European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 15, 1992 r sports the stars and stripes b Page 25 Floyd lets 19-under do the talking ref non 111111 by Bob Green Dorado Beach puerto Rico a Ray Floyd won in such a convincing fashion his would by challengers were talking to themselves. A Nineteen under for 52 holes. Amazing awesome a George Archer muttered to himself shaking his head in disbelief after coming off the 16th Green sunday at the Dorado Beach resort. Floyd with a 7-under-Par 65 Over the final 18 holes threw a record Matching Effort at the rest of the 30-Man Field and won by five strokes Over Archer and Dale Douglass in the season ending senior tour championship. His 197 total for three rounds was 19 under and tied the senior record for Low score in relation to Par. Floyd shares the record with Miller Barber Bruce Crampton Don january Jack Nicklaus and Jimmy Powell. Pea senior tour championship Floyd collected $150,000 from the total purse of $1 million and closed his Rookie season on the Over-50 circuit with $417,991 in Only seven starts. Perhaps More importantly he May have projected himself into the balloting for senior tour player of the year. Results of the voting by senior tour players will be announced in january. Floyd a Victory was his third on the senior circuit this year a total that is exceeded Only by the five won by Lee Trevino. Trevino who will undergo surgery today to repair his damaged left thumb tied for seventh in this tournament and won the senior tour Money winning title for the second time in three years. He finished with $877,002. Trevino also clinched a third Conse Coe Jones beats Daniel for Lyga match play title by Ben Dipietro Wai Koloa Hawaii apr Dawn Coe Jones should have known she was going to win the Lyga match play championship. History was on her Side. Coe Jones Only win this year came in Hawaii at the women a Kemper open. The Winner of the Kemper has won the last two match play championships. Deb Richard did it in 1991. Coe Jones beat Beth Daniel 2-up sunday building a Lead on the front nine of the Par-70 Beach course at Wai Koloa Beach Golf club before making five clutch Par putts on the Back nine to hold off Daniel. On the Back nine alone i made Good putts on 10, 12, 13, 14 and 17,�?� Coe Jones said. A in match play when you re standing Over a 3 or 4-footer, you can afford to be aggressive and hit firmer. There a no sense being Coe Jones stayed 1-up on no. 17 after hitting her second shot Between two left bunkers and under a Grove of Trees. She chipped out and made a 15-footer for Par. Daniel forced an 18th Hole when she two putted from 70 feet after sticking her tee shot in the left Airway Bunker. She almost forced a playoff when her Chip shot on the 18th rolled past the cup. She lost when her 7-footer for Par stopped an Inch Short. A i just get any putts to go in the Hole a Daniel said. A Dawn made her putts and i did no to. That was the Coe Jones said the match turned on no. 12, where she saved her 2-up Lead with a 12-foot putt from left of the pin. She followed with Par saving putts on nos. 13 and 14, making a 5-footer on 13 after Chipping from the left Bunker. Daniel Cut her deficit to one Hole with a Nice Birdie on the Par-3 16th, hitting her tee shot four feet Short of utile Byron Nelson award for the Low scoring average. While Trevino was securing the season Long honors Floyd was establishing himself As the Man of the hour a and probably the future. Floyd who joined the senior tour after turning 50 in september won the doral open on the regular tour earlier in the year won another senior event in Japan chased Fred couples to the masters title and lost another one in a playoff. A very satisfying. Very Gratifying. Very rewarding a Floyd said of one of the finest seasons of his 30-year career. He finishes the official season with combined regular tour senior tour earnings of $1,132,909. This one came with something approaching ease. While Floyd was storming away from the Field Archer and Douglass were experiencing difficulties. After Floyd birdied five of six holes beginning on the fifth it was simply a struggle for second place. Archer with a closing 69, and Doug ass. With a 71, tied for that spot with 202 totals. Simon Hobday of South Africa Don Bies and Jim Dent shared fourth at 205. Hobday and Dent shot 66, bics 68. Floyd who started the final round one shot Back got a share of the Lead with a two putt Birdie on the Par-5 second then pulled away with the Birdie burst that started on the fifth. A i was in total control of the Golf tournament a he said. Quot i was so far in front i Felt like 1 was and that led to a careless mistake when he topped a Long Iron second shot from a difficult lie into the water on the 13th Hole. It produced his Only bogey of the Day. Dawn Coe Jones High flies husband Caddy Jimmy Jones. The pin but could get no closer. A this round was a smaller version of my it year a frustrating a said Daniel who placed second for the seventh time this year. A i did no to think Dawn played that Well but she putted Well and did what she had to to College basketball heels struggle to top cougars Chapel Hill . Apr Donald Williams returned to action and scored 21 Points sunday As fifth ranked North Carolina struggled to an 84-76 Victory Over Houston. Williams sat out North Carolinas previous game with bruised ribs suffered a week ago against Texas. He came into the lineup late in the first half against the cougars and scored 10 Points in the closing six minutes. Williams added two 3-Point baskets during a 26-7 run that helped the unbeaten tar heels 50 take a 66-43 Lead with 11 51 remaining. A 13-0 run covering five minutes built mainly on free throws Drew the cougars 2-1 to 70-62 with 6 04 left. But Houston did no to get any closer. Eric Montross scored 15 Points for the tar heels Pat Sullivan and George Lynch had 13 Apicco. Anthony Goldwirt led Houston with 22 Points while David Dia scored 17,15 in the second half. Texas Conradt wins 600th Austin Texas apr the 14th-ranked Texas lady longhorns Defeated Creighton 86-69 sunday giving coach Jody Conradt her 600th Victory in a 24-Vear career that also includes a perfect season 34-0 and National championship at Texas in 1985-86. A the most special thing about winning no. 600 is the support that so Many people have Given and that they were thoughtful enough to remember a said Conradt who has a 600-146 record Overall. Only three men actively coaching in division i a Dean Smith of North Carolina lefty Dricsoll of James Madison and Don Haskins of Texas Elpaso have won 600 or More games. The closest women a coach to Conradt is Fresno states Bob Spencer who has 569 victories in 27 s Taafe voted top div. I a coach by the associated press Charlie Taaffe who led the Citadel to a 10-1 regu Lar season record and its first Southern conference title since 1961, won the Eddie Robinson award on monday As the top coach in Mcaa division i a. The Citadel beat two division i a teams this year Arkansas and army and reached the playoff quarterfinals before losing to defending Champion Youngstown state. Taaffe received 37 first place votes and 144 Points in balloting by the divisions sports information directors. Dave Roberts of Northeast Louisiana finished second Voith nine first place votes and 56 Points while Terry Allen of Northern Iowa was third with 47 Points. Taaffe has a 42-27-1 record in six years at the Cita-4el and has led the bulldogs to the playoffs in three of the last five seasons. Before coming to the Citadel he College football spent six years As an assistant coach at a by. The Robinson award is named for the Long time Grambling coach who has won More games 380 than any other coach in College football history. The award is sponsored by the sports network. Marshall a a claims Payton Marshall quarterback Michael Payton the All time leading passer in the Southern conference won the Walter Payton award on monday As the top player in division i a. Payton who has led Marshall to the i a championship game for the second straight year beat out quarterbacks Steve Mcnair of Alcorn state and Jamie Martin of Weber state for the award. The Winner received 18 first place votes and 80 Points in balloting by the divisions sports information directors. Mcnair was second with 16 first place votes and 67 Points while Martin was third with 38 do Martin won the award last year. Points. Payton completed 200 of 313 passes for 2,788 Yards and 26 touchdowns during the regular season. In the playoffs Marshall 11-3 has advanced to saturdays final against Youngstown state 11-2-1which beat the i thundering Herd in last years championship game. Payton is the Southern conferences career Leader in passing Yards 8,990touchdown passes 66completions 650 and total offence 9,279. The Payton award sponsored by the sports network is named for the former Chicago bears running Back who was a College Star at Jackson state. Past winners include Dave Meggett of Towson state 1988john Friesz. Of Idaho 1989and Walter Dean of Grambling 1990
