Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 23, 1994 TAG: 9410250034
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: E-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ANDREA KUHN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.VA. LENGTH: Medium
The U.S. won two of four other matches in the fourball format to even the team standings at 5-5 entering today's final round at The Greenbrier. Ten individual matches will be played today beginning at 10 a.m. Each victory is worth one point, with halved matches worth 1/2 point.
The Europeans are defending the Solheim Cup they won in 1992 at Dalmahoy in Scotland 11.5 to 6.5 over a stunned U.S. team.
Mochrie said she had been thinking revenge since she got on the plane in Scotland two years ago to head back to the United States.
``It was a pretty long ride back and ... it is a question I think we have all faced week in and week out, if not day in and day out, and it's an issue we'd like to put to rest,'' Mochrie said.
Davies, who stunned the large gallery all day Saturday with monster drives often 50 yards or more past her playing partners, had lost only one other match in two previous Solheim competitions. She had paired with the precise, methodical Alison Nicholas to win five of six matches.
Saturday, the tandem couldn't get the putts to fall, while Burton became almost unstoppable.
Down one, Burton's fun began at the 194-yard, par-3 No. 7 hole when her tee shot hit the pin. Davies was the first to reach the green and toss Burton her ball. The Americans pulled even when neither Davies nor Nicholas could match birdie.
The match stayed even until the par-4 10th hole when Davies cooly knocked in a 7-footer for birdie. However, Burton responded with a 15-foot, downhill putt that slid in for birdie on No. 11.
Burton knocked in a 5-footer for birdie on No. 12 to go 1-up, and the Americans never looked back. Mochrie made a short clutch putt for par on No. 15 and Burton did the same on No. 16.
Mochrie and Burton, who prevailed in their opening match 3 and 2 over Liselotte Neumann and Helen Alfredsson, won the match on the par-3 17th when Nicholas' 15-foot birdie attempt slid by the hole.
``We just seem to feed off each other's emotions ...,'' said Mochrie, an intense player. ``We both are very aggressive and don't leave any putts short and aren't really afraid to make that 4-footer.''
Donna Andrews of Lynchburg, Va., teamed with Betsy King to defeat the team of Trish Johnson and Pam Wright 3 and 2 Saturday. The final U.S. point came from Meg Mallon and Beth Daniel, who slammed Annika Sorentstam and Catrin Nilsmark 7 and 5.
The U.S. pair of Patty Sheehan and Sherri Steinhauer had a chance to halve the final match Saturday - the only one to go to 18 holes - against the Swedish team of Neumann and Alfredsson.
On the par-5 18th, Neumann and Alfredsson both missed birdie attempts and put the pressure on Sheehan. The veteran stared down an 18-foot putt in absolute silence, but her ball slid just to the right of the hole.
In Saturday's other match, the European team of Lora Fairclough and Dale Reid handed Tammie Green and Kelly Robbins a 5 and 3 defeat.
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