Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, November 15, 1993 TAG: 9311150133
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
"It's great for American golf, and I think it's about time we had a great year," Love said, then pointed to his partner in this two-man competition. "And Freddie's played on three of them. I don't know that anyone has ever done that before."
Love and Couples played on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, and Couples was a member of the three-man U.S. team that won the Dunhill Cup. The other team victory was in amateur play, in the Walker Cup.
This one came with something approaching ease. The Americans led after all four rounds, held a three-shot advantage when play started in the final round and won by four with a 20-under-par total of 556 in Orlando, Fla.
"The team that played the best won," said Nick Price, the leading money-winner on the U.S. PGA Tour and the leader of the Zimbabwe team that finished second at 561.
Price had a closing 69 and Mark McNulty chipped in a par-72 at the Lake Nona Golf Club.
Masters champion Bernhard Langer of Germany, who very nearly withdrew from the tournament when his infant daughter burned a hand the day before the start of competition, ran away with the individual title. He was the only man in the field of two-man teams from 32 nations who played all four rounds in the 60s, closing with a 69 and a 16-under 272 total.
\ SHEEHAN INDUCTED: Patty Sheehan became the 13th golfer inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Reno, Nev., attended by many of her peers.
The 37-year-old Reno native has won 31 tournaments in a 13-year career on the tour. Thirty victories are needed to qualify for the Hall of Fame.
"I never thought of myself as that type of player," she said at a news conference before the invitation-only induction ceremony at the Reno Hilton. "But I guess I have to start to think that way. It's a very humbling experience."
by CNB