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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1987
Page
6
TV listings note 4 p.m. PGA Championship coverage on ESPN and 10:35 p.m. Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers on WTBS. Also 11 p.m. harness racing Breeders Crown shown on ESPN.
Hilton Head’s Kevin King shot a 68 to lead the South Carolina Golf Association amateur championship at The Dunes Club in Myrtle Beach after a 12 hour delay and suspension. Alex Hamilton led Aiken County with 74, while Ron Schrader and others posted 78 and 81 as 25 players remained on site awaiting Friday morning play. The field will be cut after 36 holes to the low 70 and ties.
Hamlin shot a five under par 67 to hold a first round lead at the Henredon Classic LPGA event in High Point. Four players, Kathy Whitworth Dot Germain Laurie Rinker and Colleen Walker, followed within one stroke as Hamlin battled blisters from humidity and wore running shoes.
Auburn quarterback Jeff Burger faces a potential end to his college career after an academic honesty committee recommended a three quarter suspension over plagiarism in a psychology class paper. Burger, 22, from Cedar Town, Ga., led Auburn to a 10 2 record last season and was bailed from jail by coach Pat Sullivan after an early morning fight.
Ray Floyd and Bobby Wadkins paced the opening day at Palm Beach Gardens with 70 and 68 respectively as early starts benefited players in the heat. Arnold Palmer called the heat the worst in 57 years while others posted scores into the 70s amid rough greens and oppressive humidity.
Stratton Mountain VI Andre Agassi and qualifier Joey Rive pulled upsets to reach the Volvo International quarterfinals. Agassi beat Chip Hooper 6 4 6 7 6 3, while Rive defeated Tim Mayotte's rival Slobodan Zivojinovic 7 6 2. Lendl, McEnroe, Visser, and Jones also won to stay in contention.
In Palm Beach Gardens the trio of Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson opened with Watson leading after a 2 under par 70 while Nicklaus and Palmer posted 76s amid heat and high humidity. The gallery favored Palmer as he eagled the 11th, but the historic threesome failed to ignite strong excitement.
The NCAA committee ruled that a high school coach who accepted a university job a year early may continue recruiting his high school players. Jim Childers of Lower Richland High will join LSU after the season, raising questions about recruiting star Stanley Roberts. LSU was added to Roberts' consideration after Childers announced his LSU link. no stipulation tied the hire to Roberts choosing LSU.
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