European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 a the stars and stripes sunday March 29, 1992 v a a a we 185-Yard Birdie helps Olazabal tie for pc Lead Billie Ray Brown chips in for a Birdie on no. 1 Friday in route to a share of pc Lead. By Bob Green Ponte Vedra Fla. Api Jose Maria Olazabal was in big trouble on the fifth Hole of the pc at saw grass. The Young Spanish Star had just taken a drop after bouncing a drive into the water on the Par-4 Hole and was looking at a 185-Yard 6-Iron shot. He holed it. The Ball ran onto the Green curled off a slope and trickled into the cup for an improbable Birdie that sparked Olazabal to a 7-under-Par 65 and a share of the Lead Friday at the Halfway Point of the $1.8 million tournament players championship. A i think i was very Lucky on that shot a the 26-year-old Spanish Star understated after he had gained a tie for the 36-Hole Lead with Billy Ray Brown. Brown who held a three shot Lead going into the Days play could do no better than a 2-under-Par 70 in the Strong winds and matched Olazabal a 134 total. A when you get a Day like this mentally it just beats you Down a said Brown a texan now in his fifth season on the pea tour. While Brown retained a share of the Lead the growing knowledge and grudging acceptance of the course a with its humps and hollows Mounds and waste areas sloping contoured greens a by the european stars provided this event with a decided foreign flavor. Nick Faldo of England and a pair of australians joined Olazabal among the leaders in the tournament billed As the annual championship of golfs touring pros. Aside from Sandy Lyle a 1987 Victory the european big six a Lyle Faldo Ian Woosnam seve Ballesteros Bernhard Langer and Olazabal a have fared poorly Here in the past. In 31 combined starts in this tournament they have missed the Cut 13 times and have Only four top-10 finishes. Olazabal had no complaints. A you like any course you shoot 65 on a he said. And even Faldo a former critic admitted a certain sort of acceptance after another round of 68. A you have to accept some bits of the design you done to like he said. Parry a Stocky Little australian who won twice at Home earlier this year shot a 68 and was tied for second a single shot off the Lead at 135. He shared the position with Davis love Iii who also had a second round 68 in winds gusting to 35 Mph. Faldo the English Ace who scored consecutive masters victories in 1989-90, overcame a Lack of enthusiasm for the design of the course and was tied at 136 with Phil Blackmar who shot 69. Ian Baker Finch the current British open title Holder had an entirely different View of the course. A my favorite course on the tour. My favorite tournament on the tour a Baker Finch said after a 67 that put him in a tie at 137 with Bob Lohr de Humenik Mark Brooks and Scott Simpson. Lohr had a second round 68, Simpson a 69 and Brooks a 70. Humenik had a erratic card that showed an Eagle five birdies three bogeys and a double bogey adding up to a 70. While Olazabal and Faldo were moving among the leaders some of their fellow europeans continued to have their difficulties. Woosnam the current masters Champion Ballesteros and Lyle Alt failed to qualify for the final two rounds saturday and sunday. Fred couples who has dominated world Golf for the last nine months just made it. He shot 71 and had a 144, even Par and the qualifying figure. Olazabal who scored a record setting 12-shot Victory in the world series of Golf in 1990, has won twice in Europe this season. The spectacular Birdie on the fifth Hole put him two under for the Day and he made it three with a 4-Iron to six feet on the eighth. He had another Brush with potential disaster on the 10th, where his drive hit a tree and bounced across the Fairway into deep rough. He was Short in two but got it up and Down to save Par then followed with a Birdie on the 11th. Daniel shoots 68 to climb into Lead in Dinah Shore by Ken Peters Rancho Mirage Calif. Apr Beth Daniel Winner of 27 tournaments during a distinguished Lyga career made a move Friday at a title that has eluded her. Daniel shot a 4-under-Par 68 to take the second round Lead in the Dinah snore tournament one of the up Gay a four majors. The round put Daniel at 6-under-Par 138 Midway through the $700,000 event which is considered the women s tour equivalent of the Pgar a masters tournament. Dawn Coe the up Gay a leading Money Winner this year also had a second round 68 to go with an opening 71, leaving her one stroke behind Daniel after 36 holes at Mission Hills country club. Juli Inkster Dottie Mochrie Patty Sheehan Mary Beth Zimmerman and Tammie Green were in a group two shots off the Lead at 140. The first Day pacesetters All faded Back into the pack. Dale Eggeling whose opening 67 gave her a one shot Lead Over Liselotte Neumann of Sweden and Michelle Mcgann struggled to a second round 78. Neumann had a 76 and Mcgann a 74. Daniel a dominant player on the tour since her debut in 1979, has come close to winning the Dinah Shore a number of times finishing in the top five three times a including a tie for second behind Winner Amy Alcott in 1983. Daniel has finished in the top 10 in the tournament on six occasions. She carded her second round 68 despite intermittent showers and one 20-minute downpour. Daniel was paired with Inkster who also shot a 68, and Meg Mallon who had a 69 to go to 142. Heavy rain began with the Trio on the Fairway at no. 8, then continued through the ninth Hole. Coe who joined the tour in 1984 but Hadnot won until her Victory in the Kemper open on Maui a month ago has earned $151,097 already in 1992. Among those players within striking distance of the Lead after two rounds were muffin Spencer Devlin Joanne Carner Brandie Burton and Ayako Okamoto of Japan All at 142. The defending Champion and the Only three time Winner of the Dinah Shore Amy Alcott had another forgettable Day with a second round 73 to go with an opening 74. She did make the Cut however which eliminated players at 150 and higher. Among those who did no to make it w As Nancy Lopez. She had rounds of 76 and 75 to miss the but by two strokes. Beth Daniel is seeking her first Dinah Shore title