(Reuters) – World number two Lydia Ko has held off a fast finishing Stacy Lewis and Ryu So-yeon to claim her third Canadian Pacific Women’s Open and eighth LPGA title in a playoff in Vancouver on Sunday. New Zealand’s Ko could only muster an even-par-72 in the final round at Vancouver Golf Club to finish at 12-under-par, allowing Lewis to catch her after the American shot 67, but Ko prevailed
After two years of uncertainty, Usain Bolt produced the biggest clutch performance of his career Sunday to beat Justin Gatlin with a lunge at the line in the 100-meter final at the world championships. Two lanes to his right, Gatlin was as good as perfect for most of the race, but for seven years now, there is no denying the greatest sprinter in history. This victory, Bolt’s tightest in a
Tiger Woods couldn’t have asked for much more at his first Wyndham Championship. Woods shot a 2-under 68 in the third round Saturday, leaving him two strokes behind leader and longtime friend Jason Gore in a three-way tie for second. ”I need to go out there tomorrow and make a run and get myself up there and make some birdies,” Woods said.
Josh Donaldson looked at the Toronto Blue Jays’ lineup last spring and felt he could probably drive in 100 runs for his new team. Donaldson went 4 for 5 with a three-run homer, driving in a career-high six runs and propelling Toronto to its 18th victory in 22 games, 15-3 over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Jose Bautista had a two-run triple during a seven-run fourth inning by
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The first hit Sam Bradford took was an illegal one and he wasn’t happy about it.