The Rock Island Argus from Moline, Illinois • 17

17 THE ARGUS Rock Island 111 Thursday July 18 1985 TC finds home cooking far from home pin tot 10:30 Jim Thorpe Dan Fortn 10:30 Jim Thorpe Dan Fortman By Ntlm Hurt Argus spurts writer Most members of the PGA tour worry about things like driving in fairways hitting greens and mak- Bob Smith 1039 Russ Cochran Jim Netford Gene Sauers 10:40 TC Chen Lance Ten Broeck Greg Powers 10:57 Dave Eichelberger Dan Haltdorson Victor Regalado 11:06 Calvin Peete Gary Hallberg Dave Barr 11:15 Phil Hancock Chi Chi Rodriguez Lsrry Zicoter 11:24 Scott Hoch Roger Maltbie Tim Norris 11:33 Leonard Thompson Mark Hayes Chip Beck 11:42 Mark Wiebe Bill Glason David Edwards 11:51 Mark Calcavecchla Kurt Kretch-man Gordon Johnson 12:00 Bill Britton Lennie Clements Dave Pfister 12:09 Joe Butler Mike Hulbert Ivan Smith 12:18 David Lundstrom Gary Krueger Michael Barnblatt 12:27 Jay Delsing Skeeter Heath Gary Plnns 12:36 Steve Bowman John Slaughter Steven Liebler 12:45 Kenny Knox Steve Jones Chris Perry 12:54 Mike Bright Danny Miiovic Tom Woodard 1:03 Steve Elkinglon Jeff Coston John DeForest 1:12 Bob Tway Bruce Soulsby Jeff Sanders amateur 7:30 Pal McGswan Ralph Landrum Sammy Rachel 7:39 Vance Heafner Mark Brook Bill Sander 7:40 Frank Conner Brett Upper Bob Lohr 7:57 Jim Dent DaVId Oorin Brad Bryant 8:06 JC Snead Rod Curl Dale Douglats Danny Edward Morrit Halaltky Bobby Clampett 1:24 Mike Motley Dave Stockton Allen Milter 0:33 John Mahaffey Pat Llndtey Ron Streck 8:42 John Fought Bobby Cole Richie Karl 0:51 Andy Magee Bill Calfee Mitch Thoma 9:00 Nicklaus II Curt Byrum Brad Fabel 9:09 Bill Buttner Terry Snodgrass Rick Cramer 9:10 Ron Commons Chris Lesak Greg Twiggs 9:27 David Thore Don Palmer Stuart Smith 9:30 Jim Gallagher Jr Greg Ladehoff Ken Green 9:45 Steve Thoma Mick Soli Thomas Lehman 9:54 Jeff Hart Eugene Elliott Mike Gove 10:03 Tom Sleckmann Wayne Grady Jon Chaffee 10:12 Dennis Meyer Dennl Trtxler Rick Fehr 10:21 John Adam Tommy Valentine Mike McCullough pretty good in the pro-am even though I score all that In his first trip to the States in 1983 he played only about three months before returning for some home cooking but the sponsorship of a Japanese firm has made him more secure on the tour and the near miss in The Open has given him a much higher visibility on the tour played in three pro-ami since he said Prior to that he played in any 1985 pro-ams People are asking for TC now Tze-Ming his older brother is playing this week in the British Open and next year both he and TC will be playing in the Open because of the elder No 1 position in the Asian Order or Merit That be the first time been to a US tournament together though Last year when Tze-Ming qualified for the World Series of Golf TC carried hisjbag TC now has a tour one that he took a liking to when he toted his bag for him in Las Vegas earlier this year Asked if he prefer a caddy who spoke Chinese he said he prefers a bag-carrier who knows about the pro tour feeling the only language he needs to know on the golf course is birdies eagles and the like Like for instance his doubleeagle in the US Open the first in the long history of the event The ball he used is in tbeUSGA Hall of Fame but not the three-wood he struck it with wanted it but been using it for six years and been good to So despite being several thousand miles from home TC Will be eating home cooking this week Now if he can just cook up that elusive first tour victory Peete likes chances after 66 in pro-am ut for Tze-Chong Chen the Taiwanese who barely missed winning this US Open because of his infamous double-hit the No 1 priority when he hits a pew town is finding a good Chinese Restaurant preferably one that specializes in Mandarin cuisine have a good one here iu the said the slim 27-year-old youngest of eight sons of a Taipei Taiwan golf course superintendent towns they just have good Chinese food I like American food like steaks and hamburgers but not as a steady have to take a couple of weeks off to go he said addiag that he helps combat homesickness by calling home just about every week Chen is hoping that this week will reverse a trend that started when he hit a ball twice coming out of the rough at a point where he looked like a certain winner in The Open The wheels came off fter that although he righted himself in the closing holes and barely missed sinking a long bunker shot on the 72nd hole of the tournament that would have put him into a playoff Since then TC added a cent to the $68305 that his second-place Open payoff gave him for the season missing every cut hoping that a three-hour session on the practice tee Monday will turn things around been pull-hooking everything but today (Wednesday) I hit the ball Tht ArgusJay Bryant Chen up By Nolan Hurt Argus sports writer A pair of Texans and a Floridian made the biggest raids on the $12500 offered to the touring professionals in prize money in the 1985 Lite Quad Cities Open celebrity pro-am at Oakwood Country Club Coal Valley yesterday Tim Norris of El Paso won $1250 for shooting a five-under-par 65 and taking low pro honors while Frank Connor of San Antonio and Bill Calfee of Tampa Fla each dragged down $1125 for captaining the co-winning teams at 19-under-par 51 In the pro-only department Calvin Peete lefty Russ Cochran Jim Dent and Danny Edwards tied for second with 66s followed by another quartet of Pat McGowan Roger Maltbie Chen and rookie Steven Liebler at 67 Gary Hallberg Victor Rega lado Jim Nelford and Brett Upper came in at 68 Regalado helped his amateurs to third place with 18 under in the team race Jim Mowen Tom Schrempf Ellis Roberts and Don Ruggles were partners in the team championship race and Calfee in the final grouping of the day was paired with Joe Irwin Richard Bishop Roger Vande-heede and Fred Meersman Regalado the 1978 QCO winner was helped by Stan Lohmeier Tom Foster Marty Gartner and Vem Staelens Peete the No 6 money winner on the tour this year with a little more than $292000 in winnings including victories at Phoenix and the TCP said after his round he likes his chances for winning the $54000 offered for the winner of (Peete Page 18) year Chen shot a 67 two off Tim Norris' pace in Pro-Am Pro golfer TC Chen is up for the Quad Cities Open after just missing the top prize in the US Open earlier this Jordan intends to master links By Jtff Windland Argus sports writer It may sound a bit overwhelming to an ordinary person: Scoring the game-winning basket in the NCAA Championship game Starring for the gold-medal winning US Olympic basketball team Signing a multi-million dollar professional basketball contract Being named NBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year And being featured on the cover of nearly every major and minor sports publication all in the space of four years But then Michael Jordan is somewhat of an extraordinary human being Jordan playing in only the second golf tournament of His life and for the first time before a crowd found his experiences at Lite Quad Cities Open Pro-Am to be one of the more strenuous things he has done in his career thus far is the first time I have ever had a crowd following me while I was playing ing served as caddie although he did not tote any clubs around and former Iowa star toward Michael Payne joined the group to sign autographs along the course invited Coach Raveling to come out Jordan said really enjoyed the time we were together when he was an assistant Olympic coach Anytime we get the opportunity to get together we try to make While Jordan has played golf for just 114 years his competetive edge showed through after a fatiguing round I will be back again next year and I can improve my game to be more entertaining for the Jordan said was much harder than any experience I have ever had on the basketball court because this is not my natural environment I am very competitive and someday I want to be able to master this game as Whether Michael Jordan ever masters the game of golf or not he will always be a welcome addition to the Quad-Cities whenever he wants to come back Jordan said after his round of 83 on the links at Oakwood played in the Legends Hall of Fame celebrity thing In Atlantic City but there was nobody watchingm I was a little worried about some of my Jordan believes the most overwhelming thing about his success is the reaction of the crowds Yesterday was no exception as the 6-6 star of the Chicago Bulls had by far the largest following of the day From the time he teed off at 9:18 am until he was wisked away to Arrowhead Ranch around 3 pm he was besieged by autograph seekers wanting him to sign everything from scraps of paper to shirts to basketballs guess the overwhelming thing is the way people view my success and place me so high in he noted is all something I just sit back and enjoy because I know not always going to be this why You have got to take advantage of opportunities like this because not everyone gets While Jordan was being hounded by fans most of the day his and were also drawing some attention IOWA BASKETBALL Coach George Ravel- Irishman sets pace at British Open year-old nephew of the Christy one of greatest golfers With most of the field of still out on the course in cool cloudy occasionally misty weather took a firm hold of the lead But half the field had not finished American DA Weibring and David Whelan and Bill McColl both of Great Britain were next at 69 Larry Nenon and Payne Stewart of the United States each had a 70 PGA CHAMPION Lee Trevino and Tom Kite had 73s Tom Watson seeking a recordmatching sixth British Open title made double bogey on the first hole and finished with a 72 2 over par Peter Jacobsen who played the front in 31 and once was a clear leader hit his first drive into the knee-deep rough on the 14th hole and lost his ball His next drive was out of bounds He staggered off the hole with a fat 9 and finishedwith a 71 Fuzzy Zoeller Lanny Wadkins and Woody Blackburn were 2 under par at various positions on the course Seve Ballesteros of Spain the defending champion was among the late starters He Scfflfl DldStGf opened with a birdie on the first hole but bogeyed the fourth and was even at that point 9re9 Powers of Tallahassee Fla fires a shot from a bunker Jqpk Nicklaus bogeyed the first hole on the 6th hole this morning in SANDWICH England (AP) Irishman Christy Jr recorded seven consecutive birdies when he shot a 6-under-par 64 today to set the pace in the first round of the 114th British Open Golf championship also tied Craig record for a first round score the American shot 64 at the Royal Birkdale course two years ago Dodging the showers at the Royal St course birdied 10 holes including the fourth through the 10th Despite picking up four bogies he opened up a 4-stroke lead over Australian David Graham and Britons Philip Parkin and Sandy Lyle who all shot 2-under par 68 as good as I can said the 36- Tht ArgutJay Bryant opening round play of the Lite Quad Cities Open QCO no longer poor cousin to British Open In 1776 the cry was British are coining the British are In Britain in 1985 wailing Americans coining the Americans Only about two dozen players from the United States are competing in the 114th renewal of the most hallowed of golf championships at Sandwich Nolan Hurt Ray Floyd Hale Irwin Hubert Green Calvin Peete Johnny Miller Fred Couples and Curtis Strange the leading peformer on the American tour this year with three victories and more than $525000 in winnings All would have been according to the British press contenders for the championship Actually the QCO really be considered too much at fault since only Peete from the above group was at Oakwood today for the opening round of tournament But some of the others who are here and who might wdll be considered threats to win in Britain include defending champion Scott Hoch John Mahaffey loser last week in a playoff and rookie Mark Wiebe the player who bested Mahaffey in that extra hole at the Busch Classic Bill Glasson a winner at the Kemper is in the field as is Roger Maltbie Peete stands 6th Mahaffey 11th Maltbie 13th and Glasson 22nd on the money list Also on the QCO roster are Mac 28th and Willie Wood 35th Wiebe made a quantum leap from nowhere to 38th on the cash roster by improving his art collection to the tune of 90000 portraits of George Washington in last shootout at Mill The British has Tze-Ming Chen the winner Asian Order of Merit but the QCO (TC) Chen his younger brother whose effort in the US Open made him a figure in the states And there are the likes of Danny Edwards a frequent television face in recent weeks on the tour to go with tour veterans Dave Stockton Snead and Chi Chi Rqdriguez to add to the recognition factor here The rather obvious conclusion is that the expense of playing in the British Open makes the QCO with' a purse of $300000 this year about equal in monetary opportunity in the eyes of the pros Of course a British Open title is worth a lot more in ancillary remuneration than the notation of the Quad Cities next to a (QCO Page 18) England and only a handful of them are considered threats to win the title and the $87750 that goes with it So concerned are the British that a sports journalist from the London Daily Mall Wednesday afternoon phoned Oakwood Country Club site of the 14th tournament to carry the words Quad Cities Open in its title wondering if the 1985 Lite QCO were responsible for the mass exodus of Americans from the British field There are some American in the British field to be sure but there are a lot more missing Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus are there but neither has won in more than a year although Watson is one of the favorites with the British bookies In addition to Watson those with a chance include Lanny Wadkins and Mark a two-time winner in the US this year tom Kite Fuzzy Zoeller Craig Stadler Larry Nelson and Andy Bean Aod you should add Payne Stewart And Nicklaus and Lee Trevino a couple of 45-year-olds insist they too must be considered Among the American absentees for one reason or another are US Oped titleholder Andy North i I I-.