Wimbledon ready for Connors Ashe and stars return
Jimmy Connors launches his title defense as Wimbledon opens with favorites led by Connors at 5 to 4, Ashe and Borg among top contenders. Seedings reflect a grass season shortened by climate and layout, with Rosewall a surprise No.2 and Laver/Newcombe absent.
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Fla
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Association of Tennis Professionals
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Australia
Borg
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Hie Nastase
Romania
Stan Smith
Sea Pines
S.C
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
John Newcombe
Rosewall
Wily
The Captain's Choice misnomer at Colonial Country Club
Golf notebook notes a five under par team score at Colonial with Sharon Hurst Jan Loflin and Dene Sharpe, while praising CCC greens. It highlights Linda Marsh lineage in junior events, holes in one by Van Clayton Windy McDowell and Joe Jarrell, and previews the Junior Golf Tournament at Oak Hollow with no entry fee.
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Ken Ingram
Linda Marsh
Woody Durham
Linda
Ridge
Sharon Hurst
Jan Loflin
Dene Sharpe
Ken
Colonial
CCC
Evalyn Dorn
Greensboro
Margaret Howard
Speedy Reid
Tucker Crawford
Tee Childress
Nettie Wolfe
Charlotte Davis
Claude Midkiff
Jo Glover
Edna Earle Einstein
Polly Boyles
Shirley Ridge
Dick Averette
Maxine Palmer
Grace Grimes
Mary Stewart
Doris Stutts
Marsh
Leon
Sheree
Page
N.C
Southern Wayne Country Club
Mt. Olive
Aiken
S.C
Kathy
Lynn Spaugh
Jane Harris
van Clayton
P.L. Lawson
Jerry Peace
Windy McDowell
Ray Moore
Windy
Joe Jarrell
North Carolina
Bermuda Run
Maxey
Darby Crowder
Harold
Oak Hollow
Oak Hollow Golf Association
OHGA
Okker Wins John Player Tour Final at Nottingham
Dutch star Tom Okker defeated Tony Roche 6-1 3-6 6-3 in Nottingham to claim the John Player Tour final and a 17,250 prize, the richest tennis prize in Britain outside Wimbledon. Roche returned from Achilles surgery and fought back, but Okker sealed the win with a top spin lob and strong serving, boosting confidence ahead of Wimbledon.
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Nottingham
England
Tom Okker
Tony Roche
Australia
Okker
Britain
Roche
John
Strong Field Assembles For NCAA Golf Final
Ohio State hosts the 78th NCAA Golf Championship on the rugged Scarlet course with a par 72. The field features top amateurs like Mahaffey Wadkins and Watson, plus defending champ Curtis Strange and last two Amateur winners Stadler and Pate. Coach Jim Brown cites a wide-open race among Wake Forest, Florida, Oklahoma State, Brigham Young, Texas, and Houston as contenders.
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Columbus
Ohio
America
Ohio State
John Mahaffey
Lanny Wadkins
Tom Watson
Jim Brown
Brown
Kent State
Mahaffey
Wadkins
Houston
Wake Forest
Watson
Stanford
Curtis Strange
Jay Haas
San Diego
Strange
Craig
Stadler
Southern California
Jerry Pate
Alabama
Florida
Oklahoma State
Brigham, Young
Texas
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