European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 2, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 21 Golf Coe finishes Strong for first Victory Wailea Hawaii apr Dawn Coe won for the first time in nine years on the Lyga tour making birdies on two of the last four holes to withstand a furious final Challenge saturday from Dottie Moch Rie at the Lyga women a Kemper open. A it feels awesome a Coe said after carding a 4-under-Par 68 to win by a stroke. A i wanted to win so much i just wanted to know what it Felt like. Now i know a its the 31-year-old Canadian finished the 54-Hole tournament 13 under at 275, barely holding off Mochrie whose final round 64 set the Blue course record at Maui a Wailea resort. It also was a career Best round for Mochrie. A a that a what in be been working toward for nine years a said Coe who collected $75,000. A a it a been a lot of hard alone in third place was Missie Berteotti who closed with a 69 for a 277. Dana Lofland shot a final round 66 to stand another shot Back in the $500,000 tournament. Coe started the final round a shot ahead and spent most of it exchanging the Lead with Berteotti and Mochrie. Berteotti playing one group ahead of Coe led As late As the 12th Hole where she drilled a six foot Birdie putt. But Mochrie who began the Day five shots behind and was playing several groups ahead of Berteotti and Coe birdied three of the last five holes. When Mochrie finished she was ahead by one shot Over both. Berteotti could do no better than finish with six straight pars but Coe pulled even with Mochrie when she birdied no. 15 from 30 feet. Berteotti then rolled in a 25-footer at the Par-3, 124-Yard 16th Hole from off the Green to pull ahead for Good. Coe had bogeyed that Hole each of the previous two Days. Coe saved Par on the 17th Hole with a Tricky five foot putt and avoided trouble on the Par-5, 460-Yard 18th Hole closing with a Par to dash Mochrie a Dawn Coc reacts to Birdie at no. 16 saturday. Hope for a playoff. Mochrie a round was highlighted by an Eagle 3 at the 435-Yard, Par-5 12th Hole when she hit a 5-Wood within three feet of the cup. But the following Hole no. 13, would prove costly. She three putted from 15 feet for her Only bogey of the Day. A i hit a great putt there a Mochrie said. A but it just caught the Back lip of the cup and flew out of . Seniors Widen Lead in Chrysler cup Sarasota Fla. Apr Lee Trevino and Chi Chi Rodriguez combined for a 66 saturday to help the United states to a 39-13 Lead Over the International team in the second round of senior golfs Chrysler cup. The americans won two of the stroke play alternate shot matches and tied two others with the victories Worth 8 Points each and the tics 4 Points apiece. Trevino and Rodriquez led the United states team for the second straight Day. They Defeated Bruce Devlin and Billy Dunk who posted a 70 on the 6,763-Yard, Par-72 course on the tournament players club at pre Stancia. Americans Mike Hill and Miller Barber also won their match by four strokes beating Harold Henning 1 and Simon Hobday 72-76. United states teammates Jim Colbert and George Archer posted a 71 to tie Gary player and Bob Charles while Dale Douglass and Jim Dent also tied Bruce Crampton and Tommy Horton with 71s. The United states team needs 1 Ito More Points to win. In sundays final round eight singles matches were to be Worth 6 Points each with 100 total Points available during the three Day event. A their the americans Lead is not insurmountable because Golf is a strange game a said player Captain of the International team. A we have to be realistic. It is highly unlikely that we will win but we re going to give it a Trevino and Rodriguez led Devlin and Dunk by four shots after seven holes. But by the 12th Hole their Lead was just a stroke. The americans birdied three of the last six to win. Barber and Hill trailed Hobday and Henning by one stroke through most of their match but took control when Hobday and Henning double bogeyed the 14th Hole. Player and Charles had a Chance to win their match. But Archer Sank a 10-foot Par putt on the 18th Hole to preserve the tie. A that made a tremendous difference a player said. A if they had not made it we would have a very Good Chance Douglass and Dent came to the 18th Hole with a one stroke cad Over Crampton and Horton. But Crampton Sank a 15-foot Birdie putt to tie the match. Rivero goes ahead by 2 Valencia Spain apr Jose Rivero of Spain bidding for his first european tour Victory in four years shot a 69 saturday for a 206 total and a two stroke Lead after three rounds of the Mediterranean open. Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain took a double bogey 6 on the 17th Hole to finish with a 69. He shared second place with Vijay Singh of Fiji who had a 71, Christy of Connorjr. Of Ireland and Alberto Binaghi of Italy who shot 67s. Two time defending Champion Ian Woosnam finished with a 71, and was out of Contention 10 shots behind the Leader. Rivero co Leader after two rounds with Singh and Eamonn Darcy of Ireland hunkered his approach on the first Hole and took a bogey. But he made birdies on the third fourth and fifth holes and after his 2-foot Birdie putt lipped out on the 15th, he knocked in a 16-footer for Birdie on the 16th to move into the Lead using a Putter he had borrowed from Olazabal. A my game was Good today but not As Good As the first two rounds a said Rivero 36, a two time Ryder cup player whose last european Victory was in 1988 Monte Carlo open. After an Eagle-3 on the 11th Hole and birdies on the 13th and 14th, Olazabal had the Lead going to the 17th, regarded As the toughest driving Hole on the course. His tee shot struck a nine tree on the left and bounced into a ditch. He took a penalty drop but reach the Green until his fourth shot. A Fred couples fires 7-under 64 couples to move by Ken Peters los Angeles a a dream round for Fred couples. A Nightmare on no. 12 for Davis love Iii. Couples who won the los Angeles open two years ago after taking the Lead with a Fine third round shot a 7-under-Par 64 saturday to move past the faltering love and into the Lead of this years tournament. Couples went to 14-Undcr-Par 199 through three rounds at Riviera country club Good for a one shot Lead. Love had a 70 to fall Back into a three Way tie for second with Tom Sieckmann and Sandy Lyle both of whom had 66s. Love was threatening to turn the tournament into a runaway before disaster struck on the 12th Hole. He had gone to 17-under with a Birdie on no. 11, but he triple bogeyed the Par-4,413-Yard 12th Hole. He pulled his drive to the right where it clipped a tree and landed in the rough. Love then banged the Ball into a tree trying to hit out of trouble and the Ball wound up in a ditch. He muffed his third shot and the Ball remained in the ditch. He hit his fourth shot Back onto the Fairway but Well Short of the Green then chipped up eight feet below the Hole. Two putts then gave him a 7. That nightmarish sequence Tri mined . I been a substantial Down to one shot then love bogeyed at no. 15 to fall Back into a tie for the Lead. A you done to feel Good about it a couples said of loves struggles. A when you beat someone you want to beat someone by shoots 64 past love shooting a Good love meanwhile Wasny to available for comment. He was out practising. The tournament Drew a crowd of 41,430, a new record for a saturday at the . Open and couples said a the gallery was unbelievable. Its fun playing in front of that Many people. People Are right on top couples birdied the 16th Hole to go up by a stroke and then parred out. Sieckmann also went to 14-under with a Birdie at no. 17, but he bogeyed the final Hole to drop a shot behind. He echoed couples comments about loves difficulty on no. 12, saying a too bad he played so Well that s got to do emotionally Tough. 1 hate to see something like that couples 32, has made steady Progress in the past few years going to third on the 1991 Money list with $791,749. He has won six events since joining the tour in 1981, including the . Open in 1990. Although he Hasni to won this veni couples has played Well in each of or. Hair earlier outings including a thir l place finish in the tournament of Laiu Praiano a sixth place finish in the Hod . Desert classic. Also within striking of our less Lead is Rocco med. A who had a third round 66 to go to 12 under. It was a three shot drop from there Hack to the next players a Chip Beck with a third round 66 Doug Scwell with a r>7 and Keith Lear a Ter with a 68
