European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1977 the stats and stripes pet Lei 25 British open Watson match blistering go info final round deadlocked of 203 by Bob Green Turnberry Scotland a Jack Nicklaus and Tom the reigning King of world Golf and the heir matched magnificent 65s to a Teadt Ohead confrontation Friday that put them in a tic for the third found Lead in the British open it was the masters Augusta by the Irish lire fast Young gun against the Boas of the torn neither flinched to one of the games Groat in the they had to Settle Wilh match ing scores of seven under Par for three Tum Berrys temperamental Ailsa stretching Yards of eerie Beauty along the Ayrshire they now go to saturdays final round of this Loti the championship in a situation very similar to Ihler pressure packed Duel in the masters where Watson stood off Nick Laus pounding Challenge in one of golfs most thrilling displays it is completely a woman Den Crenshaw la in gentle Ben finished Birdi Birdie for a 66 that left him at Ihre strokes i just dont know How Many birdies those Guys have got Ben 1 think you know what winning this tournament would mean to so i wont dwell on Only three others were under Par at they trailed the intimidating Nicklaus and the unwed Watson by six big tied Al one under Par Are second round Leader Roger Tommy Korton of great Britain and obscure George Bur who registers out of the United has never played there and travels on an Indian Horton had a third round Burrows 68 and Maltbie what slatted As a multiple Man scram ble quickly developed into a woman Battle Between one Man who has ruled the game so Long and the other who threatens to supplant Hubert the current open was in a fou Way tie for second with Watson and Trevino when play started under threatening skies and brisk he quickly took himself out of in with a triple bogey seven on the first Hole he caught a Bunker with his second had an impossible failed to 11 blew his next Over the chipped Back and he eventually finished with a for who was struck by lightning in Chicago two years fell Back with Ner Outback Toback double bogeys on the ninth and lotto holes while Thunder rumbled in the play was held up for about half an hour moments he had a 72 i0 that tied him with defending Champion Johnny who shot a Maltbie loll victim to steady erosion with bogeys on the Llyn and 13th finally finishing with his Trio rest of the americans were Strung out Al various Ray Floyd was George bums John Schroeder Jerry Pate Hale Irwin 73214 and Tom Weiskopf 71216 and there was Arnold who switched Over to Cross banded putting in mid round in a space of six dropped Birdie putts of and 15 feel on Palmer after the he immediately picked up a Birdie at the seventh but double Bogich the next Hole when he Bun keyed his drive and took two Storkes to get out he was two Over on the front but then unleashed a five Birdie Blitz on the homeward that the lowest Back nine in open included three putts from 30 one from and the spectacular a footer at i that brought the gallery to its but the whole thing came Down to tire Brilliant Duel in the drizzle Between Nick urns and in set Golf mad scow slipping and sliding in debnou3 Over the rain sickened slopes of this sea Side they held their ground in rain and it is a classic on the one hand there is generally acknowledged As the greatest player the game has Ever Winner of a record h Malar professional titles Holder of almost All the records Worth hold Hes on the other hand there is confident the Man who refused to fold in the Winner of four american this the sea sons leading he is while the contenders they staged one of twi great Nicklaus birdied the first with a wedge to three Watson to sanded with a five Iron to six feet for Birdie on the they were tied each hit the Green on the 167yard fourth Nicklaus rammed in a 2mooler for Birdie Watson didst dropping his six footer in on lop of on the Jock engineered a two stroke Watson made bogey from a Bunker and Nicki ave two Iron shot left him a it fell for another and now Jack led by both birdied the Par five seventh with two both birdied the Nicklaus with a 25footer and Watson with a i toot Jack still led by Watson got in trouble on the huh for it appeared Nice Camri would pull but who had skipped his approach through the chipped Back to five feet and made it for no Klaus had a Curling 30foot putt Tor a it hit the hide but Slid three fed by arid missed it coming in was a three putt where Watson in danger of losing a he made up i made up another on the next scoring for 20 feet while Nicklaus missed from now they were the 16th went by in drizzling rain and on the Par five Nicklaus hit a gorgeous two Iron shot Only three feel from the Waison Gol his second within is just missed his of Etc putt and tapped in for and Only three feel from an drawing a gasp from the dripping silly Little they went to the Watson was on in two and for a routine Nicklaus sent his approach through fhe Green from deep rough feet from the chipped up to one Ite Marie the Par putt and they ended just As they locked in a at least we eliminated a few Nicklaus sold and they also set up a Man final round Battle that May have More at stake than the British they could be righting for future Domi Nance of the Milf Wiki j Tom of void tort her Syf Nicklaus British open at he and Tom Watson both shot to share the Ibler around Lead at act Tourno Menf of Stockton Post easy wins a Connors and Dick slow own scored easy victories thursday to Advance to saturdays Semi finals in the second round of the act tournament of champions Al the nearby world of Tennis at Lake Connors spotted Cliff richly a then swept him off the Stockton dispatched John Alexander in straight Connors enjoyed the unusual role o crowd favorite As the Tempe rental Richey complained Lime after tiny of linesmen a Stocky 31yearold redhead from san made the magic work against the 24yearold Connors for Only the first breaking Connors serve on his first try Richey won four Deuce games in that set introduced As the worlds 1 player in 1371 1976 and perhaps in Connors playfully called Back to the what a perhaps Richey fussed most often in the second Call the Richey shouted alter a Connors Volley went our1 the Linesman yelled Connor and advanced to the net to lecture the Donl let him intimidate the fire seemed to go out of Richey in Connors won eight straight games in the second and third breaking riches serve our str Aigbe the match had something for Ridley once ran into a to camera trying for a hard Connors glided Over the Netlon Goto his whats the clock for Richey demanded at another he contended Connors took too much time and the referee had failed to watch the court Side the referee said Connors was bouncing the Ball in preparation for his that in the process of As far Asim he Connors crowned once crawling Over the Wall and Silling Down m the grandstand after the referee overruled a Linesman who called a Richey serve Long Stockton won easier than the score Indi he broke alexanders serve once in the first set and twice in the alexanders Gamo began to unravel after a close Call on a fault went against him with the score used 33 in the lira he then lost his Servo at Stockton held his next two serves with love games to win the finishing with an he broke alexanders serve in the first game of the second and Alexan Der did not gel Back his form until the third game which he took at leading Stockton broke Alexander again in the seventh game after Alexander relied an easy kill but Alexander came Back once breaking Stockton serve and holding his own to close within Stockton then finished with a love the Winner of sundays final match will face Ken Rosewall in Madison Garden Rosewall won the first round of the 16player tournament last
