European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 b. The stars and stripes thursday August 15, 1991 Beck fill out Ryder team Castle Rock Colo up1 american Ryder cup Captain Dave Stockton said tuesday he had chosen Chip Beck and Raymond Floyd to fill out the 12-Man squad that will attempt to defeat the european team for the first time in eight years when the matches Are played next month in South Carolina. Stockton said he wanted to choose one relatively Young player and one Veteran with his two wild card picks and that Floyd was selected Over Tom Kite and Tom Watson because a right now he is putting better than the other  the selection of Floyd was a mild Surprise and Stockton said he thought Floyd himself would be surprised by the decision. A i Haven to had a Chance to talk to Raymond yet Quot Stockton said. A but i done to think Raymond was expecting  Floyd was Captain of the american team that tied the europeans in England two years ago. After losing the cup Only three times in the 54-year history of the biannual event the United states lost in the 1985 matches and have not won since. The first 10 members of the american team won spots on the squad through an 18-month Points race that ended with the final round of last weeks pea championship Fred couples led the Points Competition and will be joined on the team by Payne Stewart Lanny Wadkins Hale Irwin Paul Azinger Corey Pavin Mark of Meara Mark Calcavecchia Wayne Levi and Steve Pate. Pavin Levi and Pate will be participating in their first Ryder cup with Pale having moved ahead of Tim Simpson into both place in the Points standings based on his play at the pea. They will be facing a european team highlighted by Nick Faldo Ian Woosnam seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal. A this is the Only part of this Job i Don t like a said Stockton who had polled members of the team to get their ideas about the two wild card selections. A from the Start i had planned to pick Curtis strange. But he is not playing Well and i feel very badly for him. A to be honest Raymond was not in my thinking three or four months ago. But he played unbelievably Well in the British open. He shot a 68 in the final round of the . Open. He shot a 69 in the final round of the pea championship. A Tom Watson was still in the running last night. But Watson Hurt his Case by not making the Cut at the pea. It was Tough not do pick Watson or Kite. But i wanted a Good Putter and i think Raymond has a few More putts left in  Watson s poor putting has been at the Core of his struggling play Over the past seven years and Kite Golf s All time leading Money Winner who won the opening event on the pea tour this year has fallen into a slump that is tied to putting woes. Stockton indicated he had not Given serious consideration to picking Jack Nicklaus who made the Cut in All four major championships this year. A a Jack a name did not show up on Many of the ballots a Stockton said. A a in a not sure i will get any More holes out of Raymond than 1 would Jack. But 1 think Raymond relates to this group of players better than Jack  Stockton said Beck became his Choice from the younger group of players when Pate made the team on his own. A i was going to pick Steve Pate if he Hadnot made it into the lop 10,�?� Stockton said. A when he did it gave me a Chance to pick Chip. Quot Chip and Paul Azinger teamed very Well at the last Ryder cup winning both matches in which they were partners and both winning their singles matches. I think that is a pairing you can expect. And in choosing Chip i chose a Guy who could play 36 holes a Day. He does no to know it yet but he will probably be doing  1 Dpi file 2 Veteran Ray Floyd left and Chip Beck were chosen to provide age balance for 1991 . Ryder cup team. Who s who on the Ryder team by United press International Fred couples a years on pea tour 11. Total victories 5. Career earnings $3.9 million. Ryder cup record 0-2 in 1 appearance. Couples was one of the american players who lost a Ryder cup match on the final Hole two years ago. He finished third in both the . Open and British open this year. A Fred was disappointed by the bad shot he hit at the last Hole of his singles match two years ago and the first thing he wanted to know was when we started counting Points for the next team Quot said american Captain Dave Stockton. Quot i like that  Payne Stewart a years on pea tour ii. Total victories 8, career earnings $4.9 million. Ryder cup record 3-5 in 2 appearances. Stewart s . Open Victory this year is the crowning achievement of a career that has been plagued by near misses. His loss to Jose Maria Olazabal in the singles matches in 1989 signalled the beginning of the end to the United states Hopes of reclaiming the Ryder cup. A nine shot Victory at the dutch open indicates Stewart is playing about As Well As any other member of the team. Lanny Wadkins a years on pea tour 21. Total victories 20. Career earnings $5 million. Ryder cup record 15-9-1 in 6 appearances. A close confidant of Stockton s in the cd Hising of the two wild card members to the team Wadkins had an excellent Start to this season but has not played up to form of late. Only four american players have won More Ryder cup mulches than wad Kins a Billy Casper Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino. Ilac Irwin a years on pea tour 24. Total victories 19. Career earnings $4.4 million. Ryder cup record 11-4-1 in 4 appearances. Irwin a career was rejuvenated a Yar ago with his unexpected Victory in the , open followed a week later by Bis Triumph at Westchester. U has been 10 years since Irwin was on a Ryder cup team. Paul Azinger a years on pea tour 9. Total victories 7. Career earnings $4,1 million. Ryder cup record 3-1 in i appearance. Azinger a Victory Over seve Ballesteros in the first singles match two years ago was one of the United states highlights in the Ryder cup tie with Europe Azinger had recent arthroscopic surgery on his Back but Stockton said Azinger will be 100 percent. Corey Pavin a years on pea tour 8. Total victories 9. Career earnings $3.1 million. Ryder cup Rookie. Pavin is this years leading Money Winner on the pea tour thanks to a Streak in which he captured both the Bob Hope classic and Atlanta classic. Mark of Meara a years on pea tour 11. Total victories 6. Career earnings $3.6 million. Ryder cup record 1-4 in 2 appearances it because of health problems. Of Meara is wingless this year and does not rank among the top 30 Money winners. But he challenged for the British open title last month to show his game has returned to form. Mark Calcavecchia a years on pea tour ii. Total victories 5. Career earnings $3.4 million. Ryder cup record 3-4 in 2 appearances. Calcavecchia s career has levelled off since his British open Victory in 1989, but he is very competitive and should be an asset to the team. He was used sparingly by Captain Jack Nicklaus in the american Ryder cup loss in 1989, but teamed with Ken Green to win two of the three team matches they played two years ago. Wayne Levi a years on pea tour 15. Total victories 12. Career earnings $3.4 million. Ryder cup Rookie. Although Levi has been quoted As saying he was not All that eager to play on the Ryder cup team Stockton says he does not question levies dedication. A when i called him after levies spot on the team was secure he said he was going to Kiawah Island site of the matches the next Day. I like to hear  1 Sieve Pale a years on pea tour 7. Total victories 4. Career earnings $2.5 million Ryder cup Rookie. Pate helped Stockton by playing his Way onto the team at the pea championship. He has had an excellent season ranking second in Money winnings to Fred couples. Pate bumped Tim Simpson from the team and although Simpson very badly wanted to play in the Ryder cup he has been in a slump of late and Pale will Likely strengthen the team. If Pate had not won his Way onto the team he would have been a wild card. Chip Beck a years on pea tour 13. Total victories 3. Career earnings $3.8 million. Ryder cup record 3-0-1 in 1 Apper Unce Beck teamed with Azinger to win two matches in the 1989 Ryder cup and then beat Bernhard Langer in the singles. It was that record that caused Stockton to choose him with a wild card selection. Raymond Floyd a years on pea tour 29. Total victories 21. Career earnings $4 million. Ryder cup record 7-13-3 in six appearances. A surprising wild card selection Floyd was picked by Stockton because of his ability to relate to the younger players and because of his still solid putting stroke. Floyd captained the american team that tied the europeans in the 1989 Ryder  claim to Golf has scots out of Kilter Sydney Australia a Scotland May not have been the Birthplace of Golf after All. A chinese professor is stirring up Golf a historians by insisting the game first was played in China not the rolling marshes of St. Andrews. Ling Hon Ling of the Northwest Normal University in Lanzhou said his research has led him to  people were hacking away in China at least 400 years before Golf became a passion in Scotland. The scots Are stunned by his claim. The dutch who also Lay claim to having created the game Are disbelieving. Ling said the ancient chinese game of a Chi Uwana is the precursor to Golf. The first mention of Chuwan was recorded in and 943, according to research by Ling published in the current Issue of the australian society for sports history Assisi bulletin. It remained popular until the 15th Century Ling said in his paper a verification of the fact that Golf originated from  Ling suggested Chuwan May have been taken Back to Europe by traders in the Middle Ages eventually being refined into the modern sport of Golf. A was the two games Are identical in Content we can safely say that Golf and Chuwan Are games of the same Type a Ling said. A a Chuwan was much earlier than Golf in Britain and Holland. Thus we can say that Chi wart in China As compared with Golf Type games is undoubtedly the Pioneer a Ling said a Chi us Means hitting and Quot want Means Ball. The study is certain to spark widespread International debate on the games origins and already has been denounced by officials of the Royal and ancient Golf club. A it is a hoax an academic joke a the clubs official historian Bobby Burnet told Melbourne a the age newspaper which printed details of the report. Burnet said Golf started in Scotland around the year 1350. The first recorded mention of Golf was in 1457, when it was banned by an act of parliament because it was distracting scots from Archery practice. The rothmans Atlas of world sport says the game is believed to have derived from a British stick and Ball game known As a Knur and spell or the dutch game of  \ the Royal and ancient club at St. Andrewes was formed in 1754 and is regarded As traditional Home of the game. Braham dabs Check editor of the ass bulletin told the associated press he had no reason to doubt the veracity of Lings research. A it seems genuine Quot he said