From: ear@sei.cmu.edu (Eugene Rindels)
Subject: Golf News
Organization: Software Engineering Institute
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 12:12:16 GMT


Greg Norman of Australia, Ian Woosnam of Wales and Americans Jeff
Sluman and Mark O'Meara advanced to the second round of the $1 million
World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, England.

Norman scored a one-hole victory over Brad Faxon of the United States; Woosnam
defeated Japan's Norio Suzuki 8 and 6; Sluman beat Fiji's Vijay Singh 4 and 3;
and O'Meara needed an extra hole to edge Sweden's Anders Forsbrand. 

American Bill Malley and Briton Russell Claydon each shot 68 to share the
opening round lead in the Honda Open at Hamburg, Germany. American Fred
Couples was tied for second with German Bernhard Langer and  Australian Peter
Fowler. 

British golfer Nick Faldo will be made an honorary Doctor of Science in a
ceremony at the University of Hertfordshire next month in recognition of his
``work for charity, his contribution to the science of sport, his remarkable
powers of concentration, and his intellectual approach to the sport of his
choice. 

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Story from the United Press international

	WENTWORTH, England (UPI) -- Greg Norman of Australia, Ian Woosnam of
Wales and Americans Jeff Sluman and Mark O'Meara advanced Thursday to
the second round of the $1 million World Match Play Championship.
	In the 36-hole first round, Norman scored a one-hole victory over
Brad Faxon of the United States; Woosnam defeated Japan's Norio Suzuki 8
and 6; Sluman beat Fiji's Vijay Singh 4 and 3; and O'Meara needed an
extra hole to edge Sweden's Anders Forsbrand.
	The four winners meet the seeded players in the second round. Sluman
plays Spain's Severiano Ballesteros, who is seeking a record sixth world
match play title; Woosnam faces Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain; Norman
takes on Nick Price of Zimbabwe; and O'Meara plays Nick Faldo of
England.
	Norman, bidding for his fourth world match play title, appeared
headed for an easy victory but needed to rally. He and Faxon returned 1-
under-par 71s for the morning session but Norman had one less bogey to
be 1-up. The Australian went 3-up after five afternoon holes. He was
saved by an excellent bunker shot on the last hole.
	``I've had a knot in my neck for a few days since I slept wrong on
Monday night,'' Norman said. ``But physio and exercise got me in shape
and I'm feeling fit, even with my back.''
	Suzuki's slide started on the fifth hole in the morning, when he
missed the par-3 green with his tee shot. Woosnam had a birdie to go 1-
up and never lost the lead. The Welshman won five of the next nine
holes.
	``I've not played a lot of competitive golf recently because of a
liver complaint,'' Suzuki said. ``But I was thinking very positively
when I came to England.''
	Said Woosnam: ``I didn't do anything great but he didn't really play
that well. My cold is at its peak and I'm a little tired, but I'm
putting well and I can win again.''
	Singh was undone by bad drives on Nos. 3 and 8 in the morning that
led to bogeys. Sluman eagled the 12th with a 72-foot putt and collected
three birdies to finish the morning 3-up. Singh had an afternoon stretch
of bogeys on four of five holes.
	``I'm very disappointed,'' Singh said. ``I was really geared up for
this and I hit the ball so well -- drove so well -- in practice, I thought
I could win but every time I hit the ball I seemed to hit it left and
that gave me far too many bogeys.''
	Said Sluman: ``For the next round, I don't think Seve will lose any
sleep over playing me. He has played a lot of rounds over this course.
But if you look at his record and mine this year, I must have a chance.''
	Forsbrand and O'Meara battled to the end, with a bogey on the first
extra hole by Forsbrand giving the victory to the American. In the
morning session, Forsbrand was penalized on the 16th hole when he
brushed dead leaves with his club.
	``It was tough and the penalty was tough on Anders, but that's golf,''
O'Meara said. ``I concentrated on beating the course, not watching
Anders, and I guess that paid off in the end.''
Eugene A. Rindels        ear@sei.cmu.edu        Former SSgt  USMC "Semper Fi"
Real-Time Systems Program
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
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