Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.sports From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: sports Mon, Jun 22 1992 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 05:14:50 EDT Message-ID: 06-22 0000 DECISIONLINE: Sports USA TODAY Update June 22, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network KITE COMES ON TO WIN OPEN: Tom Kite overcame windy conditions Sunday to win the 92nd U.S. Open golf championship at the Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. Kite fired a par 72 to finish at 3-under-par 285, two shots in front of Jeff Sluman, who had a final-round 71. "I can't imagine a better feeling than this in golf," said Kite, who leads all golfers in career earnings, but had never one a major tournament. AMMACCAPANE WINS TOURNEY: Danielle Ammaccapane won the $400,000 Lady Keystone Open at Hershey, Pa. Sunday to become the first three-time winner on the 1992 LPGA Tour. Ammaccapane moved into the top spot on the money list, shooting a final-round 69 and won by two strokes. Nancy Lopez, Lori West and Muffin Spencer-Devlin tied for second. BRAVES GAIN ON REDS: The Atlanta Braves moved to within 1 1:2 games of Cincinnati in the National League West with a 2-0 win over the Reds Sunday. The Braves have won 19 of their last 22 games and took the final three games of the 4-game series. In other NL games: Chicago 5, Philadelphia 2; Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 4; New York 6, St. Louis 2; Houston 2, Los Angeles 0; San Francisco 1, San Diego 0, 11 innings. BREWERS DOWN INDIANS: The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 Sunday to move within 3 1:2 games of the American League East-Leading Toronto Blue Jays. The Brewers have won seven of their last 10 games. In other AL games: Minnesota 5, Seattle 0; Kansas City 2, Toronto 0; Chicago 6, Detroit 5; California 4, Oakland 2; New York 8, Baltimore 2; Texas 3, Boston 2. ALLISON, ANDRETTI WIN RACES: Pole-sitter Davey Allison made the Miller Genuine Draft 400 his fourth victory of the Winston Cup season Sunday at Brooklyn, Mich. Also, Michael Andretti ended his run of bad luck by winning Sunday's IndyCar race at Portland, Ore., for the third consecutive year. UNOFFICIAL NASCAR RACE RUMORED: An unofficial 15-lap race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is rumored to have been scheduled to conclude two days of NASCAR tire testing Tuesday. Indy and Goodyear officials deny the race will take place, but the "race" was the talk of the pits Sunday at the Miller Genuine Draft 400. Nine drivers are expected to participate, with the winner possibly taking home $90,000. GERMANY ADVANCES TO FINAL: Defending soccer world champion Germany beat Sweden 3-2 Sunday to advance to the final of the European Championship. Germany got two goals from Karlheinz Riedle to take command. In next Friday's final at Goteborg, the Germans will meet the winner of Monday's semifinal between the Netherlands and Denmark. COURIER SEEN AS LONGSHOT: Jim Courier, ranked No. 1 in the world and unbeaten in his last four tournaments, begins play at Wimbledon Monday against Markus Zoecke of Germany. Despite his success, the No. 1 seed is a longshot to win because of his baseline style. "Good grass-court players like (Michael) Stich and Boris Becker should beat him," said No. 8 Goran Ivanisevic, a 1990 semifinalist. SELES GOES FOR GRAND SLAM: Monica Seles continues her search for a grand slam, facing Australian Jenny Byrne Monday in the first-round at Wimbledon. Seles, the top seed and No. 1 women's player in the world, has won the Australian Open, French Open and U.S. Open in the past year. She is not looking forward, though. "I never play to win grand slam titles or to be No. 1," she says. WIFE, HUSBAND QUALIFY: In action at the U.S. Olympic Trials Sunday, Sandra Farmer-Patrick set a meet record in the 400 hurdles and her husband, David Patrick, took second in the men's event, making them the first married U.S. track Olympians since Hal and Olga Connolly in 1960. Also, Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the heptathlon. CONTROVERSY NEARS END: At least one part of the Butch Reynolds controversy that ended up in the Supreme Court might be solved. Reynolds, fighting a drug ban and unable to compete in the Olympics, wants to race in the Trials. The international track federation indicated a willingness to withdraw its threat of suspension for 400-meter runners competing against him. The 400 is scheduled to begin Tuesday. LINDROS CASE TO GET RULING: An arbitrator will decide if Eric Lindros plays for the New York Rangers or the Philadelphia Flyers. Larry Bertuzzi, a Toronto lawyer, was chosen by the NHL to settle the dispute, which began Saturday when the Quebec Nordiques reportedly reached a verbal agreement with the Flyers for last year's No. 1 draft pick, then changed their minds when the Rangers sweetened their offer. LUDWIG WINS FIFTH STAGE: Germany's Olaf Ludwig sprinted to the front of the pack Sunday and won the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland. Giorgio Furlan of Italy maintained his overall lead, 31 seconds ahead of countryman and world champion Gianni Bugno. The USA's Greg LeMond is fifth. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Sports Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Sports Editor: Jason P. Smith. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. 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