Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, April 9, 1990 TAG: 9004090150
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: AUGUSTA, GA. LENGTH: Medium
Trevino, whose best finish was 10th twice, qualified for the 1991 tournament by finishing in the top 24. The Masters is the only major Trevino has never won.
Trevino's 10-foot birdie putt hung on the lip of the cup at the last hole and he settled for a final-round even-par 72 and a 72-hole total of 291.
"I'd love to come back," Trevino, 50, said before he knew whether he had qualified. "I was grinding to make par on the last hole."
Caddy Herman Mitchell said, "The par-5s killed us. We were 1-over on the 5s."
Trevino left the last green and headed for the parking lot, where his wife, Claudia, had the van warmed up. He drove away without changing his cleats.
Mitchell kidded Trevino about complaining of tired legs.
"You're just an old man, older than Jack Nicklaus, but he doesn't play like he's old," Mitchell needled.
How slick are Augusta National Golf Club's greens? Very.
Australian Wayne Grady four-putted the 18th green on Sunday from 30 feet. His first putt was 4 feet past the hole and his next putt went 4 feet past. Grady missed again and tapped in the next one for a double-bogey 6.
Richmonder Lanny Wadkins was wondering what could have been after he completed 72 holes in the Masters with a 5-under-par 283 total.
"I played pretty solid all week," he said. "But, I had five in the water the first two days."
Despite getting it wet so often, it cost him only six shots - the difference between Wadkins and Ray Floyd's leading total at the time Wadkins finished his round.
"I didn't have a three-putt the entire week, which I think is incredible around here," he said.
Chris Patton, the only amateur to survive the cut, had his worst round of the Masters.
The 6-foot-1, 300-pound Patton shot a 78, finishing with an 8-over-par 296 total.
The Clemson University golfer had hoped to finish in the top 24, assuring himself of an invitation to the 1991 Masters, but he didn't make it.
The two portly gentlemen broke out of the gate as it swung open and set a dead course for the finish line behind Augusta National Golf Club's 16th green.
Their target was about a mile away, but they ran and stumbled along the dew-covered fairways, carrying chairs and other gear. They risked life and limb although they wouldn't see a golf shot in the final round of the Masters for almost four hours.
The stampede for prime viewing positions on Sunday took an ugly turn on a steep, staired walkway between the fifth fairway and the 170-yard par 3 No. 16.
Hundreds of spectators, who had waited hours for the gate to open, charged down the 50 steps, although a concerned marshal shouted, "Quit running. Quit running. Somebody's going to get hurt."
They didn't slow down, but nobody got hurt as some took two steps in a stride.
"Go, Bobby, go," drawled a spectator from the back of the pack. Bobby went. Soon "Bobby" had two chairs anchored down in an excellent location behind the ropes of the water-bordered hole, one of the most famous in the 54-year history of the Masters.
Two persons going against the human landslide trying to climb the steps made it with the help of a helmeted marshal to the fifth fairway.
by CNB