European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Chens disaster makes open history when the 85th open began at Oakland Hills last a touring pro known As Tze Chung Chen was among the most obscure golfers in the not for on the 527yard Sec Ond he hit a 3wood that rolled into the cup for the first double Eagle 2 in open but Only a few dozen people witnessed when we got up to the his Mike says there were maybe 25 people off to what is believed to be the fastest Start in open history 3under Par after two and 4 under after a Birdie 2 at the 199yard third Hole Chen shot a seven underpay 65 to Lead the first open he had Ever played asked later if he were nervous about his sudden he i dont think he but maybe last Day if in in the last when sundays final round As the open Leader by two teed off with Andy North in the last but with a Birdie 4 on his favorite second he increased his Lead Over North to four that margin continued through the fourth Hole and when Chen hit what he Calls Good Driver into the Fairway of the 457yard par4 fifth he appeared to be in but then he incurring a penalty stroke for having struck the Ball twice on the same Chen had a a quadruple bogey 8 there to fall into a tie with North for the then he bogeyed each of the next three holes to drop three strokes Chen rallied to tie Dave Barr for the Lead after a Birdie 4 at the 12th but in the the quadruple bogey 8 haunted he would finish with a 77 sunday As the 1978 open won his second open on the 17th North salvaged a Par 3 when he nearly holed a Long Uphill Bunker then bogeyed the 18th Hole for a 74 and one under Par for the 72 holes and one stroke ahead of Barr and Denis the oddity of norths Triumph is that he has won Only three pea tour events his two open titles and the 1977 Westchester husky and North resembled a movie sheriff As he walked Oakland Hills to his Victo Dave Anderson if the actor Gary Cooper had been a he would have been but in his North had to share the stage with the quadruple bogey 8 that put Chen into open lore Chens 8 at the fifth Hole sunday will be coupled in open history with Sam Sneads 8 at the 18th Hole that Cost him the 1939 open at the Spring Mill course of the Philadelphia country club the 8 that has haunted Snead Ever for All his glorious triumphs All Over the Snead always had a Gap in his record of never having won the and now Chen knows what its like to take an 8 with the open at hitting his approach shot from the fifth Chen appeared to hit the shot that every Duffer fears a or at least a his Ball veered to the right into the Trees not far from the if anything unnerves a golfer More than a its the uncertainty of the next shot after having hit a the toughest shot in some pros like to is the shot after the on his shot after the unable to lift the Ball High because of a Trees overhanging plopped his Ball into the High grass to the right Side of the perhaps 40 feet from the although Clear of the Chen settled into the rough for his fourth As he took his his shoes and the club head of his Sand wedge disappeared in the High when he the Ball Hung in the air where it was struck by his club head if a players club strikes the Ball More than once in the course of a read the rules of the player shall count the stroke and add a penalty making two strokes in struck in Chens Ball chromed to the left and landed in Shorter grass near the although he had swung Only four the penalty stroke had put him there in trying to Hole the Ball to save a he chipped his Ball running about 5 feet by the he missed the putt coming then tapped in for an 8 on the the mighty had struck out on the fifth and somewhere in this promised Snead must have been Back in Snead was leading the open at Spring Mill As he stood on the 18th Tec in the final two years earlier at Oakland Hills he had finished second to Ralph Guldahl by two but now All he needed was a Par 5 to but in those years before he didst know and when he heard a Roar accompany Byron Nelsons putt from up at the 18th he thought he needed a Birdie to straining for Snead hooked his drive into the after he kept chopping the Ball through the rough and the bunkers until he barely got his fifth shot on the he putted to within 3 but missed he tapped in his third putt for the 8 that he has remembered All his As it Craig Wood and Denny Shute tied at 284 the next Day Nelson won a 36holc As it developed North won the open while Oakland Hills regained its reputation As a monster of an open through the first 36 31 subpar rounds were but in saturdays rain soaked third Only six subpar rounds and in sundays final none of the golfers on the Leader Board at the Start of the Day were under of Only Watson had a Par of the 153 golfers who teed off Only North finished with a 72hole total under As if refreshed by saturdays Oakland Hills got off the Canvas to Knock out All the challengers except the open Champion and after having been embarrassed by Chens double Eagle 2 in the opening round at its second it got even at the fifth Hole when the quadruple bogey 8 embarrassed new York times North waited seven years Tor pea tour Triumph up seven years without a much of that time spent in can really Hurt a on big Andy North said he finally got the Monkey off my in a scene reminiscent of his last North gamely held on to win his second open by a single shot despite a bogey on the final Hole and a closing 4overpar there were some Days i wondered if id win North referring to the right Elbow that troubled him for several years and sorely hampered his but Ive always been a i believe if you work hard enough Good things will i worked hard last every and i got when youre playing Well and feel it has a snowballing effect in a positive when you dont feel and youre not playing and you dont want to go to the Golf it snowballs the other North underwent surgery in the fall of 1983 to remove a Bone Spur from his right he suffered through his worst year in earning Only earlier this he tied for sixth in the hawaiian and he is playing with out pain for the first time in seven norths last tour Victory came at the 1978 at Cherry Hills in North bogeyed the final had a final 74 and won by one to finally win any and especially the open its just great to get the Monkey off my said who is 6 foot4 and 200 in tired of an swering questions Why in playing so this is a step in the right but its still hard to make up for Uncle Sam didst Send me any get Well started sundays final round two shots behind Leader Tsechung he immediately lost another stroke with a bogey on the opening he was trailing by four shots at the fifth Hole when Chen made a quadruple allowing North to move into a tie for the Chen opened the door for a lot of North its a Freaky thing that Ive done it too Many North had trouble taking Adan he want playing missing nine of the first 10 fairways and All but four for the and he bogeyed three consecutive holes starting at 9 to fall Back into third but a Good Sand wedge on the 12th Hole suddenly turned his game despite a bogey on the and he birdied the 13th with a 10foot putt Only his second Birdie open from Page 21 and Only one of the two par3 who has thrived on the second Hole at Oakland got Home at that 527 par5 Hole with a 2iron 20 feet from the pin and two putted for a Birdie that put him 8under Par for 56 Over for the he played 2 at 5under getting his historic double Eagle on the first a Par 5 on the second out of a Bunker and a Birdie each of the last two Chen went into the third Hole leading by four shots Over who parred after the two parred the third and fourth Chen made his three worst shots in succession and he took an unusual quadruple bogey 8 at the rather par4 that Hole started harmlessly enough for who drove the Middle of the then he pushed his Iron approach Way to the his Ball settled in deep rough near the gallery ropes Back and right of a big tree trunk and about 30 feet from the Edge of the it appeared that he caught his club head in the ground during his backswing into his second shot at on Bis third he needed a pitch be tween the big tree to his left and another Large tree about 20 feet to the there was plenty of room for him to go Between and reach the although it might have been difficult to get close to the pin set about 10 feet off the Edge of the Green nearest but he did not hit the Ball firmly enough with his and the Ball never reached the fringe of the he was still in deep wet grass about four feet Short of the it was stupid Chen i have to Chip the get the Ball on the Green and two putt for a attempting to make a High pitch to the Green Chen took his stroke with a Short backswing and popped the Ball straight in two following North said he Felt Comfort Able with his and believes his 13 years on the tour helped him to the it want Only the open experience of but having the Chance to win other times and screwing he 1 probably had five or six Good shots to and Ive managed to mess up one Way or the Victory was Worth to North and pushed him Over the million Mark in career earnings with North also is the 15th Man to win at least two he has won Only one other the 1977 Westchester and because of this his credentials As an open Champion were the players never questioned my win North this will take the heat off other As he continued his follow through on his fourth stroke with the Sand he struck the Ball again and the Ball kicked dead left to the Short fringe of the he was penalized one stroke for hitting the Ball More than once on the same stroke so he was 5 and still not on the he chipped 5 feet by the missed the putt coming Back and finally holed out his Sec Ond putt for an 8 that dropped him Back to a tie with North at the amazing part of this misfortune was that Chen wore a pleasant smile As he walked to his second putt on the fifth he looked up at the crowd ringing the Green As if to what can i do that