At some point soon, ownership of the Marlins will officially be transferred from Jeffrey Loria to the group led by Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter. MLB’s owners unanimously approved the sale earlier this week. Now they’re just waiting for the financial transaction to close. Jeter, meanwhile, has
Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W Bush, and Barack Obama all attended the President’s Cup golf tournament – without Donald Trump. Mr Trump is scheduled to attend the multi-day event on 1 October but it is unclear if he was not invited to attend with the other presidents or busy with White House meetings. The president also retweeted a supporter’s doctored GIF showing him swinging a golf club and in the next frame, that ball hitting Ms Clinton in the back, forcing her to fall.
• COURSE: Silverado Resort & Spa (North), 7,166 yards, par 72. The Napa Valley property began as the estate of a Civil War general and later U.S. senator from California, eventually converted into a resort in the 1960s with Robert Trent Jones Jr. signed to build two 18-hole courses. The PGA TOUR soon took interest, launching the Kaiser International in 1968 to begin a 13-year run at the resort. Silverado later was part of the PGA TOUR Champions schedule as host of The Transamerica from 1989-2002. Hall of Famer Johnny Miller and two partners bought Silverado in 2010, with Miller quickly overseeing upgrades to both courses. • FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 points. • CHARITY: The Safeway Foundation, which works with local outlets to improve the quality of life in locales it serves. The Safeway Foundation supports nonprofit organizations whose mission is aligned with its priority areas: Health and human services, hunger, youth and education, veterans and supporting diversity. • FIELD WATCH: Phil Mickelson will get an early jump on the 2017-18 season, joined by three players who made it all the way to last week’s FedExCup Playoffs finale. Webb Simpson, Tony Finau and Adam Hadwin were part of the TOUR Championship field. … Mickelson and Hadwin are among three Presidents Cup participants set to jump into the new season, along with 2015 Safeway champion Emiliano Grillo. … Sangmoon Bae, fresh off two years of mandatory military service in his native South Korea, rejoins the tour with a full season’s exemption. … Sam Saunders, who shot 59 to open the Web.com Tour Championship, heads the list of graduates from either the Web.com Tour or its four-event Finals. • 72-HOLE RECORD: 262, Cameron Beckman (2008 at Grayhawk GC), Kevin Sutherland (2008 at Grayhawk GC), Troy Matteson (2009 at Grayhawk GC), Rickie Fowler (2009 at Grayhawk GC), Jamie Lovemark (2009 at Grayhawk GC). Silverado record: 270, Brendan Steele (2016). • 18-HOLE RECORD: 61, Mark Hensby (2nd round, 2007 at Grayhawk GC), Kevin Stadler (2nd round, 2008 at Grayhawk GC), Troy Matteson (2rd & 3rd rounds, 2009 at Grayhawk GC), Mike Weir (4th round, 2009 at Grayhawk GC). Silverado record: 62, Scott Piercy (1st round, 2016). • LAST YEAR: Brendan Steele made up for a missed opportunity one year earlier, closing with three straight birdies on the final day for a one-stroke victory over Patton Kizzire. Steele overcame a four-shot deficit entering the final round, a 180-degree reversal from the 2015 edition when he held the 54-hole lead at Silverado but shot 40 on the back nine. The California native thought it might end similarly when a three-putt bogey at No.12 left him three shots back, but he found his rhythm while Kizzire struggled off the tee down the stretch. Though Kizzire dropped just one shot the rest of the way, it opened the door for Steele to make his charge. It was Steele’s second career victory, the other coming at the Valero Texas Open in 2011. • STORYLINES: Mickelson makes his second start at Silverado, seeking to add the only California event yet on his victory portfolio. He tied for eighth last year, posting four rounds in the 60s. … Bae makes his first TOUR-related start since the 2015 Presidents Cup in his homeland, where he was on the losing end of the decisive final singles match against Bill Haas. He made one tuneup start two weeks ago on the Asian Tour, missing the cut. … Maverick McNealy, formerly No.1 in the world amateur rankings, is set for his pro debut near his Northern California home. The Stanford alum announced in August that he would forego a business career to pursue golf. … Napa offers a chance to land one of the final spots in the winners-only Sentry Tournament of Champions to open the 2018 calendar year. • SHORT CHIPS: In three of the first four years of the wraparound season, winning the opener has worked as a springboard to reach the TOUR Championship at season’s end. Grillo (2015), Bae (2014) and Jimmy Walker (2013) turned the feat. … The Goo Goo Dolls headline the tournament’s three-night concert series, playing after the final putt drops Saturday. • TELEVISION: Thursday-Sunday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). • PGA TOUR LIVE: None. • RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 3-9 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 4-9 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com).
The extent of Louisville’s no-win basketball situation was laid bare Friday when the school introduced its interim head coach for the 2017-18 season. Padgett is a likable man, was a laudable player and has been regarded as a rising star in the profession – and he showed great poise navigating a news conference fraught with peril here Friday. Under even remotely normal circumstances, Padgett would not be a candidate for the job he just got.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Phil Mickelson rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to cap off another big day for the Americans and set a record for the largest lead after two sessions in Presidents Cup history. Another day like this and that’s what the International Team will be — history. Mickelson and Kisner never led against Jason Day and Marc Leishman until the par-3 18th hole Friday at Liberty National. Mickelson poured in his birdie putt, and Leishman missed his from about the same range. About the only thing that went wrong was the celebration. Mickelson, who on Thursday cropped himself out of a selfie with the last three U.S. presidents, missed a move in the “Three Amigos” dance with Kisner. “I’m clearly the worst selfie taker. I’m the worst `Three Amigos’ dancer. But I can putt,” Mickelson said. Mickelson, who has played in all 12 Presidents Cups, has 24 match victories to tie the record set by Tiger Woods in eight appearances. Woods was looking on in his role as an assistant to U.S. captain Steve Stricker. And that’s about all the International Team could do. Hideki Matsuyama and Adam Hadwin were 2 up with four holes to play against Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed and had to settle for a halve. Even that felt like a small victory for the International Team because Spieth had birdie putts on the final two holes that narrowly missed. Justin Thomas, already with a big year behind him as a major champion and the FedExCup champion, teamed with Rickie Fowler for another easy victory. They have trailed only one hole in their two matches, and they became the first partnership to beat Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace. They took the lead for good when Fowler made a 15-foot birdie putt on the third hole, and then Thomas produced the loudest cheer of the afternoon at a pivotal moment on the 14th hole. Oosthuizen hit his approach to 6 feet, while both Americans missed the green. From the left bunker, Thomas blasted out perfectly and watched in drop in for a birdie that kept the International Team from cutting the deficit to 1 down. Thomas birdied the next hole, and his bunker shot on the 16th hit the pin and somehow stayed out. The shortest match of the day belonged to a pair of American rookies, Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman, who sat out the foursomes matches in the opening session. They were 3 up after four holes against Charl Schwartzel and Anirban Lahiri and never let up in a 6-and-5 victory. Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka, close friends and the last two U.S. Open champions, took their first lead on the par-3 10th with Koepka’s birdie, and Johnson showed rare emotion on his final two birdies in a 3-and-2 victory over Adam Scott and Jhonattan Vegas. Just like the opening session, the matches looked as though they could go either way until the back nine. At one point, the International Team led in three matches, only for all of them to turn. In the five matches, the Americans won 13 holes on the back nine, compared to just three for the International Team. The Americans have a 9-1-1 lead in the series, their only loss coming in 1998 at Royal Melbourne. But it has at least been close after the opening two sessions, with neither side leading by more than two points since 1998. With an 8-2 lead, the Americans have a mathematical chance to clinch on Saturday, which features four matches of foursomes in the morning and four matches of fourballs in the afternoon.
Phil Mickelson rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to cap off another big day for the Americans against Europe.
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