European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The routine sell out gallery watches 1935 Winner Gene Sarazen drive one Down memory Lane thursday As he teed off to open the 1992 masters championship at Augusta , Sluman put 65s on Board by Bob Green a Golf writer Augusta a. A out there on the far Edge of the property Down in the Little Valley formed by Rae a Creek is amen Corner the uth 12th and 13th holes of the Augusta National Golf club. Together they make up one of the most intimidating stretches in Golf. Lanny Wadkins birdied them All. He was due. A amen Corners kicked my butt so Many times Over the years it probably owes me some a Wadkins said thursday after he came around the turn with the momentum that propelled him to a 7-under-Par 65 in the first round of the masters. But the 41-Ycar-old Veteran was not alone in his Conquest of a course that was completely out of character strangely yielding unusually forgiving in the absence of wind. Jeff Sluman for example hit a 4-Iron 213 Yards and into the cup for a Hole in one on the Par-3 fourth the Only Ace Ever recorded on that Hole after an estimated 11,000 tee shots in 56 years of masters Competition. That put the 5-foot-7, 140-Pound Sluman 4-under for four holes and sent him on to a 65 and a tie for the Lead three strokes ahead of players championship Winner Davis love Iii former pea Champ Wayne Grady Mike Hulbert and Ted Schulz. A the Golf course was there for the taking Quot said Jack Nicklaus seeking a seventh masters title at age 52.56th masters and take it they did. Nicklaus was among 18 players who shot in the 60s, a tournament record for the first round. The old record was 12. Fred couples the outstanding player in the world Over the last 10 months defending Champion Ian Woosnam of Wales and 49-year-old Ray Floyd also were in that group. First round tournament records also were set for the most rounds under Par 35, and Field scoring average 72.052. No. 12, the Little horror of a water guarded Par-3, helped. All but nine players made Par or Birdie and it played to an average of 2.6. In addition to couples Nicklaus Floyd and Woosnam the group at 69 included Bruce Lietzke Jodie Mudd Fulton allem of South Africa Bernhard Langer of Germany John Huston australians Steve Elkington and Craig Parry and Steve Richardson of England. Sluman whose Only Victory in a 10-season touring career came in the 1988 pea National championship was 2-under Par when he went to the elevated tee on the fourth Hole and pulled out his 4-Iron. A it was a Good shot looked Good All the Way. But i never dreamed it would go in a he said after his first Ace in Competition. A it hit about 20 feet below the cup below the Ridge ran up and Over and Down and went in like a 1-foot  Sluman retrieved the Ball then immediately surrendered it to a Spectator in the gallery a his Mother. A she said a i want it. Give it to me. Give it Tome  a Sluman two putted for Birdie on the Par-5 eighth and turned in 31. A wide breaking 35-foot putt on the 10th placed him at 6-under for the Day and he tied Wadkins with a 6-Iron shot to 6 feet on the 14th. Sluman failed to Birdie either of the Par-5 holes on the Back nine but shrugged the lapse away with a reference to the Ace. A it does no to matter where you get Mem just so you get Mem a he said. Wadkins who has 20 victories in a career stretching Back to 1971, did not miss a Fairway and Wasny to even close to making a bogey in the Best round he a Ever had in this tournament. The big run came around the turn at 11, 12 and 13, a stretch that Wadkins estimates has Cost him More than one masters title. Quot they re a Tough stretch of holes Quot he said. A it seems like i usually play them seven or eight Over. They be got me. They be got everybody at one time or  this time however Wadkins was the Winner. He birdied the 11th with a 4-Iron to 12 feet. He birdied the Par-3 12th with a 7-Iron and a 15-footer. And he birdied the Par-5 13th with a 4-Wood second shot and two putts from 50 feet. Not Content with that he added a fourth consecutive Birdie on the 14th, lofting an 8-Iron to 3 feet. The stars and stripes april 11,1992 b Page 28inside sports o s new nest has old feel a Page 22 spurs turn Back lakers a Page 25 Yankees defeat Viola for sweep a Page 26 weekend sports programs listed a Page 27 stalled hockey talks reopen a see Page 25