European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Golf gets new master Lan woo nmn reacts As winning putt goes Down and jacket goes on with Nick Faldo s help. By Ken Rappoport a hockey writer the season ended for the Chicago Blackhawk on sunday night while the St. Louis blues and Calgary flames kept theirs going. The Blackhawk the National hockey leagues no 1 team during the regular season suffered a shocking first round knockout with a 3-1 defeat by the lowly Minnesota North stars. In winning the Norris division series in six games the North stars became the first team in 20 years with a first round upset of the regular season Champion. The Blackhawk who finished 3s Points ahead of the North stars joined the 1971 Boston Bruins As the Only no. 1 teams since the leagues 1967 expansion to lose in the first round. Boston lost to Stanley cup playoffs Montreal which went on to win the Stanley cup by beating Chicago in the final. In a smythe division semifinal the los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver canucks 4-1 to win that series in six games. Meanwhile the blues and flames stayed alive with clutch victories in their respective series. The blues Defeated Detroit 3-0 to tie their Norris semifinal 3-3 and Send the series Back to St. Louis for a deciding seventh game on tuesday night. The flames nipped the Edmonton oilers 2-1 in overtime forcing a game 7 in Calgary in their smythe series. The playoffs were to continue monday night with a deciding Patrick division game Between new Jersey and Pittsburgh who were tied 3-3.the Winner will Woosnam wins first major by 7 by Denne h. Freeman the associated press Augusta a. A the masters is stil under the grip of a foreign player. Only the overseas address has changed. Ian Woosnam of Wales who stands slightly taller than his Golf bag at 5-foot-4 /2, was the american killer in the 55th masters. For the fourth consecutive year the first place Crystal will travel Back across the Atlantic to the British Isles Nick Faldo of England failed in his bid to win a third consecutive masters instead putting the  jacket on Woosnam. In 1988, Sandy Lyle of Scotland Bir. Died the last Hole to win. A Woosnam withstood challenges on sunday from americans Tom Watson Lanny Wadkins Jodie Mudd Ben Crenshaw and Steve Pate and a fellow Ryder cup teammate 25-Ycar-old Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain to earn his first major championship. Faldo made a Brief run with an Early Eagle and three consecutive Hack nine birdies but was too far Back shooting a 70 to finish five shots behind Woosnam. A it just Wasny to to be a Faldo said. A i shot myself out of it in the first two  Woosnam won it the hard Way making a putt about As Long As his body for a Par on the 72nd Green after Watson and Ola Zabal had fallen victim to the Uphill 405-Yard, Par-4 18th. Woosnam ranked the no. 1 player in the world battled two time masters Champion Watson and an unruly crowd around a amen Corners on Augusta National Golf clubs Tricky and treacherous Back nine. A Spectator yelled at Woosnam a this Isnit a links course this is a amen Corners at Augusta  Woosnam a former Amateur Boxer got mad and came out swinging on the 14th tee. A a a a a. \ j v a a few people were trying to give me a hard time get to me a Woosnam said. A a european player has won the last four masters. At the moment Europe is better. I guess you be got to expect that behaviour from the crowd a Watson said a the crowd was very partisan in my favor. I told Wootsie a Little Story to try to Cool him  stars and stripes ports. April 16,1991 b Page 28 Woosnam said the Story was about How Don january used to Razz Watson and. Watson would say Back to him a thank you very  a so i hit my drive Down the Middle then turned and said a thank you very much a a a Woosnam said. A the More aggressive i get the better i play a Woosnam was so mad at the treatment he had received from the pro Watson fans that he told them after he hooked his tee shot in Rae a Creek on 13 a i Hope you re All Happy 1 hit it in  the 33-year-old Woosnam who finished second in the 1989 . Open shot a final round even Par 72 for a 72-holc total of 277 for the $243,000 first place Money. A a a Olazabal made it a 1-2 finish for Europe with a bogey on the last Hole for a 70 and 278,. Watson 41, double bogeyed the last Hole for a 73 and a four Way tie with Wadkins 71crenshaw 67 and Pate 65. Watson who has t won a major since the 1983 British open gave it a Gallant try with two eagles on the homeward Par 5s. V a a a but Watson double bogeyed the 155 Yard Par-3 no. 12, then pushed his tee shot on 18 into the Trees setting up a Sec see masters on Page 22 inside sports Phelps Steps Down As Irish v basketball coach a Page 22 Augusta to stay Little Corner of foreign Field a Page 25 Belle tolls for red sox in Whitewash a Page 26 Al Unser or. Has 4th straight Day at Beach a Page 27 1 play Washington in the Patrick final. Boston and Montreal who wrapped up their respective series on saturday night will begin the Adams division final starting  division North stars 3, Blackhawk 1 Bloomington Minn a Jon Casey made 26 saves and Brian Bellows had two goals and an assist to Lead Minnesota. The Blackhawk weren to just beaten by Minnesota. They were dominated. The North stars outscored the Blackhawk 122 the last three games and out shot them 222-159 in the series. The North stars last series Victory came against St. Louis six years ago and their last seven game series win was against St. Louis in 1984, the same year they posted their Only previous playoff Victory Over Chicago. A a since being benched in Minnesota a Sec. Ond and third game losses and being criticized by coach Bob Gainey for allowing two weak goals in game 3, Casey has yielded Only two goals on 69 shots. Chicago Rookie de Belfour who led nil goalies in the regular season with 43 wins a 2.47 goals against average and a .910 save percentage was 2-4 with a 4.08 goals against average in the playoffs. Chicago 49-23-8 during the regular season suffered its first three game losing Streak of the year. A Minnesota was More prepared to com it cute in playoff hockey a Chicago coach like Keenan said. A the coach is entirely responsible for a Lack of  cup on Page 22