Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday- April 13,1992
Michigan Sports
Calendar
Monday, April 13
No events scheduled.
Tuesday, April 14
Baseball vs. Siena Heights College, 3 p.m. (DH), Fisher
Stadium.
Softball at Michigan State, 3 p.m., East Lansing.
Wednesday, April 15
Baseball vs. Western Michigan, 3 p.m., Fisher Stadium.
Softball vs. Western Michigan, 3 p.m. (DH), Varsity
Diamond.
Men's Tennis vs. Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., Liberty
Sports Complex.
Women's Tennis vs. Notre Dame, 2 p.m., Huron
Valley Tennis Club.
Thursday, April 16
No events scheduled.
Friday, April 17
Softball at Indiana, 2 p.m., Bloomington.
Men's Tennis vs. Michigan State, 2:30 p.m., Liberty
Sports Complex.
Women's Tennis at Penn State, 1 p.m., University
Pa rk.
Saturday, April 18
Baseball at Indiana, 1 p.m. (DH), Bloomington.
Softball at Indiana, 1 p.m. (DH), University Park.
Men's Golf at Firestone Intercollegiate, all day,
Akron, Ohio.
Women's Golf at Purdue University Invitational, 7
p.m., West Lafayette.
Men's Track and Field at Purdue, TBA, West
Lafayette.
Women's Track and Field at Purdue University
Triangular, TBA, West Lafayette.,
Men's Lacrosse at Big Ten League Tournament, TBA,
Evanston.
Sunday, April 19
Baseball at Indiana, 1 p.m. (DH), Bloomington.
Men's Golf at Firestone Intercollegiate, all day, Akron,
Ohio.
Women's Golf at Purdue University Invitational, all
day, West Lafayette.
Men's Lacrosse at Big Ten League Tournament, TBA,
Evanston.
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Freddie breaks through in big way
Couples is masterful at Augusta in first major win
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - It isn't
just a hot streak; Freddie is for real.
Fred Couples, he of the easy
swing and the easy-going, California
laid-back manner, confirmed his
stature as golf's leading practitioner
with a two-stroke victory Sunday in
the Masters.
le did it on the strength of a
closing 2-under-par 70 - and about
two blades of grass.
Those were the sprigs on a steep
bank, a few inches above the surface
of Raes Creek, that kept his ball
from backing into the water on the
12th hole.
A brilliantly lofted little chip en-
abled Couples to save par - and his
lead - from that precarious position
and sent him into the last six holes at
Augusta National with a 2-shot ad-
vantage.
Couples brought it home in style,
in sharp contrast to the putting prob-
lems that embarassed him over the
final nine holes of the 1990 PGA
Championship at Shoal Creek.
This time he finished by running
in a 10-foot birdie putt on the 14th
that all but slammed the door on his
challengers and assured the Masters
of its first American winner since
Larry Mize in 1987.
Couples, now 32 and just reach-
ing his golfing maturity, scored his
third victory of the year, the ninth of
his career and his sixth since last
June.
It was at that time, in the U.S.
Open, that Couples began a streak
that now has produced 20 finishes of
sixth or better in 25 worldwide
starts. In that period, he has col-
lected $2,666,725 in worldwide
earnings.
The $270,000 he collected for
this title also gave Couples
$1,008,162 already this year, the
most ever at this stage of a season.
Couples also broke Europe's
string of four consecutive victories
six of the last nine.
If there was any downside to the
triumph that lifted Couples to a new
plateau of achievement, it is that it
came at the expense of his mentor
and Ryder Cup teammate Ray
Floyd.
The indomitable Floyd, trying to
add a second green jacket and a fifth
major championship to his Hall of
Fame record, simply could not
match Couples' controlled march
over the back and finished second at
277.
At age 49, he was attempting to
become the oldest man to win this
title and the oldest to win any of the
majors, which also includes the U.S.
and British Opens and the PGA.
It may have been his last chance.
And the enormous gallery,
streaming through the Georgia pines
and over the rolling hills, sensed that
something special was happening
before them.
As Floyd, grim-faced as ever,
grinding away as only he can, fought
his way to a round of 71, they
saluted him with a warmth and re-
spect previously reserved for only
two others, Jack Nicklaus and
Arnold Palmer.
Floyd received standing ovations
aftV his two-putt birdie on the 15th,
The Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Final top 25 scores with relation
to par Sunday in the 56th Masters tournament played
on the 6,905-yard, par-72 Augusta National Golf Club
course (a-denotes amateur):
Fred Couples, $270,000 69-67-69-70
Ray Floyd, $162,000 69-68-69-71
Corey Pavin, $102,000 72-71-68-67
Mark O'Meara, $66,000 74-67-69-70
Jeff Sluman, $66,000 65-74-70-71
Nolan Henke, $43,829 70-71-70-70
Ted Schulz, $43,829 68-69-72-72
Steve Pate, $43,829 73-71-70-67
Greg Norman, $43,829 70-70-73-68
Larry Mize, $43,829 73-69-71-68
Nick Price, $43,829 70-71-67-73
Ian Baker-Finch, $43,829 70-69-68-74
Nick Faldo, $26,500 71-72-68-71
Bruce Lietzke, $26,500 69-72-68-73
Wayne Grady, $26,500 68-75-71-68
Dillard Pruitt, $26,500 75-68-70-69
Scott Simpson, $26,500 70-71-71-70
Craig Parry, $26,500 69-66-69-78
Andrew Magee, $17,550 73-70-70-70
Billy Ray Brown, $17,550 70-74-70-69
Mike Hulbert, $17,550 68-74-71-70
John Daly, $17,550 71-71-73-68
Fuzzy Zoeller, $17,550 71-70-73-69
Ian Woosnam, 17,550 70-66-73-75
John Huston, $11,467 69-73-73-69
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and on every green thereafter. But
the birdies he had to have eluded
him, his chances became more re-
mote as the holes slipped by and
eventually disappeared at the 18th.
Floyd waited for Couples at the
18th, was the first man to reach him
after Fred holed out, and hugged the
young man he helped reach the top
of the golfing world.
Senior Editors
Ryan Herrington
Albert Lin
Purdue sweeps Michigan St.
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John Niyo
Night Editor
Jeni Durst
Ken Sugiura
Assistant Night Editors
Greg Richardson
Rob Siegel
Tim Spolar
ivia Mnswer:::
Larry Mize beat
Australian Greg
Norman and Spaniard
Seve Ballesteros on
his famous 'miracle'
chip shot in the 1987
Masters.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -
Dan Zanolla pitched a four-hit
shutout in the second game of a Big
Ten doubleheader Sunday as Purdue
swept Michigan State with a 2-0
victory.
Zanolla (3-2) walked two, struck
out six and scored a run in the
Boilermakers' two-run fourth. He
was 1-for-3 at the plate.
Michigan State's Scott Wolfiss
(2-1) also went the distance, giving
up six hits while walking two and
striking out one. Both runs were
earned.
The Spartans' Steve Johnson was
3-for-3.
Purdue (21-13 overall, 7-5 Big
Ten), which won Sunday's first
game 6-5, also split a doubleheader
with the Spartans (20-10, 7-5) on
Saturday.
In Sunday's first game, Sean
Helsel was 3-for-5 with three RBI
and Jeff Scott was 3-for-4 with a
run-scoring single.
Jason Smith (4-5) worked 3 1-3
innings, giving up four earned runs
on six hits. Jeff Isom pitched 3 2-3
innings of one-hit relief for his sixth
save.
Randy Vanderbush (2-2) took the
loss. Johnson and Alex Gagin each
went 2-for-3 for Michigan State.
First game
Purdue 040 110 0 -611 1
Mich.St. 1012010-570
Smith, Isom (4) and Suarez;
Vanderbush, Davenport (4),
Crabtree (5) and Mayes. W-
Smith, 4-5. L-Vanderbush, 2-
2. Sv-Isom (6).
Second game
Purdue 000 200 0 -26 2
Mich. St. 000 000 0 -0 40
Zanolla and Barrett; Wolfiss
and Mayes. W-Zanolla, 3-2.
L-Wolfiss, 2-1.
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WHO: Beth Wymer
TEAM: Women's Gymnastics
HOMETOWN: Toledo, Ohio
YEAR: Frosh
ELIGIBILITY: Frosh
WHY: Saturday Wymer defeated the defending all-around
national champion (Alabama's Dee Dee Foster) to win the all-
around title at the NCAA Central Regional championships in
Columbia, Mo. She qualified for the NCAA national
championships with the highest score in the nation among all
at-large competitors.
BACKGROUND: Won the Big Ten all-around title while leading
the Wolverines to the conference championship two weeks ago
in East Lansing. Also was named Big Ten Freshman of the
meet ... Member of the first-place 1990 Olympic Sports
Festival team ... attended Sylvania Southview High School ...
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