European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 18, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 Els pushes Lead to 6.i. _ \. With 2nd-Strciight 64 South Africa s Ernie Els watches flight of his second shot on 18 in route to another 64 Friday in Jamaica. By Doug Ferguson Montero Bay Jamaica a not even Nick Faldo s Divot could Stop Ernie Els at the $2.5 million Johnnie Walker world championship. The Only Hope now for the rest of the Field maybe the wind which has been Little More than a whisper during Els Romp through one of the toughest Fields of the year. For the second Day in a Row the tryall course was vulnerable and the 25-year-old South african was in charge Els shot another 64 to take a six shot Lead Fri Day at the Midway Point of the tournament. Six birdies on the Back nine gave him a 30, breaking the tournament record first set in the inaugural year of 1991and matched in 1993. He wound up 14-under, Comfort ably ahead of Tom Lehman and Nick Faldo. So far the weather has been quite Nice to us Els said. The course is there to be the . Open Champion offset his Lone bogey with birdies on the fourth seven Lith and 12th holes. Then he birdied the last four holes Topping it off with a 35 foot putt on the 18th. At the Par 17th, he thought he was in Good shape in the Fairway until his father told him his Ball had landed in Faldo s Divot. Els hit a 6-Iron just off the Green and two putted from 25 feet for Birdie. I thought i was longer off the tee than Nick Faldo Els said with a laugh. Faldo s 5-Iron from the same spot nearly went in the Hole for a double Eagle. He settled for a 3 in a round of 67, tied with Lehman at 8-under.Lehman shot a bogey free 65 and David Gilford the English cattle Fanner who was kept out of the final Ryder cup round in 1991 matched Els with a 64 to go 7-under for the tournament. Yet they re still Well Back. Els has played Well Al year and he s not Likely to do anything silly so you have to go out and do better than him Faldo said. Gilford believes Els will be difficult to catch for any body. But you never know he said. Big leads can disappear quickly in what might help is the wind like the 40 Mph kind they had in the second round in 1991 that produced five scores in the 80s and Only one round under Par. Although the Breeze was slightly stiffer on Friday it was t enough to matter. And As Lehman Points out if you re playing Well the conditions Don t matter that -., unless he continued it gets extremely Els has a history of big leads with mixed results. He shot a 61 in the first round of the Dubai desert classic in january and led by seven Over Greg Norman eventually winning by six shots. Two months ago at the German masters he led Jose Maria Olazabal by seven shots and seve Ballesteros by11 after two rounds but wound up losing to Ballesteros in a playoff. It s a funny game Els said. I be had an eight shot Lead in the past and it s not As easy As you think. You can t make mistakes you have to keep going. I think the pressure is going to boil up the next two to Speed it along Faldo offered his own assessment. The course is playing Tricky Faldo said if you Start getting a few bad bounces they can change your Confidence quickly. He is Landing the Ball where he wants to at the moment. If he gets some bounces then it May be different. He is obviously in a great Mode and we will have to see what Davies in Gold coast Australia a Laura Davies even Par 73 in Windy conditions saturday was Good enough to take a two stroke Lead heading into the final round of the $190,000 australian ladies masters Golf championship. Davies who opened with rounds of 64 and 68, has a 54-Hole total of 205 after two birdies and two bogeys at the Par-73, 6,152-Yard Royal Pines resort course. Britain s Davies the leading Money Winner on this year s Lyga tour kept alive her Hopes of breaking two records. Davies is trying to become the first golfer male or female to win tournaments on five Tours in one Calendar year. She s also attempting to break the world rest 20-under-Par tournament winning score she shares with Nancy Lopez Beth. Daniel and Dale Reid of Scotland. It is obviously a Long shot but to be quite honest i could t care less about Bills Reich reinstated As Amateur for Golf far Hills . A Buffalo Bill quarterback Frank Reich is among 395 golfers granted reinstatement As amateurs by the United states Golf association this year. Reich scheduled to Start instead of the injured Jim Kelly for Bills on sunday against the new England patriots made his professional Golf debut in the Cha Isuzu classic in 1991. I walked away with $1,500.1 was hop ing it would have been More. Now i know i want to play in Amateur Competition especially my club championship. As a reinstated Amateur i am just looking Forward to improving my game Reich said. Finishing 21-under," said Davies who is 14-under-Par. My Job is to finish one shot in front of everyone else Webb a 19-year-old australian Rookie playing in Only her second pro tournament birdied the Par 18th Hole to card a 70 and move to 207, two shots behind Davies. Webb was 1-Over for the round through the eighth Hole but then made a 25-foot Eagle putt at the Par ninth and had two birdies on the Back tried not to watch Laura drive be cause it would have been easy to have been Over awed by the length she hits the Ball Webb said it is impossible to out drive her but i was pleased with the Way i played and i m just trying not to put too much pressure on Davies said the gusting winds made the course More challenging. It was very very Tough quite a struggle she said. Australia s Jane Grafter is third at 209. Owners say " ". Will mean Andy changes ? " entrants Indianapolis a new Chassis rules mean Only newer and fewer cars will be at the Indianapolis motor Speedway for the 1996 Indi Anapolis 500, some team owners does t take Long to realize that you re talking about a whole new car said owner Driver Tony Bettenhausen. It presents a real problem for a Tea like ours because we be been running year old cars. There re not going to be any Yeap old cars in in e 96 indy 500, but there should be plenty of garages Betten Hausen said. The . Auto club which sanctions the indy 500, but none of the other events on the indy car circuit announced the new rules wednesday that won t affect next May s event but will mean drastic changes for the 1996 race. The rules also apply to the fledgling Sac sanctioned indy racing league being started by Speedway president Tony George. The rules designed to reduce Cor nering speeds will Force Side pods to be raised and shortened and their air flow reduced to Lessen Dow Force. 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