wire in the Bermuda Men's Four Ball Golf Championships.

The 1992 champions made a dramatic return to the winners' circle, firing a final round 73 yesterday to finish two strokes ahead of second-placed Americans Dennis Connors and Dan Rourke at Port Royal.

Connors and Rourke, last year's champions, managed a 72 yesterday to make it a neck-and-neck battle with the winners. Gary Carr and Mark Dupuy were another five strokes back, getting the nod for third on retrogression over Zane DeSilva and Douglas Morris.

Ascento works at Port Royal while Pitt used to. Their collective knowledge of the Southampton track helped provide them with a two-shot bulge over DeSilva/Morris and six over Connors/Rourke after two rounds.

The latter pair crawled back into contention with a third-round 70 on Saturday, while Pitt/Ascento could only manage 73.

DeSilva/Morris had 74 and were in third place but ballooned to a 77 yesterday, enabling Carr/Dupuy to pull even.

That was followed by a 77 The ladies, meanwhile, played 54 holes with Sandy Hutchings and Kile Keever winning easily.

A final round 79 was the best of the day, allowing the two to extend their lead over second-placed Suzanne Brett and Joan Connors, 236 to 244. Valerie Nearon and Donna Jones took third on 248.

Net winners were Bill Wotton and Phil Lambert (269) for the men; Mary Bowmaster and Willy Veenendaal (213) for the women.