MIKE Standly carded a best-of-the-day round of 67 at English Turn,
Louisiana, yesterday for an aggregate of 281 and a one-stroke win in the
New Orleans Classic.
But it was an exciting finale, with Payne Stewart and Russ Cochran
missing long birdie putts on the last green that would have earned them
a tie with the winner.
Standly's 67 allowed him to cancel his plans and gain a seat on the
players' plane to Augusta and the Masters.
The winner, co-runner-up with Greg Norman here last year, had the best
nine holes of the tournament yesterday, playing his front nine in 31
shots, and just 10 putts.
He stood up well to the pressure. After having opened a three-shot
lead by the eleventh hole, Standly had just two bad shots, both
resulting in bogey, but none of the other competitors mounted enough of
a challenge.
Stewart appeared to be out of the tournament following three bogeys
and three birdies on the front nine. Five shots behind Standly after the
turn, Stewart missed several short putts, but after the thirteenth hole,
the putts started dropping.
He made three birdies in four holes, and teed off on the eighteenth
one shot behind.
Norman birdied the fourth then made a 10-foot eagle putt on the par
five sixth. The Australian birdied the ninth from two feet to post a
nine-hole score of 32.
The edge of the hole got between Norman and birdie on several holes on
the back nine, making his first birdie on the par-five fifteenth after
having been the only player to reach the island green in two.
Norman fell from contention at last when he missed a
two-and-a-half-foot putt for par on the seventeenth.
Nick Faldo shot his best round at English Turn, a three-under-par 69.
281 -- M Standly 71, 71, 72, 67.
282 -- R Cochran 75, 68, 70, 69; P Stewart 70, 70, 73, 69.
284 -- G Norman (Australia) 77, 69, 70, 68.
285 -- V Singh (Fiji) 72, 73, 72, 68.
287 -- S Hoch 72, 74, 72, 69; D Mast 76, 72, 70, 69; N Lancaster 72,
73, 71, 71; G Kraft 72, 71, 69, 75.
288 -- E Fiori 71, 75, 71, 71; D Waldorf 71, 73, 72, 72.
Other scores included:
294 -- N Faldo (GB) 78, 71, 76, 69.
298 -- J-M Olazabal (Spain) 78, 71, 77, 72.
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