European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday August 12,1989 pea championshi1 Reid Thompson tied at 66 Veteran touring pros me men 01 inc in. Not however when they fire being cd by the likes of 59-year-old Arnold mar. Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson. By Denne h. Freeman a sports writer Hawthorn Woods 111. Mike Reid and Leonard Thompson did t mind sharing the first round pea head lines with a Trio of golfing greats whose achievements Haven t been very news worthy of late. Rounds of 6-under-Par 66 ordinarily would have made Reid and Thomspon two Vetera the of the hour no Chase j Palmer. The Leader Board resembled a who s who of Golf. "1 looked Al the Board and saw Palmer was five under Par and got a big kick out of it Thompson said. I told Mark o Mcara i Hope he gets five More Bir Dies. It s great for Golf one stroke behind Reid and Thomp son at 67 were Watson golfs All time Money Winner the consistent Kite whose failure to win a major tournament has been Well chronicled and unknown Chris Perry. Then bunched with five others at 68,were Palmer and Nicklaus two of the sport s greatest legends whose head to had Battles spotlighted Golf in the 1960s and 1970s. Although Reid made six birdies he had to listen to the Roar of the gallery behind him As Watson began another quest for his first pea championship and a career grand slam the masters. . Open British open and pea. I looked Back and saw Tom hit some great shots Reid said. He s one of my Reid and Thompson arc used to let Ting others share Center stage. Reid s quiet personality and consistent yet in spectacular play have made him one of the most unknown and faceless players on the pea tour. And Thompson had t won a tournament in 12 years until he captured the Buick open two weeks ago. That earned him an invitation to the pea. I m Lucky to even be in a major never mind leading one of them Thompson said. Wearing glasses and looking More like a banker than a golfer Reid played a bogey free round Over the 7,197-Yardkcmper lakes Golf club that is not suited for his game. Reid is next to last on the tour in driving distance at 242 Yards. However he missed Only one Fairway and one s Why his fellow pros Call him he Seldom misses a shot. Perfect Golf is perfect distance and perfect direction and i think that s a for gotten value Reid said almost apologetically. "1 was Able to tackle the giant today. If you had seen me in the practice rounds you would have been surprised to see me Here Watson said of Reid that Guy is sneaky Good. He s always shooting Good rounds but nobody notices. He s a fool the Short hitting Reid has t won a tournament this year but has earned $192,919. He won the world series of Golf last year by beating Watson in a playoff but hardly anybody remember sit. It was like Jack and the beanstalk out there today As i tackled the giant Reid said. I got every club in my bag can he win Reid hoping not to sound boastful said it s like that government term you hear i m cautiously Reid said his Caddy had about Given up on him before thursday. I played so bad in the British open my Caddy Chuck Moore told me to go Home and put the clubs up for a few Days Reid said. He said Moore made it up to him by taking him to Wrigley Field wednesday to see the Chicago cubs play. We did t even get lost Reid said. But Reid and Thompson did get Lostin thursday s headlines about the 7lsl pea championship. Mike Reid. One of pea s shortest hitters Palmer s 68 fires up Arnie s army by Gordon s. White or. By the new York times Hawthorn Woods 111. Ben Crenshaw walked out of the scorer s tent after signing his card for a round of 4-Undcr-Par 68 thursday looked Back at the Kim per lakes Golf course and said go Arnie everyone including his fellow competitors was delighted by the sight of Arnold Palmer making a serious move in the first round of the 71st pea championship. When Crenshaw uttered his words of sup port Palmer had just run five consecutive birdies on the front nine and was moving into the turn at 5 under Par. A couple of hours later Arnold Palmer Palmer who will be 60 next month finished his round with the same score As Crenshaw two shots off the Early Lead. Palmer might have tied Mike Reid for that Early spot atop the Leader Board except he drove into the Bunker right of the Green on the Par-3 17th and had to take a bogey 4, then missed the Green at 18, chipped and two putted for bogey 5. Anything he docs is wonderful for the game said Crenshaw of the golfing legend who won 61 tournaments on the professional golfers association tour but never the pea championship. Tom Watson who had a successful British open three weeks ago by finishing fourth shot 67. Just As Palmer finished another member of the big three Jack Nicklaus was making an impressive move at 4 under through 12 holes. But the Story of the Day was Palmer who had called Forth his army and had them happily marching to his tune once again. Everybody says you re getting Loo old Palmer said afterwards. But a Guy recently asked me if you did t know How old you were How old would you think you were Twenty nine Watson will be 40 on sept. 4 and Nicklaus will be so in january. For one Day at least the three who were the last individuals to dominate the world of Golf were Awakening memories. Each was King before the younger one came along to replace him. And Nicklaus the Middle Man had Many a Battle Down to the wire with both Palmer and t it great that three Guys two decades apart Are doing this Palmer said. It would be something if the three of us slay on the Leader Board till sunday we did that 20 or 30 years ago. That would get people s Atten has won each of golfs four major tournaments and has taken five pea championships in his career. But Watson like Palmer has never won a pm championship though each has won the three other majors at least once the masters and the . And British missed seven driving fairways thursday. But he finished strongly with a Chip into the cup fro the fringe for a Birdie 3 on the 18th Hole. That became the shot that put him ahead of 67 equals the Best Start Watson Ever had in a pea championship. He shot that score in the opening round of the 1978 tournament at Oakmont outside Pittsburgh. Edberg Mcenroe Advance in hard courts action by the associated press Indianapolis impatient with his slow starts John Mcenroe says he Longs for the Days when he dispatched opponents without a second glance. I used to Pride myself on getting of to great starts said Mcenroe who dropped a set before dismissing no i5michicl schapers 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 thurs Day in the . Hard courts. The second seeded new yorker faces no. 8 Todd Witsken for the first time Ever in the Mcenroe top seeded Stefan Edberg needed just an hour to beat David Pate 6-3, 6-1. He advanced to a quarterfinal match against no. 10richard Matuszwski. Tim Mayotte also had an easy Tim against David Wheaton who fell 6-3, 6-3 to the third seed. Mayotte who Lostin the second round Here last year Tennis Roundup plays no. 5 Jay bar Ger. In other third round matches bergs routed qualifier Barry Moir 6-1, 6-1 and Matuszewski got past Andrew Sznajder of Canada 6-2,3-6,6-1. Mcenroe said his failure to get jump on opponents from the opening serve has become a bad habit he wants to break. People try extra hard when the play against me. They have a lot to gain by beating someone like myself so you have to be prepared he said. In other tournaments thursday Swiss army knife open Livingston . Veteran a mesh Krishnan of India and Amateur Mike Brown advanced to the quarterfinals of this $ 125,000 tournament. Krishnan the second seed moved effortlessly in cracking off Sharp backhand winners that carried him to a 6-3,6-0 Vic tory Over Chris gamer of Bayshore . Brown won the final five games of his first set and the last three of the second to top Jeff Klaparda of los an Geles 6-1,6-4, in another second round Duel. It was the first time the Arkansas Junior had reached a quarterfinal in a grand prix tournament. Czechoslovak open Prague Czechoslovakia no. I seed Jordi Arrise of Spain suffered the Only upset in second round action Here losing to local favorite pct Korda i -6,6-7 0-7. Second seeded Horst Skoff of aus Tria Defeated Cyril Suk of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 7-6 7-4 and advanced tothe quarterfinals Korda and compatriot Tomas Smid readied the semifinals in doubles by defeating Jaroslav Bulan and Vaclav Flegl of Czechoslovakia 7-6 7-46-3. Virginia slims of los Angeles Manhattan. Beach Calif. Martina Navratilova Gabriela Sabatini and Zina Garrison the top seeds in this tournament breezed to straight set Vic tories in third round matches. The top seeded Navratilova eliminated ugh sced cd Terry Phelps 6-3, 6 1 Sabatini Defeated Mary Lou Daniels 6-0, 6-2 and Garrison beat Monique Javor of great Britain 6-1,6-2. In other third round action Fernandez breezed past Isth sced cd grit Chen mat ers 6-2, 6-3 and Tauz iat upset sixth seeded Helen Clesi of Canada 6-2,2-6,6-2. The semifinals of the $300,000 tournament will be saturday and the finals Are scheduled sunday. The singles Champion earns $60,000
