The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida (2024)

July 18, 1987

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The Miami Heraldi

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Miami, Florida

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Saturday, July 18, 1987

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152

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British Open The Miami Herald International Edition Saturday July 18 1987 4B Fooled by a rule: Stadler takes 2-shot penalty caused his only bogey of the day Then he walked into the scorer's tent real pleased when I found he said not real pleased right now for that matter But done is done" Stadler paused and frowned "I read the decisions book last year and I read the rules book this year It cost me One of these days take a month off to read them Actually he could have saved himself some aggravation by walking into the Smoking Room in the clubhouse and perusing the original 13 Articles and Laws in Playing at Golf right there: "The Ball must be Plaed where it lyes Except it is at least half Covered with Water or filth When it may if the Player Chases be taken out Teed and Played with any Club upon Loosing a Stroke" on Sunday and telephoned the PGA Tour offices Stadler finished his Sunday round tied for second but was then disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard That mistake cost him $37333 his share of second-place money almost $50000 in endorsem*nt bonuses an opportunity to play on the Ryder Cup team and a substantial number of Nabisco Challenge points This time his error was brought to his attention before he signed his scorecard saving him from being disqualified least still playing in the tournament tomorrow and that makes it belter than the last one" he said guess this just my He could be right This time around Stadler didn't get nailed by a TV viewer He was turned in by a live spectator who watched him get a free drop and demanded to know why The man went to the trailer by the clubhouse where the players sign their scorecards and pointed out the infraction to tournament chairman Alistair Low of the Royal and Ancient When Stadler found his ball buried at the fifth he had playing partner Ian Woosnam take a look Woosnam who plays almost exclusively on the European Tour know the rule either Stadler dropped into a perfect lie hit out with a nine-iron and wound up parring the hole He eagled the ninth with a 12-foot putt after a spectacular three-iron approach and when he dropped a 15-footer at the 12th he was leading the Open by a shot over playing partner Rodger Davis who wound up setting the course record with a 64 Stadler walked off the course thinking that the single low point of the day was a blown two-foot putt at the 16th hole that shot at No 5 somewhere right of Ollie North and followed that by misinterpreting the rules On the PGA Tour players are permitted to lift clean and drop without penalty anytime a ball is Imbedded (Rule 25-2) On the European Tour free drops are given only when a ball is imbedded in the fairway Violating the rule is a two-stroke penalty and Stadler was informed after the round that his score was 69 not 67 learn the rules someday" Stadler said with a rueful smirk His previous violation of the rules this year occurred at the Andy Williams Open in San Diego back in February Stadler had placed a towel on the ground under a tree during the third round knelt on the towel and hit a shot It was a violation of Rule 13-3 against "building a stance" but it unnoticed until television viewers saw it on a replay "In all time Coming the Law shall be Thav in no case Whatever a ball Shall be' Lifted without losing a Stroke From the 1744 rules The 13 Articles By LARRY DORMAN llemlci Sports Writer MU1RFIELD Scotland Well we're here with Craig Stadler famous interpreter of the rules of golf and the Walrus just happens to have found his ball amid a little bit of wattcry filth at the fifth hole Thursday So he decided to lift the ball and hit it with no penalty just the way we do in the States Ah but this is Scotland Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and all that You canna do that here laddie Once again Stadler has run afoul of the rules of golf He was on his way to a brilliant round of 67 in first round of the British Open when he missed his only fairway of the day hitting his tee First-Round Scores Tway three shots Boxscore for British Open Leader off lead land only to find out that his partner had no funds at all By that time all he had left was his house Since 1984 he has fought his way back Now a quarter of the way through the Open with a fairly impressive lead almost impossible to say what an Open win would mean" Davis said "Quite obviously it would be the biggest thing of my life" 0 IRELLI After all he very nearly went broke in 1982 when he poured all his money into a motel in Queens Rodger Davis Lee Trevino Ken Green Bob Tway Paul Azmger Nick Faldo Nick Price Larry Mize Graham Marsh Craig Stadler Jumbo Ozaki Mark Calcavecchia Ken Brown Jay Haas Gerry Taylor Tom Watson Bernhard Langer David Graham Larry Nelson Fred Couples Andy Bean Roger Chapman David Frost Carl Mason David Gilford Jose-Mana Olazabal Wayne Grady Hal Sutton Mats Lanner John O'Leary Fuzzy Zoelier Payne Stewart Ossie Moore Ian Woosnam Jeff Hawkes Wayne Westner Mark McNulty Bril McCoil Manuel Caiero Anthony Stevens Greg Norman Ove Sellberg Danny Edwards Stephen Bennett Denis Durman Russell Weir Jet Ozaki John Slaughter Lanny Wadkms Davis Love III Raymond Floyd Philip Walton a-Paul Mayo Howard Clark Andrew Sherborne Des Smyth Hugh Baiocchi Jose-Mana Camzares Magnus Persson David Jones Brian Marchbank Gordon Brand Gary Player Ben Crenshaw Peter Harrison Gordon Brand Jr Johan Rystrom Tommy Nakaiima Mark O'Meara Tom Kite a-Roger Winchester Brian Jones a-Chnsttan Hardin Paul Kent Seve Ballesteros Corey Pavm Anders Forsbrand 31-33-64 32-35-67 35-32-67 34-34 -68 33-35-68 32-36-68 33-35 -68 36-33-69 34-35-69 36-33-69 33-36-69 35-34-69 36-33-69 34-35-69 35-34-69 36-33-69 35-34 -69 36-34- 70 35-35-70 34-36-70 34-36 70 36-34- 70 36-34-70 35-35-70 37-33-70 35-35-70 37-34 71 35-36-71 37-34-71 36-35-71 35-36 71 36-35-71 37-34-71 35-36-71 36-35-71 38-33-71 35-36-71 37-34-71 34-37-71 35-36-71 36-35-71 36-35-71 35-37-72 35-37-72 38-34-72 35-37-72 36-36- 72 35-37-72 36-36- 72 37-35-72 38-34-72 36-36-72 32-40-72 37-35-72 36-36-72 35-37-72 37-35-72 36-36-72 38-34 72 37-35-77 34-38 72 39-34 73 35-38 73 36-37-73 36-37-73 37-36-73 36-37-73 37-36-73 38-35-73 37-36-73 36-37-73 36-37-73 36-37-73 36-37-73 38-35-73 PREMIUM STEEL RADIALS 1ST QUALITY WHITEWALLS GIR Greens in regulation the great Scottish courses Prestwick Troon St Andrews and Carnoustie to try to regain the form that led him to the PGA money title last year "I really think it helped said Tway "There are a lot of things you have to do differently on these courses It's not like playing in the States" It was Thursday It was just like playing in the States Davis dropped an eight-footer for birdie at the 13th to take the lead at five-under and left birdie putts at the 14th and 15th one inch short was playing about as well as I can Davis said was really a lot of fun out there It have been much nicer really" Not much nicer After birdies at the 17th and 18th Rodger Davis a man who five years ago quit golf to go into the hotel business in his native Australia was leading the Open Although he won the British PGA and Australian Open and more than 100000 pounds last year the idea of winning the tournament that all Europeans and many Americans regard as the most important tournament in golf is mind-boggling EXCLUSIVELY AT THE s) 1 Gfifi THI GREAT AMERICA (305)361-5703 HIGHMVITIAM Seaquarium 1 18575-14 19575-14 20575-14 21575-14 2995 3195 3395 3495 20575-15 3395 21575-15 3495 22575-15 3595 23575-15 3995 TRUCKS A H78 15 VANS 5695 Computerized Wheel Alignment Now Available 16580-13 17580-13 18580-13 2SSS 2695 2795 DUNLOP SM STEEL RAD4AL8 155SR12 3000 FRONT DISC BRAKES Naw Pad Cut Rotor a Inspect $OQ95 ws 19570SR14 4400 Brancei Chambiee Jim Thorpe tan Baker-Finch Peter Senior Anders Sorensen Masahiro Kuramoto Billy Andrade tan Young Mark Roe a-Freddy George Fulton Allem Miguel Martin Per -Arne Brostedt David Feherty Derrick Cooper Jack Nicklaus Robert Lee Eamonn Darcy Christy O'Conner Jr Jim Haiiet Arnold Palmer Michael King Mark James a-John Ambridge Stephen McAllister Manuel Pinero Bernard Gallacher a-Keith Hird Paul Thomas Tony Charniey Scott Simpson Andy Oldcorn Gavin Levenson Paul Way Neil Hansen a-Rcky Wtlhson Steven Cipa Malcolm Mackenzie Michael Harwood Vaughan Somers Ronan Rafferty Chris Moody Sam Torrance Jose Rivero Barry Lane Sandy Lyle a-Eoghan O'Connell Jerry Anderson Edward Webber Philip Parkin Mitch Adco*ck Martin Poxon Ian Mosey a-Jeremy Robinson Adam Hunter David Llewellyn Bill MaMey Andrew Brooks David Ray Chen Paul Carrigiil Chen Vicenle Fernandez Mark Wiltshire Geoff Tickell Ross Drummond Bill Longmuir John Bland Martin Gray a-D Jones a-Davtd Curry a-Steven Bottomley a-Stephen Hamer Peter Jacobsen Craig Parry John Clifford 34-39-73 38-36- 74 36-33 74 37-37-74 38-36-74 36-38-74 38-36-74 40-34-74 37-37-74 36-38 74 37-37-74 37-37-74 38-36-74 36-38 -74 39-35-74 39-35-74 38-36 74 36-38 74 38-36- 74 38-37-75 39-36-75 37-38-75 36-39-75 39-36-75 36-39 75 37-38-75 37-38-75 37-38-75 36-39 -75 37-38-75 37-38-75 39-36 75 38-37-75 38-37-75 35-40- 75 37-38-75 39-37-76 39-37-76 39-37-76 38-38- 76 39-37-76 39-37-76 38-38 76 37-39-76 40-36-76 42-35-77 38-39-77 37-40-77 37-40-77 37-40-77 38-39- 77 38-39-77 37-40-77 40-37-77 39-39-78 39-39-78 40-38- 78 38-40-78 41-37-78 37-41-78 39-39-78 40-38 78 36-42-78 41-38-79 41-38-79 44-35-79 43-37-80 45-35-80 41-39-80 39-42-81 42-39-81 42-39-81 40-41-81 39-43 82 Notebook appeals to the Brits and Thursday he offered a few more examples Did Trevino just three shots off the lead at 67 give any thought to betting on himself at 66-1? he said bet on myself since 1972 And there were six couples here with us and they all bet on me too shot 73 the first round the odds went up on me and we all went and bet some more After I won we were having a big party and the bookmaker showed up was carrying a suitcase full of pounds It was 32 degrees outside and he was perspiring quite heavily" Norman in demand Even if he never wins another tournament defending champion Greg Norman is not likely to run into any financial difficulties The Great White Shark has endorsem*nt contracts worth enough to purchase most of the Great White Way almost 10 million pounds worth over the next three years Just Wednesday Norman signed a 1 million pound ($16 million) contract to represent Castlemaine lager the latest in his worldwide string of endorsem*nts MIAMI 12915 NW 7th AVE (441) 681-7437 HOURS M-F SAT 8-4 THE A still the King to golf fans Mill I MAIMS Trevino BRITISH OPEN from IB said very disappointing" Jack Nicklaus who won the first of his three British Opens on this course 21 years ago struggled to a 74 Thursday was actually three days in one There was the still cool morning the breezy and slightly rainy afternoon and the bright sunny evening that the Scots see as a harbinger All players on the leader board and their closest pursuers took advantage of whatever breaks came their way There was Watson looking confident and swinging freely birdie-ing four holes and bogeying two during the more difficult playing time was workmanlike" said Watson who is chasing his sixth British Open title "I really make too many errors A 69 is a very good opening round I'm pleased with it" And Green who was two groups ahead of Watson mostly ignored whatever obstacles were in his path and free-wheeled it around Muirfield with the kind of insouciance that is impervious to weather He holed a 58-yard shot from the fairway for an eagle-three on the 17th used my driver on 13 of the 14 driving Green said figured what the heck I usually hit the one-iron into the rough more often than the driver and even if I missed it with the driver at least be farther down there really know what to expect the rest of the way The conditions weren't too tough" Under any conditions though round was remarkable It is being called a record because the course has been lengthened (to 6894 yards) since Isao Aoki shot a 63 here in 1980 arguable shotmaking was not He set up the first of his eight birdies with a wedge shot three feet from the hole at No 2 then added a 20-foot putt for another bird at the third He hit a sand wedge three feet from the hole to set up a birdie at the par-five fifth made a 10-footer for birdie at seven and wedged it to two feet at the ninth to make the turn in five-under-par 31 All across the links course that overlooks the Firth of Forth there were mutterings of disbelief from the more than 24000 who packed the premises from almost daybreak Five-under after nine is a pretty good number at any golf course in the world Here ridiculous But the full frontal attack at Muirfield was being casually constructed by a man wearing an outfit that looked very much like something you would see in a slow-pitch softball league His black knickers were offset by a pair of high black socks with yellow diamonds on the sides He made his only mistake of the day at the 475-yard 10th hole one of the toughest on the course when he pulled out his driver and pushed his tee shot into the hip-high heather bordering the tight fairway He gouged out his second shot laid up short of the hole and almost made a 30-footer for par While all this was going on Tway was up ahead birdieing the 14th with a short putt and draining a 15-footer at the 16th and 20-footer at the 17th for his best round in a major this year Tway came over to Britain early last week and went on a tour of July 17 PM July 18 PM July 21 PM July 22 PM July 24 PM New Jersey Stars Charlotte Heat Charlotte Heat Sacramento Capitals Los Angeles Strings THE FALLS 13112 SO DIXIE H-WAY 253-7001 MASTER VISA AMEX Abel Holtz Stadium Jockey Club Abel Holtz Stadium Abel Holtz Stadium Abel Holtz Stadium Tickets Gen Admission $800 Children Seniors $50 MasterCard or VISA accepted For info: 866-6649 or 1-800-330-1087 Tickets available at all Capital Ban! branches (see branch manager) Official Sponsors Alain Apparel Avia Athletic Footwear Penn Tennis Balls Tennis Magazine WIOD 610 Radio WSVN Channel 7 By LARRY DORMAN Herod Sports Writer MU1RFIELD Scotland When he first came to the British Open in 1960 he was the King Arnold Palmer stood astride the game of golf like a Colossus On Thursday the man who helped elevate the British Open to the status it now has in the United States returned to perform before a throng of enthusiastic British subjects Long of tooth and gray of mane he charmed them nonetheless still a great mon a great mon said Tip Anderson who has caddied for Palmer in each of his 24 Open appearances "And still a wonderful player" Anderson paused His weathered face lined by years of buffeting by chill winds dropped sadly afraid he putt so Anderson said afraid he canna putt He missed a couple from 14 inches that afraid never even hit the Despite that Palmer 57 managed to get in 75 strokes four over par Gary Player 51 who won the Open here in 1959 shot 72 Lee leaves laughing Lee love affair with the Open and vice versa continued unabated dry wit I Fri i Sat 730 1:30 Wed 730 Fri 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