a four shot Lead but consecutive bogeys on the ninth and 10th put him in jeopardy first from Purtzer. Then fro Graham and Weiskopf. Purtzer s bid failed and died on a Hoo that sailed out of Bounds. Green s Chip that set up the Birdie Fouron the 16th was important but the round and the tournament was built around two putts in the four foot Range. Of All the thousands of shots hit in the four Days of Competition those two settled the Issue and gave Green the major title he so desperately desired. Graham missed one of those Short knee knockers that As it turned out. Would have tied it. And Green made one from about the same distance that he had to have to win it. Graham playing Well in front of Green had reeled off consecutive birdies on putts of 10.18 and 5 feet and closed to within two strokes of the Lead before he hooked his drive deep into the Trees on the 17th. Head to play a trick shot out. He was faced with i lie on Hardpan the necessity to Hoo kit keep it Low and thread his Way through a narrow Tunnel of three Iron shot was almost perfect. It performed the needed gymnastics hooked around a Bunker and came to rest Only four feet from the Flag. But Graham missed the Birdie putt and Hubert Stilt had life the Lead and breathing also got into mild Contention with his Birdie string but took himself out of it with the bogey on 18. Green Riding a two stroke Lead wit Graham in the clubhouse needed Only to Par the last two holes to Clinch it. But i Twain t that easy. No. 17 went by after Graham s wish that Hubert does t play 18 Safe Green gothic approach on that Hole in a Sand trap. His explosion shot almost carried across the Green. Now he was faced with getting Down into putts on a grass stick Green. His first was Short three possibly four feet had to have this one to avoid a playoff. After getting permission to fix a hallmark he went to the weapon that in the final analysis won it for him his Putter of advanced but unknown age. And he made the putt. Noblesville. Bid. A Judy Rankin overcame a double bogey on the first Hole sunday and beat Jane Blalock by two strokes to win the ladles professional Golf association 32-year-old texan pulling away from the opposition on the final nine holes shot a 72 on the 6,044-Yard Harbor Trees Golf club for a four under Par total of 212.she was one Over Par on the first nine but moved into the Lead with a Birdie on the12th Hole the first place prize of $7.500 in the $50,-000 tourney boosted her 1977 earnings past the $68,000 Mark. It was the third Victory of the year or the first woman to earn $100, 000 in a single african Sally Uuie was third at one-underpar215.hometown favorite Sandra Spuzich tied for fourth at 216 with Kathy fairer an Penny Pulz who had the Best round of the final Day with a 69. 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Api Steve Cauthen i heading Back to new York and to the sport he captivated before an injury sidelined him a month ago. The 17-year-old Cauthen was the nation s leading thoroughbred jockey with 275 victories before be fog injured in a may23 spill at Belmont Park. In that mishap. Cauthen suffered a broken wrist and cuts Over his right Eye and on his right hand. But the hurts Are behind him and Cau then fresh from a Florida vacation is ready to get Back to work. I feel Good said Cauthen. I feel rested and Strong. I m just going to go Back and ride like 1always did he added. I m not going to change my style and i want to keep trying to learn. I Haven t reached the Point where i think i Don t have things to fans might wonder if Cauthen will be the same rider he was before the spill but the Young jockey in t worried. I be been around horses so Long Andi be had other accidents said Cauthen. When you re knowledgeable about some thing and you know things happen like that it does t scare in t bothered either by the impending loss of his five Pound apprentice weight allowance. I be got Confidence in myself. As Longas the trainers keep putting their Confidence in me. I see no he said he planned to return to new York either monday or tuesday and will Gallop horses for a while before returning to Competition. I want to be at 100 per cent when i Starback said Cauthen. Who has been exercising to strengthen his think the Salt water in Florida really helped me he said. Besides being rest it really rehabilitated my hand. Every Day the swelling would go Down. Was although the broken Bones and Cut were a dear Price to pay Cauthen said the rest was times i was so tired i did t even want to do things that 1 love to do he re called. After a while you get to a Point where you re almost totally a while 1 needed the courageous wins two More in America s cup prelims Newport . A the courageous with Atlanta braves owner Ted Turner at the Helm made a late surge to Edge out the Enterprise by two feet completing a two race sweep sunday in the second Day of preliminary races for Amer Ica s cup the first race. Courageous got a one second jump at the Start and stretched that Lead to 44 seconds rounding the first Mark and coasted Home 45 seconds ahead of the Enterprise. The second race was much closer with courageous beating enter prise by one half of a second after being behind for most of the , in his usual outspoken Way said lie made up a 23-second difference in the final Windward leg of the second race be cause Enterprise skipper Lowell North failed to keep him covered staying upwind and blocking the Enterprise can t tack with us Turner said. First of All they Don t we get ahead of them we cover and slam failing to engage in a tacking contest and keeping his opponent covered and out of the Best wind. North gave up a 30-second Lead to Independence on saturday an wound up losing the race. A does t seem As though i Learned Alesson the first Day North said. The same thing happened in the first two races so it s happened for two the new York yacht club s race com Mittee said courageous won by two feet in winds that were Between 15 and 18 , the successful defender of the America s cup in 1974, also won one of two practice starts against Enterprise on saturday Enterprise skippered by Lowell North at san Diego. Calif., split pair of races with Independence
