Scottie Scheffler charged into the lead after Saturday’s third round of the PGA Championship, making an eagle and three birdies in the last five holes to seize command after a shootout at Quail Hollow.Top-ranked Scheffler, a two-time Masters champion, fired a six-under par 65 to stand on 11-under 202 after 54 holes with a three-stroke …
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Pre-race favourite Journalism stormed to victory in the 150th Preakness Stakes on Saturday, producing a devastating finish to claim the second leg of US horse racing’s Triple Crown.Journalism, ridden by Italian jockey Umberto Rispoli, looked set for more disappointment following his second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby after being boxed in coming down the stretch …
Scottie Scheffler charged into a share of the lead with Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas and Spain’s Jon Rahm in Saturday’s third round of the PGA Championship while Bryson DeChambeau surged into contention.World number one Scheffler, a two-time Masters champion, joined two-time major winner Rahm and 36-hole leader Vegas, without a top-20 finish in 16 major starts, on …
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Jasmine Paolini made Italian tennis history on Saturday by winning the Italian Open, convincingly beating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 to claim her second 1000 series title ahead of Roland Garros later this month.Late bloomer Paolini, who also won in Dubai last year, is the first Italian woman to win the Rome event since Raffaella Reggi …
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The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde on Saturday following the Major League Baseball club’s dismal start to the season, the team announced.An Orioles statement said Hyde had been relieved of his duties and third base coach Tony Mansolino would take over as interim manager.Despite a record of steady improvement in recent seasons, the Orioles …
Rory McIlroy was forced to switch drivers at the PGA Championship after his regular driver was found to be non-conforming to rules in a test at Quail Hollow, according to a radio report.Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio reported that second-ranked McIlroy, who won the Masters last month to complete a career Grand Slam, had to …
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Third-round play in the PGA Championship finally began on Thursday after a severe storm near Quail Hollow postponed the start and forced organizers to re-draw groups into threesomes to try and complete play before sunset.Chile’s Joaquin Niemann struck the opening shot off the first tee at 11:43 a.m. (1543 GMT) to launch the round about …
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The New York Knicks thrashed the Boston Celtics 119-81 to send the defending champions crashing out of the NBA playoffs on Friday.The Knicks booked their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 25 years with a rampant display to complete a 4-2 series victory.Six Knicks players finished in double figures, with Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby …
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Jhonattan Vegas, chasing his first major title, clung to a two-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the PGA Championship while top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and South Korean Kim Si-woo made late charges at Quail Hollow.Vegas closed with a double bogey to fire a one-under-par 70 and stand on eight-under 134 after 36 holes with France’s …
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From his days as a South American child swatting rocks with broomsticks where baseball and football are king, Jhonattan Vegas dreamed of being a golf star and winning major crowns.So it’s no wonder he has been able to overcome injury and struggles for years to find success to grab the lead at the PGA Championship.”I have …
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