Injured Astros 1B Gurriel out for rest of seriesInjured Astros 1B Gurriel out for rest of series
The Astros removed Yuli Gurriel (knee injury) from the World Series roster ahead of Game 6, replacing him with catcher Korey Lee.
Day: November 5, 2022
Russell Henley looks to convert a perfect week to end droughtRussell Henley looks to convert a perfect week to end drought
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico – Russell Henley keeps giving himself chances on the PGA TOUR, but eventually, he’d like to convert. Henley, a three-time winner on TOUR, has a six-shot lead heading into the final round of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. It’s his fourth 54-hole lead since 2020, including the Sony Open in Hawaii earlier this calendar year, none of which have resulted in trophies. His six-shot cushion, however, is the largest on TOUR (outside of the TOUR Championship) since Jon Rahm at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday two years ago. Rahm was forced to withdraw after the third round. Henley, after a 6-under 65 on Saturday, will try to separate himself from the task at hand. Again, to try and win on TOUR. The last time Henley won was in 2017 at the Cadence Bank Houston Open. “I mean, I’m just going to try to get my mind off of golf a little right now and get some dinner and watch a little football, maybe watch the World Series and just kind of go into tomorrow, new day and just do the best I can,” said Henley, whose alma mater, the Georgia Bulldogs, beat the University of Tennessee on Saturday afternoon. Henley has yet to make a bogey through 54 holes. However, his results at El Camaleón Golf Course in his career haven’t been the harbinger of a nice week. His best result in four previous tries was a tie for 29th in 2018. He missed the cut in 2019 after calling a penalty on himself, which cost him eight strokes. “That was a weird one,” said Henley with a smile. “But I do feel good about this place. I feel like I can play well here, but it is difficult.” Henley said he’s felt better off the tee this week, keeping the ball in play. He was 4 under through nine holes on Saturday, including making a birdie on the par-4 first. He added two more birdies on the back nine, including one from long-distance on the par-3 15th. He’ll be in the final group Sunday alongside Will Gordon, a winner on the Korn Ferry Tour this year, while Patton Kizzire and Seamus Power will make up the penultimate pairing. Power will be going for back-to-back wins after putting himself into contention with a third-round 63. The Irishman man an ace on the par-3 eighth, an eagle just three holes later on the par-4 11th, and then a hole-out birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-4 14th. Henley admitted that this golf course is the kind of place where a lot of birdies could be made (Sunday was the third-straight day where a round of 8-under-63 or better was shot) so he’s not taking his lead for granted. Still, it’s a place he’s happy to be. Now it’s time to get the job done. “Out here you’ve got to keep attacking. Everybody’s so good and everybody can go low, so it’s a tough game out here,” said Henley. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a lead like this. It’s definitely tough to finish golf tournaments, so I’m just really trying not to think about the score and just think about each shot.”
Dow Finsterwald, 11-time PGA TOUR winner, dies at age 93Dow Finsterwald, 11-time PGA TOUR winner, dies at age 93
Dow Finsterwald, a long-time PGA TOUR professional who won the 1958 PGA Championship and captained the winning 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team, died November 4. He was 93. As a young man growing up in Athens, Ohio, born in 1929, Finsterwald played numerous sports but gravitated toward golf even though his father, Russ, was the head basketball and football coach at Ohio University. The younger Finsterwald joined his father as a Bobcat but as a member of the golf team. It was at Ohio University where Finsterwald realized he could make a living playing golf. “Dow was destined to a career in sports because of his father’s influence, and golf was fortunate to have him as a player, teacher and administrator,” said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan. “His contributions to our sport were significant, and we take time today to remember Dow and all of his accomplishments in a well-lived life.” Finsterwald joined the PGA TOUR in 1952 after playing in eight TOUR tournaments in 1950 and 1951 as an amateur. Finsterwald made his TOUR debut while still an amateur, at the 1950 North and South Open at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, where he tied for 33rd. He played on TOUR as a professional for the first time at the National Celebrities Open, tying for 35th. Finsterwald’s first of 12 PGA TOUR victories came at the 1955 Fort Wayne Invitational. Six weeks later, he won again – at the British Columbia Open in Canada. He enjoyed 10 top-10s in his 28 made cuts that season and finished 14th on the money list. Those 1955 victories began a streak of six years where he won at least one tournament. Finsterwald’s top season came in 1959. That year, he won three times – the Greater Greensboro Open, the Carling Open and the Kansas City Open – and finished second five additional times. A year earlier, Finsterwald earned his only major championship, winning the PGA Championship at Pennsylvania’s Llanerch Country Club. In the first year the PGA of America contested the tournament at stroke play, Finsterwald shot rounds of 67-72-70-67 to defeat Billy Casper by two strokes. He added the Utah Open title to his resume later in the season and went on to earn PGA Player of the Year honors, a year after capturing his only Vardon Trophy for the lowest stroke average on TOUR. Of his 28 second-place TOUR finishes, the most excruciating was his playoff loss – with Gary Player – to Arnold Palmer at the Masters Tournament. The trio finished regulation at Augusta National tied at 8-under 280, with Palmer eventually rolling to a three-shot playoff victory over Player and a nine-stroke win over Finsterwald in the 18-hole extra session. Taking away some of the sting from that loss was the fact Palmer was Finsterwald’s closest friend on TOUR. Theirs was a friendship that endured until Palmer’s death in 2016. While playing the TOUR, Finsterwald also was the Director of Golf at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., a position he held for 28 years. He also served a three-year term as Vice President of the PGA of America. As his PGA TOUR career wound down, he enjoyed a career highlight, captaining the U.S. Ryder Cup team against the Great Britain and Ireland team led by Captain Brian Huggett at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club. Led by Ryder Cup veterans Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd and rookie team members Tom Watson and Lanny Wadkins, the Americans coasted to a five-point triumph. After his PGA TOUR playing career, Finsterwald enjoyed a busy PGA TOUR Champions schedule, seeing action in 189 career tournaments, including two in the Tour’s inaugural season of 1980. His best performance came in 1982, when he finished second to Don January at the Michelob Senior Classic in Tampa, Florida. Four years after his father’s induction into the Ohio University Athletics Hall of Fame, Finsterwald followed him for his golf exploits. In 2008, the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame also inducted him. Finsterwald is survived by three sons and a daughter. His wife, Linda, predeceased him in 2015. The couple’s middle son, Dow Finsterwald, Jr., was the long-time head pro at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, before retiring in 2021.
Seamus Power’s hot streak continues with ace en route to 63Seamus Power’s hot streak continues with ace en route to 63
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico – When you’re hot you’re hot. After a victory last week at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Seamus Power kept his fine play going this week at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, firing an 8-under 63 in the third round to move into the top five on the leaderboard. “Confidence is a huge thing in golf, and especially in wind and a course like this, sometimes you’re lining up down like a hazard line or something like that and you’ve got to hit it with some confidence. I think after the win last week, one, you’re playing a little freer I think and two, your confidence is high, feeling good about your game,” said Power. The round was highlighted by an ace on the par-3 8th, an eagle just three holes later on the par-4 11th, and then a hole-out birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-4 14th. He knocked a gap wedge in for the hole-in-one from 138 yards and a lob wedge in for the eagle. With a bashful laugh, Power said it was his 14th ace, his last on TOUR in 2019 at THE PLAYERS Championship. Funnily enough, Power didn’t feel like he was putting it that well on Saturday. No matter. “It was one of those days, I was burning the edges all over the place with putts so it’s kind of weird a couple of wedge shots went in,” said Power with a smile. “That’s golf sometimes and hopefully I can get some of the putts to drop tomorrow.” Power attributes his solid run to the five-week break he took after the TOUR Championship. It was time, he said, for a mental and physical re-set. “It’s just a lot of tournaments. Last season I feel I played a lot of tournaments,” said Power. “At the start of the year like the Match Play I wouldn’t have been in, or any of the four majors. So, for me adding those to the schedule as it was going along was a little tricky because, you know, there’s a lot of other courses you like and all that. “So, I feel like I probably overplayed a little bit, so that five weeks was huge just to… get the fun back into the game, just to get the energy level back up and that desire to be just out there like on the golf course. So, I was able to do that and, as I said, I feel great right now.” With a fine start to the PGA TOUR season, Power said he’s got eyes on some big-picture goals, including being part of the Ryder Cup team next year in Italy. “I mean, that’s going to be huge,” said Power. “Obviously that’s a long ways away, but… that’s going to hopefully be the reward at the end of a lot of good golf.” Power wasn’t the only one to make an ace on Saturday. Greyson Sigg, fresh off his colorful Friday effort, had a hole-in-one of his own on No. 10. Joel Dahmen, meanwhile, nearly jarred his tee ball with a driver on the par-4 17th. He finished birdie-eagle-birdie to shoot a 5-under 66, after his tee shot on the penultimate hole – measured at 300 yards in the third round – landed just two feet away. He finished birdie-eagle-birdie to shoot a 5-under 66 after his tee shot from 300 yards on the penultimate hole landed just two feet away.
How two All-Star point guards are making their partnership workHow two All-Star point guards are making their partnership work
Who’s the point guard? It doesn’t matter. Trae Young and Dejounte Murray are sharing the backcourt equally and it’s working so far.
‘He has the pulse of it’: How Rob Thomson has kept his cool during World Series run‘He has the pulse of it’: How Rob Thomson has kept his cool during World Series run
Through an eventful first half-season, the Phillies manager has shown a deft touch.
How to watch World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Round 3: Featured Groups, live scores, tee times, TV timesHow to watch World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Round 3: Featured Groups, live scores, tee times, TV times
Round 3 of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba takes place Saturday from El Camaleón Golf Course. Russell Henley leads by 3 over Will Gordon and Sam Ryder. The winner receives 500 FedExCup points. Leaderboard Tee times HOW TO FOLLOW: Television: Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel/Peacock), Sunday 2 p.m.-5 p.m. ET (Golf Channel/Peacock) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.–6 p.m. ET. Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. ET. Sunday, 12 p.m.-5 p.m. ET (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio) MUST READS Inside Greyson Sigg’s three-par 67 at Mayakoba Harry Higgs making most of Mayakoba sponsor exemption
Future Stars Friday at the Breeders’ CupFuture Stars Friday at the Breeders’ Cup
Friday had 5 races for the Juveniles on both dirt and turf at Keeneland, headlined by the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) won by Forte. Also on the card, Victoria Road won the Juvenile Turf (G1), Wonder Wheel won the NetJets Juvenile Fillies (G1), Meditate won the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Mischief Magic won the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1). Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Judge voted MLB player of the year by his peersJudge voted MLB player of the year by his peers
Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge was voted player of the year and the American League outstanding player by fellow major leaguers in the annual Players Choice Awards.
Judge voted MLB player of the year by peersJudge voted MLB player of the year by peers
Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge was voted player of the year and the American League outstanding player by fellow major leaguers in the annual Players Choice Awards.