Owen second again

Press, 22 August 1978, Page 28

Owen second again

NZPA Vancouver,Simon Owen, of New Zea-j land tied, with Dale Hayes,: of South Africa, for second; place on 283 in the §87,000 Canadian Professional Golfer’s Association championship yesterday. Owen, runner-up in the British Open to Jack Nick-1 laus, lost a chance for sec-’ ond place alone when he bogeyed the final hole for a 73. Lanny Wadkins, the 1977 United States P.G.A. champion, romped to a 12-stroke! victory', firing three-under-1

,par 69 in the final round. He [finished with a 72-hole total i of 270, 18 under par. ; Hayes, who started the day five strokes behind Wadkins, got within four strokes of the leader with birdies on the second and sixth holes, but then ran [into trouble on the seventh, ’with a double bogey. He [ended with a 76. | At Dearborn, Michigan, (Marilyn Smith, of New Zealand, shot a 75 in the final ! round of the SUSISO,OOO I Lady Stroh’s Open to finish

on 298, 12 strokes behind the leaders.

A two-putt birdie on the second hole of a suddendeath play-off sealed victory for Sandra Post, of the United States, over the veteran Kathy Whitworth, aged 39, and a promising 24-year-old, Pat Meyers.

And at Rye, New York, Lee Elder birdied the final hole yesterday to finish with a four-under-par 67 and win the §US3OO,OOO Westchester classic.

John Lister (New Zealand) failed to qualify for the third round after a disastrous second-round 80.