European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday february 12, 1991pavin s Chip in wins Hope title by the associated press Indian Wells Calif. Mark of Mcara should have known what was coming before Corey Pavin chipped in on the first playoff Hole to win the Bob Hope desert classic. A a a Corey Pavin a is playing very Well again. He a awfully Good around the greens. And he a a fierce Little competitor a a of Meara said in assessing his potential challengers for the final round of the five Day 90-Hole, four course tournament. All those elements came together sunday culminating in paving a 40-45 foot Chip in Birdie on the first Hole of sudden death. A.  a a a a i guess i  be surprised a of Meara said with a pained smile. A a he a done that to me before Ever since college.�?�. This time the dramatic shot capped a record breaking scoring Binge in the desert snapped a two year non winning string Lor Pavin and extended through two weeks of Mearan a exercise in frustration. A a it a been a Tough two years a said Pavin who won seven titles in his first five seasons on the pea tour then went through 27 months before this Victory. He had to break a tour scoring record a it a and then win the playoff a to do it. The old record for 90 holes was 333, 27 under Par set by Lanny Wadkins and Craig Stadler in this tournament in 1985. Both Pavin and of Meara broke that Mark by two shots with 331 totals. Pavin played the final round in 65 and of Meara shot 67 at Indian Wells. After Matching Birdie putts of about four feet on the final Hole of regulation play they went to Sadden death starting at the Par-4 17th. Pavin drove under some overhanging Trees and left his second shot tangled up in rough Well Short of Chesun Dayyat Daytona i it it m it / Foj \ ii Corey Pavin exults Over winning Chip. A Green. O Meara was on in two. Pavin Wasny to ready to concede  i did no to think id make the Chip but i thought i plight get it close a he said. But the Sholtus n into the cup for a Birdie and a shaken of Meara missed his 15-footer to tie and extend the playoff. A i play five Days with three bogeys and 32 birdies and break the scoring record and 1 done twin. I done to feel too Good a said of Meara who failed in a try for a third consecutive Victory in the Pebble Beach National pro am a week earlier. He led or shared the Lead through four Earnhardt charges to Busch Triumph by Mike Harris Daytona Beach Fla. A Dale Earnhardt agonized Quot Over strategy then used horsepower to dominate the Field in the revamped Busch clash. Earnhardt led 18 of the 20 laps sunday in the race for Jast years pole winners at Daytona International Speedway. He won $25,000 for leading at the Halfway Point then rocketed from the Back of the Field after an inverted restart to take another $35,000 Lor the Overall Victory. Quot All week Long we kind of thought about the strategy and thought maybe we ought not win a not sandbag but not win you know Quot Earnhardt said. A but we re a go for it team and we go try to win the  the event was a 20-Lap sprint for its first 12 years. Then officials chose to change the format this year in an Effort to make the race More competitive and exp citing. A a t he Nev rules called for a caution period and pit stops Between two 10-Lap Green Flag dashes. Earnhardt like most of the Drivers did t like the new format. But he simply overpowered it. He started sixth in the 14-ear Field moved to second behind Geoff Bodine on the first Lap around the 2.5-mile, High banked Oval then took the Lead on the second Lap easily staying out front to the end of the 10th Lap. As he headed toward the finish line on that Lap Bodine spun off the fourth turn. His wild ride was harmless at that Point but it did extend the mid Raee caution period a few laps. The running order was then reversed with Earnhardt taking the Green Flag on Lap 11 in 14th  charged to eighth in his Chevrolet Lumina after one Lap and amazingly was at the front and pulling away one Lap later. A to come Back leading the race alter two laps it was amazing to me a earn Hardt said. A i did no to believe we could do it. I told  Early in the week it would take King Kong to come irom 14th in 10 laps. I did no to believe we could do it in  As the leaders completed the Lap 12, there was a fourth turn crash that took Derike Cope Ken Schrader and Ricky Rudd out of the race. None of the Drivers was injured but the Field was bunched up again under the caution Flag. Yellow Flag laps done to count so when the Green Flag waved again for Lap 13, Earnhardt managed to hold off a Challenge from Mark Martin the Man he battled last season to the Winston cup championship. The Winner who failed to qualify for the 1989 and 1990 races now won the event tour times in six tries. Besides Earnhardt Only Schrader the two time defending Champion going into sundays race and the now retired Neil Bonnett have won As Many As  Champion averaged 189.474. C Mph under the Green Flag beating Martins Ford thunderbird to the finish line by two car lengths. A Rusty Wallace was third Overall followed by former Winner Bill Elliott Kyle Petty and Bodine. A of the five rounds Here but still lost. Tim Simpson also broke the Oldre eoral with a closing 67 and a 332 total one shot out of the playoff. A a a a a a i just Wasny to meant to win a he said. Neither was vetch array Floyd who had a second consecutive 64 and tied the old record. He missed the playoff by two strokes. Paving a Victory his second in this event was Worth $198,000 from the total purse of $1.1 million. It lifted him into the Early season Money winning Lead at $338,300.Charles takes Sun coast senior Tampa Fla. A Bob Charles beat Lee Trevino and George Archer by four strokes to win the $450,000 Sun coast classic senior tournament sunday after co Leader and playing partner Trevino triple bogeyed the 17th Hole. It was the the second Lime in three years that misfortune struck at the 17th. Charles won the 1989 tournament after Leader Dave. Hill triple bogeyed the Par-5, 549-Yard 17th. He won on sunday when Trevino did the same. Charles shot a 2-Undcr-Par 70 to com plate the 54-Hole senior pea tour event at 6-under 210. It was his 16th Victory in six seasons on 50-and-Over Fiur. With it came a Check for $67,500. Trevino who started the round one stroke behind Charles finished with a 73 Ana tied Archer who shot 70, at 214. At 215 were Bobby Nichols Don Massengale 1988 Winner Dale Douglass and defending Champion Mike Hill. Trevino got a share of the Lead at 5-under when the Charles a 54-year-old Lethander bogeyed from six feet at no. 16. Trevino drove poorly on the 17th and took a penalty stroke to drop from a Hazard. He hit his fourth shot into the Lake to Mold tournaments 4 ---------7�?-�?�? the left of the Green. Charles parred the Hole to take a three stroke Lead then birdied the Par-3 .18th from six  wins by 2 shots. Lauderhill Fla. Beth Daniel began the 1991 season where she left off last season a winning Golf championships. 1 Daniel the 1990 Lyga player of the year with seven victories turned Back challenges by Nancy Lopez and Laura Baugh with three birdies on the final eight holes sunday to win the $500,000 phar mor classic. Daniel had a closing round 69 at Inver Rary country club for a 7-under-Par 209 and a 2-shot Victory Over Lopez runner up at this event for the second year in a  Lopez pulled even with Daniel on a Birdie at the eighth Hole then made three bogeys and two birdies 011 the next five holes. She finished with a 69 for a 211. Baugh closed with a final round 69 to take third place her Best finish since 1986.grady tops Australia skins port Douglas Australia a Wayne Grady won two skins sunday and came out on top in the $117,000 australian skins. The pea Champion earned $88,920 to beat Greg Norman Ian Baker Finch and Rodger Davis. Grady 33, collected a $70,000 with a Birdie on the fourth of sum Days nine holes and another $18,920 for winning a playoff at the final Hole Norman won $18,720 while Davis won $9,360. Baker Finch failed to win any Money. Dale Earnhardt collects a congratulatory kiss from daughter Nicola in Victory  wins arca race Daytona Beach Fla a a crash on a restart three laps from the end helped Ben Hess to Victory sunday in the Daytona arca 200 late Model Stock car race. A last years Winner Jimmy Horton was leading just a few Quot feet ahead of Hess when the yellow Flag appeared. A car had spun on the Baek Strelch of Lap 74 in the 80-Lap race at Daytona International Speedway. A but Horton was running out of Gas and on the restart on Lap 78, he suddenly slowed at the head of the pack causing a Chain reaction behind him. / two cars collided and several others spun on the front stretch bringing the Cau lion Flag again and triggering a mandatory finish 011 the seventh caution of the Day. Bowsher wound up second followed by Rookie Kerry , his engine sputtering held on to finish fourth. Joe Niemiroski was fifth on the 2.5-mile, High banked Oval. Despite All the caution flags there were no serious injuries. Longtime racer red Tanner was taken to nearby Halifax medical Center for precautionary a Ravs after bruising his ribs and left ankle. Jerry Cook was treated at the infield care Center for a fractured right forefinger. Hess who led three times for a total of 36 laps averaged 128.480 Mph As he earned his third arca Perma Tex super car series Victory