European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 17 36 holes of bogey free Golf Littler pads pea Lead to 2 strokes by Ira Miller Pebble up Gene the Man they Call the machine or his reliable stretched his string of bogey free holes to 36 with a 3 undo rear 69 Friday and took a two stroke Lead after two rounds of the pea Champi one of the select group of is play ers who have won More than a million Dol Lars on the pro Golf had a total of eight strokes under Par for the Yards of Seaside terror that make up the Pebble Beach Golf he made birdies at three of Pebble beaches four par5 holes and was the Only player in a starting held of 141 profession Alsin last of the years four major events thai make up golfs grand to reach the 36hoic Mark without a Jerry a Journeyman whose vie 2dround pea scores Pebble Upo after Ira f of pea on the 4mb Yard Beach Lory two weeks ago at Philadelphia was Only his second in a decade on slipped into second place at 138 with a second round so Many things can happen on this Golf course that i be comfortable with that Lead unless i was on the 18ti Green of the final said a 47yearold California native who has been playing competitively at Pebble Amateur and for three he birdied the 502yard second Hole from eight the 516yard sixth from 1v4 and the 544yard the famed horror by the from is other than it was mostly a routine Littler round that could have been much better since he missed four Birdie putts of eight feet or i didst play quite As Well As but 1 got plenty out of the Littler Littler had just one moment of difficulty when he pushed his 2lron tee shot at the 202yard 12th into a tree and it landed on a flattened out Gopher when i saw i was ready to take a four bogey and go to the next lit Tler but he nit a marvelous shot to within 10 feet of the Hole and Sank the putt for Jack a frustrated runner up in both the masters and British opens this shot a 71 and shared third place at 140 with com backing Lanny who had a 71 of his own and complained bitterly about the pin in near the and i dont have to do any heroics tomorrow although id like said a Winner of four pea titles and a record 16 major championships but none since the 197s pea Gene Jerry Tom Wawn Ai of Eiberger Jov Fitman Sorfy to burp Ray Don ton ankle Bruce Liet fhe Wihr Billy Casper Laj Branim Arnold Pinner or run Ulster Tom Kate Bill Krausm Wally Armstrong George Boddy Nic Noli de in two Simons Phi for Randi Graham Juii i Borov me Bruce Rotter a it die i Wiit Bob boo Payne Jim Tom Weiskopf Butch bated Bud Jonn Scutro Turr sumy boo Duden his j 74149 is 71so 77 71 75 7s he 8 71 71 of to Send Shopay to in farm team Baltimore up Tom Shopay has been designated for assignment to Roches Ter of the International league to make room on the Baltimore Oriole roster for Al who was reinstated Friday from the 15diy supplemental disabled team officials said it is their intention to assign Shopay to the red wings with the understanding that he will by reacquired when the roster limit is expanded from 25 to 40 on four players were next at 141 including Tom who had to play with mostly borrowed clubs for the second Day in a Row while he awaited repairs on his own the worlds Best player in suffered one serious lapse when he fell asleep and took four from the fringe at the 16th he had a others in the 141 group were Al who won this title in Charles the 1971 Mas ters and Joe go Iberger shot 70 in fridays mostly overcast Goody 71 and Inman Gil Morgan shot 68 and was lied at 142 with Longballa hitters George Cadle and fuzzy who playing together both Felt Back when they made double bogey s at the 209yard 17th Cadlac had 73 Friday and Zoeller Jerry the Rookie sensation of a year tournament players Champion ship Winner Mark Hayes and com backing former masters Champ George Archer were at a Large group at even club fiasco explained Elk Grove up inadvertent human error was cited As the reason for the problem with the Golf dubs disallowed for the current pea championship in Pebble Allen president of the ram Golf which manufactured the said the problem stemmed from the custom grinding of some clubs made for touring the specifications for grinding the clubs called for grooves in the club face of 35 Loo Oths of an Inch in the size allowed by Urga Hansberger explained in tracing the inaccuracy on these particular clubs it was found that while the specifications conformed to Urga the club face was inadvertently ground a fraction less than the Only the clubs used exclusively by tour professionals were according to who added that any tour Fessio nals affected by the discrepancy would have their clubs corrected or re Gene Littler masters Pebble Beach machine under after two rounds recent qualifying school Grad pacing Golf Field after 36 by Steve Wilstein up Betsy fresh out of Lyga qualifying gave a gallery which included her Mother and father a thrill on the eve of her 22nd birthday with a 5undcrpar 67 taking a on stroke Lead Over Mary Mills after two rounds of the Long Island Charity none of the spectators besides Kings from a both ered to follow the recent graduate of Furman who was named the schools woman scholar athlete of the but Kings two round total of six under was Good enough to hold off first round Leader Mills 6871 who won an unofficial for Fin Ishing second among 45 at qualifying school two weeks has More than Mills to be concerned about in the 72hole tour Ney Al time Money Leader Kathy Whit who has earned More official prize Money than since she turned pro when King was just four years fired a 68 to put her with Jane Sandra Post and Joann Washam at 4 underpay i spite her Lack of Kings round had the Mark of quiet professional ism she had five no bogeys and never she missed Only one the same 10th she birdied when she hooked into a Sand but a 20 foot putt rolled in to save Par yesterday i missed three or four King said of her first round in a professional and i three putted but the wind was different today and the holes played with the Large greens you have to make sure you use the right clubs i checked that out pretty Well and in hitting with the right clubs the blonde dressed in a Pink top on Page 20 included Lee Johnny Don Billy Casper and Lou this tournament is let tiers first appearance in the tour since the Western open in where he lied for 66th he didst pick up a Golf club for the next 4vi weeks because of problems with his lower and now says he feels Fine after some treatment by a but a Little problem with his Back is hardly something big for the Man who beat five of his 29 career Vic including the Houston open this have come since he returned to the tour in his Only major championship was the open in who still celebrating his Phila Delphia Victory been kind of a second he built his score around an Eagle three at the 502yard second where he smashed a 4wood from the left rough to within eight feet of the driving mostly with a 3wood or 1iron to avoid the Ocean Haz Ards and out abounds that can Lead to disaster on any had two birdies against a single Arnold still struggling and hoping for the Only major title he never has shot 73 Friday and had a 145 Hay Floyd was at Tom Weiskopf had 72149 and defending Champion Dave Stockton open Champion Hubert Green and Gary player barely sur Vived the 36hole Cut at both shooting 77s Tom nieporte and Bob Zender both made but that didst help them make the nieporte aced the 164 Yard fifth with a 5iron and Zender got his at the 202yard 12th with a
