European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March the stars and stripes kit Page 25 Stephenson wins Fop prize up Stephenson struggled Toa 3overpar 75 but held on to capture a Lyga tournament by one stroke Over three the event was held at the Oak Mont country club Stephenson earned and won for the first time since her Triumph in the 1983 her total of two Over 290 was the highest winning score on the Lyga tour this a stroke behind the Winner were Amy Barbara moxness and Pat Alcott and moxness shot 71s and Bradley had a final round in third place was Nancy who shot a 73 and was at 4over Stephenson Day with a three stroke Lead Over Becky Pear Bonnie Lauer and moxness who led the tourney after two rounds before shooting a disastrous 78 sat Stephenson bogeyed miss ing a Threefoot but parred the 427yard par5 18th Hole for the Vic Navratilova tops Sutkova in final new York up Martina Navra still the undisputed Queen of Wom ens used a single service break in each set sunday to defeat Helena Sutkova 64 to Complete a successful de sense of the Virginia slims championships played at Madison Square despite persistent and hopeful ports that the rest of the world was narrow ing the Gap behind Navratilova showed once again that she is far and above All in the the 28yearold lefthand or picked up another for the week to surpass the million Mark in career Navratilova once again frustrated an Experiment to see How women would fare in a Besto five last the first time it was she also completed business in three sets against Chris Evert gaining further revenge for her loss to Sutkova in the australian open last was virtually impregnable on her in addition to the singles Navratilova earned for sharing the doubles title with Pam and she picked up Bonus Pool Money of for singles and for doubles As Well As incentive Money for playing in More than the minimum number of Virginia slims this brought her years total to and her career winnings to Birdie on 18th gives strange Las vegas Las a Curtis strange rolled in a 6to8 foot Birdie putt on the 90th Hole for the richest prize in Ameri can and the title sunday in the Panasonic Las vegas invitational tour Stranges last Hole saluted with clenched finished off a round of 5underpar 66 and provided him with a on stroke Victory Over Longshot Mike strange claimed his second title of the season he won the other a month ago in the Honda classic with a 338 17 shots under Par on the Las vegas country club the the seventh of his enabled him to join Lanny Wadkins and Mark Omeara As the double winners this season and stamped him a prime candidate in two important future events the Mas ters and next weeks tournament players the huge first the winners share of a total purse of lifted Stranges earnings to a career High for the a 34yearold moved into Contention with birdies on his last four finishing with a 66 and a 339 who haunt made expenses in his career until he tied for sixth in last years Byron Nelson collected for the bid that fell one stroke that More than hed won in his five season tour in delighted to finish he Tom Watson was considerably less in a six time player of the year and five time British open held the Lead through the third and fourth rounds of this five Day but  make anything happen on this sunny he remained until he drove out of into a construction on the 12th it led to a double a bogey from a Bunker on the next Hole killed his chances for his first Victory of the but he was not Jay Haas was within one stroke of the Lead late in the then pumped his Sec Ond shot into the water on the par5 Fin Ishing made double bogey7 and drifted Well and then there was Billy playing on Brac supported had stayed near the leaders for the first 72 holes and was paired with strange and Watson in the last his dreams ended on a dismal string of four consecutive bogeys in the Middle of the he finished with a 74 and was six a photo Martina Navratilova displays the winners trophy three service Breaks ended Helena Zukovas title Hopes off the Pace at Mac the Man who made 17 tries at the pea qualifying school before gaining his playing came on to take third at 340 after a closing Watson birdied the 18th Hole to match Par 71 and tied for fourth with Fred Cou Ples at couples closed with a australian Greg Norman was next at 67 with a tied with open Champion fuzzy Zoeller at Zoeller shot a the Best round of the who said he never really Felt i was in the came out of the pack with his closing he birdied the 15th and 16th holes from about 12 had a 2foot Tapin for Birdie on the 17lh and boldly challenged the water on the hitting his second shot to the Green and then 2putting for birdie4 from perhaps 7080 my Caddy wanted me to Lay he but id never had a Chance to win a tournament and maybe i never will so i figured id go for that Birdie put him in a tic with who was playing behind after driving into the gallery on the Laid up with his then lofted a Sand wedge to within six feet of the cup my Best shot of the he he then made the putt for the Winner and the biggest prize on the january captures seniors event with 3 eagles Sun City a Don january carded three eagles and tied the course record with an 8underpar 64 to hold off Gene Littler and win the senior pea tour Roundup Here captured his 17th senior title with a 198 total three shots in front of who had a Hole none in route to a final round 66 and 201 total on the Par Hillcrest Golf the firs place Money boosted january atop the Money earnings with and a combined career total of Littler earned Orville Moody was third after his final round of 70 gave him a 205 defending Champion Billy Casper and Doug Ford tied for fourth at nine shots off the january bogeyed the second Hole and fell into a tie at 9under with Littler and Littler then aced the 202yard third Hole with a 3iron and birdied the fourth Hole to take a three stroke but january birdied the fifth and sixth holes and then Sank an 18foot putt for his first Eagle on the 530yard seventh Hole to regain a on stroke Lead Over january went ahead by three shots with an Eagle 3 on Only to see Littler reduce it to two strokes with a Birdie on the 11 the january came Back and took a command ing four stroke Lead on the par5 13th Hole hitting a 2iron to within 15 then sinking the putt for his third Littler closed the margin again to two shots with birdies on 14 and 15 and narrowly missed another Birdie on the 16th january played 9underpar through the fifth and 13th Johns from Page 21 trying to get the Ball in it was harder than i for his he can dominate a that kind of unbelief said Mullin after the finish of the Western a member of the olympic basketball team last Mullin said winning the West brought the same thrill As winning at the 1984 games in los its been More than four years for me to he you think about this As soon As you Start playing this is the to get to the final Johns will play East regional Winner Georgetown in one with Midwest Champion Memphis state taking on Southeast Winner Villanova saturday at it will be the fourth clash this year Between the who lost their first game of the season at Home against Georgetown won the other two seeded Only eighth in the Southeast produced the most knocking off to seeded which had been ranked second nationally to Georgetown in the final and fifth seeded in the championship game the wildcats came on Strong in the second half to put North Carolina state on the sidelines with its 6960 Georgetown toppled Georgia tech 6054 in the East title game and Memphis state held on to Edge Oklahoma 6361 in the Midwest showdown