
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, May 29, 1994                   TAG: 9405290108
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-13   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

GOLF LEGEND BOROS DIES

Julius Boros, a former U.S. Open and PGA champion, died Saturday after collapsing while driving a golf cart around a course in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he frequently played. He was 74.

Boros was on the golf course when a club member went into the office to report that someone apparently had passed out, said Ron Sharpe, director of golf at the Coral Ridge Country Club.

"An assistant went out, and he had obviously died at the time," Sharpe said. "He's had a bad heart for a long time. I don't know if he had a stroke or a heart attack."

Boros' son, Guy, who is on the PGA Tour, is playing at the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas. Guy Boros was within a shot of the lead Saturday until he took a three-putt bogey on his 17th hole. There was no immediate word from him on his father's death.

Julius Boros won the U.S. Open in 1952 and 1963, and took the PGA in 1968. He won 18 tournaments on the PGA Tour. He joined the Senior Tour in 1980, last winning money in 1990.

He was inducted into the PGA Hall of Fame in 1974 and the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1982.

by CNB