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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Monday March 1 9 1 990 3B Final acorn and money winnings Sunday from tho Players Champwnaftip at tbe MM-yard par-72 TPC at Sawgraaa court in Ponte Vedra Ftau Mudd Withstands Drive 67-72-70-69 278 75-71-69-69-284 71-73-69-71-284 73-72-69-71-285 72-70-70-73-285 70-68-74-73-285 71-73-71-73-288 71-72-74-72-289 Golf David Ogrtn $20383 Curtis Strange $20363 Qreg Norman $20363 Nick Price $20363 Clark Burroughs $20363 Jim Booroa $12450 David Graham $12450 Bill Glasson $12450 Kenny Knox $12450 Davis Love ill $12450 Wayne Grady $9332 Mike Donald $9 332 Jim Gallagher $9332 Peter Jacobsen $9332 Peter Persons $9332 Gene Sauers $9332 Tony Sills $9332 Mark Brooks $6308 89-74-73-73-289 72-71-73-73-289 71-76-74-88-289 69-75-77-68-289 69-71-72-77-289 70-74-73-73-290 68-75-74-73-290 71-73-72-74-290 73-73-75-69-290 73-68-74-75-290 72-72-74-73-291 76-71-72-72-291 76-71-72-72-291 74-67-75-75-291 69-76-71-75-291 71-73-70-77-291 72-74-76-69-291 70-75-7374-292 Jodie Mudd $270000 Mark Calcavecchia $162000 Sieve Jones $87000 Tom Purtzer $87 000 Billy Ray Brown $52688 Tom Kite $52 688 Hale Irwin $52 688 Ken Green $52688 Mark McCumber $42000 Andy Bean $42 000 Fulton Allem $31 800 Rocco Mediate $31800 Sieve Pate $31800 Payne Stewart $31 800 Bruce Lietzke $31 800 Larry Nelson $20 363 Chris Perry $20363 Steve Elkmglon $20363 77-70-72-73-292 71-75-7373-292 72-71-74-75-292 72-72-73-75-292 72-74-74-72-292 68-73-75-76-292 72-72-76-72-292 69-72-81-70-292 71-73-75-74-293 73-74-73-73-293 71-75-74-73-293 73-72-75-73-293 73-72-72-78-293 71-72-77-73-293 7473-74-72-293 72-74-75-72-293 73-72-78-72-293 Andrew Magee $6308 Bobby Wadkins $6306 Dave Barr $6308 Dan Foreman $6 308 DA Weibnng $6 308 Kirk Triplett $6 308 David Edwards $6308 Jim Hallet $6308 Tom Watson $6 308 Loren Roberts $3 855 Mike Sullivan $3 655 Robert Wrenn $3 855 ian Baker-Finch $3 855 Calvin Peete $3855 Mike Reid $3855 Joey Smdelar $3 855 Hubert Green $3 855 Snead $3 855 Robert Gamex $3856 Richard Zokol $3375 Bob Gilder $3375 Kenny Perry $3375 Bill Sander $3 375 Joel Edwards $3300 Craig Parry $3210 Buddy Gardner $3210 Craig Stadler $3210 Duffy Waldorl $3210 Mike Hulbert $3210 Chip Beck $3 105 Ed Fion $3 105 Bob Lohr $3045 David Peoples $3045 Brad Faxon $2 970 Bob Estes $2 970 Mark Lye $2970 74-72-73-75-294 71-75-75-73-294 72-73-78-73-294 71-75-77-71-294 72-74-73-76-295 74-71-70-81-296 73-73-76-74-296 70-73-01-72-296 69-77-79-71-296 71-76-00-69-296 73-72-78-74-297 74-71-78-74-297 72-75-76-75-298 73-70-77-79-299 74-72-76-77-299 71-76-80-72-299 LPGA Fine) leaders from the Tucson Open at the 243-yard par-72 Randolph Golf Course Tucson: Kay Cockerill $3605 73-74-72-68-287 Jill Briles $3605 71-76-71-69-287 Dottie Mochne $3605 73-71-72-71-287 Cathy Reynolds $3605 73-70-70-74-287 Lisa Walters $3605 71-72-70-74-287 Nancy Rubin $3605 67-70-74-76-287 Caroline Keggi $2 647 7 1-75-73-69-288 Barb Mucha $2647 73-74-71-70-288 Gina Hull $2647 72-74-72-70-288 Kathy Guadagnmo $2647 Sue Erll $2647 75-69-73-71-288 Laurel Kean $2647 70-74-73-71-288 Becky Pearson $2 646 69-74-72-73-288 Nancy Lopez $2646 75-71-67-75-288 AyakoOkamoto $2646 71-67-71-79-288 Deborah McHaftie $2023 74-74-73-68-289 Julie Hennessy $2023 Kim Shipman $1146 Anne Kelly $838 Sue Thomas $838 Donna Wilkins $837 Donna Andrews $837 Lon Garbacz $725 Debbie Massey $617 Barb Thomas $616 Cindy Schreyer $616 Therese Hesston $616 Heather Cameron $479 Alice Miller $479 Maggie Will $478 Susie Bermng $478 Michelle Dobek $478 Val Skinner $2023 71-75-72-71-289 Shelley Hamlin $2022 Myra Black welder $2022 74-70-72-73-289 Jenny Lidback $2 022 71-72-73-73-289 Joan Pitcock $1580 74-74-71-71-290 Mitzi Edge $1 580 76-71-69-74-290 Lenore Rittenhouse $1580 Judy Dickinson $1 580 Martha Nause $1580 73-71-71-75-290 Janet Anderson $1580 72-73-89-76-290 Michelle McGann $1147 72-73-75-71-291 Laura Hurlbut $1147 73-71-75-72-291 Cathy Gerrmg $1 147 Meg Mallon $1147 Tina Purtzer $1147 72-74-72-73-291 Cindy Mackey $1 147 79-69-60-75-291 Laura Davies $1147 73-70-71-77-291 76-71-73-72-292 72-72-73-75-292 72-73-71-76-292 75-69-71-77-292 71-73-70-79-293 71-75-76-72-294 76-72-72-74-294 74-73-73-74-294 74-74-73-74-295 75-71-75-74-295 72-76-71-76-295 74-73-72-76-295 73-72-74-76-295 69-71-74-67-281 73-68-69-71-281 281 283 74-72-70-68-204 Colleen Walker $45000 Pat Bradley $19125 KateRogerson $19 125 Heather Drew $19125 Betsy King $19125 Jane Geddes $10500 Cindy Figg-Curner $7500 Susie Redman $7500 Ok-Hee Ku $7500 Marta Figueras-Dotti $7500 Nancy Brown $5 305 Alice Ritzman $5305 Misste McGeorge $5305 Amy Benz $4505 Tnsh Johnson $4 505 Kristi Albers $3605 Observer News Services PONTE VEDRA Fla Jodie Mudd held off Mark last-gasp challenge for a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Players Championship Calcavecchia second in his past three starts and four times this season watched his last chance for a playoff disappear when his 20-25 foot birdie putt on the final hole stayed to the right Mudd who led all 32 holes played Sunday claimed the most important MUaa of his three career victories with closing rounds of 70 and 69 and a 278 total at the 6892-yard par-72 TPC at Sawgrass course The victory in the tournament billed as the annual championship of golfs touring pros was worth $270000 The leaders were on the front nine Saturday when rain forced an overnight delay in the third round They came back Sunday morning to finish it off before moving to the final round Seniors Jim Dent fired a six-under-par 66 for a three-stroke victory in the windswept Vantage at The Dominion Senior PGA tournament three-round total of 11-under-par 205 earned him $45000 and pushed him over the $1 million mark in PGA senior winnings Harold Henning closed with a 70 to finish second at 208 Henning earned $25500 Lou Graham and Mike Hill tied for third at 210 in the hunt and the wind is blowing anything in the 60s is going to be Dent said wind was very tricky Dent began the day five-undcr-par and two shots behind Ken Still but turned the tournament into a runaway by the 10th hole LPGA Colleen Walker held on despite a double-bogey and two bogeys on the back side to shoot a par-72 and take a five-stroke victory in the LPGA Tucson Open Walker claiming her third victory in nine years had a 12-under 276 four-round total PGA SENIORS PGA tournament at the par-72 68 16-yard Dominion Country Club course in Sen Antonio: Final scores from the Ventage Cup Senior Jim Dent $45000 69-70-66-205 Harold Henning $25500 Mike Hill $18500 73-69-68-210 Lou Graham $18500 73-68-69-210 Dave Hill $12800 68-73-70-211 Dale Douglass $12800 66-72-73-211 Lee Elder $9 625 71-72-69-212 Ken Still $9625 66-71-75-212 Don January $8163 73-68-72-213 Rocky Thompson $8163 72-68-73-213 Ben Smith $7100 73-71-70-214 Larry Mowry $6025 73-70-72-215 Gay Brewer $6025 Bruce Crampton $6025 Robert Betley $6025 70-69-76-215 Billy Casper $4750 75-71-70-216 Bob Boldt $4750 74-71-71-216 Bob Erickson $4 750 74-70-72-216 Dick Rhyan $4750 74-69-73-216 George Lanmng $3431 72-76-69-217 Walter Zembnski $3431 69-76-72-217 Don Massengale $3431 74-71-72-217 Frank Beard $3431 70-74-73-217 Rives McBee $3431 72-72-73-217 Tom Shaw $3431 73-71-73-217 George Archer $3431 70-72-75-217 Charles Coody $3431 71-68-78-217 Terry Dill $2544 73-74-71-218 Richard Crawford $2544 75-73-70-218 Larry Mancour $2544 73-72-73-210 Doug Oalziel $2544 70-72-76-218 Mike Fetchtck $2125 75-71-73-219 Bob Goalby $2125 71-73-75-219 Joe Jimenez $2125 Miller Barber $1775 73-75-72-220 Bob Rawlins $1775 75-72-73-220 John Brodie $1775 74-73-73-220 Billy Maxwell $1775 68-78-74-220 Bobby Nichols $1775 73-73-74-220 Phil Rodgers $1438 76-75-70-221 John Paul Cam $1438 77-72-72-221 Carl Lohren $1438 77-70-74-221 Quinton Gray $1438 77-68-76-221 Babe Hiskey $1130 72-77-73-222 Bob Brue $1130 72-74-76-222 Butch Baird $1130 Chick Evans $1130 72-72-78-222 Charles Owens $1130 Bert Yancey $975 76-75-72-223 Bill Collins $975 71-75-77-223 Gordon Jones $975 Jerry Barber $606 Tommy Aaron $606 Dick Hendrickson $606 Freddie Haas $606 Al Balding $500 Agim Bardha $500 JC Goosie $500 77-71-77-225 Bruce Devlin $500 73-76-77-226 Larry Ziegler $500 71-77-78-226 Jim O'Hern $500 77-72-77-226 Billie Francis $500 80-73-74-227 Sikes $500 74-76-77-227 Howie Johnson $500 Irvan May Have Earned Job RESULTS By TOM HIGGINS Start Writer HAMPTON Ga For Ernie Irvan it was a one-race deal to drive the Morgan-McClure Oldsmobile in the Motorcraft 500 Sunday at Atlanta International Raceway The Concord driver got the opportunity when the outfit from Abingdon Va surprisingly released Lake Norman driver Phil Parsons after three races in the new NASCAR Winston Cup Series season Irvan was told negotiations would come later about possible future assignments in the ride Irvan 31 dealt himself considerable bargaining power for a full-time job Sunday by racing to a third-place finish close behind Dale Earnhardt and Morgan Shepherd as happy as I can said Irvan after his best Winston Cup showing (his previous best was sixth) ran faster than the leaders a lot of the way (Irvan charged steadily into the top five after starting 30th) And with luck we might have Bet on Irvan getting that chance in the No 4 Olds in the next race the TranSouth 500 at Darlington (SC) Raceway April 1 Geoff Bodine made his most impressive run since joining the Junior Johnson team this season leading 8 1 laps second to winner 2 1 6 Said Bodine who wound up seventh after getting caught in traffic after two late caution periods: the plus side the car ran good all day the pit crew kept me in there and our strategy was good I think this was good for the fourth time out for our team at the end we got mired down in traffic The lapped cars just show any courtesy to the lead cars They have to but they should That ruined the race for me and it NASCAR veteran Buddy Baker finished 21st in his comeback debut completing 319 laps in the Junie Donlavey Ford neck got real said Baker 49 driving for the first time since an injury sidelined him in August 1988 hurt the efforts of the car before the clutch messed up in it feels great to know I can do it again the main thing I wanted to see Now I know what I have to work with and what I need to do I have to start working out I get my neck as big as my May 20 th Four hours of great racing for a million dollars with the finale a 20-lap shootout for top 20 drivers Time of race: Three hours 10 minutes 58 seconds Average speed: 156849 mph Caution flags: 3 for 10 laps Lead changes: 21 among 9 drivers Margin of Victory: 32 ujlwju 114 -rf- 1 -V ifrffilffkf Earnhardt Holds On For Win May 26 th The thrills ignite when the Grand National drivers clash with The Winston Cup stars CHAMPION SPARK PLUG 300 mw lLlIj 'Mim'i'A i iti i 'i i I If i JL I111' i' 1 jl tMUilMk 1''' ''i i'f May 27th One of the greatest sporting events and WINSTON ultimate challenge Pearson Team Gets Clout With TNT HAMPTON Ga One of the most unique sponsorship proposals in NASCAR Winston Cup Series history might keep the team owned by David Pearson racing The Charlotte Observer learned Sunday before the Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta International Raceway that Turner Network Television has interceded on behalf of Pearson whose Buicks are driven by his son Larry In exchange for about 1 million in backing for the Spartanburg-based Pearsons TNT will offer potential sponsors $2 million worth of air time for commercials on the cable network Although No 2 on the all-time Winston Cup victory list (102 wins) the elder Pearson has been unable to attract sponsorship for the cars driven by Lairy a two-time NASCAR Busch Series champion Joyce Quisenberry of Harrisburg acting as an agent for the Pearsons engineered development of the unique package Ted Turner Jr son of founder spent most of the 500 Sunday in the Pearson pit The car was backed Sunday on a one-race basis by Country Music TV a Turner program Larry Pearson parked his car after 135 of the 328 laps because of a piston problem He finished 34th Tom Higgins April 5th-8th BULLS'EYE Tbe bl99est spectacle barbecue sauce four wheels on AUTO FAIR Continued From Page IB Completing the top 10 in the fourth race were Kulwicki Harry Gant and Sterling Marlin the last restart came I wondered if I could get around Morgan I was worried about Earnhardt said of his Catawba County opponent that hole opened up for me down low I went lower on the bottom of the track than I usually do but there was still room for me to get by and that left me with a clear shot for the rest of the last two Said Shepherd: No 7 car (Kulwicki) slowed me up and let Dale go under me on the restart He should have let me have the hole since I was the leader and he was a lapped car I believe he run me hard down into the corner and drove me high With just two laps to go I could have done a lot with my mirror but Kulwicki took that away from me had on fresh tires and we made a decision not to take any on I know if that made a difference or not I guess we were lucky to finish we had blown a head gasket and finally ran out of Countered Kulwicki: think I did anything wrong If the No 3 car (Earnhardt) got tires and he (Shepherd) I see how he could have thought he could have beaten the 3 1 think I cost him the race I see how he can blame Earnhardt averaged a track-record speed of 156849 mph topping his mark of 152523 set in the Journal 500 of 1986 The pace was possible because chase was slowed by only three yellows for 10 laps The race was free of cautions from Lap 10 after Terry Labonte blew an engine until the Wallace incident Earnhardt earned $85000 for his second straight victory at Atlanta and his sixth overall tying him for second place in the speedway standings with Richard Petty Retired Cale Yarborough is leader with seven triumphs The 40th victory of career tied him for 1 1th on the Winston Cup all-time list with Charlot-tean Tim Rock a hall of famer super to be there with a guy like said Earnhardt 37 using the accomplishment to boost his lead toward a fourth national driving championship to 58 points over Shepherd who moved past Wallace' into second place in the standings Earnhardt realized the big day despite becoming so Tickets Selling Fast So Call Now And Be Laps Ahead On The Best Seats! 704-455-3200 CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY ill near the midpoint that he on the verge of asking for a relief Earnhardt started from the pole because rain washed out qualifying and the lineup was set by the point standings He immediately motored away in a repeat of last Journal 500 in which he led 294 laps en route to victory To an estimated 45000 fans and a national TV audience it appeared Earnhardt was moving along comfortably To the contrary know why I got said Earnhardt my stomach really started cramping I was only about 50 of what I should have been but I decided to stick it out a little further Then that air wrench deal (on Lap 276) put us behind (requiring a 199 second stop compared to 132 for Bodine) and I forgot about being sick I had to concentrate The result was the rousing run to victory Mill ml aw rl rTTTwnHI i.