MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens safety Matt Elam faces marijuana, oxycodone and reckless driving charges after being arrested in Miami Beach.
Fichardt wins weather-affected Joburg Open
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Darren Fichardt won the weather-affected Joburg Open with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a 1-shot victory over Stuart Manley and Paul Waring in a tournament reduced to three rounds because of rain and a waterlogged course.
NFL Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson seems like the perfect person to wave the green flag to start the Daytona 500. ”Jimmie Johnson told me, ‘Just don’t drop it,”’ Tomlinson said. The flag should be in sure hands: Tomlinson fumbled just 30 times in nearly 4,000 touches over his 11-year NFL career.
Darren Fichardt birdied the final hole to secure a one-shot victory at the Joburg Open on Sunday and a first European Tour title in four years. The 41-year-old South African held his nerve at the last to finish 15-under-par at the rain-affected tournament at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Club, edging Stuart Manley of Wales and Englishman Paul Waring. Fichardt and Waring had been level going into the last round after the tournament was cut to 54-holes because of persistent thunderstorms through the week that left the course waterlogged.
Day withdraws from World Golf Championship
Contenders coming into focus as regular season winds down — or are they?
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s Daytona Day!
Jason Day has withdrawn from the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship because of the flu and ear infections. Day released the following statement: “I’m truly disappointed to announce that I won’t be able to play in next week’s World Golf Championship-Mexico Championship. I have a double ear infection and the flu, which precludes me from preparing for and playing in the tournament. I have heard great things about the Mexico Championship and the golf course. I want to thank the Salinas family for their support of the event. I look forward to teeing it up there next year.” Day ranks 79th in the FedExCup with one top-10, a fifth-place finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, in four starts this season. Earlier this week, Day committed to defend his title at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard, which is scheduled for March 16-19. He also is the defending champion at the following week’s World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play and THE PLAYERS Championship on May 11-14. Day, the world’s second-ranked player, was supplanted atop the Official World Golf Ranking when Dustin Johnson won the Genesis Open on Feb. 19.
