European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday Juns 22,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 wait Over As strange wins open by John Nelson Brookline mass. A the wailing is Over for Curtis  monday he settled two old scores by winning his first major Golf championship she . Open. The 33-year-old strange shot a Par 71 Over the 7,010-Yard course at the country club beating Nick Aldo of Britain by four strokes in an 18-Hole playoff. The end came when Faldo had two bogeys on the four Long Par-4 holes that Start the Back nine. Now strange can put to rest the whispers thai said he wins Money but not titles. And tic can properly Honor the memory of his father who died when he was 14. This is for my dad strange said that s All i can say. I waited a longtime to do this. I screwed up the 1985 masters and i was As disappointed As anyone. We Don t have to bring thai up though. We re supposed to be having fun Here. But i liar been waiting a Long  strange managed to find Only seven fairways while Faldo hit 12, strange needed just 26 putts including a 29-Footcr for Birdie on no. 13 while Faldo was bog Ying the Hole for a two stroke  was the turning Point right there strange  was the Aga tour s leading Money Winner in two of the past three years setting records bom times. He had won two tour events already this season and Hale Irwin called him the greatest player in the game  s father was a Golf professional and owned the White Sands country club in Virginia Beach a. He had Curtis golfing when he was 7."when i was 9 years old i went to work with my father every Day and came Home with him at night. Spent every Day on the Golf course. Thai went on for four or five years strange said his voice cracking. Learned a lot of things from him Many things i can t even think of Hiil f probably do subconsciously and Many other things that i think about almost every Day. I just wish he could have been  his father died. Strange said golfing Hall of Famer Chandler Harper took me under his Wing and looked after me As a golfer and As a  and Faldo wound up lied at 6-Undcr-Par 278 after 72 holes on sunday forcing an 18-holc playoff the format used by the . Golf association for its open championship. Strange saved Par from a trap at18 on sunday after bog Ying the i7lh Hole by three Wimbledon Curtis strange won his lint major championship with 18-Hole playoff Victory am Nick Faldo monday in the us. Open. More Golf inside open playoff holc by half Page 22 too soon to make strange no. 1 Page 23 no Klisius is golfer of the a Colury Page 27 putting from eight feet. Strange was one under Par on the front Side and led Faldo by a stroke going to the Back nine which Start with four Par-4s, All Over 430 Yards. The two matched Par on no. 10, and Faldo bogeyed the Lith Hole when he two putted from eight  gave the stroke Back on 12 when Hico Guyed from a greenside Bunker. The big swing came on 13, a 433-Yardcr. Faldo three putted from 40 feel after driving into the right rough. Strange was on in two and birdied from 29 feel. Strange said he had to guard against  at that Point. It s Damn hard bul i know what happens when you think like that he said. If you gel ahead of yourself and Start writing your acceptance speech you re in  Faldo birdied the 14th Hole a Par-5, when he pin his second shot 35 feel past the pin and two putted pull ing within one stroke. Faldo said what happened on no. 13 hit him emotionally and i was Lucky i hit a Good drive on the next Hole i would have been out of there if had to that s been the Story of my  Faldo gave Back the stroke on is when he chipped his third shot from one Side of the Green to the other for a bogey. He missed a 1 5-foot Birdie Puit on he Par j Iglo and lost his final Opportunity when he bogeyed 17 after his second Shol went past the Green into the Short rough putting strange three strokes ahead. Faldo also bogeyed the 18m after the outcome was already decided. When i birdied 14,1 was Only two Back so i was Back in it Faldo said. "1 needed to Pluy the last four holes be tuck. If i d holed thai putt on 1g, who knows what might have  gallery opponent succumb to Mcenroe Wimbledon England a John Mcenroe made a triumphant re turn to Wimbledon tuesday beating austrian horse Skoff 6-1, 7-5, 6-1 10 thunderous cheers from the crowd. Making his first appearance since 1985 in the grass court tournament he has won three times and marked on other occasions by fiery outbursts Mcenroe was Cool and Calm through the one hour 43-minute match on court no. 1. The King is  bbl to announcer John Barrall proclaimed As Mcenroe walked off the court acknowledging the cheering of his fans with a wave of his hand and a nod of his head. Ii was a different scene than when the eighth seeded american was eliminated by Kevin Cuncan in the quarterfinals three years ago before a sabbatical from Tennis and a spate of injuries dropped him from no. 2 to no. 19 in the world. But the style of play was the same. His big serve use of the whole court deft licks of the wrist at the net and always keeping the match in control. This prodigal comeback was the focus of the second Day of the tournament s 102nd edition where the Lead ing women s seeds All were in action and most winning easily including straight set victories by defending Champion Martina Navratilova and top seeded Steffi Graf. Mats Wilander the men s no. 2 seed beat Eduardo Masso of Argentina 6-3, 6-4. 7-6 and i6th-seeded Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugoslavia rallied to beat another Argentine Horaeio de la Pena s-7,7-6,6-4, 6-4. But the first men s seed was Eli i see Mcenroe on Page 26 Detroit overtakes yanks in Al East by the associated press Detroit Tom Brookens one out Home run in the 10th inning gave in Detroit tigers a 2-1 Victory Over the new York Yankees monday night and lifted them into fire place in the Ameri can league East a half game ahead of the Yankees who had been in finl place since May 3. The defending division Champion tigers have won 10 of their last 13 games. Brookens hit his fourth Home run of the season into the left Field stands of Cecilio Granle 4-3. Guillermo Hernan Dez 5-2, who pitched Only one third of an inning got credit for the win. The Yankees tied the score in the ninth when Dave Winfield s two out double off the top of the Fence in Loftfield scored Jack Clark who had singled. Imfield l Ball chromed straight up off the top of a pipe and Yankees manager Billy Martin argued briefly that it was a Home run Detroit starter Jeff Robinson who was Al Roundup one out from his second successive shut out had Hii string of scoreless innings end at 32. He allowed eight hits including three doubles and struck out 10 in nine innings. Tommy John gave up seven hits walked one and struck out six in eight innings for new York. Detroit look a 1-0 Lead in the second. Ray Knight singled moved up on Larry Herndon s grounder and scored on Dar Rell Evans Long drive Over the head of Center fielder Claudell Washington that bounced Over the Fence at the 400-foot Mark for a ground Rule double. In other Al games red sox 14, indians 7 Cleveland Mike Greenwell hit two homers and j in r ice and Ellis Burks had one each As Boston had 2t hits to beat Cleveland. The 21-hit attack came one Day after sea Al on Page 26