European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 15, 1994 i sports Pavin the stars and stripes Page 33 by the associated press los Angeles Corey Pavin spotted Fred couples up to 60 Yards off the tee but beat him on the greens and scoreboard sunday in their match play like showdown in the los Angeles open Pavin scored his first . Pea tour Victory in almost two years with a 3 a a a a pro Golf under Par 68 Over the final 18 holes at Riviera and a 271 total. Couples one shot ahead when the final round started could do to better than a closing 71 -7 much to the dismay of a Large vocal pro couples gallery a and finished at 273. Pavin immediately dedicated the Victory to Paul Azinger the current pea Champion and a Ryder cup teammate who is undergoing treatment for cancer. A this is for you Paul. Hurry up and get Well and come Back. We miss you a Pavin said. No one else really got into the title Chase it was a two Man race of classic proportions the powerful Long hitting couples against wiry resourceful tenacious Pavin. Playing together in the final threesome in what amounted to match play they once again confirmed the accuracy of one of golfs More ancient adages drive for show and putt for dough. Pavin won the dough $180,000 from the total purse of $1 million after he made twp Long Birdie putts from 30-35 feet on the third and from 25-30 feet on the 16th, while couples missed two from within three feet. Couples however put on the show with his massive drives. The 447-Yard Par-4 15th served As an example. Pavin put All he had into his tee shot grunting with the Effort and launched with Short game Corey paving a Long Birdie putts net him $180,000 first place Check in los Angeles. One of his Best. He had 153 left. Couples who had three putted for bogey on the previous Hole let out some heat when he followed Pavin to the tee. He put his drive 63 Yards ahead of paving a tee shot drawing gasps from the gallery and exclamations of disbelief from the television commentators. Both however made Par and Pavin retained a one shot Lead and nailed it Down with one of those Long putts on 16, going two ahead with two to go. Thompson ties record Lutz Fla. A Rocky Thompson mentally mapped How to win the get Sun coast classic. Then he did it. He posted a 10-Birdie, no bogey round of 61 a tying the lowest round Ever shot on the senior pea tour. Thompson had begun the final round sunday seven strokes behind second round Leader Mike Hill at the tournament players club of Tampa Bay. A if i was going to win the tournament saturday night i calculated that i needed to shoot 10-under-Par,�?� Thompson said. A i sat in the room for Over an hour trying to figure out How to do it and get in the mental Frame of mind that i could do it. A i figured you can go out and shoot 5-under on the front and 5-under on the Back. If you shoot 3-under, you re not going to shoot 7-under on the Back. So you better shoot 5-under on the front. A and i did. And i shot 5-under on the Back a he said. �?o1 swear that was what i was trying to do. I did no to necessarily expect to do it but i was Damn sure trying to do  1 h Thompsons 73-67-61 �?201 was one stroke better than Raymond Floyd who closed with a 66, and twp in front of Lee Trevino who also finished with a 66. Hill struggled Home with a 73 and also fell behind Orville Moody who had a 70. Thompson joins Lee elder and Jim Colbert As the Only senior players to shoot 61. Thompsons Victory was Good for $105,000, the largest Check in his pro career., a a.  a. A a a. Graham takes skins Turtle Point Australia a David Graham won his first tournament in seven years finishing the two Day australian skins game with $69,840. A \ Graham who co designed the 6,961-Yard course beat Greg Norman Ian Baker Finch and Craig Parry. Norman earned $25,920, Baker Finch $8,640 and Parry $3,600. The 47-year-old former . Open and pea Champion entered the four Man Field with 12 hours of notice after Nick Price withdrew with a wrist injury. Gilford wins in Spain Tenerife Spain a England a David Gilford won his fifth european tour title in four years when he won the $385,000 Tenerife open sunday by two strokes. Gilford made up three strokes on the overnight Leader Brian Barnes of Scotland As Barnes suffered on the greens going Down the stretch and shoot a disappointing final round 77 281. Gilford a 2-under-Par 70 gave him a 10-under 278 and the $62,000 first prize. 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