GOLF ROUNDUP : Janzen Ends Slump, Gains Confidence

Lee Janzen didn’t look like a man worried about a jinx.

Not with a $216,000 check in his pocket for winning the Buick Classic on Sunday at Harrison, N.Y. Not with the millstone of a yearlong slump finally removed from his neck.

Janzen shot a 66 in the three-stroke victory over Ernie Els.

But it is true, someone told him, that no tournament winner has gone to the U.S. Open the next week and also won.

“Yet,” he shot back.

The Janzen who emerged 51 weeks ago with a surprising victory in the 1993 U.S. Open, appears to be back. Just in time for the 1994 Open, which begins Thursday.

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Dave Stockton salvaged a par out of a horrible drive on the 18th hole and beat Bob Murphy by one shot to win the Senior PGA Tour Nationwide Championship at Alpharetta, Ga. Stockton had a four-under 68 Sunday.

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Liselotte Neumann had an eagle and five birdies in shooting a six-under 66 to win the Minnesota LPGA Classic at Brooklyn Park, Minn., by two strokes over defending champion Hiromi Kobayashi.