June 26, 1995 Table Of Contents

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Golf Plus

NO DAY AT THE BEACH SATURDAY AT SHINNECOCK HILLS TURNED INTO A HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE FOR SOME OF THE GAME'S BEST PLAYERS

By Sally Jenkins

BACK ON HIS GAME THE OTHER BIG WINNER AT THE OPEN WAS 10TH-PLACE FINISHER BOB TWAY

By Jaime Diaz

HARD ROAD HOME THE THREE FINISHING HOLES AT SHINNECOCK PROVED TO BE A CLASSIC TEST, ACED BY A FEW AND FLUNKED BY MANY

By Alan Shipnuck

EDITED BY Franz Lidz AND Christian Stone

ENOUGH ALREADY WITH 25-PLUS HOURS OF COVERAGE, NBC'S FIRST U.S. OPEN TELECAST SINCE 1965 WAS TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

By Walter Bingham

IN THE CLUB A LATE SURGE BY COREY PAVIN WON HIM THE U.S. OPEN AND ADMISSION TO THE FRATERNITY OF MAJOR-TOURNAMENT WINNERS

By Rick Reilly

VIEWPOINT WE SENT AN ARTIST TO THE HAMPTONS TO GATHER IMPRESSIONS OF THE U.S. OPEN. HE FOUND THAT THE GOLFERS WERE THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION BUT NO MORE INTERESTING THAN THE GAWKERS, AND THAT ONE'S STANDING, SOCIAL OR OTHERWISE, WAS CONSTANTLY BEING REVIEWED

A ROUGH TRIP JACK NICKLAUS WAS THE TOAST OF THE HAMPTONS, DESPITE TALK THAT HIS OPEN DAYS ARE NUMBERED

By John Garrity

ANDY NORTH

By Tim Rosaforte

BUTCH HARMON

By John Garrity

JOEY GULLION

By MATTHEW RUDY

NEAL LANCASTER

By Alan Shipnuck

BEHIND THE SCENES A LOOK AT THE USGA'S ROLE AT SHINNECOCK HILLS SHOWS THERE'S MORE TO STAGING THE U.S. OPEN THAN MEETS THE EYE

By Rick Lipsey

THE DOG ATE MY SIX-IRON WHEN WOULD-BE OPEN QUALIFIERS PLAY TERRIBLY IN THE SECTIONALS, THEY HAD BETTER BE READY WITH AN EXCUSE THAT WILL SATISFY THE USGA

By Jaime Diaz

THE INTIMIDATOR MORE IN CONTROL OF HIS PITCHES AND HIMSELF, SEATTLE'S RANDY JOHNSON STILL SCARES HITTERS

By Tom Verducci

By Tim Rosaforte

Hoop Dream

Kevin Garnett, a sure-shot lottery pick, is jumping from high school to the NBA.

By Jack McCallum

HERE'S TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS IN ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR, THE USGA IS MOVING SLOWLY, AND THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA

By John Garrity

LUCKY SEVEN BYRON NELSON SHOT A FINAL-ROUND 63 TO BEAT JUG MCSPADEN IN PHILADELPHIA FOR HIS SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN

By Walter Bingham

Motor Sports

A FAMILY AFFAIR DRAG-RACING LEGEND CONNIE KALITTA AND HIS SON, SCOTT, ARE IN TOP FUEL'S TOP 10

By Ken McAlpine

DUEL WITH TIME AT 55, MARIO ANDRETTI CAME TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE TO WINNING HIS FIRST 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

By Ed Hinton

Track And Field

A FLYING FINISH YOUTH JUMPED INTO CONTENTION AT THE NATIONALS, BUT VETERANS AGAIN TOOK HOME THE TITLES

By Tim Layden

Departments

Pro Basketball

ROCKETING INTO HISTORY WITH ITS SECOND TITLE, HOUSTON HAS ASCENDED TO THE RANKS OF THE BEST NBA TEAMS OF ALL TIME

By Phil Taylor

Boxing

BIG DADDY'S BACK RIDDICK BOWE SILENCED THE TRASH-TALKING JORGE LUIS GONZALEZ WITH A SIXTH-ROUND KNOCKOUT

By Leigh Montville

By Tim Kurkjian

One Tough Bird

Roy Jones Jr., the best boxer pound for pund, was raised under the rules of cockfighting: win or die

By Gary Smith

ONE MAN, ONE HAT TAKE IT FROM A GUY WHO HAS DONE BOTH JOBS: AN NBA COACH SHOULDN'T BE A GENERAL MANAGER TOO

By Cotton Fitzsimmons