European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes june sudden death putt gives Levi Atlanta classic championship by de Shearer Atlanta a Wayne Levi said it was just what i practice All my life to do the 32yearold new yorker rolled in a 12foot Birdie putt on the second Hole of a sudden death playoff with Rookie Steve Pate sunday to capture the Georgia Pacific Atlanta Golf when you can play the last few holes when the pressures on that what its All Levi said after claiming his eighth Victory since joining the pea tour in its great to Levi he had a closing round of 67 for his 15 underpay 273 total on the at Lanta country club a 24 year old had a 69 in the final round in which play was suspended for 50 minutes by a the Victory was Worth for who had never finished better than earned Levi said he was impressed with the Way the Rookie handled Steve was hanging right in Levi that was pretty he just went about his i just beat he didst 1 was just out having Pate i have no i played better at the which surprised a few including third round co leaders Danny Edwards and tour Rookie David Frost ran into Trou Frost shot a and who had a two shot Edge after 10 shot a two time pea Champion Raymond Floyd had a slim Chance to Force it into a three Way but narrowly missed a 30foot Eagle putt on the final Green and closed with a he was left one shot behind Levi and it was Levis first Victory of the with his last Conquest coming in the open last it was Levis second playoff Victory in three attempts since joining the tour in Levi started the Dav four shots off the but got in the Chase with three Bir Dies on the front he bogeyed the 10th but came Back with birdies on the next two he then gained a tie with Pate with a Birdie on the and both players birdied the par5 Pate had earned Only in 13 pre Vious tour two Back at the Start of the scored birdies on 15 and 18 and had one bogey on the par3 a Par time race car appeared to have his fifth Victory in hand when he birdied 9 and 10 for a two shot but he then double bogeyed the then bogeyed the 12th and never got closer than two shots the rest of the Frost was Only one shot Back before taking a double bogey 6 on the a bogey on the next Hole left him six shots file photo Atlanta classic Winner Wayne Levi pockets first prize never got Back in the Mac Ogrady had a closing 69 to tie Frost for fourth Scott Simpson shot finishing in a deadlock with Edwards at tied at 278 were Jim Colbert Larry Mize Tim Simpson 69 and first round Leader Tony Sills two time open Champion Hale Irwin Sank five birdies in succession Start ing at the 11th and finished at defending Champion Tom Kite had his third 72 in a Row for a 284 fuzzy second after an opening had his problems for the third Day in a shooting a Palmer wins by 11 strokes Cleveland up defend ing Champion Arnold play ing steadily As his closest challengers Rode a bogey free 68 Sun Day to a record 11shot wire wire Victory in the senior tournament players palmers rounds of 67716868 gave him a tournament record 14 underpay bettering by two shots his total last year on the Yard par72 Canterbury Golf club i was much More confident entering the tournament last said who earned and the Sam Snead i was very Uncertain on in grateful and i got a putting tip Friday night from senior tour commissioner Deane and that the previous largest winning mar Gin was Rod Funseth 9shot Victory at the 1983 Hall of Fame suffering from an Asbestos related Chest no longer plays on the senior in thrilled to set a Standard for a winning Palmer but please note this All of us on the tour Are pulling for Gene who had five straight birdies on the front nine but faltered after the finished with a 70 to join 1983 Winner Miller Barber Lee elder 71 and Charles Owens 72 at 3under each won at 2under 286 were Art Wall Billy Australia Peter Thomson and Jack Fleck each winning Only 12 players in the 54man Field equated Par 288 or i got the closest to Arnie four Littler after my fifth i was 6 under at that Point and a couple of holes was 10 i fell apart coming in and Arnie left us behind in the Palmer bodied the second Hole after a poor club Choice left him buried in a greenside but he got the shot Back with a 20foot Bir die putt on the next the 55yearold native of then Sank Birdie putts of 10 and 25 feet on the sixth and seventh i had to do something about Gene Palmer i watched the Leader Board and saw those five Birds of and that gave me Palmer added backline birdies on the Lith and 16th Miller sets earnings Mark with 4th Lyga title Indianapolis a Alice Miller shot a 2underpar 70 claiming her fourth Victory of the year by six strokes and establishing a ladies professional Golf association record for earnings in a who had Only three victories and in her first seven years on the finished the 72hole Mayflower Clas sic with an 8under Jane Mary Beth Zimmerman and Beth Solomon shared second with a 2 Amy Benz and Lori Garbacz were the Only women to break finishing at Alice who began the final round in a tie with Miller after shooting a 67 finished at even Stepha Nie who was one stroke off the Pace after three was unable to duplicate her 68 of saturday and also faltered on the final Ritzman shared seventh at Par 288 with Sally Farwig and Amateur Martha who won the tournament in Indianapolis in had the Days Low round or 67 at the country club of Miller ended any Hopes she might falter with two consecutive birdies on the 16th and 17th sinking putts of 12 and 18 she just missed a third consecutive Birdie on the final leaving the Ball inches from the the Victory in the event was Worth that boosted Millers earn Ings for 1985 to and topped the single season record of set in 1982 by Joanne began the final round tied with Ritzman and took the Lead for Good with a Birdie on the par5 open ing Ritzman had a bogey on the and Miller maintained at least a two stroke Edge for the rest of the Miller shot a 1under 35 on her first nine she scored six two birdies and a bogey on the Back the 5foot10 Arizona state graduate from has 13 top 10 finishes in 18 starts this she had Only six bogeys for the tournament on the difficult treeline course with its Well pro tested of nearby who will be a senior at Southern methodist this was 4under and in second place with nine holes the three time Indiana High school who Hopes to qualify for the tour next was bidding to come the first Amateur Winner of an Lyga event since Carner in the 21 year old saw her Hopes fade with a bogey on the 10th and a double bogey on the next