Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama and Jason Day competed Monday in the MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins. Here's a look at how the action played out at Accordia Golf Narashino C.C. in Chiba, Japan.

After the quartet split the first two holes with pars, Day rolled in a 10-footer for birdie at the third hole to claim three skins and $30,000.

The fourth hole was split with pars and when his three competitors went into the water on the 177-yard, par-3 fifth, Tiger Woods won the hole by getting up and down for par from a greenside bunker.

Woods claimed two skins and $20,000.

At the par-3 seventh, each competitor was partnered with a rugby legend and they played a two-man scramble. The hole was tied in birdie as Matsuyama made a long putt and McIlroy's partner, Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll, countered.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Los Angeles Chargers players were still in disbelief after losing a game in which officials signaled touchdown on the field twice for go-ahead scores in the final minute Sunday, only to have both calls overturned in a 23-20 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

It was the Chargers' third straight loss.

"I'm going to tell y'all, I've never been in a ballgame like that before," coach Anthony Lynn said. "When you go from feeling like your guys fought their ass off, which they did, and won the ballgame, and then lose it the way we lost it."

Added tight end Hunter Henry: "On the field, we won it twice. We scored twice with 20 seconds left in the game and they called touchdown on the field. I looked at the sideline a few times like, 'That's the game.' To have that happen toward the end is one of the craziest games I've ever been in."

The Chargers initially thought they won the game with 39 seconds left when Philip Rivers connected with Austin Ekeler on an angle route for a 16-yard score. However, the call on the field was reversed when an official replay review ruled Ekeler's arm holding the football had not crossed the goal line.

On first-and-goal from the 1-yard line, Melvin Gordon broke the plane and appeared to score, but left guard Dan Feeney was called for a false start, moving the ball back to the 6-yard line.

On the next play, Tennessee cornerback Malcolm Butler was called for pass interference on a fade route to Mike Williams, moving the ball back to first-and-goal from a yard out.

Running out of the shotgun, the Chargers gave it to Gordon again for a touchdown called on the field. However, official replay again overturned the call on the field.

On second-and-goal, Gordon once again got the nod, but lost the ball before he reached the goal line and Tennessee defensive tackle Jurrell Casey recovered to seal the game for the Titans.

"At the end we needed one yard to win this game, and we didn't get it," Lynn said. "You don't get one yard, then you don't deserve to win this damn game. That's just the way it is. We needed one yard to win this game, and we let it slip out of our hands."

The Chargers (2-5) have now turned the ball over five times in goal-to-go situations this season, including Gordon's game-ending fumble, according to ESPN Stats & Information. That's already tied for the most goal-to-go turnovers by a team in the past 15 seasons. Despite his team's struggles, Joey Bosa, who finished with two sacks on the day, said he plans to keep grinding.

"I'm going to come in and work my ass off for the rest of the season," Bosa said. "I can't control anybody else. I know we have a lot of guys that want to win, and we'll see who's with me on Monday. You can find out who wants it pretty quick after a game like that."

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Though it was nail-biting for different reasons, both Joey Logano and Chase Elliott narrowly staved off elimination as the second round of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs came to a close Sunday at Kansas Speedway.

Logano, who appeared to be comfortably safe on points inside of 20 to go, saw his postseason hopes thrown into jeopardy when he was caught up in an accident on the first of two overtime attempts, sliding through the frontstretch grass and damaging his Ford.

The defending Cup champion came to pit road, got the necessary repairs from his crew, and was able to salvage a 17th-place finish – ending up seventh in the playoff standings and a scant nine points above the cut line at the end of the day.

“Nine points after three races,” said Logano. “Every one them matters for sure. You just have to fight for every point. Everyone does the same thing — it’s tough. You see a late race restart in Kansas, and it’s like, ‘Oh boy, we’re about to crash some stuff’ because everyone is trying to get every point possible — especially when cars are right on the cut line and know they have to pass three or four cars. Then it becomes a real mess.

“Luckily we made it.”

Sunday’s end result also validated Logano’s reasoning behind racing as hard as he did a week earlier at Dover (Del.) Int’l Speedway, where he was maligned for doing so as a car that was many laps down but ultimately gained three critical points because of it.

Those – combined with a stage win Sunday in Kansas – helped keep his title hopes alive.

“Surviving and advancing was this whole round for us,” said Logano. “It started in Dover, when we watched the race start in the garage. Then (we had) the crash in Talladega, but scored enough stage points and an OK-enough finish to get some points. Then today — whew, we got that stage win which was great and that is a (playoff) point that will continue on, so that’s a big deal. We needed every point we could (get), and it looked like we were in a good spot. Next thing you know, they’re wrecking on the outside and I get hit and I’m going through the grass.

“I felt comfortable before that … I didn’t hit anything so I got lucky for sure. I have been lucky a few times. … It was a hard-fought and blue-collar round, for sure.”

In contrast, Chase Elliott found himself in what appeared to be a must-win situation over the final laps, running second and needing desperately to pass Denny Hamlin for the victory.

At least, that was the case until the second and final overtime attempt, when Brad Keselowski – who Elliott was battling for the last berth in the Round of 8 – was shuffled back to 19th on the final lap, after needing to stay within 14 positions of Elliott to move on.

The net result was a three-point cushion for the Dawsonville, Ga., young gun and fan favorite, making him the lone Hendrick Motorsports driver to move into the next round.

“Honestly, I was just trying to win the race and the rest of it just kind of fell into our hands a little bit, with the 2 (Brad Keselowski) having a misfortune and the 22 (Joey Logano) being in that crash,” Elliott noted. “Luckily, we got a good bit of stage points in that first one, got five more in the second stage, and battled for the win. I was proud of that.

“We weren’t the best car by any stretch, but I did feel like we came here with the mindset to win and I was proud of the fact that we came here and fought for a win.”

That fight was necessary, particularly in Elliott’s eyes, because he believed the only way that he’d get through to the playoff semifinals was by beating Hamlin to the checkered flag.

In lieu of that, he was just scrapping for every position he could steal in the closing laps.

“It was just about trying to get as many points as we could get. In our case, I was under the impression that we had to win all the way up to the end of the race,” Elliott explained. “It was a lot of good fortune for us there at the end, a lot of luck and just being in the right place at the right time. There was a great pit stop there at the end that put us in position.

“I really through we were out. I had a pretty good restart, gave Denny (Hamlin) a push and I think William (Byron) didn’t get as good as a restart. So, he wasn’t pushing me and that was what I kind of needed I felt like to give Denny a run,” he added. “Once we singled out, it takes more than a couple of laps to get the momentum up now. So, it was going to be really tough. Denny did a good job on the bottom at not making any mistakes.

“From there, it was a lot of luck and I’m thankful it worked out for us.”

CHIBA, Japan – News in August that Tiger Woods had undergone his fifth knee surgery was a surprise to many, but for the 43-year-old the procedure was long overdue.

Woods revealed on Monday at the Zozo Championship that he’d originally planned to have the procedure on his left knee following the 2018 Hero World Challenge but adjusted those plans.

“I played well in the playoffs and won the Tour Championship. I figured I’d keep rolling with it,” said Woods, who also wanted to start his season at the Farmers Insurance Open in January but wouldn’t have been ready to play if he’d had the surgery in December. “I decided to get through the rest of the year.”

Woods’ left knee held up well for half the year, highlighted by his victory at the Masters, but he struggled late in the season and failed to advance to the Tour Championship, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise because it allowed him to have the surgery a week earlier than he’d planned.

“It got to where it was affecting the way I read putts. You could see it towards the end of the year I wasn’t getting down on my putts well,” he said. “Unfortunately, I’ve been down this road before and I knew the protocols.”

Woods said he feels like he’s on schedule with his rehabilitation and at “full speed again” with plans to play this week’s Zozo Championship and December’s Hero World Challenge before heading to the Presidents Cup where he’s poised to be a playing captain.

CHIBA, Japan – Tiger Woods admitted on Monday that he’s been “consumed” by his duties as captain of this year’s Presidents Cup team in recent weeks.

Since undergoing surgery on his left knee in August, Woods’ practice has been limited, leaving little for him to focus on beyond this year’s matches in Australia.

“It's been a fun process to be a part of,” Woods said. “I've been part of it the last couple years as a vice captain and now having three great vice captains and being able to communicate with all eight guys, who they want on the team and who they think that will fit on the team.”

The first name on that list of potential picks is likely Woods’ own. Although he finished 13th on the final U.S. Presidents Cup points list, he struggled late in the season and failed to qualify for the Tour Championship. His recovery since knee surgery, however, has made him optimistic he will be ready to play at Royal Melbourne.

“It made me more hopeful that I could do all of the above, play this week, play [the Hero World Challenge] and play Australia,” Woods said. “The way I was feeling towards the middle part of the year, it was going to be a tall order to be able to do it all.

“I'm excited about having this end-of-the-year run where I'm feeling much more fit and I don't have the achiness that I've been dealing with for the last couple years.”

The deadline for Woods’ four captain’s picks is after next week’s WGC-HSBC Champions and his play this week at the Zozo Championship will likely be a crucial part of his decision to name himself a playing/captain.

The LA Galaxy rode a pair of second-half goals to a 2-1 win over Minnesota United to advance to the MLS Cup Western Conference semifinals on Sunday night.

The victory for the No. 5-seed Galaxy sets up a road matchup with cross-town rival LAFC on Thursday, with the winner moving one win away from a spot in MLS Cup.

Minnesota, who kept Galaxy talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic in check for the most part, had the better of the chances in the run of play, but LA was first to score when Sebastian Lletget smashed home a first-time shot from a rebound to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the second half.

Minutes later, Jonathan Dos Santos doubled the Galaxy's lead with a swerving shot from outside the penalty area that flew just past the outstretched arms of Vito Mannone.

The hosts pulled a goal back in the 87th minute when Jan Gregus buried his first-time shot from distance from a Darwin Quintero pass to cut the Galaxy lead in half.

Led by MLS defender of the year Ike Opara, the Minnesota United defense held Ibrahimovic in check after the striker scored 30 goals in the regular season, second most in MLS. Mannone did make a diving save on an Ibrahimovic shot moments after Lletget gave LA a 1-0 lead.

The Galaxy will now play LAFC in the Western Conference semifinals on Oct. 24 on at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles in another installment of the derby known as El Trafico.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- If ever a team needed a game like Sunday's, it was the Dallas Cowboys.

A three-game losing streak ruined what were good feelings from the Cowboys' 3-0 start. Doubt, at least from the exterior, was starting to creep in, especially after last week's loss to the winless New York Jets, focusing questions on coach Jason Garrett's future, the offense's effectiveness and the worthiness of the defense.

Sunday's 37-10 win against the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium could be the jump-start the Cowboys needed.

The defense forced fumbles on the Eagles' first two drives that the offense turned into two touchdowns. In a span of three plays in the fourth quarter, Dallas intercepted Carson Wentz (Xavier Woods) and recovered a fumble by the Eagles quarterback (Kerry Hyder).

The Cowboys (4-3) were the only team in the NFL not to start a possession inside opposing territory in the first six weeks of the season. They had four such possessions Sunday and scored touchdowns three times, including an 8-yard run by Dak Prescott in which he set the franchise record for touchdown runs by a quarterback with 21. Hall of Famer Roger Staubach had 20.

The offense was efficient. Ezekiel Elliott ran for 111 yards and a touchdown as the Cowboys steamrollered a run defense that was ranked second in the NFL entering the game. Aside from one play on which offensive coordinator Kellen Moore got greedy in the fourth quarter, Prescott was smart with the ball, throwing for 239 yards including a 1-yard touchdown pass to Blake Jarwin.

Oh, and Brett Maher became the first kicker in NFL history with three field goals of at least 60 yards, making a franchise-record 63-yarder on the final play of the first half.

The Cowboys head to their Week 8 bye with a 3-0 NFC East record. Considering the Cowboys' remaining schedule contains five games against teams with .500 records or better and a return trip to Philadelphia in December, this was as close to a must-win as an October meeting could be.

All of the issues might not be fixed permanently, but the Cowboys needed this.

Promising trend: Elliott did something no other starting running back did against Philadelphia's stout run defense: rush for more than 43 yards. He actually did that in the first half. Le'Veon Bell of the Jets had the most yards by a starter entering Sunday with 43 yards on 15 carries. Elliott finished with 111 yards, continuing a trend against the Eagles since his rookie season. Elliott has played five games against Philadelphia and has gone for more than 96 yards each time. And the Cowboys are 5-0 against the Eagles with Elliott in the lineup.

Bold prediction for next week: The Cowboys will enjoy the bye week. Six key contributors were questionable entering the game but played: Amari Cooper, Tyron Smith, La'el Collins, Zack Martin, Randall Cobb and Byron Jones. Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch (neck) and defensive end Robert Quinn (rib) were ruled out for the entire second half. The Cowboys will have two light practices during the week before getting four straight days off as their break.

SPEEDWAY, Ind. – A successful ninth annual Chris Griffis Memorial Road to Indy Test wrapped up Sunday afternoon after two days of running under ideal conditions at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course.

A total of 44 drivers from 12 different nations turned well over 4,700 laps between them over the two days, representing all three levels of the Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires.

The majority of the fastest times were set during the morning session.

Rinus VeeKay set the pace for Belardi Auto Racing in Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, while USF2000 championship runner-up Hunter McElrea continued to display his ability by stepping up to the Indy Pro 2000 Championship presented by Cooper Tires Tatuus PM-18 for the first time and posting the fastest time for Pabst Racing.

Christian Rasmussen was the benchmark in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship for Jay Howard Driver Development.

After finishing second in this year’s title chase with Juncos Racing, Dutch phenom VeeKay remained perfect over the weekend in Indy Lights as he continued to work with proven race winning team Belardi Auto Racing.

Fastest in all six 45-minute sessions, VeeKay turned the fastest lap of the test Sunday morning at 1:15.4790 (116.329 mph), a touch better than his 1:15.4795 from Saturday.

A quartet of drivers from Andretti Autosport also improved their pace Sunday after chasing VeeKay in every session, with Robert Megennis emerging second fastest with a best lap of 1:15.7778.

“It was great to be back at IMS,” commented Megennis. “I really do love this track. It’s Indianapolis, so there is something special about it, and having it be where my first Indy Lights win took place, it really made it even more special. I have really enjoyed being at the Chris Griffis test this weekend. I was able to focus on my driving, I definitely learned some news things and improved throughout the test.

“We tried some different things out with the car and made improvements there. All in all, a successful test and huge thanks to the team for the effort this weekend.”

Rasmus Lindh, who finished second in this year’s Indy Pro 2000 championship chase, remained third fastest, only one-tenth shy of Megennis, with Egor Orudzhev – a veteran of international open-wheel and sports car competition – a similar margin behind in fourth.

“It was difficult to adapt to the way the car works and handles,” said Orudzhev. “The Indy Lights car is a new car to me and took some getting used to. We have been learning every session on track. Yesterday, we were one second off of P1 (within the team) and today we were two tenths.

“Overall, today was a promising day and yet we still have a bit more to gain.”

Danial Frost rounded out the small field present for the Indianapolis test, although both HMD Motorsports and Exclusive Autosport – which recently confirmed plans to field entries in 2020 – are among several outfits expected to take part in the next scheduled series test at Sebring (Fla.) Int’l Raceway in December.

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Queensland 264 (Hemphrey 64, Street 53, Agar 4-30, Winter 4-81) and 6 for 150 (Labuschagne 72*, Winter 4-37) beat South Australia 221 (Andrews 78, Cooper 69, Neser 5-56) and 192 by four wickets

Marnus Labuschagne continued his solid start to the season with an unbeaten 72 to guide Queensland to a four-wicket win against South Australia.

It was his third half-century in three Shield innings, all coming in two matches at the Gabba where the ball has held sway, to build on his impressive work from the Ashes. While there is debate over one or two batting spots in the Test side, Labuschagne's is certainly not one of them.

Queensland resumed the final day needing 48 with five wickets in hand after Labuschagne had played well the previous evening to steady the chase following Nick Winter's three wickets.

Winter struck again to remove Jimmy Peirson - his eighth wicket of the match - with 34 still needed, but Labuschagne found sturdy support in Michael Neser who faced 22 balls for his 1 not out.

Labuschagne hastened the match to a finish with three boundaries in four balls off Wes Agar, finally breaking a spirited effort by South Australia.

While some of Labuschagne's Australia team-mates will now break off from the Sheffield Shield for the T20I series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan he is not involved so can remain focused on red-ball cricket.

New South Wales 364 (Henriques, Smith 106, Meredith 5-98) and 2 for 46 beat Tasmania 268 (Webster 65, Doolan 58, Starc 5-40) and 140 (Starc 5-20) by eight wickets

New South Wales maintained the early running in the Sheffield Shield with an eight-wicket victory against Tasmania to make it two wins on the bounce on the back of Mitchell Starc's match haul of 10 for 60.

It did not take Starc long to nab the final wicket as he speared one into Lawrence Neil-Smith's off stump to finish with 5 for 20 to follow 5 for 40 in the first innings.

After a slow start in the opening Shield match against Queensland last week, where he took 1 for 129 at the Gabba, Starc was impressive on a slow Drummoyne Oval pitch where his ability to find movement at pace with the old ball made him the difference.

He will shortly move into T20I mode with Australia for the six matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan before the potential of one more Shield outing before the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba.

This performance will leave him firmly in the mix for a starting spot in that match after he played just once during the Ashes. Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are locked in, along with Nathan Lyon, which leaves one pace-bowling spot up for grabs. It is probably between Starc and James Pattinson with Peter Siddle and Michael Neser outside chances.

Starc's performance left New South Wales needing 45 and the openers got them almost there with Daniel Hughes timing the ball sweetly before he was lbw to Alex Pyecroft.

Pyecroft then had the satisfaction of trapping Steven Smith lbw for 2 when he walked across the crease and missed a straight delivery leaving Moises Henriques - who helped set up the victory with his 124 - to secure the win by clipping his first ball for four. David Warner finished unbeaten on 15.