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Merritt's 61 trumps Masters champion Spieth's 62 (Yahoo Sports)

Little-known Troy Merritt one-upped the Masters champion Jordan Spieth at the RBC Heritage. Merritt shot a 10-under 61 on Friday to tie the course record at Harbour Town Golf Links only a few hours after Spieth wowed the gallery with a bounce-back 62 to match his lowest PGA Tour round. Merritt, who opened with a 69 on Thursday, saw Spieth’s score in the morning and knew the opportunity was there

Predators beat Blackhawks 6-2, even series at 1 game each (Yahoo Sports)

Beating the Chicago Blackhawks to avoid an 0-2 deficit before hitting the road is much, much sweeter. Craig Smith scored the first two playoff goals of his career and added an assist, and the Nashville Predators beat the Blackhawks 6-2 on Friday night to tie their Western Conference opening-round playoff series at a game apiece. Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne, who was in net for six of the seven games in

2016 Fiat 500X Driven: Fiat Builds One for Adults

-Fiat is finally bringing a real adult car to the U.S. market. The 500X invites mature drivers to slip into something more comfortable than the tiny two-door Cinquecento—the toylike city car that relaunched the brand in America in 2010—and offers a driving experience far more engaging than the dowdy 500L ever imagined. The X is so much nicer than the L, in fact, that we’d suggest the latter’s days should

2016 Fiat 500X – First Drive Review

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Audi A6L e-tron Hybrid Unveiled, Is Ready to Plug Into China

– Well, that wasn’t exactly quick. Three years after first showing the A6L e-tron plug-in-hybrid concept at the 2012 Beijing auto show, Audi has finally taken the wraps off of the production model ahead of the 2015 Shanghai show. This Chinese-market, long-wheelbase plug-in hybrid may be tardy, but it’s expected to be fuel-thrifty and techy enough to qualify as a “New Energy Vehicle” in China. – Similar to the A3

You Had Us at Gulf Blue: Porsche Creates Gorgeous 911 Targa 4S Exclusive Edition Exclusively for . . . the Netherlands?

– The Netherlands is a perfectly agreeable little northern European country, but let us tell you what: We want to invade it and call it our own right about now. CarandDriverLands has a nice ring to it, right? What has us seeing red mist over such a friendly little nation? Well, Porsche has just introduced an ultra-limited-edition 911 Targa 4S dubbed the Exclusive Edition to celebrate 50 years of Targas,