Michael Jordan will also introduce Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey, making him the only Hall of Famer presenting multiple candidates during this year’s induction ceremony.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Paul Casey shot an opening-round 74 at the RBC Heritage presented by Boeing, but his work on the greens was hardly the problem. While he hit his tee shot out of bounds and triple-bogeyed the par-4 eighth hole, Casey gained nearly a full stroke on the field with a cross-handed putting stroke he’s been using for less than a week. The change goes back to the Masters, where, fed up after rounds of 73-74-73, Casey and longtime caddie John McLaren decided to make a dramatic change for round four. “It was a text conversation last Saturday night,” said Casey, who took just 26 putts at Harbour Town on Thursday. “Johnny suggested the claw. I’ve never done the claw, so I nixed that idea.” They decided he should try cross-handed, a style Casey had practiced with because it fixes the various alignment and biomechanical flaws in his regular stroke. There was only one sticking point: He didn’t have much time to practice the new stroke before his tee time Sunday. Enter his final-round playing partner Billy Horschel. “On the putting green before we got to the first tee, I was still asking Billy how to grip the thing, because he’s left-hand low,” Casey said with a laugh. “I’m like, ‘How do you grip it?’ Because my index finger on my right hand, I wasn’t comfortable with it on the outside, so I just left it where it was and just wrapped the left over it so it’s kind of hidden underneath.” Despite the hasty change, it worked: Casey birdied his first two holes and shot 69 (T26). “I made a really nice eight-footer on the first, made another one on the second,” he said. “I putted well. I felt comfortable right from the get-go with it. I think there’s a Nicklaus quote where he said if he could have done one thing different, he would have gone left-hand low. “I’d dabbled with it a little bit,” Casey continued. “I think I tried it once at a tournament in Dubai or something like that. It didn’t go very well. But I’ve practiced a lot with it, and it solves a lot of my flaws that I normally have when I’m putting regular-style.” On the agenda for Friday will be to keep rolling it well on the greens while hitting more fairways (8/14 in the first round) and more greens in regulation (9/18).
Friday marks the first day Tatis is eligible to be activated off the injured list since suffering a subluxation of his left shoulder during a violent swing on April 5.
Alejandro Canizares defied chilly and windy conditions to shoot a 5-under 67 Thursday for a one-stroke lead after the opening day of the Austrian Open.
Luka Doncic’s logic-defying buzzer-beating winner on Wednesday invoked images of when Steph Curry burst onto the scene in 2015 and beyond.
Doncic’s logic-defying buzzer-beating winner on Wednesday invoked images of when Steph Curry burst onto the scene in 2015 and beyond.
The rule will allow athletes to transfer without needing to sit out a season, and it’s expected to go into effect for the next school year.
Washington Football Team Owner Daniel Snyder has filed a motion against former team president Bruce Allen in a federal court to explore communications that may have led to negative press for Snyder and the organization.
Brett Favre recent comments on a radio show were filled with the same privileged, narrow-minded, anti-Black rhetoric that makes my blood boil.
Defensive end Aldon Smith has signed with the Seahawks on what a source tells ESPN is a one-year deal. After an indefinite suspension from 2016 to 2019 for multiple off-field incidents, he joined the Cowboys last season.
