European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 20.19b8 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary when will Norman play again they Are usually thick gnarled hands puffed from having hit thousands and thousands of Golf balls. To hold that club firmly a golfer s hards and wrists must be As Strong As those of a ditch Digger. But to finesse certain shots around the greens the same hands and wrists must have the touch of a pianist. Without healthy hands and wrists a golfer i virtually helpless. Circulation problems in his hands ended Ken a Caluri s career not Long after he had won the 1964 United slates open Andy bean suffered through afew lean years after damaging i left thumb and wrist in 1981. Ailing hands and crisis have affected dozens of touring pros both men and women Aswell As thousands of duffers. And now Greg nor Man s left wrist is on hold. On the ninth Hole of Friday s second round in the open at Brookline mass., the 33-year-old australian touring pro whom Jack Nicklaus touts As today s Best golfer jammed his led wrist when his 7-Iron struck a Rock hidden under the thick grass of the rough. When he cell acute pain after he hit his Sec Ond shot on the next Hole he withdrew. After he hit that shot on 10," Larry Misc another member of his threesome said later he told us hey fellas i can t play " now the question is when will Greg nor Man play again and when he docs compete How quickly will he be Able to play As Well As Ever Norman s injury has been described As a sprain but he disclosed in an interview with Abc sports saturday that two doctors agreed that he had suffered a Lom ligament. His wrist is now in a Brace. Norman has been advised to keep the wrist immobile for 10 Days. But he hoped to be ready Tor the British open at Royal Lytham and St. Anns which starts july 14. But the question remains How quickly will that weakened wrist originally damaged when Norma was a teen Ager playing australian football be As Strong As before in damaging his wrist Norman was a victim of his own swashbuckling style. On that i 10-Yard ninth Hole most golfers hit a 3-Wood or a i Iron off the Teerather than try to hit a Driver Over the new England Rocky outcroppings. Dave Anderson i know he said Early in the week but i driving Over those  and when Norman did t hit his drive quite far enough there Friday it led to the shot that resulted in his injury. Live by the Driver die by the  in the hours after Norman departed Friday afternoon Andy bean winced when he was told about his Friend s injury. Of no he said. Bean remembered his weakened left  33, bean ranked third in pea tour earn Ings in 1978, seventh in 1979, and fourth in 1980 As one of golfs Best Young Lions. But when he hit a 3-Iron out of the rough at the 1981 los Angeles open he fell the pain in his thumb and wrist. It was t broken he recalled holding out his left hand. It just  playing despite the Dull ache. Bean won the Bay Hill classic but several weeks later at the tournament of champions the pain was too much Tor him to Bear. I had a stress fracture in the thumb and a strained ligament in the wrist he said. It was in a cast for three and a half  bean was t a consistent golfer again until 1984, when he ranked third in pea tour earnings in 1986 he ranked fourth. And when he was asked if that injury had damaged his career he shrugged. I Don t know he said. Til never  bean however does know that his mid forearm cast atrophied the Muscles in his left hand and wrist. I had no muscle tissue there he  Shook the big Gold watch on his left wrist. When they finally look the cast off he said my watch could slide up my Arm above the Elbow. That s How much the Muscles had atrophied not just around my wrist but All the Way up my Arm. Wit the cast on you can t hit Golf balls. Even when you re out of the cast All you can do is Chip. And when you try to hit a Golf Ball again it affects everything you do because you be lost All your feel. Hitting a wedge shot does t take a lot of strength but you be got to hold onto the club so you be got All your feel  to a golfer that feel is As important As strength especially on finesse shots. Jim Thorpe knows. Thorpe usually plays Well in the open but he shot 75-81 Here to miss the Cut in Only his sixth tournament this year after recuperating from torn Liga ments at the base of his left thumb. Some golfers even try to cure their own hand ail ments. Back when i was playing said Julius Boras the1963 open Champion Here who has been a visitor this week we used to develop a big Lump behind our thumb. It was some kind of a Tendon problem. We just took a Telephone Book and flattened  others Are Lucky. Bob Gilder who Wai two shots off the open Lead before saturday i third round remembered the pain in his left hand several years ago. I Felt a twinge in my Lex wrist in the third round of the colonial he recalled. I could t squeeze the last three Fugen. I thought it would go away but when i came out to hit balls on sunday 1 could t hold onto the dub. I was snaking my Sand  thought i d have to withdraw but my jus hit one More shot. When i hit it i heard a big of crack and All the pain went away. The doctor told Melter that the pain had been caused by the Tendon flipping Over the Bone. And when i heard that crack the Tendon had popped Back in  with to much twisting and bending Many golfers suffer from bad backs. Let Trevino and Tizy Zool Ler have needed surgery. Jack Nicklaus sevc Balles Troj Bernhard linger and Curtis strange Are among those who have endured the pain. But if you can t hold a club properly because of the pain in your hand or your wrist you can l play this game Andy bean said. That s Why an injury like Greg Norman has is so dangerous. But he s a fighter. Hell do whatever he has to. Hell be  but when Greg Norman comes Back How quickly will he be the same Greg Norman eth in tort to 2 olympic mat champs ousted in trials Pensacola Fla. A two of four 1984 olympic Gold medallists com Peting in the freestyle wrestling trial saturday failed to regain berths on the . Team. Dave Schultz the 984 Champion at 163 pounds lost to Kenny monday and Randy Lewis the olympic Champion at 149 pounds Tost in the 136.5-Pound finals to John Smith. Dave s brother Mark Schultz the de fending is0.5-Pound olympic Champi on and 286-Pound Gold medallist Bruce Baumgartner easily won berths at the same weights on this year s team. The losses by two Gold medal winners arc an indication of the strength of the . Free style team said Greg Strobel National coach. This is a great team. We saw some out standing individuals not on the Winner s podium Strobel said. We feel it s one of the strongest teams we be Ever  Bill and Jim Scherr became the second set of twins to earn a trip to Seoul South Korea on the . Wrestling learn. Bill easily won the 220-Pound freestyle spot but Jim was extended to three matches before narrowly winning his final series 2-1. Greco roman twins Duane and Dennis Kuslowski won their trials Friday night. Ten wrestlers were to be selected in each of the two wrestling styles but one Greco roman position was to limbo because of an injury o the top seeded wrestler. The Greco roman finals were held Friday. In the 198-Pound freestyle Jim Scherr of Evanston iii., decision cd Melvyn Douglas of Minneapolis 2-0, but Douglas tied the series with a 43 Victory in overtime. Scher won the deciding match 2-1. At 220 pounds Bill Scherr of Bloo Mington ind Defeated Kirk Trost Pfann Arbor Mich. 3-0, and 16-1. The Koslowskis won in Back-10-Back final matches Friday Dennis at 220 pounds and Duane in the 286-Pound heavyweight class. Each swept his oppo nent 2-0 in the Best of the acc Competition. Both sets of twins originally Are from South Dakota. The 28-year-old Koslowskis grew up in Doland and the 26-year-old Sci cars in Mobridge. The Schultz Brothers both seeded Sec Ond in their weights made the finals by winning semifinal rounds Friday. In saturday s matches Mark Schultz of Philadelphia beat top seeded Mike sheets ofstillwalcr.okla., 6-2,13-1. Monday the no. I iced at 163-pounds and also from is ill water Defeated Dave Schultz of Madison wis. 6-1, 5-1. The 136.5-Pound freestyle final was a grudge match that saw Smith another wrestler from Stillwater defeat Lewis of Iowa cily Iowa 8-4 in the first match and then take the second by injury de fault with 24 seconds remaining after Lewis suffered a twisted right knee. Lewis the lop seed had ended Smith s unbeaten string at 131 matches in qualifying Competition last month Baumgartner. Of Edinboro pa., Defeated Tom Erikson of Stillwater 10-2,8-2. Barry Davis of Iowa City a Silver med Alist at the 1984 olympics earned a return engagement by sweeping the 125,5-Pound freestyle finals 6-4, 6-5, against Charlie heard of Chattanooga term another 1984 olympian Joe Gonzales of Tempo ariz., lost his bid for a spot on this year s freestyle team in the 114.5 Pound final series to Ken Cherto of Hunt Egton w. A. Cherlow won 8-6,13-7. Open from Page 21 Back at 208 pulling six men within two strokes of the top spot. Mark o Mcara who matched the tournament s Best round with a 66, was at 209, one shot ahead of Fred couples who matched  with a 71. Masters Champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland All but shot himself out of it with a 7 that left him at 214, eight strokes off the Lead. Seve Ballesteros of Spain twice a masters Champion and a two time British open Winner was another stroke behind at 215 after a 72, and Greg Norman of Australia was at Home in Florida nursing a sprained left wrist which forced him to withdraw Friday. But Faldo took Over where they left off. He was four shots Back with three holes to play but made up one stroke per Hole on playing partner strange the rest of the Way in  no 18. I was making up ground sitting in the television Tower said Faldo seeking to became the first British player to hold both major National titles since Tony Jacl Dinin 1970. I be just got to play solid again tomorrow stay in the Hunt he said strange who has won five titles in the last 10 months and set Money winning records in two of the last three seasons look the Lead with consecutive Bir Dies on the eighth and ninth halts Simpson paved the Way for him surrendering the tosspot when he got tangled up in the rough on the fifth took four to reach the Green and made double bogey-6.strange, meanwhile had birdied the third from about three feet made a couple of 6-8 foot  saving putts and then got a share of the top spot with a 15-foot pull on the eighth. He went in front with a slightly longer Effort on the ninth. Gilder playing with strange tied him with a 40-Fooi Birdie on the 4th, but strange dropped a 20-Fooler and was ahead again. Gilder then double bogeyed the 15th after missing Negreen and Chipping Short. That gave strange the three stroke advantage but he bogeyed the 6lh from a Bunker and three putted from about 25 feet on the 17th, cutting the margin to one. He had to make a 4-Fooler to save  and the Lead after hitting into a Bunker on the 18th. Play was delayed for 65 minutes by a late afternoon thunderstorm. Strange had j us gone to the 12lh Tec when he told a . Golf association official that i Jusi saw a Light Ning Bolt. That s it i m not playing any  moments later the Siren sounded halting play