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Elkington comes from
down under for win
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) —
Steve Elkington came from seven
shots off the pace Sunday with a 31
on the back nine for a 6-under-par
66, then watched his challengers
fade away to win the Greater
Greensboro Open, his first win in
three years on the PGA Tour.
Elkington, an Australian who
hasn’t missed the cut in his 11 starts
this year, started the day seven shots
behind third-round leader Mike
Reid. It marked the second time this
year that a golfer came from seven
shots back to win. The other was El-
kington’s countrymate, Greg Nor
man, who won the Doral Open in a
playoff.
“A long way back in the tourna
ment, I was 4-over-par on my first
nine holes and I made a long way
back from there,” he said.
Elkington finished with a 72-hole
total of 282 to earn $225,000 from
the $1.25 million purse, raising his
winnings in 1990 to nearly $350,000.
After three days in which golfers
were tested by gusty winds and high
rough which kept their play conser
vative, the winds subsided and the
scores came down.
“The weather was better today —
no wind,” Elkington said. “Today,
you felt like you had a little more
confidence in pulling the club out
because there’s no wind.”
Elkington, an early finisher, fin
ished his round tied with Jeff Slu-
man at 6-under. But the possibility
of a playoff disappeared when Slu-
man bogeyed 15 and 17 and finished
with a 71 for 284. He was tied with
Reid, who faded with three bogeys
on the back nine for a 75.
Fred Couples was within two shots
with two holes to play, but his bogey
at the par-3 17th hole ended his
hopes. He finished with a 73 and was
at 285 along with Mike Hulbert, who
had a 69, and Paul Azinger, who
shot a roller-coaster 67.
After overcoming an upset stom
ach overnight, Azinger climbed to 4-
under for the tournament by post
ing four birdies and an eagle for a 30
on the front nine. For his first nine
hoi s in the four rounds, Azinger
was 15 under par.
It looked as though Azinger
would beat the back nine hex which
had plagued him during the first
three rounds when he had successive
birdies at 10 and 11, putting him at
6-under. But from there, he had
three bogeys and had to scramble to
save at least two pars, shooting him
self out of contention.
Spurs crush Suns for first
division title in seven years
S/XIM A\I\J I GJINMUI
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Terry
Cummings had no doubt going
into Sunday’s game against Phoe
nix how big a deal it was.
“I was telling somebody yester
day this game was so important, if
I have to play
48 minutes I saivj Arj-roiMip
would,” Cum
mings said.
But he only
had to play 38 minutes to score 27
points and lead the San Antonio
Spurs to a 108-93 victory over the,
Phoenix Suns.
The outcome gave the Spurs
(56-26) their first Midwest Divi
sion title since 1983 and clinched
the No. 2 spot in the Western
Conference playoffs. They fin
ished the regular season with a
seven-game winning streak and
won 35 games more than last
year, an NBA record for one-sea
son improvement.
San Antonio will play host to
Denver on Thursday, while the
Suns’ loss means Phoenix will
open the playoffs against the
Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
“The fans, they’re going to be a
big key for us,” said Cummings,
who went back onto the court af
ter the game to acknowledge the
wild cheers of the hometown
crowd. “It’s great.”
Cummings scored 13 points in
the fourth quarter. David Robin
son added 23 points and 18 re
bounds for San Antonio, while
Willie Anderson scored 20 points.
Tom Chambers led Phoenix
with 26 points and 17 rebounds.
Kevin Johnson added 24 points,
while Jeff Hornacek had 17 and
Eddiejohnson 15.
San Antonio burst into the
fourth quarter with an 11-4 run
to lead 91-81. The Suns got no
closer than eight after that.
“The Spurs should be saluted,”
Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsim
mons said. “They came in today
knowing what they had to do and
they did it. They will do well in
the playoffs.”
Chambers said not getting
homecourt advantage in the play
offs is disappointing, but he said
the main thing the Suns will do
now is think about Utah.
“The season is over now. We
played hard and we handled a lot
of adversity this year” Chambers
said.
Rangers sweep
Yankees in
weekend series
ARLINGTON (AP) —Harold
Baines and Mike Stanley hit three-
run homers Sunday and the Texas
Rangers beat the New York Yankees
10-4 to sweep a three-game series.
The Yankees outhit the Rangers
12-8 but Texas had three home
runs, a triple and a double. The
Rangers outscored New York 25-15
in the three-game series.
Kevin Brown (3-0), who joined
Nolan Ryan as the Rangers’ second
three-game winner, gave up four
runs and 11 hits in 7 1-3 innings.
Jeff Russell got the final fours outs
for his fourth save.
Tim Leary (1-1) allowed three hits
and four runs in 6 2-3 innings but
just one of the runs was earned. He
struck out eight and walked four.
New York has lost five consecutive
games and had dropped its last
seven in Arlington Stadium.
Coody, Douglass’ win no suprise
AUSTIN (AP) — Charles Coody and Dale Douglass
completed a runaway victory in the Legends of Golf
tournament Sunday, coasting to a seven-shot win and
setting a scoring record in the process.
Coody and Douglass shot a final-round 66 — by four
strokes their highest of the tournament — to break the
72-hole scoring record for the Senior Tour event. They
finished at 249, 39 under par for four trips over the
Barton Creek Country Club course.
That compares with the old mark of 251 set by A1
Geiberger and Harold Henning last year at Onion
Creek, a par-70 course. Geiberger and Henning were
29 under par on Onion Creek.
Coody and Douglass, who took the lead with a first-
round 59 in the better-ball tournament, had an eight-
shot lead at the start of the final round and never led by
less than seven.
“There was really nothing we could do with the lead
ers,” said Geiberger, who again teamed with Henning
and finished a distant second. “They just took off and
ran away.
“They kept it under control and nobody else did any
thing.”
But it got a little messy at the end.
“We sure didn’t play very well,” said Coody, the 1971
Masters champion. “Fortunately, we played well
enough to get to the 72nd hole before we totally emba-
rassed ourselves.”
While each of the partners had their troubles at one
time or another, the other always seemed to be in posi
tion to save the pars that were needed.
Coody, for example, hit into the water on the 16th,
but Douglass made par.
On the 18th, Douglass hit into the rocks in front of
the green, but Coody bounced one off the same boul
ders, into a back bunker and came out for a closing bir
die-4.
Geiberger and Henning closed with a 65 and claimed
second at 256, 32 under par. Frank Beard and Larry
Mowry were next at 63-258.
Dave Hill and Chi Chi Rodriguez, playing with
Coody and Douglass in the final foursome, simply
couldn’t make a putt in a round of 68 that dropped
them back to fourth at 259.
Hill punished his errant putter by flinging it into a
stream beside the 18th green. A caddy eventually re
trieved it.
The victory was worth $70,000 to each member of
the winning team.
In the Legendary Champions division for players 60
and over, Bob Toski and Mike Fetchick scored a three-
stroke victory over Roberto deVicenzo and Charles Sif-
ford.
Toski-Fetchick combined for a 66 and completed 72
holes in 264, 24 under par. Each won $ 17,500.
DeVicenzo and Sifford, who won this title in 1988-
89, had a closing 67 and a 267 total.
Mavs sting Hornets 118-107,
Davis out with pulled hamstring
Aggies
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trouble with no outs and gave way to
Kerry Freudenberg who gave up
two runs before retiring the Frogs.
But the Aggies weren’t through
yet. They scored five runs off re
liever Travis Barr.
Barr should have been out of the
inning earlier but TCU committed
three errors to keep the rally alive.
Jeff Bernet, a pinchhitter, started
the inning with a double. Holt fol
lowed with a fly ball that left fielder
Chad Shipes dropped for an error.
But Barr struck out Witte and
Thomas. Travis Williams looked to
be the third out when he hit a
dribbler to first, but Scott Malone’s
throwing error scored the first run.
Rollen grounded an easy hopper
to shortstop Beto Garza-Gongora,
who’s throw pulled Malone off the
bag and allowed Holt to score. Barr
then hit Chad Broussard with a pitch
to jam the bases.
Pyle lined a 2-2 pitch into right
field to tie the game, and set the
stage for Marhshall his single to
right field ended the game.
“I’m not used to coming up in that
kind pressure situation,” said Mar
shall who has two other game-win
ning RBI’s this season. “I didn’t get
many chances in high school or last
year.
“It’s nice to know that I can come
through in the clutch.”
DALLAS (AP) — Sam Perkins
scored 17 points in 22 minutes Sun
day as the Dallas Mavericks ended
the regular season with a four-game
winning streak and a 118-107 victory
over the Charlotte Hornets.
The Mavs finished their home
schedule with a 30-11 record and
prevented the Hornets from match
ing last season’s total of 20 victories.
Charlotte lost six of its last seven
games, playing again without in
jured guard Dell Curry.
Mavericks guard Brad Davis, who
returned to the lineup Thursday af
ter missing eight games with a torn
tendon in the right knee, severely
pulled his right hamstring on a drive
to the basket early in the second
quarter. Davis will miss a minimum
of two weeks, although he will re
main on the club’s playoff roster for
their first-round matchup against
Portland.
Kelly Tripucka led the Hornets
with 24 points, 14 of them in the
third quarter. Roy Tarpley scored 15
points for the Mavericks.
Dallas’ leading scorers, guards Ro
lando Blackman and Derek Harper,
played 22 and 19 minutes, respec
tively, and scored eight and seven
points.
Armon Gilliam kept the Hornets
close early, scoring 10 of his 22
points in the first quarter.
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