THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 15, 1995 TAG: 9507150516
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C6 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BILL LEFFLER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Medium: 53 lines
The University of Maryland's Greg Nelson had the first eagle of the 1995 Eastern Amateur.
He hit a 40-yard sand wedge shot over the bunker at the 537-yard, par 5 18th into the cup during Friday's second round at Elizabeth Manor.
LAST WORD FOR CADDY: Harry Black told his caddy she had three responsibilities during his round.
``You have to show up, keep up and shut up,'' he said.
``You forgot something,'' she said. ``Pay up.''
Black's caddy is his wife, Mo.
BROTHER PRO: Jason Hebert's older brother, Jean-Paul Hebert, joined the Canadian Pro Tour this year. The two are sons of former PGA star Jay Hebert.
Jason, a University of Texas player who had a two-round 149 and survived the 36-hole cut, said Jean-Paul ``is doing pretty well in Canada. He made the cut in his last four tournaments so I suppose he is making a little money.''
Jean-Paul participated in three Easterns while a college player at Texas. He was runner-up to 1991 Eastern winner Jason Widener, losing by one shot when a 5-foot birdie putt refused to fall on the last hole that would have forced a title playoff.
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: There are players from 51 colleges, stretching from Old Dominion to Texas Christian, from Florida to UCLA.
There are 10 players from North Carolina State, nine from Murray Rudisill's ODU squad and four from Penn State.
WRECKED AGAIN: Florida State grad Michael Hayden was the most determined player to make a good showing in the tournament.
Prior to last year's tournament, the 26-year-old Hayden was in a car wreck. He played in the 1994 Eastern with two broken fingers and strained ligaments in his left leg.
He shot 83-78-161 and missed the cut.
``I wanted to show I'm much better than that,'' said Hayden, from Rockville, Md.
But he followed an opening 74 with an 83 Friday and once again missed the cut.
OVERCOMING PENALTY: Defending champion Steve Liebler is still trying to come back from a two-shot first-round penalty for hitting the wrong ball.
His dad, Al Liebler, recalled when Steve's younger brother Lloyd had a similar mishap when he was playing at the University of Georgia in the Southeastern Conference tournament.
``Lloyd hit the wrong ball on the very first hole, took a 2-shot penalty and went on to win the tournament by four strokes,'' said Liebler. by CNB