European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday july 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 Norman retains Lead with 74 by Bob Green Turnberry Scotland a Gre Norman slashed and thrashed his Way to a hard won 74 and salvaged a one shot Lead from wind rain and cold saturday in the third round of the 115th British open Golf championship. It was survival out there. You just want to get in the clubhouse without hurting yourself Norman said of the dreadful playing conditions that eventually sent even the Hardy scots fleeing from the Ailsa course at Teraberry. At the end Norman had to drop a 3 foot bogey Pun on the 18th to retain sol control of the top spot going into Sun Day s final round. He ducked out from beneath his umbrella Long enough to accomplish the Little chore that left Chipper Tommy Nakajima alone in second. Nakajima now Japan s leading player performed one of the great escape act Golf has seen coming out of Wilson s Burn from behind the Monument Chip Ping and putting with a magic touch to shoot 71. An unbelievable round he said. Quite an accomplishment agreed Norman. Norman who has come up empty in challenges for both the masters and . Open earlier this season finished 54 holes at 211, one Over Par. Nakajima Winner of four tournaments in his Homeland earlier this sea son was one Back at 212. It was another two strokes Back to Tough Little Ian Woosnam of Wales an England s Gordon Brand tied at 214, four Over Par and three Back. The 5-fool-4 Woosnam was one of the few Able to match Par 70 in winds gust ing to 35 Miles per hour in biting cold in rain that ranged from drizzle to Down pour. Brand fought his Way to a 75. And those said Norman Are the Only ones realistically in Contention with 18 holes to go. Given that weather conditions re main the same it will be very difficult for anyone to make a move said nor Man the flamboyant australian known As the great White if he s right that eliminates the Hopes of any americans none of whom could make an appreciable move even though the tournament Leader played his third round four Over Par ii shots higher than the record Matching 63 he achieved Friday. From Woosnam and Brand it was three strokes Back to Gary Koch the leading american lied for fifth and six shots off the Lead. Also at 217 were Span ish Veteran Jose Maria Canizares and see Norman on Page 26 goodnight captures Safe Golf title Torrejon a Spain Jim Good night lived up to his name saturday by turning out the lights on the rest of the Safe Golf championships Field. The Ramstein link Ster darkened the Day for the opposition by firing a 1 under Par 71 and winning the title by two strokes. Goodnight s 295 Over the four round bettered the 297 total turned in by Mike Suess another Ranu Tein golfer from the Continental sports conference. Suess carded a a 1-Over 73 saturday. Ken Westmoreland of Naples shot 74and finished third five strokes Back at 300. He joins the top two As qualifiers for the air Force worldwide tourney aug. 2-8 at Andrews fab my. The masters division 40 years Andover title went to Bob Rodriguez of Zaragoza and the women s division championship to Sheila Brocki of Ranu Tein. Goodnight who hails from califor Nia shot 37 on the front nine then clinched it with a34 on the Back. After entering the final round tied with Suess Good Rodriguez night made the turn trailing by one. Goodnight continued to Trail through the 1 lib Hole then regained the Lead for Good at 13 when he birdied and Suess paired. Goodnight stretched his Lead to two strokes on 14. His second shot on the 428-Yard, Par-4 Hole hit the Green where he two putted for Par. Suess who was in a threesome with goodnight and Westmoreland missed the Green and bogeyed 14. He paired the final four holes while goodnight scored Par Birdie Par bogey for the title. Rodriguez a 48-year-old hawaiian won his second straight masters Crown with a final round 79. He totalled 307 Towin by five strokes Over Fred Mills of Ranu Tein. Rodriguez entered the round with Athree stroke Lead Over fellow Mediterranean sports conference golfer Dick Rushmore. Rodriguez stopped that threat by opening with three straight Par while Rushmore slumped to triple bogey double bogey bogey. Rushmore of Torrejon finished witha 12-Over 84 for a 315 total eight shots Back. His Day went even More sour whence missed a 4-foot Birdie putt on 18. Had Rushmore made the Birdie at 18, i would have forced a playoff with Ryan Davis of the . For the third and final spot going to the worldwide. Davis stationed at Alconbury qualified with his314. Brocki out of Ramstein won the women s division title with an 87 and 343 total 20 strokes better than tin Aanderson of Alconbury. Both qualified for the worldwide. Hard course hurts some helps others Ward Hunnicut top Usa eur by Craig dooms staff writer kor Westheim Germany doing doing being. Some Lay it s like playing Golf on the autobahn. Boing being doing. Others Here equate it to playing pocket billiards with 1 of compression tit leists. Boing boing boing. There s no doubt about h. The Stutt Gart Golf dub course is As hard As Athree year old Mars bar found hiding in the Bottom of a Golf the Ball bounces Here it May go left sometimes right and yes sometime straight never mind that it rained All Day Here Friday. Never mind that the dubs greens keepers routinely douse the putting surfaces with water. The Clay base under the greens and fairways shed water Tike Wax paper. It s a fact of life at the Stuttgart Golf course. For Berlin s Scon Ward and Hanau Srobert Smith the Ball bounced mostly straight during the third round of Theu Sarteur Golf championships Here saturday As they charged to the top of the open division Leader Board. For Mark Hunnicut of Worms the Ball bounced and kept bouncing. But Henmon a
