Tiger cards 77 to open star-studded Ireland eventTiger cards 77 to open star-studded Ireland event
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Day: July 4, 2022
White Sox cancel fireworks after parade shootingWhite Sox cancel fireworks after parade shooting
The White Sox canceled their postgame fireworks celebration on Monday in the wake of a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago that left at least six people dead and wounded 24 others.
Power Rankings: Genesis Scottish OpenPower Rankings: Genesis Scottish Open
The Genesis Scottish Open is the first of the tangible connections forged when the PGA TOUR and the DP World Tour announced their Strategic Alliance in November of 2020. The tournament is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. While it wasn’t billed as an all-star game with a home-field advantage, that’s what it is in its debut as a co-sanctioned competition between the circuits. RELATED: Play Pick ‘Em Live | The First Look | Inside the Field The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, hosts for the fourth consecutive year, but, and obviously, for the first time among most (read: not all) PGA TOUR members in the field. For an analysis of the Tom Doak design, how this field is constructed and more, continue reading beneath the ranking of projected contenders. POWER RANKINGS: GENESIS SCOTTISH OPEN Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Hideki Matsuyama and defending champion Min Woo Lee will be among the notables reviewed in Draws and Fades. Adjacent to Muirfield and 20 miles due south as the seabird soars from St. Andrews, The Renaissance Club sits on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. It’s a par 70 with five par 3s and three par 5s. Since last year’s edition of the tournament, the seventh hole has been reduced to a 505-yard par 4. It’s the most impactful of numerous changes on the course that include new fairway bunkers at the par-4 first, par-4 fourth and par-5 10th holes. At 7,237 yards, The Renaissance Club is not terribly long by the standards of touring professionals, but coastal breezes add to the challenge. Well, at least they’re supposed to. To the dismay of anyone who was hungry for quintessential Scottish weather, (disappointingly) calm conditions instead are expected for most of the tournament. Gusts likely will have an impact only on Friday. The slight threat of rain that opens the tournament reduces to virtually zero for the remainder. Daytime highs will range from the mid-60s on Thursday to the low 70s on the weekend. Lovely. Because of its exposure, The Renaissance Club requires wind to defend par, so, without it, scores will be low this week. In its first spin as host of this tournament in 2019, Bernd Wiesberger prevailed at 22-under 262. Aaron Rai scored 11-under 273 in 2020, and then Min Woo Lee took last year’s title at 18-under 266. Oddly, all three required a playoff to pay off the work done in regulation. Despite overall par dropping, the winner will land double digits under par. Keeping the ball in no deeper than two-inch intermediate rough is a sound plan, but without much wind, guys will be able to control drives and attack flags. Fescue greens will run no faster than 11½ feet on the Stimpmeter. The majority of the field reserved for 156 is split in half between members of the PGA TOUR and the DP World Tour. The PGA TOUR’s contribution is sliced into those commits who finished inside the top 30 of the 2020-21 FedExCup, as well as the order of the 2021-22 FedExCup at the conclusion of the U.S. Open three weeks ago. DP World Tour members qualified via its eligibility ranking. Exemptions for three golfers from the Korean PGA also were approved. ROB BOLTON’S SCHEDULE PGATOUR.com’s Rob Bolton recaps and previews every tournament from numerous perspectives. Look for his following contributions as scheduled. MONDAY: Power Rankings (Genesis Scottish Open) TUESDAY*: Power Rankings (Barbasol Championship), Sleepers (Genesis Scottish Open), Expert Picks, Draws & Fades WEDNESDAY: Pick ’Em Preview SUNDAY: Medical Extensions, Qualifiers, Reshuffle, Rookie Ranking * – Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COM’s Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday.
Red Sox SS Bogaerts out with thigh lacerationRed Sox SS Bogaerts out with thigh laceration
Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts will not be in the starting lineup for Monday’s game against Tampa Bay after leaving a day earlier with a cut on his left thigh that required seven stitches.
Nats’ Soto says he’s avoided major calf injuryNats’ Soto says he’s avoided major calf injury
Nationals star Juan Soto says he has avoided a major injury to his left calf but may be sidelined for a few more days.
WiretoWire: J.T. Poston shows nerves of steel at John Deere ClassicWiretoWire: J.T. Poston shows nerves of steel at John Deere Classic
POSTON NOTCHES WIRE-TO-WIRE VICTORY AT JOHN DEERE CLASSIC J.T. Poston was nervous and who could blame him. After all, he had held the lead after all three rounds entering Sunday at the John Deere Classic and expectations were high for him to win. But when his competitors began charging in the final round, he channeled the nervousness into a lazer-sharp focus. Poston, 29, shot a 2-under 69 for a three-shot victory at TPC Deere Run and became the first player to record a wire-to-wire win at the John Deere Classic since David Frost in 1992. “Wire to wire, having the lead for that long, it’s hard not to think about it and think about that finish line all week,” Poston said. “We got off to a great start and then I kind of started to give some back. But I hit a lot of great shots down the stretch.” It marked Poston’s second win on TOUR after having won the Wyndham Championship during the 2018-19 season. He also opened the week with a 9-under 62 after shooting 62 in Round 1 of last week’s Travelers Championship. Poston became the first player on record (since 1983) to open consecutive TOUR events with a 62 or better. “I was just trying to breathe,” Poston said. “There were a lot of nerves, a lot more than the first few days. I was just trying to battle through them. I think after this week, I feel like I know I can play with those nerves and still win and still score.” With the win, Poston is now fully exempt on TOUR through 2024 and he earned spots in this year’s The Open Championship and the 2023 PLAYERS Championship, Masters and PGA Championship. His 500 FedExCup points also moved him from No. 66 to No. 22 in the standings. DP WORLD TOUR, PGA TOUR EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE The DP World Tour and the PGA TOUR have moved to significantly strengthen not only their existing alliance but also help develop players to compete at the pinnacle of men’s professional golf by unveiling a ground-breaking new 13-year operational joint venture partnership. As part of the new joint venture, the PGA TOUR will increase its existing stake in European Tour Productions from 15% to 40%, while utilizing the DP World Tour’s recognised international credentials and global footprint to continue to coordinate a worldwide schedule. From 2023, the leading 10 players on the end of season DP World Tour Rankings (in addition to those already exempt) will earn PGA TOUR cards for the following season. Other development news included that next year an unprecedented 30 PGA TOUR cards will be awarded to the top players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List at season’s end and Q-School would award PGA TOUR cards to the top five finishers and ties. It will mark the first time in a decade that Q-School will offer PGA TOUR status. THE SCOTTISH OPEN MAKES ITS TOUR DEBUT The Genesis Scottish Open makes its debut as a co-sanctioned event between the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR with a field consisting of members from both organizations. Scottie Scheffler, who sits atop both the FedExCup standings and Official World Golf Ranking, leads the field, while 14 of the top 15 in the world are set to tee it up. There will be 75 golfers from the PGA TOUR in the field, 75 from the DP World Tour, three from the KPGA, and three unrestricted sponsor exemptions. By field strength, the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open is set to be the strongest non-major DP World Tour tournament in history. Plenty of notables are teeing it up in Scotland including last season’s FedExCup champion Patrick Cantlay, recent Travelers winner and reigning Olympic gold medalist Xander Schauffele, PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas and former world No.1 Jon Rahm. Matt Fitzpatrick, who lost in a playoff at the Scottish Open a year ago, will tee it up for the first time since his U.S. Open triumph. Robert MacIntyre is the highest-ranked Scotsman who is teeing it up, while Padraig Harrington is in the field fresh off his win at the U.S. Senior Open. The Renaissance Club hosts this year’s event, marking the fourth edition of the Scottish Open to be contested at the Tom Doak design. Here’s what you Need to Know about the venue. WORLDS COLLIDE AT THE BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP The Barbasol Championship returns this weekend, also making its debut as a co-sanctioned event with the DP World Tour. Past Barbasol champions Jim Herman, Grayson Murray and Aaron Baddeley are teeing it up at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Keene Trace is laid out through the rolling hills of central Kentucky with a dramatic par-4 finisher that’s built around the edge of a lake. Local legend and Kentucky native Josh Teater is in the field on a sponsor exemption, joining two past FedExCup champions in Brandt Snedeker and Bill Haas. DP World Tour representatives include Lucas Bjerregaard (who famously upset Tiger Woods in the quarterfinals of the 2019 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play), Oliver Wilson (European Team member from the 2008 Ryder Cup in Kentucky) and Julian Suri (a Floridian who played at Duke before winning on both the European Challenge Tour and DP World Tour). The winner of the Barbasol Championship, if he is not already qualified, will earn the final spot in The Open Championship and 300 FedExCup points. VIDEO OF THE WEEK MIC CHECK “I want to thank you for your consideration and assure you that if I were fortunate enough to receive an exemption, I would make you and the tournament proud” – An excerpt from Christopher Gotterup’s letter to tournament director Clair Peterson asking for a sponsor’s exemption into the John Deere Classic. Gotterup would finish T4. BY THE NUMBERS 5 – Players to keep an eye on this week as the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship gets underway at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. 67 – Final-round score for Zecheng Dou who won by one shot at The Ascendant presented by Blue on the Korn Ferry Tour. 2 – Players who have won in wire-to-wire fashion this season. Poston became the second to do so after Joaquin Niemann accomplished the feat at The Genesis Invitational. COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 The Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 highlights and rewards the extraordinary level of play required to earn a spot in the TOP 10 at the conclusion of the FedExCup Regular Season as determined by the FedExCup standings. The competition recognizes and awards the most elite in golf.
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Poston goes wire-to-wire at John Deere ClassicPoston goes wire-to-wire at John Deere Classic
J.T. Poston completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the John Deere Classic for his second PGA Tour title and a spot in the Open Championship.
DeGrom K’s five of six batters in first rehab startDeGrom K’s five of six batters in first rehab start
A rehabbing Jacob deGrom struck out five of the six batters he faced and threw 18 of 24 pitches for strikes in his first minor league rehab start Sunday.