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Gomes' injury overshadows Everton, Spurs' struggles

Published in Soccer
Sunday, 03 November 2019 12:38

LIVERPOOL, England -- For 45 minutes, Everton and Tottenham provided barely a note worth taking about a match between two sides struggling desperately for form and confidence. By the full-time whistle, there had been enough incidents -- good, bad and decidedly grim -- to fill a tome.

And yet it is curious to think that, for all the drama, hardly anything has actually changed. After one of the stormiest second halves of the season, both clubs finished exactly where they began, which is well short of where they would expect to be, still searching for the victories that could get their seasons back on track.

Spurs thought they had a vital three points -- and a first Premier League away win since January -- but then, some seven minutes into the 12 added at the end of the second half, home substitute Cenk Tosun flung himself at Lucas Digne's volleyed cross to cancel out Dele Alli's opener and an already febrile Goodison Park erupted with emotion.

The goal gave Everton the draw they deserved and means manager Marco Silva, under pressure following a disastrous run of results, probably survives to fight another day.

Maybe it will prove a turning point, but this game surrendered any kind of pattern as it went on, becoming dominated by controversy and terrible fortune to the extent that it is hard to read much into either side's overall showing.

That is partly because the image of Son Heung-Min, utterly distraught at the sight of Andre Gomes as the Everton midfielder received urgent treatment on the pitch in the 78th minute, will be the defining one for anyone who watched.

Gomes landed horribly after being clipped by Son and colliding with Serge Aurier. The serious injury to the Portuguese international's right leg had players from both sides, as well as many in the stands, with heads in hands. It was an awful, traumatic moment.

In that context, it seems forgivable that referee Martin Atkinson showed Son a red card, but the Spurs forward did not deserve it. While the information given post-match was that it was shown for endangering the safety of a player, the decision can be appealed and the card could be rescinded.

The episode was enough to test the rational judgement of anyone involved, and Silva said he was "100% sure Son didn't do it with the intention to do anything bad," while Mauricio Pochettino revealed that Everton captain Seamus Coleman was among home players to visit Son in the away dressing room.

Pochettino was furious that VAR had not been used to check on Son's challenge, in order to help Atkinson make the correct call. The Tottenham boss had a point, given the heavy-handedness with which technology had been employed -- testing the patience of both teams -- earlier in the game.

Until a flurry of late incidents, it was set to be the obvious headline yet again, first denying Tottenham a penalty when Yerry Mina appeared to bring down Son and then -- after a delay of more than three minutes -- deciding Alli had not committed a handball offence in the Spurs box to grant Everton their own spot kick.

Alli certainly made contact with his hand as he leapt to defend a corner, the decision presumably being that his body was not in an unnatural position and the ball had been glanced against him, by Yerry Mina, at point-blank range.

During the latter review, both sets of fans could be heard expressing disillusionment at the system, which appears to be applying the loosest possible definition of "clear and obvious" and interfering in matches to a damaging extent. Is the system viable in its current form and deployment, or is it going to continue to be foisted upon us in this excruciating, invasive guise against the wishes of so many?

"I'm sure they didn't like what they saw this afternoon," Silva said in sympathy with the supporters in the ground. "There were so many moments stopping the game. They [the officials and the VAR process] have to be more clear."

Silva was far happier with the resolve his team showed to temporarily cast their distress for Gomes to one side and battle back: "It's a tough moment for us in our dressing room, but the spirit we showed after that moment on the pitch is a good answer for you," he said.

It was almost forgotten that Alli, who scored his second goal in three league starts with a well-taken low drive in the 63rd minute, had seemingly put Spurs on the way to a much-needed win that might have lifted the clouds over Pochettino.

If there was a bright spot for the away side in a largely listless performance, it was the fact that Alli appears to be recovering form, adding an extra threat that came in especially useful given the absence of the virus-stricken Harry Kane.

But that seemed to be a footnote by the end. "The result is less important for sure," Pochettino said, understandably as reluctant as his opposite number to offer much analysis of the football.

It was true in another sense too: When all is said and done, a scruffy draw between these two told us nothing we did not know.

No. 2 Alabama a TD favorite over No. 1 LSU

Published in Breaking News
Sunday, 03 November 2019 12:59

The No. 1-ranked team is a touchdown underdog to start the week.

No. 2 Alabama has been installed as a 6.5-point favorite over top-ranked LSU in an SEC showdown potentially featuring two Heisman Trophy frontrunners at quarterback on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been out since suffering a high-ankle sprain in a win over Tennessee on Oct. 19. He underwent surgery the next day and missed Alabama's win over Arkansas, before returning to practice in a limited capacity last week.

Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban has maintained that Tagovailoa's availability against LSU will be a "game-time decision."

Multiple U.S. sportsbooks initially made Alabama a 7-point favorite, but the consensus line as of Sunday afternoon was Crimson Tide -6.5. Oddmakers told ESPN that the current line reflects Tagovailoa playing. If Tagovailoa is ruled out, and redshirt Mac Jones is inserted as the starter, oddsmakers say the line would shift dramatically, likely leaving the Tide as a small favorite or potentially even turning LSU into the favorite.

Alabama has been favored in 62 consecutive games and 133 of its last 134 contests. The Crimson Tide were 1-point underdogs at Georgia in 2015.

Tigers quarterback Joe Burrow is the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy at 6-5 odds at the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas. Tagovailoa is 3-1.

Since 1978, there have been six games where the No. 1 team in the AP Poll was at least a touchdown underdog. Most recently, top-ranked Clemson was a 6.5-point underdog to No. 2 Alabama in the 2015 College Football Playoff Championship Game.

Florida State fires Taggart after less than 2 years

Published in Breaking News
Sunday, 03 November 2019 12:27

Florida State has fired coach Willie Taggart, the school announced Sunday.

In a statement, Florida State athletic director David Coburn said the university "had no choice but to make a change."

FSU raised about $20 million in private donations to buy out what was left of Taggart's contract, sources told ESPN's Mark Schlabach.

Under the terms of Taggart's six-year, $30 million contract, FSU's athletic department will owe him 85% of his remaining compensation through Jan. 31, 2024, which is between $17 million and $18 million. The Seminoles also paid Oregon a $3 million buyout when it hired him away from the Ducks in December 2017, as well as the remaining $1.3 million buyout Oregon owed South Florida when it hired him in December 2016.

The Seminoles (4-5, 3-4 ACC) went 9-12 overall under Taggart, who was hired from Oregon before last season to replace Jimbo Fisher, who left the school to take over at Texas A&M. Florida State lost 27-10 to in-state rival Miami on Saturday.

Taggart's first season in Tallahassee finished with the program's streak of 36 bowl appearances coming to an end.

In both seasons under Taggart, FSU significantly underperformed its expected results from the Football Power Index. At the start of 2018, the Seminoles were ranked 18th in FPI; they finished 67th. This season, they were ranked 22nd at the start of the year; they're currently 46th.

Longtime FSU staffer Odell Haggins will serve as interim coach while the school performs what it says will be a national search for a permanent replacement.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It's four hours before his professional debut with the Chicago Bulls, and if 19-year-old Coby White is nervous, he's doing a good job of hiding it.

"Say, 'Hey Uncle C,"' his mother, Bonita, says with a smile, inching her 3-month-old grandson, Ali Pourghassemi II, closer to White so they can rub noses.

Soon, Coby White will take the court for his first regular-season game, fulfilling a dream he and his family have shared since he was a kid in Goldsboro, North Carolina, 3½ hours away from the Spectrum Center.

The Whites -- including Bonita, elder son Will, daughter Tia and extended family -- will be well represented in Section 111, but there will be one person missing. The person who really helped inspire the dream.

Coby's father, Donald White, died of liver cancer Aug. 15, 2017. Donald was the first person to put a basketball in Coby's hands. He would take Coby as a 2-year-old to watch Will play AAU basketball as far away as Florida, Nevada and Tennessee. Back home, Coby would try to replicate his brother's moves on his Nerf hoop.

Donald played basketball while attending North Carolina Central University, but as would be the case with Will, he wasn't quite good enough to get to the next level. Coby, the No. 7 overall pick in this year's draft, will be the one to put the family name on the back of an NBA jersey.

That Donald isn't there to watch his son in the NBA isn't something the family discusses much. The tributes are there. The emotional first-person piece in The Players Tribune that describes the agony Coby went through when he first heard the news of his father's illness. The "FMF" tattoo on Coby's right biceps, which stands for "For My Father." The custom pendant necklace that bears his father's face and hangs from the right side of his bed in his apartment in downtown Chicago.

Roy Williams, who coached Coby as he broke Michael Jordan's freshman scoring record at North Carolina, remembers telling Donald that one day his son would play in the NBA. "He said," Williams remembers, "'When that happens, I want you to give him the right kind of guidance."'

There's a team around Coby attempting to do exactly that. It's what Donald would have wanted.


It's nearing 9 p.m. CT at the Bulls' practice facility on the west side of Chicago in late September. Media day festivities ended much earlier, and the Advocate Center is mostly empty, except for Coby. And Will.

Coby is putting up extra jumpers, and Will is serving multiple roles: passing him balls, offering advice, providing support. A former coach at two small colleges in North Carolina, Will is more than just a big brother. But there is one role that Will, 27, doesn't try to assume.

"I don't think it's necessarily my job to try and fill that father-figure role, but I think my dad would want me to help take care of him," Will says. "Their bond was so deep -- they were like best friends. But I'm just making sure that he's taken care of and OK. That's probably what my father would've wanted."

It's definitely what Bonita wants.

The White family is doing what it can to ensure Coby can concentrate on his new job while eliminating as many distractions as possible. Will lives with his brother in an apartment on the 50th floor of a high rise overlooking Coby's new city. Bonita and Coby's sister, Tia, as well as extended family, are a phone call away.

"I'm very confident knowing that [Will is] here to make sure things go smoothly, and knowing that Coby is taken care of," Bonita says during a recent visit. "He's the baby, so we've always kind of taken care of him.

"Even when he was growing up, the roles that he has now with big sister, big brother, mom and dad, they're the same. We're still making sure he has what he needs."

Tia also is involved, signing off on Coby's agent, financial adviser and many endorsement deals.

"We're all so close. Our parents, and really my dad, taught us to always take care of each other," Tia says. "Being 19 in Chicago by himself, I think my dad would've been concerned, so knowing that Will is highly responsible, gonna always put Coby's best interest in mind and they both have each other to look out for one another, I think it would've made my dad very happy.

"It would've enabled him to rest easy knowing that his older son was there watching over Coby, making sure he was good."

Sometimes the interaction is as simple as Will binge-watching episodes of "The Boondocks," "The Flash" or "Dragon Ball Z" with his brother.

"It's my brother, and he's somebody I know I can trust no matter what," Coby says. "Your brother is like your best friend. They know you in and out, and they always want your best interest and are going to keep it real with you."

"If he doesn't feel like I should be doing something or he doesn't feel like I should go somewhere, he'll tell me. He'll tell me when I'm doing too much and will always keep it real."

It's what Donald would have wanted.


Coby scores 17 points off the bench in his regular-season debut. He also dishes out seven assists with just one turnover in 27 minutes, but the Bulls lose.

It won't be the last time Coby's development as a rookie will be judged against the backdrop of a team loss.

But a former college coach sitting in Section 111 is able to point out the positives.

"He was able to get in the lane and create," Will says. "Defensively he wasn't lost on the ball. I thought he did a good job of getting over those ball screens. He was solid for his first game."

Coby will be expected to be a cornerstone for the Bulls' rebuilding process. He averaged 19.2 points in the preseason, second among rookies behind Zion Williamson's 23.3.

Coby follows his strong regular-season debut with a 25-point performance against Memphis while playing 30 minutes and not turning the ball over once. But like with all rookies, good games can be followed by struggles, as Coby has three turnovers and a 3-for-14 shooting performance in a blowout loss to the Raptors.

"He cares," Bulls coach Jim Boylen says of White. "He wants to be great. He knows what he has to improve upon. When I met with him, before we drafted him, I thought that was the one thing that stuck out was that he had a spirit where he wanted to improve.

"He knew he wasn't a finished product yet, and there's some beauty in that from a young guy like that, so his brother's a great influence on him, too, and he's a great kid. His brother was a coach, so I think that helps, too."

Even Boylen sees the influence of Will on his younger brother.

It's exactly what Donald would have wanted.

A Kenyan double as Jepkosgei beats Mary Keitany on her marathon debut and Kamworor kicks to victory in the Big Apple

Joyciline Jepkosgei stormed to success on her marathon debut, while Geoffrey Kamworor regained the title he first won in 2017 at a sunny TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday.

As world record-holder in the 10km and half-marathon, Jepkosgei proved she also has great talent at 26.2 miles as she kicked three miles out to claim a dominant victory ahead of four-time winner Mary Keitany, clocking 2:22:38 to come close to the long-standing course record of 2:22:31 set by Margaret Okayo in 2003.

Keitany ran 2:23:32 for the runner-up spot, while Ethiopia’s Ruti Aga was third, a couple of minutes back.

USA’s 2018 Boston Marathon champion Desiree Linden had been among those to push the pace in the first half and she was to the fore along with Australia’s Sinead Diver at 10km, which was passed in 34:08.

Forging ahead, the American had a six-second lead through 15km in 51:10 and increased that advantage to 13 seconds as 11 miles was reached in 60:14.

The chase then started and by halfway Linden had been caught. Her split was 71:40 as she ran at the back of the lead group, led by Aga, one second ahead. They were joined by Keitany, Jepkosgei and Nancy Kiprop.

A breakaway mile 14 for the women (5:13) had a big impact and by 25km (84:55) Aga, Keitany and Jepkosgei were 26 seconds ahead.

By 21 miles the race was down to Jepkosgei and Keitany and two miles later Jepkosgei made her move. At 24 miles (2:10:51) she was 15 seconds ahead and that lead increased to 27 seconds by 25 miles and an impressive 53 seconds by the finish as she ran the event’s second-fastest ever women’s time.

“My strategy I had planned was to finish the race strong,” said Jepkosgei. “But in the last kilometres, I saw that I was approaching the finish line and I was capable of winning.”

Behind the top three, Kiprop finished fourth in 2:26:21 as Diver completed another fine run in fifth, clocking 2:26:23. Linden secured sixth in 2:26:49.

As in the women’s race, Jepkosgei’s fellow world half-marathon record-holder Kamworor also kicked in the final few miles and the strength of the multiple world cross-country champion saw him claim a 23-second victory ahead of his compatriot Albert Korir.

After winning in 2:08:13, Kamworor ran straight into the arms of his training partner Eliud Kipchoge at the finish, with his win another success for the NN Running Team following Kipchoge’s incredible sub-two-hour marathon in Vienna last month.

In New York, Kamworor chose his moment to make a move, despite surges by Ethiopia’s 2018 runner-up Shura Kitata and Australia’s Brett Robinson during the race.

A large pack went through 10km in 30:32 and defending champion Lelisa Desisa, who won the world title in Doha one month ago, dropped out at around the seven-mile mark.

A 14-strong lead group passed halfway in 64:49 before Robinson decided to kick on and led through 15 miles in 74:13, seven seconds ahead of the chasing group.

He was caught by the pack over the next mile and by 20 miles the lead group was down to five. Kamworor led with 1:38:59 on the clock, with Korir, Girma Bekele Gebre, Tamirat Tola and Kitata just behind him.

With a couple of miles to go, Kamworor surged ahead and led Korir by six seconds at 24 miles, with the gap continuing to grow.

His eventual winning margin was a clear one as Korir – winner of the Houston and Ottawa marathons this year – secured second in 2:08:36, with Ethiopia’s Gebre third, a further two seconds back.

It was an impressive performance by former world under-18 1500m bronze medallist Gebre, who had entered the open race meaning he didn’t start with the elites and went into the race without an agent or sponsor.

“It feels so wonderful to win here in NYC again for the second time,” said Kamworor “I felt really strong all race and knowing that Eliud was on the finish line waiting me gave me a big motivation to win this race.

“It was very special to be able to celebrate together with Eliud as my mentor and Patrick Sang as my coach on the finish line.”

Tola was fourth in 2:09:20 and Kitata fifth in 2:10:39. Jared Ward was top American, clocking a PB of 2:10:45 in sixth.

Making his marathon debut, Britain’s Andy Vernon went through halfway in 66:12 but dropped out after 18 miles.

USA’s Daniel Romanchuk and Switzerland’s Manuela Schär successfully defended their elite wheelchair titles, clocking respective times of 1:37:24 and 1:44:20.

In a repeat of last year’s men’s podium, Romanchuk won a sprint finish to triumph one second ahead of Switzerland’s Marcel Hug, while GB’s 2010 champion and six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir was third in 1:37:28.

Schär again secured success ahead of USA’s Tatyana McFadden in 1:48:19, with fellow American Susannah Scaroni third in 1:51:37.

Lance Dewease Is In A Groove

Published in Racing
Sunday, 03 November 2019 09:00

When the 2015 season came to a close, it looked as if Lance Dewease’s sprint car racing career may be nearing its end.

He had been driving the Dietz Motorsports No. 14 machine, but the team was leaving the sport at the end of the season. Dewease was prepared to hang up his helmet.

“I was retired,” Dewease said. “I was done, probably. My wife wanted me to get out of it. When we learned the 14 was done, I was already setting stuff in motion to be done.”

Around the same time, Donnie Kreitz announced his retirement from the sport due to the lingering effects of a concussion.

“I got word that Donnie might be hunting for a driver and I called him and the rest is history,” Dewease said. A phone conversation between the two longtime rivals resulted in a partnership for the 2016 season with Dewease wheeling the familiar No. 69k sprint car.

The results have been nothing short of spectacular with Kreitz, Dewease and 85-year-old Hall of Fame mechanic Davey Brown Sr. turning the wrenches.

“It’s been great,” Dewease said. “What’s been great about it is when we’re no good; we’re no good and nobody worries about it. There’s no pointing fingers. There’s no blaming anybody. We just go on to the next race.”

Dewease has 42 victories driving Kreitz’s powder-blue machine, including eight in 35 starts this season.

“Everybody has so much experience here,” he said. “We’ve all been doing this a long time. We know how quick things can change for the good or the bad. It’s just part of it and you just move on.”

The team doesn’t race every weekend and instead focuses on the higher-paying time-trial races. That plan has worked to perfection as they’ve scored numerous big victories with a ridiculous winning percentage for modern sprint car racing at about 30 percent. Dewease won 12 races in 30 starts during 2018.

Every major event in central Pennsylvania has been won by the Hall of Fame Dream Team at least once in the past four seasons.

“That’s what we gear ourselves up for is all the big shows,” Dewease said. “The schedule we do and everything we work for is geared toward the big shows. We’ve been very fortunate to be fast enough to be in contention for a lot of the big shows.”

Lance Dewease celebrates in victory lane after winning the World of Outlaws Morgan Cup finale at Williams Grove Speedway. (Dan Demarco photo)

There’s no doubt Dewease is happy he didn’t retire.

“This is one of the best things to ever happen to me,” he said. “I’m really having fun again at racing. It’s nice to be doing it at my age now and having fun being competitive anywhere we go and getting to do other things, too, golfing, family time, instead of running 80, 90 races a year. We run this limited schedule, which suites everybody involved. It’s just perfect.”

Dewease, of Fayetteville, Pa., won the Williams Grove Speedway National Open last year, beating the World of Outlaws and earning $56,000. It was his fourth win in the event with his fourth different car owner.

He also won the Summer Nationals and Morgan Cup at the Grove during this incredible four-year run. He broke Fred Rahmer’s win record at the historic half-mile oval last year and has now won 98 features there.

At Port Royal Speedway, he dominated the Tuscarora 50 in 2017 and ’18 and has six victories in the event.

Neither Kreitz nor Dewease raced a lot at Lincoln Speedway, but they’ve been fast there, too. Dewease beat the Outlaws at Lincoln this season. He also won the Weldon Sterner Memorial at the three-eighths-mile track this year.

He has scored nine Pennsylvania Speedweek victories during the past four years as well.

Matt Tifft: ‘I Want To Be Back In A Race Car’

Published in Racing
Sunday, 03 November 2019 10:18

FORT WORTH, Texas – Recently-sidelined Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rookie Matt Tifft met with the media Sunday prior to the AAA Texas 500 and made his goals for the future very clear.

He wants to be back in the driver’s seat, and he’s willing to work hard to make that happen, but he wants answers just as badly.

Tifft was put out of action after a medical situation at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway prior to practice on Oct. 26. The Hinckley, Ohio, native later confirmed the episode as a seizure.

As he recounted his emotions and everything that happened over the last eight days, Tifft made it clear he was grateful to be back in familiar surroundings despite the recent chaos.

“It has been an interesting week for sure. It honestly has been a little crazy with everything that happened so fast,” Tifft told reporters. “I have my man Keller back here. He was honestly my first responder during the whole thing. It is crazy. You never know what is going to happen in life I guess. I was just talking about simulation stuff and the next thing I know I was on the ground and woke up in the Martinsville hospital and that is the next thing I remember.

“I am glad to be back here at the track and honestly I wanted to come back today just because it has been very stressful and a lot of anxiety just to come back. I had my seizure five feet behind me here. It is a lot of facing some demons with that and trying to get back,” he added. “Really, (I’m) just looking for answers now. The great thing has been that the brain scans have been really good. My brain tumor looked great, or the spot that it was in. Everything there looked really good … so the next step is getting an EEG where they hook up the probes to your head and figure out what is going on with the brain waves and see if that is it. If that is not it, then we go down the next chain of command to see what could have sparked it.

“(The seizure) was at 8:15. I remember seeing the time before I went down,” Tifft noted. “I had parked my truck 15 or 20 minutes before that. I was extremely fortunate that I was in the infield and not driving the car or anything that happened leading up that morning. It is crazy, but I feel fortunate to be here in good health and talking to you guys.

“I don’t know if I would have expected that fully after last Saturday, but I’m grateful for it.”

Tifft knows that, for sure in the short term, he won’t be able to participate in NASCAR on-track activities. He confirmed that he can’t even operate his passenger car until he works with doctors to understand what caused the seizure and then, hopefully, can treat it.

He said his immediate goal revolves around gaining that understanding of the situation.

“I don’t know,” said Tifft when asked if he’s worried this situation may end his driving career. “My goal right now is to find what caused it. I want to be back in a race car, but I don’t care about anything else right now other than finding out what caused this. Until then, nothing else matters. I have been through this stuff before and I know enough to be mature and smart enough to know that my health comes first. My goal is to get back in this race car and I want to be back as soon as I possibly can, but these next few weeks are going to be dedicated to finding answers with doctors to why this happened.

“It is crazy, but the racing part is going to come back and I will get back in a car one way or another. I do honestly believe that,” Tifft continued. “But I have to get my stuff figured out and see what sparked this to happen.”

In the meantime, Tifft is working to put himself back together across all facets before moving forward into the future.

“It is a lot to compartmentalize,” he noted when asked how he’s handling everything. “If you guys don’t mind, it is kind of a lot for me. I will answer further questions as the season goes on, but I just wanted to show face and be here in front of everybody and I thank you for you guys checking in. I will keep you guys posted on social media as it goes. It is a little stressful right now and honestly just dealing with the anxiety of it.

“I just have to take baby steps.”

Tifft has driven for Front Row Motorsports all season long, earning a top-10 finish at Daytona Int’l Speedway in July as part of his rookie season, and the organization remains fully supportive of their driver as he battles his most recent health issues.

“Matt came to us under a two-year agreement and we will be honoring that,” said Jeff Dennison, the Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for Front Row Motorsports. “We will still have Matt be here next year. That is our plan. Right now the plan is for Matt to drive for Front Row Motorsports until he tells us anything else, but right now we are committed to having Matt back in the car.”

WGC-HSBC Champions purse payout: Big payday for McIlroy

Published in Golf
Sunday, 03 November 2019 04:04

Here are the complete purse and FedExCup breakdowns for the WGC-HSBC Champions, where Rory McIlroy topped Xander Schauffele in a playoff:

Finish Player FedEx Earnings ($)
1 Rory McIlroy 550 1,745,000
2 Xander Schauffele 315 1,095,000
3 Louis Oosthuizen 200 602,000
4 Abraham Ancer 120 370,000
4 Victor Perez 0 370,000
4 Matthias Schwab 0 370,000
7 Matthew Fitzpatrick 95 256,000
8 Patrick Reed 83 200,333
8 Jason Kokrak 83 200,333
8 Paul Waring 0 200,333
11 Sungjae Im 69 155,000
11 Hideki Matsuyama 69 155,000
11 Adam Scott 69 155,000
14 Byeong Hun An 59 127,000
14 Tyrrell Hatton 59 127,000
14 Jazz Janewattananond 0 127,000
17 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 0 111,000
17 Robert MacIntyre 0 111,000
17 Carl Yuan 0 111,000
20 Corey Conners 50 99,000
20 Henrik Stenson 50 99,000
22 Masahiro Kawamura 0 92,500
22 Francesco Molinari 45 92,500
24 Keegan Bradley 39 85,000
24 Billy Horschel 39 85,000
24 Haotong Li 0 85,000
24 J.T. Poston 39 85,000
28 Scott Hend 0 76,667
28 Kurt Kitayama 0 76,667
28 Phil Mickelson 31 76,667
28 Bubba Watson 31 76,667
28 Kevin Kisner 31 76,667
28 Justin Rose 31 76,667
34 Jorge Campillo 0 72,500
34 Joost Luiten 0 72,500
36 Charles Howell III 22 70,500
36 Andrew Putnam 22 70,500
38 Yosuke Asaji 0 67,000
38 Paul Casey 18 67,000
38 Michael Lorenzo-Vera 0 67,000
38 Erik van Rooyen 0 67,000
38 Xinjun Zhang 18 67,000
43 Bryce Easton 0 63,000
43 Shane Lowry 14 63,000
43 Jordan Spieth 14 63,000
46 Adam Hadwin 11 60,000
46 Chan Kim 0 60,000
46 Romain Langasque 0 60,000
49 Lucas Glover 9 56,500
49 Mikumu Horikawa 0 56,500
49 Andrea Pavan 0 56,500
49 Bernd Wiesberger 0 56,500
53 Tony Finau 7 52,875
53 Tommy Fleetwood 7 52,875
53 Sergio Garcia 7 52,875
53 Justin Harding 0 52,875
57 Rafa Cabrera Bello 6 51,000
57 Jake McLeod 0 51,000
57 Neil Schietekat 0 51,000
60 Jbe' Kruger 0 49,150
60 Chez Reavie 5 49,150
60 Cameron Smith 5 49,150
60 Kevin Tway 5 49,150
60 Matt Wallace 5 49,150
65 Benjamin Hebert 0 48,125
65 Tae Hee Lee 0 48,125
67 Zecheng Dou 0 47,500
67 Ryo Ishikawa 0 47,500
67 Matthew Millar 0 47,500
70 Zhengkai Bai 0 46,875
70 Richard Sterne 0 46,875
72 Zander Lombard 0 46,500
73 Ashun Wu 0 46,000
73 WC Liang 0 46,000
73 Danny Willett 3 46,000
76 Yi Keun Chang 0 45,500
77 Daniel Nisbet 0 45,250

Quotes of the week: Mickelson channels inner-Terminator

Published in Golf
Sunday, 03 November 2019 04:21

Phil Mickelson's vow that he'll be back after falling from the world's top 50 and Christina Kim's explanation for calling a penalty on her competitors at Q-Series highlight this week's top quotes:

“It was a good run, but I’ll be back."

– Phil Mickelson after falling out of the OWGR top 50 for the first time since 1993

"I'm trying to [chase down Koepka]. I'm still a little behind, I think, but I'm getting there. This win definitely helps, and if I can get another win by the end of the year, I'll be feeling pretty good heading into 2020."

– Rory McIlroy on trying to get back to world No. 1 following his win in China

"I wasn't trying to start any drama. All I was trying to do is just remind people, hey, if you're going to do something just make sure you do it within the confines of what is and isn't allowed."

– Christina Kim after calling a penalty on two of her playing competitors at Q-Series and then tweeting about it

“At the end of the day, he is on my team and I am the one signing his paycheck. Caroline is a great person, and she played amazing golf today. You know, it was kind of difficult for him because I guess he can be happy ... but I wouldn't be where I am without Jason. He made sure that he kept me in the game.”

– Nelly Korda after winning in Taiwan in a playoff over Caroline Masson, who is engaged to Korda's caddie

“I’ve lived with this fear all my life that if I break it, I’m probably going to lose it. If it’s healing, then it’s a long process for me, probably longer than most. But if it’s not healing well, then we’re going to have to look at other options.”

– Oregon coach Casey Martin after breaking his leg in early October

"Honestly, I'll probably take a nap. Actually, I'll almost definitely take a nap."

– Harry Higgs to PGA Tour Radio after grabbing a share of the 36-hole lead in Bermuda

In baseball, hitting for the cycle involves achieving a home run, triple, double and single in the same game.

On Sunday at the U.S. Kids Golf's South American Championship, an 11-year-old girl accomplished golf's equivalent of the cycle.

Brazil's Gabriela Hitoshi shot 7-under 65 in the final round at Itanhanga Golf Club in Rio de Janeiro, a round that included a hole-in-one, albatross, eagle and birdie. She actually completed her "cycle" during a front-nine, 6-under 30 – birdie at the 320-yard, par-5 third; ace at the 90-yard, par-3 fifth; albatross at the 290-yard, par-5 seventh; and eagle at the 190-yard, par-4 eighth.

In total, the par-72 layout played at 3,652 yards.

Hitoshi finished third in her age group at 7 over, five shots back of winner Almendra Campoverde of Peru.

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