European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday August 19,1986 Bradley captures Lyga world title by de Shearer Buford a. A Pat Bradley called in a career shot a 206-Yard approach for a tap in Eagle on no. 16 Sun Day _ that gave her the Lyga s single season earnings record and her fifth title in 1986. Starting the final round eight shots be Hind. Bradley fired a sizzling 9-under-Par 63 to win the $240,000 Nestle world championship women s Golf tournament by two shots. It came very easily out there i la have to admit she said. All year Long i be been making people Stop look and Lis Bradley lifted her season earnings to $482,496 with the $78,000 first prize biggest in Lyga history with her 9 rider Par 279 total for 72 holes. She also went to $2,276,693 for her 13years on tour also an Lyga record for All time winnings. When i made Eagle on 16, i said somebody is trying to Tell you some thing Pat. Enjoy it. Go with it. " she had moved into position for her late charge to Victory with five birdies on the front Side four in the 12-25-foot Range. Then after scoring six pars in Succes Sion she knocked in a 15-foot Birdie putt on the 15th Hole. Then came the career shot a 4-Wood that stopped less than six inches from the cup on the 403-Yard, Par 5 16th. The tap in made her 8-Undcr and she followed that with a 15-foot Birdie 2 on the 17th. She could have tied the All time Lyga record score of 62 set by Mickey Wrighting 1964 and tied by Vicki Forgon in 1984 had she made an eight foot Birdie putt on the final Hole. "1 was a Little nervous she said of the putt on 18. I gripped the Putter a Little tight i gripped it to Bradley who has three major titles among her five victories this year shattered the single season earnings record of $416,472 set last year by Nancy Lopez. Bradley who had a final round 64 to win the Japan classic in 1983, had scored Only five birdies in the first three rounds on the Hilly 6,037-Yard Stouffer Pine Isle resort course in recording three consecutive Par 72s. Her victories in the majors this year came at the Nabisco Dinah Shore the Lyga championship and the do Mau Rier classic. She tied for fifth in the other major the . Open and also won the so Golf classic. The last Day heroics gave Bradley a two shot Victory Over Lopez 69, and Betsy King the Leader after the second and third rounds who closed with a 73. King got off to a poor Start with boys on tour of the first eight holes. She rallied with birdies on 15 and 15 to get within two shots but got no closer. Gear photo Pat Bradley. Record earnings Lopez birdied 10 and 11 to go 7-under at that Point but then paired the final seven holes in Only her second tournament this year returning to action last week after giving birth to her second daughter last May. Chris Johnson who had a 3-shot Lead Halfway through the round had four bogeys and two birdies on the Back Side to finish alone in fourth place at 71-282. . Open Champion Jane Geddes Hada 73-284 and Mary Beth Zimmerman 75, and first Day Leader Patty Sheehan 70, tied for sixth place at 285. Defending Champion Amy Alcott had a 73-287 and Val Skinner 70, and Pat Stephenson 71, tied at 288. Japan s Ayako Okamoto was 74-289 andjuliinkster7l-292. Herron gains finals in world sculls Nottingham England a Angela Herron a 25-year-old chef from Madison wis upset the do fending Champion and two other rivals she had never previously beaten monday to win her heat in the women s lightweight sculls at the world rowing championships. Herron s Victory sent her into saturday s final while defending titlist Adair Ferguson of Australia and new zealand s Philippa Baker went Forward to the elimination repechage event. The heat was transformed at the Halfway stage when Ferguson hit a buoy and briefly lost an oar. I guess i was concentrating too much on what the other boats were doing and not enough on what mine was doing said the 30-year old from Brisbane. Ferguson s mistake Cost her any Chance of winning and she sensibly coasted the rest of the course. With 500 meters to go Herron saw an unexpected Gap open and responded with a push nosing Home ahead of Romania s Maria Sava. I have never beaten her before nor the belgian Rita de Faux so i was very pleased said Herron. It now takes the pressure off me until the final on saturday. Germany s Heide Attenberger also advanced to the final. Green takes Rich International tournament Castle Rock Colo. Up Ken Green More than tripled this year s earn Ings when he captured the $180,000 first in pc sunday in the inaugural $1 million International Golf tournament. Green who has spent five years on Thetga tour shot a 6-under-Par 66 in the championship round to take the title. That was Good for 12 Points in the unique scoring system used in the inter National and was three Points ahead of 1985 masters Champion Bernhard Langer in a shootout in which a dozen player started even and battled for the sport s richest single Day purse. As Green walked Down the 13th Fairway he looked into a television Cam Era and said i m just going to try to keep from then after playing flawless Golf Down the stretch he made a routine Par on the final Hole and received a prolonged tearful hug from his sister Shelley his Caddie. I can t play any better Green said. The feeling is incredible. I can t even think about How much Money this is. This is a lot of Bucks. My sister was choking worse than i was today. But i could t have won it without her. I would t Trade her for there was $700,000 at stake in Sun Day s round Over the Jack Nicklaus de signed Castle Pines course and the pres sure began to Tell on the players As they struggled around the Back nine. Kenny Knox finished the front nine with six Points but played the Back nine in 38 to lose two of them. Donnie Hammond started the Back nine with three bogeys Anda double bogey and Joey Sinclar who finished in a tie for third missed two Short Birdie putts in the closing holes. Green made Tough Par saving putts on the 13th and 15th holes and then made six foot Birdie putts on the 16th and 17th holes to increase his Lead. The scoring system used at the International awards two Points for a Birdie and five for an Eagle of which there were none sunday. One Point is deducted for a bogey and three for a double bogey or worse. Green s Only previous tour Victory came at last year s Buick open. He shared the first round Lead at the masters this year but after that round was Over most of the publicity went to his sister who accompanies her brother As Caddie and Cook As they make their Way around the country in a camper. Langer scrambled to a Par on the final Hole with a six foot putt that gave him second place by himself and $ 1 f3,000. Amiss would have forced him to share Sec Ond with Joey Sindelar and . Snead. Who finished with eight Points and $63,000 apiece. Next came Nick Price with six Points $45,000howard twit to with five $45,000knox and Bruce Lietzke with four $37,250 each Andy Dillard with one Point $34,000tom Kite and Hammond with no Points $31,000 each and . Chen in Las place at minus one Point $28,000. As the four threesomes began play Over the 7,503-Yard course Knox an Dillard both birdied the first two holes to jump to an Early Lead and Price also picked up four Early Points. But Green moved into Contention with birdies at the seventh and eighth holes and was no worse than tied for the Lead the rest of the Way. Langer came to the 480-Yard Par-4 18th needing an Eagle to beat Green and even though a bogey would have Cost the former masters Champion More than $40,000 he made the Gamble. The percentage was very Small Lan Ger said. But How Many times do you get to win $180,0007 i knew that if i made a bogey it would be expensive. Buti tried Mario Andretti finally wins at Pocono by Mike Harris Long Pond a. A everyone who knew Mario Andretti s racing history at Pocono International raceway including Andretti himself was waiting for something to go wrong. Believe me i was worried the Jubi Lant Andretti said sunday after running away to one of the sweetest victories of his racing career in the Domi no s pizza Pocono 500. It took the 46-year-old Andretti 14 tries to win the 500-Miler on the 2.5-mile Tri Oval located just 30 Miles from his Home at Nazareth a. And the Long wait weighed heavily on the Man who has won virtually every important race in the world at least once. The fact is i be been trying so hard Here Andretti said. People expected me to do Well and i expected to do Well and something would always happen. It took one of my boys to break the he was referring to 22-year-old Jeff who became the first Andretti to win a professional event at Pocono when he took the american racing series event on saturday. In fact it was an All Star weekend for virtually everyone on the Newman Haas team. Co owner Paul Newman the actor and Driver won a trans am race sat urday at Lime Rock conn., and Carl Haas the other cd owner earlier sunday watched on television As Drivers Alan Jones of Australia and Patrick Tam Bay of France finish fourth and fifth in the austrian grand prix. I can t describe this feeling said Mario Andretti whose Best previous Fin ish Here was second in 1977. It makes it a Complete Cycle winning in my Home state. Jeff won yesterday Michael sat on the pole today. The Andretti family could t be Michael Andretti the other racing son of the former formula one world Cham Pion was Happy for his father but was t pleased that engine problem doomed him to an 1 Ith place finish that Cost him the Lead in the cart pig championship series with his father moving on top 96 Points to his 91. I m glad my father won. It Means a whole lot to him. But i wish we could have held on said Michael who was in third place before his engine let go just 14 laps from the end of the 200-Lap race. We have to Start finishing races if we Hope to have any Chance at winning the the elder Andretti who averaged 152.106 Mph in a race slowed by seven caution flags picked up $102,843 for the Victory. Just 11 of the 29 starters were on the track at the finish but Andretti who beat second place Kevin Cogan to the finish line by More than a Lap did t feel Attri Tion was the reason he finally won Here. Andretti earning the 47th Victory of his career and second of the season in his co Worth powered Lola added i was elated with the performance of the there were several crashes in the race the most serious a one car Accident in which de Pimm broke his right Arm. Soother injuries were reported. Also going out in a crash was Michi Gan 500 Winner Johnny Rutherford who was running second to Andretti at the time. He was one of 15 Drivers who were finished before the race reached the half Way Point
