European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Still open for Busine Sstewart Simpson forge playoff by Bob Green a Golf writer. Chaska Minn. Payne Stewart and Scot i Simpson packed Alt the drama into the last three holes sunday but could not reach a decisions with a lie after the regulation 72, they were to return to the Hazeltine a. Tonal Golf club monday for an 18-Hole playoff for the "01 St . Open Golf championship. Stewart and Simpson locked into a head to head Battle completed. Four rounds in 6-under-Par 282 and each played the final round in Par 72. Just As lies did in saturdays third round. Simpson last a 2-stroke Lead with bogeys on the 161h and 18th holes to set up the playoff. Bach Man had ample Opportunity to win it outright. While the scorecard will show that it was Simpsons lapses at the end that sent them to an extra Day Stewart also let a potential Victory get away. Wearing the colors of the Minnesota. Vikings a tour time losers in the super bowl a Stewart had a Viking like finish missing make Able Birdie putts on three of the last four holes As it turned out any one would have won it Lor him. But Stewart who had stayed in the Chas Only through some Gritty Par saving putts earlier in the round was 0 for 3 on the Birdie attempts Down the Homestretch. A i hit a lot of Good putts a Stewart said. Quot it just Wasny to a Day to make birdies. I guess it was a Day to make and Simpson a Winner of this title in 1987, appeared to be doing just that. 1 he methodical Man playing with approaching metronome regu purity was reeling off Par alter Par scores that became More and More valuable As the round wore on. A a then he got to 16 a that nol so Sweet rebuilt 16th, a Little horror of a Hole that has. Served As the critical stretch of real. Estate in this event. With a two shot Lead in hand he let his Lee shot Drift to the left just enough to be in trouble. Mis next a a squirted left again Well Short of the Hole and still deep in 1 he Bluegrass. A a a a a a a a a a a. A. A. A mis third just made the Green. Two putts from 35 loot Cut his Lead to one. It could have been even at that Point but Stewart failed on a 10-foot Birdie pull / another potential Birdie from about 5 Teet eluded Stewart on the Par-3 i7th, and they went to the final Hole with Sim son leading by one. Again Simpsons drive got away to the left lie bad no Chance to reach the Green on the Long Uphill finishing Hole and played Back to i he Fairway. He Pul his third some 20 feel below 91st . Open Tanc Stewart left and Scott Simpson agree to play it again on the i8th Green sunday. The cup and needed that for Par Stewart meanwhile played his second to the fringe some 25 feet away. A. A a a a Stewart missed his Long Birdie pull and watched in dismay As the Ball Slid 5 Icet beyond. Simpson then missed Bis Long Par putt. / but there was still. Work to do. A a. ,. Stewart had that Tricky 5-footer for Par and Simpson faced a 2-looter Lor bogey. Both holed out and the playoff was on leaders cards a a Chaska Mirin apr cards of the loaders in sunday s fourth re kid of the 91st �-� open Golf championship played on the Par.- 72, 7.149-Yard Hazeltine National Golf. Club course Par out a. A Simpson out Stewart dut.,.i Nelson in Simpson in. Stewart it. Nelson in. Couples in. 445-344-534-36 .,445-344-434 -35 it ,444 345-534 36 .445-243-434-33 �.444-344-444�?35 454-345-434,36-72 28b 354-345-535-37-72 282 ,454-345-434-36 72 -2b2 444-255-434-35-68-285 553-345-433-35-70-265 Quot i m a Little a win but Payne win too Man a the stars and stripes ports june 18,1991 b Page 28 the Calendar. The playoff will he the third in. Four years at the open. / Curtis strange beat Nick Waldo by four strokes a in 11 88 and Hale Irwin needed a 19th Hole on monday last year to beat Mike Donald. Quot Well Here we Are another year another playoff a Simpson said disappointed1 did no to had a 1 o t o f e i a n be s t o a it was something out both Simpsons critical misses the acc shots on the 16th and 18th that set up the bogeys were the result of pulled 1-Iron shots he said. But he noted Stewart could have won it Loo. A i dodged some bullets out there the last three holes when Payne missed the birdies a Simpson said and Stewart took a similar View looking to the mistakes of his opponent in what was essentially match play. A the last three holes a Stewart said �?o1 needed to make something happen and Scott helped me a they started the Day tied for the Lead and Stewart made the first move with a 34 foot Birdie putt on the third. A that put him one in front and he seemed poised to go two in front when Simpson went from Bunker to rough on the Par-3 fourth Hole. Simpson however chipped in from 35 feet for Pur and remained Only one behind. 1 v. A a a �.-. Simpson pulled even when Stewart chopped up the sixth and made bogey then went ahead with a 10-foot Birdie putt on the seventh and took the Lead to two with a 12foot Birdie putt on the 10th. A. No one else really got into it. A Larry Nelson 43, the 1983 open Winner got to within striking distance when he went four under Par Lor the tournament with a 25-foot putt on the 13th. But he bogeyed the next missing the Green and Wasny to really a. Factor again. Nelson with a 68, tied for third at 285, three behind the leaders with bred Cou pies. Couples finished off a 70 with a last Hole Birdie. / fuzzy Zoeller moved up to fifth with a bogey free 67 that put him at 286. A Scott Hoch with a 73, finished at 287 and was the Only other Man in the Field in break Par for 72 holes. Irwin 46, the defending Champion took himself out of it with a bogey bogey Start shot 74 and finished at 290,twins Harvest Confidence from Streak Baltimore a no matter How poor the Competition has been the Minnesota twins figure 15 straight wins can to be a Fluke. A a it a certainly not time to be patting ourselves on the Back or heating our chests a says Jack Morris who has won his three starts since the club record Streak began june 1. Quot but the Confidence that grows out of this Streak will help us in a lot of its the longest winning Streak in the majors since Kansas City won 16 in a Row in 1977. The american league record of 19 is shared by Chicago 1906 and new York 1947. Sundays baseball on Page 26 sceptics have been Quick to Point out that All 15 wins have come against teams playing under .500 a seven , three each against Baltimore and new. York and two against Kansas City. More of the same is ahead this week. Minnesota was to open a three game series at Baltimore on monday night and will travel to new York for four games against the Yankees this weekend. Quot Quot if we weren to beating them a a Quot first baseman Kent Lorbek said Quot they would t be in last place Quot. /. True enough. The orioles managed to take two of three the weekend while the twins were beating up on the indians and As a result Cleveland and together in the Al East cellar monday morning. The. Twins sudden turnaround from last years last place finish actually began May 28, when they beat Texas to Stop the rangers 14-game winning Streak. Since that game they have gone 18-1, compiling a team batting average of .286 and a team Era of 2.09. A Quot v. Quot when you win this Many games in a Row a. Morris said t think Guys have the feeling a hey we Are Good. We can play Quot a = / Quot Quot. 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