From: ear@sei.cmu.edu (Eugene Rindels)
Subject: Golf News
Organization: Software Engineering Institute
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:37:05 GMT


Here's the Australian PGA you'll find the final day farther down the page.
The three days of the Shark Shootout in the order of play


	Australians Craig Parry and Peter McWhinney grabbled the lead from
American John Morse in the second round of the Australian PGA at Sydney.
Parry and McWhinney each shot 4-under-67 to drop to 8-under for the
tournament. Australian Ian-Baker Finch shot 68 and stands third at 7-
under. Morse shot 70 and fell into a fourth-place tie two shots off the
lead.
 

	THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (UPI) -- The twosomes of Fred Couples and
Raymond Floyd, and Hale Irwin and Bruce Lietzke both shot 10-under-par
62 Friday to share the lead in the $1 million Shark Shootout.
	Arnold Palmer and Peter Jacobsen teamed for a 9-under par 63 to trail
the leaders by a single shot.
	Defending champions Lanny Wadkins and Tom Purtzer were at 7-under 65
along with the three other teams of Chip Beck-Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite-
Davis Love III and Nick Price-Billy Ray Brown.
	Brown replaced Steve Elkington, who was forced to withdraw due to a
sinus condition.
	The round was played in a best ball format on the 7,025-yard, par-72
Sherwood Country Club. On each hole, each player plays the hole using
his own ball. The player whose score is the lowest on each hole will be
the team score for that hole.
	``We team up very well,'' said Couples, who won the event with Floyd
two years ago. ``We are very compatable and enjoy each other's company.''
	Couples lit up the scoreboard on the back nine. After Floyd posted
three of the team's four birdies on the front side, Couples fired four
birdies and an eagle on the back nine.
	Couples, the PGA Tour's money champion, put his second shot, a 6-iron
to within 8 feet of the par-5, 522-yard 11th hole. He rolled in the putt
for an eagle.
	``We're pretty much in the same groove,'' Floyd said. ``And we're
looking forward to tomorrow's alternate shot round.''
	Floyd snd Couples set a tournament record, firing a 57 in the
alternate shot round two years ago.
	Lietzke also eagled the 11th hole when he chipped in from the rough.
	``We went along with our plan,'' Lietzke said. ``We'd agreed to have
Hale hit first. He has more control and I have a little extra length.
That gives me the opportunity to let it out after he's safely in the
fairway.''
	Lietzke and Irwin matched Couples and Floyd, with each team shooting
eight birdies and an eagle.
	``We are able to help each other on club selection because our games
are similiar,'' Irwin said. ``If I were teamed with John Daly I wouldn't
go near his bag as I wouldn't have the slightest idea what he should
hit.''

 
	THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (UPI) -- Chip Beck and Ben Crenshaw fired a 7-
under par 65 Saturday to take a 1-stroke lead in the $1 million Shark
Shootout.
	First-time partners Beck and Crenshaw are 14-under par after two
rounds for a total of 130 in this three-day tournament, played on the 7,
025-yard, par-72 Sherwood Country Club.
	Bruce Lietzke and Hale Irwin fired a 3-under par 69 for a two-day
total of 131, one shot off the pace set by Beck and Crenshaw.
	PGA champion Nick Price and Billy Ray Brown also have formed a new
partnership. They posted a 5-under par 67 to tie U.S. Open Champion Tom
Kite and partner Davis Love III for third place at 12-under par.
	Kite and Love also shot a 5-under par 67 for a two-day total of 132.
	The event was played in an alternate shot format Saturday, with each
player required to hit a tee shot. One of the tee shots is selected and
the player whose drive is not used hits the second shot and the team
alternates shots until the ball is holed.
	Crenshaw and Beck got their partnership going with three consecutive
birdies, all from 6 feet or less.
	``Ben got us going on the front side,'' Beck said. ``We hit it close
and took advantage of the short putts.''
	They were one of only two teams to post a birdie at the difficult
18th hole, a 446-yard uphill par-4.
	``We're teaming very well,'' Crenshaw said. ``Our game is to keep the
ball in play. A partnership event allows you to get away with some
mistakes, but when you make a mistake you feel it doubly.''
	Lietzke and Irwin made five birdies and a pair of bogies Saturday.
	``Neither Bruce nor I had an easy putt all day,'' Irwin said. ``We
hit a lot of good iron shots but could only make a couple of putts the
whole day.''
	Kite and Love made six birdies in the first 13 holes but played the
final five holes in 1-over-par.
	``We really played very well,'' Kite said. ``I'm just disappointed we
didn't finish better. We had more birdie opportunities except for that
bogey at 16.''
	The final-round scramble usually features the lowest rounds of the
tournament by the entire field. Each player hits a tee shot. Then they
choose the ball they like best and each hits a shot from where the
chosen ball lies. This gives the team the chance to use the best ball
after every shot, including putts.
	``It's going to be a shootout tomorrow,'' Beck said. ``I like the
position we're in. It will be harder for some of the teams to catch up
because the leaders will all be making birdies.''


	THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (UPI) -- Tom Kite and Davis Love III shot a 13-
under-par 59 Sunday to win the $1 million Shark Shootout by one stroke.
	The two combined for a three-day total of 25-under 191, with each
earning $150,000.
	The teams Hale Irwin-Bruce Lietzke, Nick Price-Billy Ray Brown and
Ray Floyd-Fred Couples all finished at 24-under par and earned $62,333
apiece.
	Second-round leaders Chip Beck and Ben Crenshaw ended up fifth after
a final-round 63. They bogeyed the 18th hole to lose all chance for
first or a tie for second. Each won $41,500.
	Love and Kite made their charge with a birdie at the par-3, 186-yard
15th hole. Kite then holed a 16-foot eagle putt at the par-5, 16th hole
to get to 24-under.
	``We both felt going into this tournament that we had an excellent
chance to win this tounament,'' Kite said.
	Love eagled the par-5, 522-yard 11th hole after knocking his second
shot, a 6-iron, to within 12 feet of the hole.
	``Tom putted well on the front side and I putted well on the back
side,'' Love said. ``We could have made a few more putts but we either
lipped them out or just barely missed.''
	Love and Kite combined for two eagles and nine birdies in their
round.
	``Tom told me after the 17th hole that we needed to birdie the 18th
to have a chance to win,'' Love said. ``We figured one of the other
teams would birdie 18 for sure. But they didn't.''
	Couples and Floyd also birdied the 18th as did Price and Brown.
	``I played every shot first,'' Kite said. ``I hit every shot to keep
it in play. That gave Davis the opportunity to hit it as far as he
could. We think the strategy was great.''
	Tournament host Greg Norman contributed $100,000 to the purse, which
was divided among the first three finishers.



	SYDNEY, Australia (UPI) -- Craig Parry of Australia shot a 3-under-par
68 Sunday to win the $210,000 Australian PGA by three strokes.
	Parry, who had to recover from the rough after several erratic tee
shots, sealed the victory with a birdie on the 17th.
	He finished with a four-round total of 15-under 269, beating out
compatriot Peter McWhinney (272). Two other Aussies, Bradley Hughes and
Michael Harwood, were another stroke back at 273.
	Harwood had smashed the course record by three strokes Saturday with
a third-round 61.
	Parry, McWhinney and Harwood shared the lead going into the final
round, and at one point nine players were within four strokes of the
lead. But on the back nine the tournament became a four-way struggle.
	John Morse of the United States had the best finish among the non-
Australians -- 277 for eighth place. Fellow Americans Mike Colandro and
Peter Teravainen scored 279 and 281 respectively, while Canada's Danny
Mijovic was at 280.


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Eugene A. Rindels        ear@sei.cmu.edu        Former SSgt  USMC "Semper Fi"
Real-Time Systems Program
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
From: jeffr@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Jeff Retallic)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:26:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Woods by Golfsmith
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