European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a the stars and stripes sunday july 7, 1991 swinging Way by Bob Gree the associated press Lemont 111. A Greg Norman is Back not All the Way perhaps but much much closer than he has been for a Long time. A a it a been a mixed up year a Norman said referring to the criticisms and confusion the slump and ailments that have marked his fortunes in recent months. A a in a just glad in a Back a he said after a 6-under-Par 66 Friday gave him a 2-stroke Lead at the Halfway Point of the Western open. Norman a frustrated troubled non Winner for More than a year completed 36 holes Over the dubs read course at cog Hill in 9-Undcr 135. A a in a More related More at ease than in be been in some time a the australian Star said. A hopefully i can keep it going Over the weekend. A it would do me a world of Good a Norman said. A it would mean a lot to me to be Able to win again pretty  there was every indication he is ready to do just that. His second round Effort was the Best of the Windy Day by 2 strokes and could have been considerably better. A i let a great one get away today a Norman said after finishing with a bogey-6 on his last Hole where the wind knocked his third shot into a Bunker. A i missed out on a real Low one today. It could have been 4 shots better. Conservatively. The Way 1 played a 62 definitely was on a he said. Mark Lye was alone in second at 137 after a 71. Andrew Magee lefty Russ Cochran Lee Janzen Gary Hallberg and Fred couples a Winner last week in Memphis were next at 138. Couples included an Eagle-3 in his round of 68.  a 69, Hallberg and Janzen had 71s and Cochran a 72. Arnold Palmer left Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino walk Down the Fairway during the Kroger senior classic on Friday. Nicklaus Palmer Trevino show a hit by Terry Kinney the associated press Mason Ohio a the first Ever tournament pairing of Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino was a Box office Bonanza but an artistic disaster. A none of the three of us played great a Trevino said. A i think All three of us could have played better if we Hadnot played  the pairing for fridays first round of the $600,000 Kroger senior classic helped produce a crowd of Over 40,000, the largest in the history of the senior pea tour. A i think people got treated to a Day you wont see very often Quot Nicklaus said. �?o1 think it was a very special Day to a lot of people in Golf because Arnold and myself and Lee have All competed at a High level for a Long time. I Don t think it was important whether we shot great rounds or  they did no to. Trevino was Best of the three with a 3-under-Par 68, Good enough for a seven Way tie Tor sixth place. Nicklaus had an even Par 71 and Palmer shot a 76. Despite the thousands of competitive rounds they have played Nicklaus Palmer and Trevino had never been paired in a tournament a Only in the made for television senior skins game. A i done to know if Well Ever team up together again a Trevino said. A i was really looking Forward to it. I did no to get to sleep until 1 of clock last night because i was thinking about  Trevino said Palmer and Nicklaus a were the two Guys i looked up to before i came on the  a it will stick with me a Long time a he said. A tournament official had called the pairing the a second coming of senior Golf a traffic jams outside the Jack Nicklaus sports Center 20 Miles North of Cincinnati attested to its mass Appeal. A i was looking Forward to today with Hopes that i would play better than i did Quot Palmer said. A a in a disappointed a with Friy game. But i suppose in a not really  a double bogey 6 on the first Hole was demoralizing he said. But there was also uplifting times As the threesome was greeted by applause from the six deep gallery All the Way around the 6,628-Yard grizzly course. A i Felt like 1 was 20 years younger than i was at one Point and i Wasny to ready for that a Palmer said. Dale Douglass Terry Dill Al Gei Berger and Dudley Wysong shot 66s to share the first round Lead in the 54-Hole tournament. Larry Laoretti was 1 shot Back. All played in relative anonymity. Quot a we had very few a followers in our gallery Quot Geiberger said. A everyone seemed to be planted a few holes ahead to watch the last  but Geiberger said he was moved by the spectacle of Palmer Nicklaus and Trevino walking three abreast. A i was coming Down two and i saw them walking Down one together. That was really quite a sight Quot he said. Chi Chi Rodriguez this years leading Money Winner on the senior tour matched Trevino a 68. Defending Champion Jim Dent had an opening round 70. Twenty three players in the Field of 78 broke Par. Dill one of the longest hitters on the senior tour found a Way to get some added Roll. A if you hit it just barely in the rough the Ball will go 30 to 40 Yards farther a Dill said. A fall the fairways Are convex a the closer you get to the Middle the softer they  Douglass made six straight birdies to go 6-under before dropping Back into a tie by bog eying the 14th Hole. To top Ray Floyd one of four tied for the first round Lead slipped to a 73 and was at 139. Norman who has collected 67 titles around the world Hasni to won since the 199q memorial. He a been in a deep slump since a 67-76 drubbing at the hands of Nick Faldo in their third round head to head confrontation at last years British open. He missed the Cut at the masters earlier this season then took an unscheduled three week vacation complaining of burnout. He Alsor withdrew after 27 holes of the . Open complaining of a hip ailment.richard1 ahead with 67sylvania 01$> a of the 126 golfers who played in the first round of the Jamie Farr Toledo classic Vicki Goetze was the Only one who termed her participation in the Lyga tournament As  the 18-year-old from Hull ga., striving to become the first Amateur in 22 years to win an event on the women a pro tour shot a 3-under-Par 68 Friday to Trail Leader Deb Richard by a stroke after one round of the 54-Hole tournament. Richard 11th on the Money list and the Winner at the women a Kemper open earlier in the year shot a 67 that featured seven birdies. But Goetze who will enter the University of Georgia this fall on a Golf scholarship still stole the show. Goetze teed it up in Only her second professional event. She finished 17th at the Dinah Shore one of the up  a four majors. She said it was her Calm approach that resulted in a Low score at the Farr. A obviously in a not out Here making my living like everyone else is. But i think in order to play Well you be got to play Loose Quot she said. The last Amateur Winner on the tour was Joanne Carner who won the Bur diners invitational in 1969, Carner went on to the Lyga Hall of Fame. A Goetze playing in the last group of the Day caught fire Down the stretch to pull into a tie with 19-year-old tour Rookie Brandie Burton Elaine Crosby and Veteran Nancy Rubin. Goetze said her motive in playing this week was to gain experience. A my whole reason for being Here is one Competition and to see what its like a she said. At 69 were Alice Miller Carolyn Hill Diane Heinicke Rauch and Chris  Dolphin leads celebrity tournament Lake Tahoe Nev. Apr former Miami dolphins safety Dick Anderson shot a 4-under-Par 68 Friday for a 4-stroke Lead in the $400,000 celebrity Golf association championship. Anderson shot a 33 on the front nine and then 35 for a Cha championship record in the first Day of the event at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf course. His performance gave him a 4-shot Lead Over Detroit pistons Center Bill Laimbeer and Steve Bartkowski former Atlanta Falcons quarterback. The 54-Hole celebrity Golf tournament was to continue saturday and sunday with 76 players vying for the $75,000 first prize