European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 b the stars and stripes thursday june 18, 1992 Post open syndrome plagues 91 Winner by Mark Jordan Pebble Beach Calif. Up a like so Ninny before him Payne Stewart has found that the life of a Golf superstar is not always filled with one putt greens. A it look me 34 years to win the . Open a said Stewart. A i Hope it does no to take me 34 years to get Over  Stewart captured the most important title of his career 12 months ago in a playoff with Scott Simpson at the Hazletine Golf club in Chaska Minn. He begins defense of the open Crown thursday on the coastline of the Monterey Peninsula and he will not be among the favourites. In Hopes of finding the form that could make him the second repeat open Champion in 41 years Stewart joined the rest of the 156-Man Field wednesday during the next to last Day of practice at the famed Pebble Beach Golf links. Mostly sunny skies with pleasant temperatures combined with the majesty of the course itself made it a perfect Day to either play or spectate. A this is the greatest open course in be Ever seen or played on Quot said England a Nick Faldo who came to Pebble Beach last week to get in some extra rounds. A a it a More like the european courses in a used to. The wind and weather will determine what it takes to win Here this week. A the second shots Here Are Tough and the greens Are so hard and Tough that a Well placed shot May not hold anyway. I Hope they done to keep the greens too firm so the course will Reward Good Golf  Good Golf shots Are something Stewart has had a limited number of during the past year. He has fallen victim to the Post open syndrome an affliction that was described vividly on this very spot exactly 10 years ago by the Man who then tried to do what Stewart will be attempting this week. On that occasion David Graham was the defending . Open titleholder having won the Crown in 1981 at Merion. And As he settled in at the Pebble Beach Golf links in june of 1982, Graham said his attempts to Cash in on his Triumph and the pressure he put on himself had caused his game to deteriorate. Graham who had been a steady performer on the pea tour for 11 years prior to his open title was 36 when he won the Crown. He has won Only one tournament since and is now marking time until he qualifies for the senior tour. Stewart can Only Hope his career will not go into such a decline but he can sympathize with what Graham went through in the year after he won the open. A a it Sall been the mental Side of it a said Stewart who after winning at Hazletine went into a slide that caused him to finish out of the top 30 in Money winnings. A it winning changes your life. 1 put a lot of pressure on myself to live up to a Standard that the trophy and the championship stand for. A never time i teed off i said a you re the . Open Champion. You arc supposed to play Well a and i Haven to played Well  stewarts game has actually shown recent signs of coming around. He finished sixth at the Kemper open two weeks ago and played a solid tournament in Memphis last week. He abandoned some swing changes he made Early in the year and he was Given a valuable lesson by some old friends when he stopped off in Dallas last month for the Byron Nelson classic.92nd .open Golf championship Here Are some facts and figures., j about this year s  open by dates june 18 21.site Pebble Beach Golf links length 6,809 Yards. Par 36-36-72. Format 72 holes 18 daily stroke , if necessary 18 holes july 22.Field 156 151 pros 5 amateurs purse $1.5  share $275,000. Defending Champion Payne Stewart. Former champions at this venue Jack Nicklaus 1972tom Watson 1982 former champions in Field Stewart Nicklaus Walson Raymond Floyd fuzzy Zoeller Curtis strange Larry Nelson Andy North Hale Irwin a amps Susan Harris Stewart went to College in Dallas and he gathers with Many of his old buddies at the Nelson each year. A when i got to Dallas my friends wanted to know Why i was so unhappy a Stewart said. Quot they said i was Grouchy and did no to look like i was having any fun. A a few months ago 1 asked my wife is she thought i was one of the top 10 players in the world. She said i Wasny to. A few years ago that would have made me mad. But it Only told me i had to get to  that work has started to pay of lately but the real test will come thursday. Blyleven hurls Angels past rangers by the associated press Bert Blyleven pitched like a hero for California. In Boston though Jeff Reardon could Only remember what that Felt like. Blyleven the 41-year-old right hander who missed last season because of major shoulder surgery got to watch his California Angels Honor returning hero Nolan Ryan before a game with Texas. Then Blyleven put up some Ryan like numbers shutting Down the rangers on two hits Over six innings with seven strikeouts in californians 4-1 Victory tuesday night. A if anybody could take some of the steam away from Nolan Ryan tonight it was Bert Quot Angels manager John Wathan said. A after All that pregame hoopla Bert went out the re and was completely  Reardon who became baseball a career saves Leader a night earlier gave up two runs in the ninth to blow a 2 1 Lead against the new York Yankees. Fortunately the Boston red sox came Back to tie it in the their half of the inning on Phil Plantieri a Homer and win in the 10th on a Hases loaded single by Ellis Burks. A a that a the Way this Job is. You re a hero one Day a Goat the next a said Reardon who was carried off the Field at Fenway Park after breaking Rollie fingers Mark of 341 saves monday night. It seemed the Only one at Anaheim stadium not convinced of Blyn Cven a return to form was Blyleven. �?o1 wont really Teel in a Back until i pitch nine innings a Bly Leven said after his 282nd career Victory. A that a Complete game will come later. I feel in a getting stronger every time  in five starts since being called up from class aaa Edmonton last month Blyleven a worked 32l/i innings with a 1.67 Era. He threw 98 pitches against Texas the most since coming Back to California. Blyleven did no to give up a hit until Jeff Huson bounced a slow roller Between Short and third with one out in the fifth. Blyleven lost his shutout in the sixth on a Solo Homer by Juan Gonzalez his 16th of the year. Ron Tingley a second Homer of the season a two run shot off Jose Guzman 6-4 in the second put California up 3-0. In other games tuesday red sox 4, Yankees 3 Boston a Danny Darwin 3-2who struck out Danny tart Bull and Randy Velarde with the bases loaded in the Lois did no to expect to pitch since Reardon usually finishes up. A nine out of 10 times he does but everybody a human and he did no to have it a Darwin said. Roger Clemens trying to become the first 10-game Winner left after seven innings with 10 strikeouts and a 2-1 Lead. Greg Cadaret 3-6 walked Jody Reed and hit Wade Boggs with a Pilch John Habyan then struck out Jack Clark for the second out but walked Phil Plantier. Burks hit a sinking liner to  7, orioles 5 Cleveland the Indi ans Jack Armstrong 2-7 won for the first time in six weeks. He gave up four runs and six hits in 71/3 innings striking out a six. Steve Olin pitched the ninth for his 13th save. Albert Belle hit his 14th Homer in the fourth inning to end a string of 21 scoreless innings against the indians by Ben Mcdonald 7-4 tigers 4, Blue jays 3 Toronto Mickey Tettleton had three Bis including a tie breaking two run Homer in the sixth inning for Detroit a third straight win. Travis Fryman doubled off Jimmy key 4-5 to Start the inning and Cecil fielder followed with an rib single to tie it before Tell Eton a shot his 15th of the year. Bill Gullekson 8-4 allowed two runs and five hits in 61. J innings. Mike Henneman finished for his 10th  7, twins 5 Minneapolis Mike Macfarlane Brian Mcrae and Wally Joyner homered for Kansas City off Bob Kipper 2-3who blew a 5-4 Lead for starter Willie Banks. The consecutive shots by Macfarlane and Mcrae in the sixth were Kcf a first homers in seven games. Kevin Appier 6-3 won despite allowing More than three runs for Only the second time this  10, athletics 0 Oakland Calif. Paul Molitor scored four runs and Ron Robinson 1-2 gave up three hits in seven innings for rangers Nolan Ryan Waves to tans after the former California Pitcher was inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame tuesday. His first Victory since 1991. Milwaukee which has scored 34 runs in their last four games tallied eight runs in four innings off starter Ron Darling 6-4. The athletics who had their six game winning Streak stopped had a season High four errors and were held hit less after the fourth  9, White sox 6 Seattle a the mariners had their most productive inning of the season scored six times in the eighth on Jay Buhner s two run triple Tino Martinez a two run Homer and Edgar Martinez a two run double. Buhner tripled to Center off Terry Leach and Tino Martinez then hit his sixth Homer of the season off Scott Radinsky 2-4. Eric Gunderson 1-1 got the Victory after entering in the eighth. Mike schooler worked the ninth for his 12th save. Chicago led 5-0 on a Homer by Ron Karkovice and a grand slam by Steve sax