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July 14, 1982
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United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — He
admits snorting cocaine during
■s record-breaking rookie year,
rout NFL rushing leader George
fjRogers insists he will never make
the same mistake again.
■ Rogers, the 1981 NFC
! Rookie of the Year, met with re-
: porters for the first time Tues
day since published reports indi-
Rted that he bought more than
$10,000 worth of cocaine last
r.
“I am sorry for what I did,”
)id Rogers, who recently com
pleted a drug rehabilitation
program. “I am human and I
did make a mistake, and I can
live up to that.
“It will never happen again.
That’s as honest as I can get.”
Rogers’ attorney, Ed Holler,
refused to discuss details of his
client’s drug involvement, but
said the bruising running back
had cleared his slate by checking
into the Palm Beach Institute in
south Florida.
Rogers entered the hospital
July 1 and was discharged two
days later after undergoing in
tensive psychiatric evaluation
and extensive tests for drug de
pendency, Holler said.
The tests found no evidence
of drug dependency and indi
cated Rogers was physically and
emotionally healthy, Holler
said. Further, the attorney said it
was determined that Rogers en
gaged in only recreational
cocaine use and had not taken
any habit-forming drugs since
January.
“Physicians concluded
George will not engage in the
use of cocaine or any other
habit-forming drug in the fu
ture since these drugs are not
compatible with his good moral
character,” Holler said. “And
brief experiments he made with
cocaine proved to be a painful
personal experience for him.”
A protective Saints’ Head
Coach Bum Phillips said Rogers
could not answer any questions
about his drug involvement on
advice of counsel.
A federal judge last week
slapped a gag order on everyone
involved in the trial of former
Saints’ running back Mike
Strachan, who is accused of sell
ing cocaine to NFL players and
others.
Rogers and more than a
dozen other Saints players who
admitted buying cocaine could
be forced to testify in Strachan’s
trial, which might turn into an
expose of drug use in profes
sional sports.
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TROON, Scotland — Some of
e world’s elite golfers have
athered beside the Firth of
proposakBlyde for the British Open,
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eather. It’s not really the Open
nless you get rain and wind.”
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npensatio:|jt r more players take the field.
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|me British Open champion,
id Ray Floyd, who has had a
icond, third and fourth in the
st six years, estimated that at
ast 50 players have a chance to
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dan. INDIANAPOLIS — A tight
nurse and the fourth largest
lurse on the tour await 88 pro-
essional women golfers entered
n the sixth annual Indianapolis
PGA tournament, a four-day,
72-hole affair won last year by
Debbie Austin.
The tournament, which
tarts Thursday at the Country
lub of Indianapolis, offers
200,000 in prize money —
$30,000 to the winner.
Four stars of the LPGA tour
have decided to take the week
off in preparation for the U.S.
Women’s Open, being played at
Del Paso Country Club in Sac
ramento, Calif. They are Hcdlis
Stacy, who won the West Virgi
nia Classic last weekend, JoAnne
Garner, Nancy Lopez and Kathy
Whitworth.
Stacy, the 1979 tournament
winner, withdrew Friday and
will not play on the course where
she won the Women’s Open in
1979.
Two of the most successful
players on the tour this year,
Sandra Haynie and Jan
Stephenson, will play at CCI.
Haynie and Stephenson split
victories in the four LPGA
events prior to the West Virginia
event.
Also appearing will be the
tour’s only three-time winners
this season, Sally Little and Beth
Daniel.
On the other hand, Floyd
said there were only about 10
legitimate challengers if the
wind picked up.
“Whether you got the wind or
not, you still have to play well,
but scores would certainly be
lower in calm conditions,” he
said.
“Windy conditions would eli
minate a lot of players who
wouldn’t have a chance if the
wind was mild. I’m hoping for
windy conditions.”
Floyd, approaching his 40th
birthday, indicated that the old
er he got, the more important a
major championship became.
He has two to his credit — the
PGA and Masters — and knows
time is running out if he is to
capture either the British or the
U.S. Open.
When it comes to winning ma
jors, no one can equal Nicklaus.
He has 69 tour victories to his
credit and a record 19 majors,
including the British Open
three times.
Nicklaus played his first Brit
ish Open at Troon 20 years ago,
and in his first round he shot an
80.
“I’ll never forget it,” he said.
“I came here as the U.S. Open
champion, but when the pair
ings came out it said, 4 o’clock,
Jack Nicklaus and partner. That
meant I was playing alone. I
thought it was rather strange
and some other people did too.
They wound up changing it and
I played in a threesome. I played
terrible. I was awful. When I
went home I wasn’t sure I
wanted to come back to Troon.”
Following that ominous start,
Nicklaus said it took him about
three years before he learned to
enjoy the uniqueness of the Brit
ish Open.
“You learn to accept the un
kind things, the bad bounces,”
he said “The greens are actually
quite good now, but not remote
ly like what we have at home be
cause of the weather conditions
and things that happen. It’s a
whole different game and its
fun.”
Tom Watson, also a three
time Open champion, was instal
led as the 4-1 favorite with Nick
laus close behind at 5-1. Then
comes Seve Ballesteros of Spain
at 11-1 and Stadler and Austra
lian Greg Norman at 14-1. Floyd
and defending champion Bill
Rogers were listed at 16-1.
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