GOLF ROUNDUP : Daly Hits Bad Drive, Glasson Gets Win

Bill Glasson hit a par-saving 90-foot shot out of the rough to within a foot of the pin on the 18th hole to win the Kemper Open by one stroke Sunday at the TPC Avenel course in Potomac, Md.

After his dramatic par on the 444-yard par-four 18th hole gave him a bogey-free 68 final round and an eight-under-par 276 total, Glasson waited for John Daly, who made a seven-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to pull into a tie for the lead.

Daly put himself in trouble when his drive ended up far left of the 18th fairway with a terrible lie.

“I picked the wrong hole to hit the worst drive of the week,” he said. “I hooked it, and when I found the ball it looked like it was nailed in the ground.”

Daly’s next shot went to left of the fairway, too, and his approach went onto the fringe, about 40 feet from the cup. His chip for par fell about a foot short of the hole.

That gave Glasson, 32, the victory and $198,000, capping his comeback from lower back problems that limited his play in 1991 to 11 tournaments.

Finishing one shot behind, besides Daly, were Ken Green, Mike Springer and Howard Twitty. Springer was also at eight-under after 17 holes Sunday but bogeyed 18.

Former Michigan State golfer Barb Mucha won the LPGA Oldsmobile Classic at the Walnut Hills Golf and Country Club at East Lansing, Mich., not far from her alma mater, Michigan State. Dottie Mochrie shot a five-under-par 67 to finish one stroke behind. Mucha’s final round of 71 gave her a 12-under 276 total and earned her $75,000.

Dale Douglass won the Commemorative senior tournament at Scarborough-on-Hudson, N.Y., by beating Terry Dill in a unique one-hole sudden-death playoff after rain forced cancellation of the final round. Douglass, who earned $60,000, parred the playoff hole. Dill had a bogey.

Jeff Brehaut of Vacaville shot a final-round 64 to catch Mac O’Grady, who had a 73, but then lost to O’Grady on the third playoff hole when he missed a five-foot putt in the Queen Mary Open at Lakewood.