GOLF ROUNDUP : Andrade’s First Win Is Over His Best Friend

Billy Andrade sounded apologetic after beating Jeff Sluman in a playoff to win the Kemper Open at Potomac, Md., for his first victory on the PGA Tour.

“It’s unfortunate that it had to be him,” Andrade said. “If I beat (Greg) Norman or somebody, then it would have been really unbelievable. But beating somebody that I’m so close to, it’s difficult.”

Andrade didn’t find it difficult to accept the first prize check of $180,000 after he forced a playoff with two birdies and a scrambling par and won it with a birdie on the first extra hole.

Andrade shot a four-under-par 67 for a tournament total of 21-under 263. Sluman shot a 65 that included eight birdies and two bogeys.

Bill Britton had a 66 for a 266, and third-round leader Hal Sutton finished tied with Norman and Mark Brooks at 267. Norman was tied for the lead at the turn, but bogeys on the 11th and 14th holes knocked him out of contention.

On the playoff hole, the par-three 17th, Sluman’s first shot ended up in the water. Sluman teed it up again, taking a stroke penalty, and hit the green. But when he missed the putt he conceded to Andrade, who tapped in his birdie putt as a formality.

Sluman appeared headed toward his second victory on the tour when he made consecutive birdies on the 13th and 14th holes to take a two-stroke lead over Andrade. But Andrade made up ground with birdies on the 16th and 17th holes before forcing a playoff with a par on the 18th.

Charles Coody, who set a course record with a 62 at Sleepy Hollow Country Club Saturday, came back with a 65 to tie another Senior PGA scoring record with a 17-under-par 193 total to win the Seniors event at Scarborough on the Hudson, N.Y.

Don Massengale, who shot a 63, finished in second place, three stokes back at 196. Lee Trevino (66) was third at 198.

The 53-year-old Coody, winning for the first time this year and third time since joining the tour in 1987, matched the 193 shot by Bob Charles in winning this championship in 1989.

Rosie Jones shot a six-under-par 66 and won the LPGA International at Rochester by two shots over Danielle Ammaccapane and Brandie Burton.

Jones, who started the round in fourth, had six birdies and no bogeys to finish at 12-under 276. Ammaccapane also shot a bogey-free 66, finishing at 278. Burton, a 19-year-old in her first year on the tour, shot a 68.

Seve Ballesteros, setting his sights on the U.S. Open, won his second consecutive major British title when he captured the British Masters by three strokes at Woburn, England.

Ballesteros had a seven-shot lead going into the final round and nursed it with a three-over-par 75.

Last week he won the British PGA at Wentworth and now leads the European money list.

Three shots behind Ballesteros were five players--England’s Keith Waters and David Gilford, Scotland’s Sam Torrance, Zimbabwe’s Tony Johnstone and Ireland’s Eamon Darcy.