European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 17, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 British open Green finds ouf about fairness in Golf Bybe Abrams staff writer Lytham England no one has Ever been accused of calling Golf a fair game. Hubert Green found that out for certain Here sat urday afternoon when David Begg the press office forthe British open made a terse five word statement. Today s scores do not  play in the 117th British open had been suspended 2 a hours earlier because a steady rain had inundated three greens on the 6,857-Yard Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf club course. Everyone was chatting in the press tent concerning Green s sensational Start. Par Birdie Birdie Birdie Par Birdie Birdie five straight threes and two consecutive fours Green had gone. He had moved from five Over Par after 36 holes Back to even Par and More importantly into serious Contention for the 1988 championship. Green also was on the eighth Green in two creating the possibility of a sixth Birdie in the first eight holes and a nine Hole score in the 20s. Obviously Green was t ecstatic. However he has been around and he knows the situation perfectly. Open from Page 21 commentary if today s play has to be cancelled it can t be helped he said at the time of suspension of play. It s what the game of Golf is All about. No use worrying. What they the sponsoring Royal and ancient Golf club of St. Andrew s have to do they have to do. If they have to cancel today s action it s not the end of the  s just a game called Golf. Anyone who plays the game knows that it in t always fair. I m not complaining life s been Good to me and golfs been an important part of my  said that the greens to where i played were not that bad. But obviously there were some ahead that were in the committee s minds were in too bad a condition to be  said he came to the open this year because it was the last year he was exempt from qualifying. I came to play my first open Here in 1974 and have missed Only two Green said. I missed them because i was playing so poorly. No reason to go to any tournament when you Are not playing Well. That especially applies to the British open. That s a Tough tournament when you re playing your  had been set to tee off at 10 15 .  Odds on Ballesteros winning his third open championship shortened considerably As the third round began. Britain s Legal bookmakers made the spaniard a 2-to-l favorite with defending Champion Nick Faldo of England second at 4-1, 1985 Champ Sandy Lyle of Scotland 7-1 and Price 8-1.craig Stadler of the United states was next at 11-1, with two More americans Andy bean and Fred Cou Ples at 14-1 and countryman Bob Tway 20-1.All were even Par or better. But the wind was the dominant player Over the first two  the second Day in a Row winds off the Irish sea blew scores sky High Friday As the Field was Cut to 71golfers for the final two rounds. On opening Day it was raining and cold and the win blew hardest in the morning. Day 2 was sunny and warmer and the wind picked up in the late afternoon. It was a one shot maybe a two shot difference said Ballesteros who saw his first round Lead blown away in the afternoon Breeze of an even Par second  who has t won a tournament in Europe Afri Ca or the United states since 1985, matched Balleste Ros s opening round 67 for a 5-under-Par total of 137and a one shot Lead Over the spaniard. Price was out Early on the second Day before to rewinds picked up and said the warmer Calmer conditions gave him a big boost. The warmer weather helped he said. Playing on thursday i was wearing three layers to keep warm and i was losing the  of the six golfers right after Ballesteros on the Board were Early starters  and Stadler were tied for third at 2-under 140, Stadler shooting 3-under and Faldo 2-under for the  was bean who birdied five of the last nine Holesforal-under70-141.Lyle and couples had midday rounds of 69 for Wen Par two Hole totals. They were joined at 142 by Tway who went out late moved to 3-under with seven holes left and dropped All three shots in the  All the golfers in the second half of the Field Only one three time Champion Jack Nicklaus with a 1-under 70 broke Par for the second Day. Nicklaus was 3-Over for the tournament at 145."i was Here about 11 o clock and it looked As it it would be a Nice Day Ballesteros said. But the wind came up and it was very Tough out  Price started the Day 1-under, in a four Way tie for fourth and swung his round at the end of the front  Eagle the Par-5 sixth Hole took a Birdie-4 at no. 7, then a Birdie-3 at no. 8. He traded a bogey-4 at the 12th for a Birdie-3 at the 15th, but by the that time he said his Fate was  real secret of this Golf course is getting a Good score out and holding it on the Way in he said. Those Par-5 s Are not Tough Par-5  s the Way Ballesteros did it thursday. But on the second Day he bogeyed the Par-4 third by two putting from 10 feet and when he bogeyed the treacherous 14th there was no pad  feel i played better on the Back Side today said Ballesteros who had two bogeys on the Back nine in the the last time a postponement occurred in the Brit ish open was in the first round of the 1970 tournament at St. Andrew s. Tony Jacklin of Britain was the defending Champion that year. He went out in 29 strokes and was still playing Well on the 14th Hole when the suspension was ordered. The decision reached by the a a at that time was that play would continue at the Point of  that verdict irritated the american press which claimed Jacklin was Given an unfair advantage. How Ever Michael Bennallack the Secretary of the Ranow said that decision was the proper one because More than half the Field had completed play. When queried about the difference in the two Deci Sions Bennallack pointed out that no one had completed play saturday. Some of the americans wondered if defending Champion Nick Faldo or Sandy Lyle both from Brit Ain had been in Green s position if the decision would have been the same. So those five words today s scores do not count were still another lesson in the fairness in the game of Golf for Hubie Green. A groundsman attempt to Clear water from the Lith Green before play was abandoned saturday at the British open. First round. But i played the front Side better thursday the Cut for the last two rounds was 148, 6-Oyer Par and two shots higher than at the open in Muir held Scotland last  at that inflated level the Cut took away some of the biggest names in the Field. Gone were two time Champion Lee trevo and former masters Champ Larry Mize at 149 Christy o Connor jr., of Ireland and former american Amateur Champion Scott Verplank at 150 Raymond Floyd at 153 Hal Sun at 154 Tony Jacklum at 159 and Mark Calcavecchia at 160. The highest score 21-Over 163, was shared by three players scottish open Champion Barry Lane and Amateur Darren Prosser of England and Robert Rich Ardson of South Africa