European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a 75-foot Eagle wins  by Ron Sirak Turnberry Scotland. A Nick Price rolled in a 75-foot Eagle putt on the 17th Hole sunday to win a British open championship that Only moments earlier seemed to be in the hands of Jesper Parnic Vik. Price twice a runner up in the British open appeared headed for a second place finish when Arnevik birdied five holes on the Back nine to get to 12-under Par after no. 17. But the 29-year-old swede bogeyed the 18th when he mistakenly thought he needed a Birdie on the final Hole to win. He found the rough twice and missed an 8-foot Par putt giving Price his Chance. Arnevik then watched on television As Price rolled in his Long Eagle putt burying his head in his left hand As the Ball dropped. Price then got the Par on 18 that eluded Arnevik for a 4-under-Par 66 on the Day and 12-under-Par 268 for the tournament one stroke better than Arnevik. It was the same score posted by Tom Watson when he won the British open on this Ailsa course Attu Berry in 1977. Watson a determined  a record tying sixth British open championship ended with consecutive double bogeys at nos. 8 and 9. He shot a 4-Over-Par 74 and finished at 4-under 276, eight strokes behind Price. Fuzzy Zoeller trying to become one of. Only nine golfers to win three different major championships was third at 271. It was Sweet revenge , who twice had a Chance to win the worlds oldest Golf tournament Only to finish behind Watson in 1982 and seve Ballesteros in 1988. A i waited a Long time for this a the 37-year-old native of Zimbabwe said. �?�1 guess 12 years now a since the 1982 loss. A a in be been patient a he said. A in the Back of my mind 1 always thought 1 would have a Chance. 1 hit some Squirrell shots but i played Well when i needed to a he did it with a round of two bogeys four birdies and the Eagle at 17 that seemed to take forever to get to the Hole. Arnevik May have let his Chance slip away when he failed to took at the scoreboard until he got to the 18th Green playing the last Hole mistakenly thinking he needed a Birdie to win. A it was a costly mistake a Arnevik said. A i thought i needed a Birdie at the last Hole. I thought 1 was one or two behind. The first time i looked was at the 18th Green. I thought i was chasing someone else. It was just a bad  Nicklaus doing to work for Abc said of a Arnevik a mistake a a that a the Way you learn.�?�. It was the second major championship in a Row that a golfer placed the last Hole a correctly because he failed to look at the scoreboard. Ernie Els bog cd the last Hole of the . Open at Oak moist in june when he played it thinking he needed a Birdie not Nick Price tees off on the third Hole at Tum Berryy Ailsa course sunday in route to a 268 and his first British open championship. British open seeing that Loren Roberts had already made a bogey. But the South african got a second Chance and won the championship in a Lwee Way playoff the next Day. The Victory  meant that All three major championships played this year were won by non american players. Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain won the masters Els the . Open and Price Here. Americans have never been shut out in All four majors since the masters a the youngest of the four a came into being in 1934. The pea championship won by Price in 1992, is next month in Oklahoma. The Best american finish other than Zoeller was Brad Faxon who came into the Day tied with Zoeller for the Lead at 9 under Par Faxon shot a 73 to finish at 6-Uiider-Par 274, Anders Fos Brand of Sweden Mark James of England and David Leherty of Northern Ireland tied for fourth place at 273. A. Three time British open Champion Nick Faldo shot a final round 64 and was at 275 along with Tom Kite and Colin Montgomerie of Scotland. Defending Champion Greg Norman of Australia shot a 69 and was in a group of nine at 276, along with Watson  and Lary Mize. The stars and stripes ports july in 1994 r Page 36 courier saves . Team Rotterdam Netherlands apr Jim courier rescuing the United states following a shocking loss by Pete Sampras Defeated Jacco Entingh on sunday in the deciding match of the Davis cup quarterfinals against the Netherlands. After Richard Krajicek beat Sampras earlier in the Day to keep the dutch alive courier downed Entingh 63, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, giving the United states a 3-2 Victory in the Best-tf-5 match Competition. The americans will play Sweden in the semifinals sept. 23-25. Sweden advanced with a 3-2 Victory Over France. The other semifinal will match defending Champion Germany against Russia. Germany downed Spain 3-2, while Russia Defeated the czech Republic by the same score. The United states took a 2-0 Lead Friday with easy Davis cup quarterfinals victories by Sampras and courier. But the Netherlands evened it with a doubles win saturday and Krajicek a 26, 7-5,7-6 7-57-5 upset of Sampras the worlds no. 1 player and Winner of the last two Wimbledon. That left it up to courier and Entingh to break the tie before a fiercely partisan crowd of 10,000 at a new hard court Complex next to the Rotterdam Harbor. Courier a two time French open Champion won the first set in 30 minutes and took the second set by breaking Entingh in the 10th game. On set Point Entingh appeared to hit a Winner but courier chased Down the Ball and stretched out to hit a tremendous passing shot Entingh came Back to win the third set but courier dominated the final  update Drabek injured Pittsburgh a Houston astros Pitcher Doug Drabek left the game after bruising his right forearm on a bunt attempt in the third inning sunday against Pittsburgh. As Drabek squared to bunt on a 3-2 pitch he was hit by Paul Wagner a fastball and immediately fell to the ground in pain. As manager Terry Collins and Trainer Dave Labos Siere rushed to the batters Box Drabek clutched his Elbow for several seconds before picking up his batting helmet and slamming it to the ground in disgust. Sundays scores san Diego 10, new York mets 1 Houston 9, Pittsburgh 0. San Francisco 6, Montreal 0 246850