European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday july 16. 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 21 army golfers swing for titles writer Wiesbaden the ranks of the1986 old guard will be sparsely rep resented 31 this year s usage Ltd Golf championships bul Don t be surprised if icy carry off two of the Ali acc lilies up for grabs. Cartier in this 72-Hole Midsummer classic opens at 9 . Today Over the Hilly narrow and sometimes Golf club s Par-72, 6,525 Yard layout where lady Luck has on Occa Sion been known to play a key role. This year s Field of 61 will be broken Down into 32 open 19 masters and 10women play arc from he seven com mands represented. Two defending champions Are in thai Field master 40 years and Over Cham Pion William Bewley of 7lh army train ing come and women s titleholder Ruth Ann Allen of Vii corps judging from tin year s mulls Al the various command championships each could be hard pressed to repeat. The open division appears to be wide open with Champion Scott Ward of Ber Lin nol returning and few familiar names from 1986 among this year s hopefuls. One of those Back figures to be a prime contender Mark Malcolm of Hei Delberg. Malcolm a third place finisher in1986 when he charged Home with a Best of the Day 7 to finish five strokes be Hind Ward turned in the lowest score inane of the qualifying tournaments in leading the Heidelberg contenders. His 72-Hole 295 a the Only score under300, emphasizing Bis solid claim to the no. I spot among open hopefuls. Another Linksman to watch will be a newcomer this year but a Usa heur competitor in Yean pan Al Johnson who won the Vii corps tide by nine shots Wilh � 302 total at Stuttgart site of last year s tournament. Johnson Bat from the Wurn Burn Community. Also Worth consideration is v corps Champion Juan Perez of Darmstadt who had the advantage of getting to know Rhein Bukk i peculiarities White leading his command qualifiers Wilh a 307 total. Perez who was Only 25th East year 31 Stuttgart won by four shots at Rhein Wick. Doug Alley of the Netherlands look 21 St support come honors by shooting a 309 Al Heidelberg. He was six shots bet Ter than any other contender. Complementing Malcolm on the Small but promising Heidelberg contingent arc Tim Lais and Mark Macejko ooh of whom shot 306. The fourth member of the open group is Grant Brewer. The Battle for Ninnor up honors in the Vii corps Loumey was tight Wilh Ken Anderson of Stuttgart and Chris Del Cambre of Munich finishing at 31 shot ahead of three others. Bill Shaf Crand Tim so Rutzer of Stutt Gart and Leon Munoz of Wuerzburg won a four Way tic for the last three qualify ing tools Afier finishing with 312 and Delcambre were not in last year s tournament but Are no strangers to Usa eur Competition. Backing Perez Al v corps were mar Johnson of Wiesbaden 311tim Schichl of Frankfurt 315james Adrian of Gissen 327chris Haddad of Hanau 324 and Tim Zanone of Frankfurt 330. Schichl placed 14\h Al Usa eur last year. Finishing behind Alley in 21 in action were Dob Welb 3is. Tim Ledman 3l7 and Greg Boardman 330 of Mannheim Robert Polston 327 of shape and Sieve Heath 331 of Parma sons. Vei Cran John Morris fired a 222 for 54-holc qualifying to top Berlin representatives. Others Are Rick Glen 23sperez Feliciano 247 and Harold Woomer 248. Roy Ducky Howie of graft Woehr will be lie lop 7th at open contender joined by Joseph doly of Amberg Edward coins of Hohenfels and James Treadway of Grafin Wocher. Setae with Champion Chris Chris Liaison unable to participate will have Ray Plagins and Vincent Riv i both of Vicenza. Bowl by of graft Woehr who won 1986 honors among the 40-and-Ovcr players boating Wes Ellis of Vii corps in a play olt faces a new Challenge in newly turned masters contender Larry Galviz of Heidelberg. Galviz who finished tied for eighth Asan open player last year shot an impressive 309 total in the qualifying tourney. Bewley s co winning score last year wais321, albeit on the Long Stuttgart course. Other contenders include Marc Low Ranee of Stuttgart who fired a 318 i winning Vii corps honors. Jusi two shots behind him was William Newton . Paul Kibbat of Stuttgart was nol far off at 3 24. Biu Rogers of Frankfurt 346 look inc v corps tourney and Tom Woodward of Karlsruhe 334 prevailed in the 21st sup port come Ben Davis had a 242 Over three rounds at Berlin. An interesting Battle is shaping up for women s honors Wilh Allen having to Lake a Back seat to newcomer Emalisa Posato of Stuttgart in the Vii corps qualifying. Posato shot an 84-s8-s4-83 339. Allen who got a late Start on the links after spending Lime in the All army Vandinter Semoc Bowling Competition lied Posato Wilh a first Day 84, but wound up 10 show behind the Champion 10 rank Ashe standout performers among the Dis Taff contingent. The Only other contender demonstrating the ability to consistently break the 100 Mark is 21st Champion Molly West Gate who posted a 387 total. The big question will be How the con tenders Cope with Hilly Rhein Blick where gelling a tilt lie on the Fairway is a rarity. And How will they Cope with the sometimes unfair bounces on the Slop ing Side Hil fairways and Pun on the greens which experts insist always break toward inc Rhein River. With the sometimes narrow and Slop ing fairways and lots of Woods and other trouble lurking nearby accuracy will at a Premium. Many of the holes Are no Long bul a drive in poor position can mean trouble. Three of the four Par 5s arc relatively Short. For the Long timers nos. 6. 9 and 18 should be reachable in iwo for two putt birdies and possible eagles. The course is in great shape. The fairways arc the Best they be been Al year claims manager Gilmer Davis who noted that rain last week helped. Davis whose Crews have been work ing hard to prepare the course for it is year s tourney said the greens will gel plenty of water Between rounds to keep them holding Well for All the it remains to be seen How Well in fairways hold with Bright summer Sun oui the past nine Days and no rain in Light. If icy begin to dry oui the Field will learn in a hurry about Thow bounces Al this Hillside course Wilh its Magoli can View on the Khein on Clear Days. Appt veg Bret Sab Crimmen pitching in tuesday s All Star came has by Yiuming numbers. Win Field Davis Best of baseball s break byjoehj.u7.zi new York Jaik Vin. Kanvis t Ity who i adding an other sport to Hii repertoire
