European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 stars and stripes tuesday March 11, 1986 wins bean doral title in playoff Miami a Andy bean Given life when Hubert Green bogeyed three of the last four holes in regulation play won the doral Eastern open sunday with a Birdie putt on the fourth playoff Hole. Bean a runner up last week and the Veteran Green the current pea Cham Pion each finished the regulation 72 holes at 276, 12 shots under Par on do ral s Blue monster course. The Victory was Worth $90,000 from the total purse of $500,000. Green won$54,000. Green the third round Leader had a 2 shot Lead with four holes to go. He and bean each 3-putted for bogey on the 15th and on the 16th, Green bogeyed from a Bunker dropping his Lead to one stroke. On the 18th, after bean drove into the right rough Green hooked his tee shot into the water. He dropped out put his next into a Bunker and came out to about 15-18 feet after bean had 2-putted for Par and dropped his putt for the bogey he needed to Force the playoff. It was a great putt a Gutty putt. I knew it was in the moment he hit it bean said. Tom Kite a former doral Eastern Winner missed his Chance for a spot in the playoff when his Putter went sour Over the last few holes. I hit the Ball very very Well and could t even seem to scare the Hole with a putt Kite said after a bogey on the 18th Hole had dropped him on stroke behind. I played much better than the 71 i posted. It was a very disappointing Day he said. Kite finished with a 277 total and was tied for third with Mark o Meara. It was another two shots Back to Mac o Grady and Mike Sullivan tied at 279. A photo Oral Eastern open Winner Andy bean. Birdie putt on fourth playoff Hole Worth $90,000 Inkster captures Kemper Princeville Hawaii up Juli Inkster shot a closing 2-under-Par 70 Sun Day for a 72-Hole total of 276 to capture the $300,000 women s Kemper open by one stroke Over Amy Alcott. Inkster who earned $45,000 for the Vic tory started the final round Over the 6,210 Yard Princeville Makai course on the Island of Kauai in a tie with Marci Bozarth. She fell behind by two strokes on the front nine but birdied the 10th and 11th holes to take the Lead for Good. Alcott Winner of the 1982 who shot a final round 69, including a Birdie on the last Hole to take second place one stroke ahead of Bozarth and Chris Johnson. Bozarth had a closing 72 and Johnson had a 70. Joanne Garner made the Day s biggest charge shooting a 66 to finish alone in fifth place at 279. Betsy King who won the who two years ago when the event was played on the Island of Maui was sixth at 281. Inkster who has finished in the top 10 three times in five 1986 tournaments including a second place finish in the Sarasota open was two strokes behind Bozarth after six holes but had a two stroke swing with a Birdie on the Par 4, 345-Yard eighth Hole which Bozarth bogeyed. She increased her Lead to two with a Birdie on the Par 4, 349-Yard 10th and to three on the 11th with another Birdie. She parred the rest of the Way with Al Cott moving into second on birdies at the 14th and 18th. Johnson who played even through the first 13 holes birdied the 14th and 17th holes to tie for third. I started slow but i was aggressive coming in said Inkster who has won five tournaments in four years on the tour. At the turn Inkster and Bozarth were deadlocked with Alcott a shot Back but consecutive birdies by Inkster on 10 and 11 turned the tournament around. Sayre fakes inaugural la. Marathon los Angeles up Ric Sayre who won the Long Beach Marathon just 35 Days before came Back sunday to capture the inaugural los Angeles Marathon by 28 seconds Over Tanzania s Idamis Shahana. Sayre of Ashland ore., took the Lead in the 10th mile and held it through the 26.2 mile event which stretched through Down town Chinatown Hollywood and onto a portion of the olympic course. Sayre was timed in 2 hours 12 minute Sand 59 seconds. Shahana who won the los Angeles International Marathon in 1984, was second in 2 13.27. New zealand s Rod Dixon the 1983 new York Marathon Winner was third in 2 14.48. I recover Well for marathons said Sayre. I tend to do Well when i run a lot. I race More because i Don t do a lot of speeder track Nancy Ditz the United states National Marathon Champion last year won the women s division in 2 36.27. Christa Vahlensieck of West Germany was second and Belgium s Magda hands was third. An estimated 8,200 runners began the first sanctioned Marathon in the City s his tory. Thousands of people welcoming a break in the Pacific storms that have brought heavy rain lined the route in temperatures in the Low 60s. Sayre 32, won his ninth Marathon. Among his previous victories were the 1985 Ottawa and san Francisco marathons. He won the Long Beach twice before this year in 1983 and 1984. It s All ahead of me said Sayre who will run again in five weeks in Stamford Conn. Five years ago my Best was 2 17." West Germany s Eberhard Weyel took the Early Lead in the race which began and ended outside the coliseum site of track and Field events and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 olympic games. Sayre crossed the 10-mile Mark in 50 47,69 seconds ahead of the West German. He in creased his advantage to almost a half minute at mile 12, then stretched it to More than one minute through 16 Miles. Sayre passed the 20 mile Mark in 1 40.30 and held off a closing Shahana Over the final three Miles a route that covered a identical to that of the olympic Marathon. To lure the so called elite runners the race offered the first male and female Fin Isher prize packages valued at $41,500. Sayre and Ditz each received a Mercedes Benz Worth $25,000, air travel on Twa Worth $5,000, camera and accessories Worth $1,500 and $10,000 in Cash. I was nervous about the temperature said Ditz who prefers a cooler Northern California Day. I wanted to be careful notto fall Arias win lifts . Into Davis cup quarterfinals by Bob Greene a Tennis writer Jimmy Arias used his first Davis cup Victory to lift the United states Over Ecuador and into the quarterfinals of the world group Tennis Competition. After the first set i did t think Ecuador s Raul Viver could come Back Arias said after his easy 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 Victory sunday in the fifth and deciding match. I Felt very Good physically and in Good spirits even though i knew i had to decide the Arias win boosted the United states to a j-2 decision Over Ecuador in the Best of five match series played on the slow red courts in Guayaquil. Earlier sunday Ecuador s top player Andres Gomez had Defeated american Aaron Krickstein 3-6, 7-5, 6-1, 7-5 to knot the Competition at two Vic tories apiece. The United states will play Mexico which wrapped up a 3-2 Victory Over West Germany monday when teenager Leonardo Lavalle finished up a comeback five set Vic tory Over Michael Westphal in a match was halted by darkness sunday. Lavalle triumphed 8-10, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker had knotted the series for West Germany when he Defeated Mexico s Francisco Maciel 6-3, 6-1,6-1 in sunday s first reverse singles. Sweden seeking its third consecutive title in the prestigious International Tennis Competition will play Italy in the world group quarterfinals. Mats Wilander the reigning French open Champion crushed Michael Tausen 6-2, 6-2 and Joakim Nystrom stopped mor ten Christensen 7-5, 6-1 to finish off swe Den s 5-0 sweep of Denmark. On monday Claudio Zanatta Defeated Hugo Chapalu 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 to give Italy an unbeatable 3-1 Lead against Paraguay. Francisco Gonzalez and Victor Pecci teamed up sunday to capture the doubles 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 Over Zanatta and Gianni Ocleppo for Paraguay s first Victory in the Best of five match series. In other world group matches austra Lia downed new zealand 4-1, Britain ousted spam 4-1, Yugoslavia edged the soviet Union 3-2 and Czechoslovakia Defeated India 4-1. In the quarterfinals Australia will play at Britain and Czechoslovakia will be a Yugoslavia. In earlier second round play in the american zone Chile nipped Canada 3-2 Peru stopped Colombia 4-1 and Argentina clobbered Uruguay 5-0
