European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 19, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 21 Brown s Birdie putt ends four Way Nelson playoff Billy Ray Brown. Birdie putt choreography from wire reports Irving Texas a a Golf tournament with a history of weather problems added a whole new chapter sunday. For the seventh time in eight years the Byron Nelson classic had meteorological misfortune. It was so bad this time that no round ended on the Day it started and the tournament was shortened to 54 holes. Still it ended sunday in Victory a playoff Victory a for Billy Ray Brown. He dropped a 15-foot Birdie putt on the first extra Hole to win a playoff among the four third round leaders. Brown Ray Floyd Ben Crenshaw and Bruce Lietzke a now All winners of this tournament a finished the third round sunday at 199, 11 under Par on the Sodden saturated pc Las Colinas course. They became playoff participants pro Tours when continuing rain forced officials to reduce the event to 54 holes. More than four hours later there was a break in the weather Long enough to Start the playoff but the golfers still had to be sheltered from a drizzle by umbrellas. Brown 29, whose Only other win was at Hartford last year was still disappointed about finishing third in his Hometown Houston open two weeks ago. A a it a been kind of stinging on me having a Chance to win your Hometown tournament a Brown said. His Chance at Home state Success came after he led the group off at the Par-3 17th with a 4-Iron below the Hole. Crenshaw got his to about 30 feet Floyd to 35 and Lietzke got a break when his errant shot into the gallery hit a Spectator and bounced Back to the fringe. Floyd and Crenshaw missed their Long Birdie putts before Lietzke chipped about b feet beyond the cup. Brown then ran his into the heart of the  takes senior tourney Kingwood Texas a defending Champion Mike Hill used a string of five consecutive birdies on the Way to a b4 sunday and a two stroke Victory in the rain shortened senior tour Doug Sanders Kingwood celebrity classic. He ended Lee Trevino a bid for a fourth straight Victory on the senior tour. Hill finished the two rounds at 10-under-Nar 134, two better than first round Cote aurs Larry Mowry and Gibby Gilbert. Trevino was at 140, six . Cup team bows gains England player from wire reports Denver a Forward Pat Nevin scored an unassisted goal in the seventh minute sunday to Lead Scotland to a 1-0 Victory Over the United states in an International exhibition soccer game. Nevin positioned directly in front of the goal struck a rising right footed blast from 20 Yards out that handcuffed . Goalie Kasey Keller. That was to be it for the scots As the . Defense stiffened in the second half and most of the action moved to the scottish Side of Midfield when the visitors seemed to tire in the 5,280-foot Altitude of Denver. Scottish goalie Gordon Marshall making his debut for Scotland had to defend against three shots in the first half and six . Scoring attempts in the second half. He was forced to make one save in the first half and five saves in the second including a vicious line drive from the foot of . Midfielder Brian Quinn to record the shutout. The . National team which is tuning up for the 1994 world cup is 2-7-1 this year. The United states next game is May 30 against Ireland at Frk stadium in  to play for . Denver a English soccer Star Roy Wegerle has committed to play for the . National team . Soccer federation officials said sunday. South african born Wegerle 28, who was recently sold to the Blackburn rovers in England by the Queens Park rangers for $1.8 million received his . Citizenship in 1991.soccer . Soccer federation president Alan Rothenburg said details Tor Wegerle a midfielder to join the . Team were still being worked out. He had his Best season in professional soccer during the 1990-91 season finishing third in scoring in the English football league with 23 goals. A this is not Only an Opportunity to be a part of the world cup finals in �?T94, but More importantly a Chance to repay the United states for allowing me to enter professional soccer when i was 19 years of age a Wegerle said from London. Wegerle had been eligible to play for his native South Africa his mothers native Scotland and England where his residency qualified him for a British passport. Wegerle played for Tampa Bay in the defunct North american soccer league and the Tacoma stars of the major soccer league. Canada nips . Olympic team St. Johns Newfoundland the . Olympic soccer team already the top qualifier from its Region Tor the Barcelona games lost to Canada 2-1 sunday in the final game of the four team tournament. The loss was the Only one for the United states in six games and it advances to the olympics along with Mexico a 5-1 Winner ewer Honduras on sunday. Paul Pesch Solido scored both goals for Canada while Yari Allnutt scored the Lone . Goal to Cut the Lead in half in the 82nd minute. John Doyle of the United states sails Over Scotland a Alan Mclaren sunday in  draw Italy for olympic soccer opener from wire reports Barcelona Spain the . Olympic soccer team has found a Way to avoid gridlock at this Summers Barcelona games a play a Day before opening ceremonies then leave town. The . Squad will kick off the summer olympics with a july 24 game against Italy the first of four soccer matches on the Day before the games officially open. All other sports begin july 26 or later. T he other first round matches for the americans will be 200 Miles West in Zara Goza. The . Team will play Kuwait on july 27 and Poland on july 29 in the 43,000-seat la Pomareda stadium. The . And italian teams were drawn into group a of the 16-nation soccer tournament along with Poland and Kuwait. . Coach Lothar Osiander said he is pleased and excited with the draw. A the opening game a now that s the Best you can do a Osiander said sunday from Newfoundland where the olympians played Canada. A playing Italy in our first game does no to bother me one bit. This Way we can show ourselves right away and prove ourselves. A but there a no doubt this is a Tough group. Italy and Poland Are always talented and Kuwait never went Home during the persian Gulf War. They be spent the last two years playing As a unit All Over the  group b includes Spain Colombia Egypt and Qatar. Group c consists of Sweden Paraguay Morocco and South Korea. Denmark Ghana and Mexico Are in group a with Australia and the nether lands battling for the final spot. The australian and dutch teams tied 1-1 sunday in Sydney and face another match this weekend in the dutch City of utrecht. The top two teams in each group will Advance to quarterfinals on aug. 1-2, with semifinals on aug. 5 and the final on aug. 8 in the 115,000-seat Camp non stadium in Barcelona. The 16 finalists survived a qualifying tournament that began in August 1900 with 126 teams. Players must be younger than 23 to play in the olympics