European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes Norman slips past Mize in playoff by Iii adv Vij. A grip Norman Sank a iwo foot pull for in the sixth playoff Hole sunday to defeat Mie and win inc 5500,000 Kemper upon Polf tournament Norman s final pull was merely a formality after Mie put his approach Shol into the water Anil then dropped his next Shol into another Walcha Ard on the other Side of the ecu Norman earned s and Mic collected $5-4,000 after the longer playoff on inc pro Lour since the i s3 Phoenix open went Cit lil extra holes. Norman who started the Day three strokes behind Mic. Completed the final round with a 6-under-Par 66, then watched Asmi a barely missed a 25-foot pull on the Irth Hole that would have Given him a 68 and inc Victory. Norman and Mie who finished with la under Par 277s after four rounds Over the Par-72, 7,17.1-Yard con Gressional country club course both parted the first five extra holes. On the first Hole the 16th. Mie missed a Chance to win when his 40-foot putt for a Birdie was off by inches. Norman then extended the playoff by dropping in a 17 foot putt. On 17, it was Mie s Luin to scramble. After Landing his approach Shol in the rough he Sank a lengthy putt for Par after Norman missed a 20-foot putt for Birdie. Win when again Back Al the 16th. His 12-fool Birdie pull from the fringe of the Green came up about iwo feel Short. Lach dropped in Short putts for Par on the fifth Hole. Norman nicknamed the Greal while shark because of his Blond hair won the fourth tournament of his career and his second Kemper in three years when he left his approach shot about 25 feel from the pin and two putted for Par after Mic ran into rouble. Mike Reid seeking his first Victory on the tour w is tied for the Lead after 15 holes but faded to a 70 and finished at 279 and a third place lie with John Cook who closed with a 67.a second place finish would have made Reid the first player to earn $1 million without winning a tournament. Aba from Page 21 the or or .1." a Raduns shot final round 66,0 finish a 280. Bradley wins by 1 shot Houston . Hut the rockets did t crack As they did at Boston Harden scoring i 5 Points in the final 5 minutes of the Quarter to Cut Defi Cit toh4-so. The rockets got within two Points Early in the fourth Quarter but behind Bird and Mellaly the celtics appeared ready to take a 3-0 Lead in the series. The defeat Cost the celtics a Chance at two Aba records. A sweep would have Given the celtics a 15-1 record in this year s playoffs bettering Philadelphia s All time Mark of 12-1 in 14x3. And Boston could have finished with a regular combined record of 82-16, surpassing the i97i-72 los Angeles lakers combined Standard of Ki-i6. Los Angeles was 6 m3 in the regular season and 12-3 in the playoffs. Boston 67-15 in the regular season is now i 3-2 in the playoffs. Meanwhile Houston improved its chances of becoming Only the fifth team in Aba history to come Back from an 0-2 deficit to win a playoff series. Two of those comebacks came in the finals when Boson beat the lakers in seven games in i 16 and Portland beat Phila Delphia in six games in 1977. Houston is making its second trip to the finals in the 19 years of its franchise history. The rockets lost 4-2 to the celtics in 1981. Rodney Mccray scored 10 Points As Houston led 33-29 after one Quarter. The 6 7 Forward started with a Dunk 13 seconds into the game and swished a jumper at the half Lime by or. Mccray responsible for several of the third Quarter turnovers that nearly Cost the rockets inc game did not return after being replaced by Allen Leavell Midway through the Quarter. Mccray scored All of his 12 Points in the first half. Meanwhile. Bird kept Boson close by Hilling five of his first six shows. And John son had Sis of his eight first Quarter Points in the final 2 07 of the period. Mason Ohio a Pat Bradley ral lied from a four shot deficit Midway through the final round sunday to finish with a 4-under-Par 68 and win the Lyga championship by one stroke moving half Way toward a sweep of women s golfs grand slam events. Earlier this year Bradley won the Nabisco Dinah Shore for her first major of the year. Still ahead to Complete the grand slam arc inc . Women s open and inc do Maurice classic. Bradley trailing Ayako Okamoto who shot a 2-Ovcr-Par 74 sunday by four shots starting the final round finished with an 11-Undcr-Par 277 total. The 1982 and 1983 Lyga Champion Patty Shiehan finished second at 278 after firing a final round 67. Okamoto. The Leader by three shots after both the second and third rounds finished tied for third with Juli Inkster who Shol 69 sunday at 279. Okamoto a native of Japan parred the first 11 holes sunday to maintain a 2-Slroke advantage but faltered Down the Strelch. She bogeyed nos. 12 and 16 while Bradley playing one group in front of Okamoto Bir did nos. 13 and 14 to pull even. Bradley Ihnn look the Lead for Good by Chipping in from the fringe of the Par-3 16th Hole fora Birdie. Bradley bogeyed no. 17 As her Lead fell to one Shol Over Okamoto and Shechan but she rolled in a 12-foot Birdie pull on the Par-5 finishing Hole to Clinch the Triumph. The Victory was Worth $45,000 to Brad icy already the Lour s leading Money win Ner and inc Only woman golfer to surpass $2 million in career earnings. The Victory was Bradley s fourth major title and first Lyga championship. She has won the do Maurice twice and the . Open once. It was her 9lh career Victory and the 200th Lime she has finished in the top 10 during her 13 years on the Lyga circuit. Waltrip from Page 23 the Laic stages of inc 400-Kilometer race and passed him on the 82nd Lap. But Wai trip made up a one second deficit on Lap 94 and passed Richmond just before the Start finish line. The yellow Caulion Flag was Oul because Labonic s car remained Loo close to the race course after a collision with a re Taining Wall. Richmond and Geoff Bodine traded the Lead for most of inc first third of the race but boding s car began smoking at Lap 27 and he dropped out with a burned Piston. Midway through the race Richmond s car developed handling problems and he went into inc pits to take on new tires. Waltrip Ihnn opened inc biggest Lead of the race Aboul 15 seconds Over la borne who had won the race the last two years. At the Halfway Mark Only 10 of the 42 Star Lars remained on inc Lead Lap. The leaders bunched upon the 52nd Lap when the first Caulion lag of the race came out due to Oil spilled on the main Straightaway where the fastest cars reached speeds approaching 170 Mph. When the car of Dave Marcis had to be towed from the apron of turn 2 of the nine turn course a second caution Flag came out on Lap 74. After the leaders a Cal to the pits for their last Load of fuel and new tires Waltrip stayed in the Lead followed by Rudd Richmond Wallace Earnhardt la b he Petty and Harry Gant. Precision St wins Inglewood Calif. A Odds on favorite precision St stood off the closing Challenge of 16-1 Longshot super Diamond to win the $323,400 californian at Holly Wood Park sunday. Precision St went offal 1-2 Odds and won by one half length. Pat Bradley needs 2 More tourney wins in her quest for women s Golf grand slam. Muffin Spencer Devlin was two Shols be Hind Inkster Al 281, Matching Bradley s final round 68. Cindy Mackay who started inc Day in second place three shots behind Okamoto finished at 6-Undcr 282 after shooting 74 sunday. Defending Champion Nancy Lopez did not play because of the birth of her second daughter on memorial Day. Rahal from Page 23 Pace Lap and lapped the Wall. Snova was not Hurt but track officials decided to hold up the Start Long enough to top off the pit fuel tanks. Finally the race began with 250,000 to 300,000 people on hand under mostly sunny skies and a National Lel vision audience watching live for the first Lime. And it was a classic race of Speed safety and excite ment just what indy needed to Wash away a week of frustration. Rahal s average Speed of 170.722 Mph broke cars two year old indy Mark of 163.612. In fact Cogan cars and fourth place finisher Roberto Guerrero All completing inc full 200 laps were above 170 Mph. But inc dazzling speeds posted by the fastest Field in Auto racing history did not translate into a demolition Derby on the treacherous track. In fact at the Halfway Point the Only crash was the one before the snarl by Sneva and Iacre were just four minor accidents later in the race Wilh no injuries. There were Only 33 laps under the Caulion Flag. And in the end there was mostly Emo Tion. The huge crowd spent the last 20 laps standing and screaming the to peo ple were beaming and the Sun was Shin ing. Even Roger Pensec the owner of indy car racing s most successful Leam and the Man who Send Mears defending Champi on Danny Sullivan and three Lime Winner Al Unser out to do Battle saturday Felt it. It s Nice to think that this May be a Way to repay Trueman for All his hard work Penske said a comes Down to the fact that Rahal delivered for
