CONTROVERSY MARKS END OF MOTOROLA'S WESTERN OPEN RUN

          Motorola's six-year run as title sponsor of the PGA
     Tour's Western Open "didn't end without controversy" Sunday,
     as the company was "upset by the PGA Tour's decision to
     allow its caddies the option of not wearing the green bibs"
     that display Motorola logos, according to Chip Scoggins of
     the CHICAGO TRIBUNE.  Scoggins' sources said that company
     execs "confronted PGA officials before the round but
     ultimately went along with the decision."  PGA competitions
     and rules committee member Jon Brendle said that the
     decision was made "because of the extreme heat and as a
     precaution after" a caddie collapsed during Saturday's third
     round (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/5).  The DAILY SOUTHTOWN's Tim
     Cronin wrote that "two sources in tournament administration"
     said that Motorola "marketing man" John Lynch, in an "early-
     morning meeting that turned into a shouting match,
     threatened to sue if the caddies weren't wearing the bibs."
     But ABC Sports "reported the opposite, that Motorola had
     said that caddie bibs ... were optional."  PGA Tour
     Tournament Dir Ben Nelson, on Motorola: "Obviously, they
     would prefer a cooler day so [caddies] can wear the bibs. 
     Once you explain the situation and the risk you're taking
     with the caddies, they're supportive."  Cronin reported that
     "only two caddies in the final four groups" wore the bibs
     during Sunday's final round (DAILY SOUTHTOWN, 7/5).
          WAFFLING? Western Golf Association Exec Dir Don
     Johnson, on the end of Motorola's title sponsorship of the
     event and the company's move to title sponsor the August 2
     Tiger Woods-David Duval made-for-TV match: "I'm surprised --
     and disappointed.  I think that's a normal reaction ... when
     somebody says they're getting out of two golf tournaments
     because they're changing their philosophy and now they're
     getting back into it again" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/6).