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Show 6D The Salt Lake Tribune In U.S. Womens Open 15, 1984 Sunday, July De Vicenzo Leads by 2 In Seniors Alcott,1 White Share Lead - 4 4 NEWPORT, R I. (AP) Argentine Roberto De Vicenzo shot a second straight 68 Saturday to take a two stroke lead after two rounds of the $150,000 Merrill Lynch-Gol- f Digest senior golf Commemorative Pro-Atournament. De Vicenzo, who has 230 career victories in a professional career that began in 1938, had four birdies on the back nine of the 6,566-yar- d Newport Country Club, including one on the 18th after he hit his tee shot under a tree. I couldnt follow through, he said of his eight-iro- n shot that ended up 20 feet from the pin. It was a lucky , By Dave OHara Associated Press Writer PEABODY, Mass. Amy Alcott, who thrives on pressure and tough golf courses, and veteran Donna White, who is shooting for the moon, lead moved into a tie for the Saturday in the U.S. Womens Open championship. Deadlocked at 218, two strokes over par, they will carry a one-shlead into the final round Sunday. Alcott, who numbers the U.S. Open among her 19 championships since joining the pro tour in 1975, gave her rivals something to think about over- tk. ' L S m night. Its going to be a dogfight," the Alcott said. Im going to put shot" De Vicenzo, who won the 1967 British Open, is for the tourna- ment. He has a lead over Fred 66, and Hawkins, who had a Jim Ferree. Neither Hawkins nor Ferree has won a PGA senior tournament. Three strokes back is Dan Sikes and four back, at 140, are Bill Collins, Gardner Dickinson and Art Wall, the first round leader. two-stro- six-und- Associated Press Loserphoto Donna White chips onto the first green in third round play of the U.S. Womens Open. White shares lead with Amy Alcott. Wood Takes Commanding WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Wee Willie Wood, a slightly-buil- t, little fellow, set still another seacomsonal record and took a mand going into Sundays final round Golf of the $350,000 Anheuser-Busc- h Classic. His closest pursuers, Wayne Levi and host pro Curtis Strange, the men he played with in Saturdays third round and the men who will be his partners again Sunday, agreed the tournament is in his hands, that its his to win or lose over the last 18 holes. soft-spok- In golf, said Strange, you cant play defense against his offense. If he shoots more than two under par, hes gonna win. For me to have a chance, Im going to need some help from him. Levi agreed. If he plays fair to good, its gonna be tough to beat him, Levi said, and indicated it was all up to the rookie who has led all the way. If hes around par, if he lets us get within one or two, then its going to be tougher on him. Im going to try to keep the same strategy, try to play aggressive, keep firing at the pins, not back off, Wood said. and 135 pounds, Wood, reeled off a string of four consecutive 66 birdies on his way to a third-roun- d and completed three trips over the 6,746 yard Kingsmill Golf Club course in 197, 16 under par and the lowest total on the PGA Tour this year. Wood also set the seasonal mark of 131 for 36 holes after Fridays play. Only his two playing companions on this muggy day on the banks of the James River, Levi and host pro Strange, could stay within striking distance of Wood, the low qualifier in last years PGA Tour Qualifying le School. the ball on the ground, tee it up and rip it. Im going to play my same aggame. gressive, To win the U.S. Open would be ecstasy, the ultimate, said White, the 1976 U.S. amateur champion with only three LPGA victories since she began the pro tour in 1977. Its something most golfers dream about. I consider this the most important tournament we play all year. Amy has won it before, won a lot of tourna ments, so maybe she has an advantage, but Im not going to think about However, Penny Pulz, who shared the halfway lead at 144 with Jones, score of ballooned to a 78 for a Blistering heat, greens and gusty winds plagued most players for the third day in a row, but White and Alcott didnt have much trouble. mother who White, a underwent back surgery last October, equalled par 72 on the tricky 222. it" sun-bake- d 6,285-yar- Japans Ayako Okamoto, winner of two LPGA tournaments this year, ran into trouble on the back nine and took her second 74 in a row for 220. Only three players among the 62 cut bettered survivors of the U.S. 1974 were Open champar. They pion and LPGA Hall of Famer Sandra Haynie, who equalled the best score here so far with a 69; 1981 Open champion Pat Bradley, who had 70, and defending champ Jan Stephenson, who bounced back from a second round 81 for a 71. Haynie and Bradley were tied at 223, while Stephenson kept alive title hopes at 224. Two-tim- e Open champion Hollis Stacy and Betsy King, starting two strokes off the lead, each carded 75s for 221. Lori Garbacz moved up with a par 72, pulling into a tie with Pulz at 22. LPGA Hall of Famer Kathy Whitworth, winner of 84 tournaments but never the U.S. Open, had a 75 for le Salem Country Club d course. Then Alcott, the 1980 U.S. Open champ, came charging home tc null into a tie with just one round left in the $225,000 event worth $36,000, plus a ton of endorsement money, to the winner. Alcott, 28, surrendered the undisputed lead with a double bogey 6 on the 52nd hole, but bounced back with a birdie 4 on the next gree 1. Then she sank a clutch putt on the 54th hole for a third round 73 to go with her previous 71 and 74 for 218. Rosie Jones, 24, a former Ohio State star seeking her first victory on the womens pro tour, remained in close contention despite a 75. Jones had a 219, just one stroke off the pace. 223. Busch Lead 4-Str- oke Levi, winner of six career titles, scattered seven birdies across his card in a round of 68 and finished 54 holes at 201, including a bogey on the final hole after the national television cameras had ended their coverage for the day. Strange, whose home is on this golf course, bogeyed the first three holes, but rallied with an eagle and three birdies for a 69 and 202 total. Ronnie Black was next at Lanny Wadkins, Mike Reid and Gary Hallberg followed at 205, a distant eight shots off the pace. Wood, with rounds of 63, 68 and 65 has led by margins of two, two and four strokes in the chase for the first title of his short career. t I was a little nervous when we started today, he admitted, and got away to a rather uncertain start. He missed a birdie putt of about four feet on the first hole, then missed the second green and bogeyed the hole. I tried to relax, settle myself down. I took a couple of deep breaths, got a drink of water, he said in his WILY BF GOODRICH Oklahoma drawl. Then, he got on a roll. He punched a sand wedge to four feet and birdied the third. He hit a second shot to six feet and birdied the fourth. He used the again, this time from the tee on the par-- 3 fifth and came within one foot of making a hole in one. The tap-i- n was routine. And on the sixth, he for his fourth rapped in a consecutive birdie. On the back nine, Wood holed from about 20 feet on the 12th hole and then coaxed in a birdie putt on the 13th. That gave him a four-shlead. Levi cut it to three on two occasions, but bogeyed two of the last three OFESAVERS' FROM BFG BUILDER Of er THE SPACE SHUTTLE TIRES wide-breaki- holes. LIFESAVER STEEL BELTED ALLSEASON WHITEWALLS XLM WHITEWALLS LIFESAVER STEEL BELTED Fsrm m JflJ SALE ON SERVICE MOUNTING INCL. MAGS Reg. 5.00-6.0- WITH TIRE PURCHASES COMPUTER SPIN BALANCING 0 Reg. 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