European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday june 17, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 by Steve wilste1n Chaska Minn. A Ian Woosnam a Hopes of a . Open championship to match his masters title Sank saturday along with a tee shot that drifted wildly in the wind and plopped into a Pond. Breezes blowing off the Prairie tossed balls around like tiny kites in the Gray sky Over Hazeltine National wrecking Woosnam and More than a dozen other big name contenders. They weaved through the front nine flipping bits of grass above their Heads to figure out the direction of the 25 Mph gusts and formed a distinguished 40-and-Over club Woosnam Craig Stadier Tom Watson Lanny Wadkins Phil Mickelson. They pushed on through the Back nine adding a new members Corey Pavin Larry Mize Wayne Grady Steve Elkington David Graham Andy North Wadkins again. By the time the debacle ended 20 players posted at least 40 in the front or Back six players shot rounds. Of 80 or More and Only two of the 65 players a Hale Irwin at 70 and Nick Price at 71 a broke Par. It was the first open round since 1986 at Shinn Ecock Hills in Southampton n a in which no one scored in the 60s. It. Nothing worked for Woosnam ranked no. 1 in the world even though the welshman is More experienced playing in rough weather than most americans. Four strokes off the Lead and three under Par at the Start of the Day he faded to 10 behind co leaders Payne Stewart and Scott Simpson with a 79 for 220. _ a when you re playing into a wind like this and you re not playing Well you can say goodbye a Woosnam said. A at the end i was just trying to break 80.�?�. The had come Here thinking about the possibility of moving closer to the elusive grand slam a winning the masters . Open British open and pea titles in the same year. But that dream faded fast. A i did no to have much Hope for it the Way i played a he said. Woosnam bungled drives approaches and putts living dangerously in the rough All Day. He bogeyed five of the first 10 holes including a double on the 166-Yard eighth after his Ball disappeared in the water. He tried to exorcise his troubles by giving away a Ball to a Young boy after bogey no the sixth but the new Ball he plucked from his bag did no to last Long. Quot a swirling wind kicked up the moment Woosnam teed off on the eighth and the Ball floated toward the Green veered to the right then backed up into the Pond As if in slow motion. Usually play when you re right you re he tossed another Ball into the drop area and hit it to the far left Corner of the Green 30 feet Uphill from the pin. A Good Effort to save bogey failed by inches As he fell to five Over for the round a Quot when i took 5 there i knew i was in for a Long Day and a lot of trouble a he said. A i Well in the wind but not striking the Brill going to get punished this final embarrassment came on the 16th. A treacherous territory bordered on the right by swollen Hazeltine Lake and Marshland on the. Left by Trees and divided in the Middle by a swamp and Little Lagoon. Woosnam muscled a Good drive into the ankle deep rough then a thrashed with the 7-iron&Quot and reach the Green 105 Yards away. He walked away glumly with a double bogey 6. Everyone else knew the reeling. A the last three holes Are brutal Quot said cons Perry who finished bogey double bogey bogey for his closing 40 in a round of 75 a sixteen a the w ind is dead into your face. You be got a 210-Yard carry Over the water. Its playing like a Par-5. Seventeen the wind goes right to left. Eighteen you re going into the wind. Even if you hit it far you need a Wood on the second masters Winner Ian Woosnam. A just trying to a Nightmare 16th Means Bye Bye birdies by Jeff Williams new Day Chaska Minn. A its anything but Sweet 16. Its More like terror at 384 Yards. The 16th Hole at the Hazeltine National Golf club had competitors shaking their Heads and uttering oaths during the third round of the . Open. At 384 Yards its the second shortest Par 4 on the course but it is by far the toughest Hole. It played to a 4.938-stroke average saturday nearly a full shot Over Par. There Wasny tone Birdie. There were three players who made double Par saturday. Quads. Snowmen. Eights. Wayne Grady . Wei bang and Andy North All made the dreaded quadruple bogeys and for North it was the difference Between being on the Leader Board and being Back in the pack. North twice an open Champion was t under Par for the tournament when he came to the 16th. When he left he was 3 Over. V / there were three triple bogeys on the Hole by Dave Rummells Jodie Mudd and Larry Mize. Mize managed to follow that with another on the Par-3 17th. The 16th is a new Hole for this open it bends to the right along the marshy Shoreline of Lake Hazeltine. The Lake and a big Willow at the Point of the Dogleg Force players to aim left. On the left is a Creek which from the tee actually is hidden from View. If the Lee shot finds the Fairway its still no bargain shinning for the Green a a Long narrow affair jutting into the Lake like a fishing pier. Nick Price made bogey on the Hole saturday on the Way to a 71 and was very pleased thank you. A a it a the most in Only my Hole to play into the wind Quot he said. A Ulven in you hit your tee Shol into the water that s just the beginning you could be there All i he Man responsible Tor this Hole is Golf course architect Rees Jones. A i had to design one Hole for the players to complain about so that they complain about seventeen a he said with a smile. A the Long walk from the Green to the 17th the it was designed to let players Cool to Tell that to Larry stays mainly out in front in Spain Madrid Spain apr defending-5 Rocc world Champion Wayne Rainey of the United states raced his Yamaha to his third Victory of the season sunday in the motorcycle grand prix of Europe at the Jarama circuit. V Rainey completed 32 laps around the 2.39-mile circuit in in 51 minutes,1.408 seconds 7.647 seconds ahead of Michael Doohan arid 25.917 ahead of Wayne Gardner both australians Riding Hon Wayne Rainey Das. The Victory allowed Rainey to Edge closer to Doo Han in the world standings. Doohan who was second leads with 143 Points. Rainey is second with 131 and Kevin Schwantz of the United states is third with 103 Points. A Rainey averaged 89.823 Mph during the 76.4-Mi 1c race. More than 120,000 fans braved sweltering heat to watch the grand prix which replaced the yugoslav grand prix at Rijeka. The International motorcycling federation moved that race to Madrid because of political tensions in the Balkan country. Pole Sitter Schwantz was fourth in the race followed by Kocinski and spaniard Juan Surriga. A in the 250-cc event defending world Champion Luca Candalora of Italy extended his Lead in the world standings with a Victory Over Honda teammate Helmut Bradl of Germany. Candalora completed the 64.45-mile race in 44 08.875, averaging a Speed of 87.59 Mph. It was his fourth Victory of the season. Pro football s no. 1 Magazine poll finds new York a a poll conducted for sports illustrated and released sunday shows that americans Are More passionate about sports than Ever and that pro football remains the nations most popular sport with baseball slipping Over the last five years. 1 sports poll �?T91, conducted by lie hernia n research inc., of new. York for sports illustrated was based on mail questionnaires completed by a nationwide Sample of 2,320 adults age 18 and up last november december. It reported that 73 percent of americans Are interested in sports up two percent from the findings of the last poll conducted five years ago. Asked which sports they were most interested in 60 percent of the Sample named pro football. That matched the result of the 1986 poll. Baseball however received just 52 percent Down irom 59 percent five years ago. Those two were followed by College football 4 1 percent fishing 37 percent pro basketball. 34 percent College basketball 32 percent professional boxing 30 percent Bowling 29 percent and Auto racing 27 percent nearly two in three americans said they would pay to watch sports events on pay per View television if there were ,1 especially the super bowl a which 42 percent of respondents said they would buy. The next most popular pay per vie a attractions would be the world series 35 percent olympic games 30 percent a heavyweight championship fight 23 percent nil playoffs 23 percent Aba finals 18 percent baseball playoffs 15 percent and the Kentucky Derby 10 percent. Other findings indicated 50 percent of americans favor fete roses induction into the baseball Hall of Fame 68 percent oppose Access to dressing rooms by journalists of the opposite sox 53 percent favor a Post bowl playoff to determine College football s National Champion and 31 percent support the american leagues designated hitter Rule up from 26 percent in 1986,
