European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sheehan snares another open by Harry Atkins Lake Orion Mich. Apr just when she was beginning to tire just when a mistake could have been fatal Patty Sheehan showed Why she is one of the Best players in women a Golf. She scrambled for a Birdie on the 16th Hole sunday and went on to win the . Women a open by a stroke Over Tammie Green. �?o1 stayed Home and practice All last week a Sheehan said. A i worked pretty hard. That seemed to pay  in capturing the open for the second time in three years the Lyga Hall of Famor used a deft putting touch to win her fifth major cd amp Ion  and Green closed with Par-71 s on the old course at Indian Wood Golf and country club. Sheehan finished at 277, sealing her Triumph with a Par on the final Hole after greens 12-foot putt for a Birdie and a tie rolled just outside the right. Edge of the cup. Green who won a major in 1989 at Dumaurier classic has one Victory this season and was seventh on the Lyga Money list at the Start of the open. Sheehan was ranked 24th on the Money list. A a it does no to matter a Sheehan said. A sat urday taught me that you done to have to go out and shoot numbers to win an open. I stayed steady. I did no to beat myself up when i hit a bad  Liselotte Neumann of Sweden shot a 69 and was third at 281. Spain a Tania Abitol and Peru a Alicia Dibos tied for fourth at 283 those were the Only golfers to break Par As India Wood came Back to punish the Field Fortne liberties taken in the Early rounds right after the course had been softened by Ruairi. Helen Alfredson completed her col Sheehan lapse sunday after breaking Sheehane a 36-Hole record by two strokes with a 132. The swede got to 13-under after the first seven holes of the third round then dropped eight strokes the rest of the round. A triple bogey at no. 7 in the fourth round put her at 1-Over, a drop of 14 strokes in 18 holes. Green caught Sheehan at 6-under with a Birdie at the 12th Hole hitting a marvelous recovery from the rough to with in five feet of the pin and rolling in the Birdie putt. On the Pivotal 16th, a 404-Yard Par-4, Green drove a Fairway Bunker but made Par. Sheehan drove in the right rough recovering with a 7-Iron to within five feet of the pin and sinking the Birdie putt. As she does so often Sheehan was scrambling again at the Home Hole. Her drive landed in the right rough while greens booming drive Cut the Dogleg right hit a Fairway Down slope and rolled Down the Hill almost to the Green Sheehan slashed her approach to the Middle of the Green one of the largest putting surfaces in the United states. Her lag putt stopped about three feet from the. Cup. She let Green finish first even though Sheehan s Ball was a Little outside greens. That put the spotlight where it belonged on Sheehan. As the putt dropped Sheehan thrust her arms. She ran and jumped into the Lap of her Caddy Carl Laib then look off on a Victory dance around the Green waving her visor. She stopped when she. Got to Green and the two embraced. A my heart was beating pretty Good when i hit it in the rough a said Sheehan the stars and strip sports july1994 Page 32see Page 31 for More Golf who started the Day a shot ahead of Green and never trailed during the final round. A and it really did no to Stop until i made the last putt.�?�. Sheehan won her first open in 1992, defeating Juli Inkster in an 18-Hole playoff at Oakmont. Goodwill games . Team by Stephen Wilson St. Petersburg Russia apr it looks like americans will have to get used to losing basketball games unless they have a dream team. A team of College players lost to Russia 77-75 at the Goodwill games on sunday night marking the latest in a series of . Defeats in International Competition. Since winning the Gold at the 1986 Goodwill games . Amateur teams have lost at the 1988 olympics the 1987 and 1991 pan am games world championships and the 1990 Goodwill games. Russian coach Sergei Belov is the first to admit that his team wont be Able to repeat sundays Victory at next months world championships in Toronto. That a because the United states will be represented there by dream team ii a collection of Aba stars. A this was a moral Victory a Belov said suggesting he knows his team will be Over matched against the american pros at Toronto. But it was the american College players who were struggling to stay in the game sunday. They killed their chances of weak foul shooting hitting just 14 of 27 from the line while the russians made 24 of 28. A we could have gotten out of Here with a win if we had made our foul shots a coach George Raveling said. A the game came Down to which team was most successful at the foul line. The russians made theirs in critical times we missed ours a. The russians playing a Tough defense that prevented the americans from getting the Ball inside to their big men took the Lead for Good 60-58 with less than seven minutes remaining on two foul shots by Andrei Fetisow who was drafted by the Boston celtics last month then traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. Sergei Bazarevitch led the russians with 23 Points while Sergei Babikov added 18. Shawn Respert of Michigan state who hit a 3-Pointer at the final Buzzer topped the americans with 17 Points. Michael Finley of Wisconsin scored 14 and Damon Stoudamire of Arizona 11. The americans Are still in Contention in the round Robin event. They can reach the medal round by beating China and if Russia beats Argentina. The swimming Competition ended after a one Day american Gwen Torrence barely beats russians Irina Privalova at the tape to win Goodwill games women s 100 sunday session of 20 races. All the events were moved to sunday after a one Day postponement caused by a faulty filtration system that left the water Black then Green. The swedish team pulled out refusing to swim in water that looked More Akin to a country Lake than a Competition Pool. The irony was that a swedish company had been responsible for the renovation of the Pool in the first place. A this is the worst in be Ever seen this is not Good for health a swedish swimmer Baniel Lonnberg said. Melvin Stewart who won the 200 Butterfly beating rival russian Denis Pankratov in 1 58.46, said swimmers nicknamed the Pool the a Black  a i slowed at every turn it was difficult to see the Wall a he said. A it looked like they filled the Pool with gatorade today but it did no to taste like  the a creature of the Black Lagoon was Alexander Popov the 22-year-old russian olympic Champion who won Gold medals in the 50-and 100-meter freestyles. He won the 50-meter showdown with world record Holder Tom Jager of the United states but his winning time of 22,55 seconds was Well off the american s record of 21.81. Popov s time of 50.58 in the 100 was also Way off his world record time of 48,21 set last month. Angel Martino of the United states won both of the women a freestyle sprints and China a Ren Xing swept the 100 and 200 breaststroke. The chinese won five of 10 women a events another sign of China a emerging Power in the Pool. In track and Field Lance Deal became the first american since Harold Connolly at the 1956 olympics to win a Hammer throw title at a major championship. Deal of Eugene ore., hurled the Hammer 263 feet 1 Inch to beat nearly All of Russia s top competitors. Britain a. Sally Gunnell the world and olympic Champion in the 400-meter hurdles beat Kim Batten of the United states to rebound from her Only to amps of the season a to Batten last monday in Nice. In another prime women a rivalry Gwen Torrence outran russian sprinter Irina Privalova to win the 100 in 10.95, Privalova who set the european record of 10.77 this month finished second at 10.98. Iti it 0 246850 0005