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Saso Survives Brutal Starts Of US Women’s Open That Sent Korda To An 80
Lancaster, Pennsylvania (AP) Former winner Yuka Saso relied on her putter to get through a brutally challenging first round of the U.S. Women’s Open on Thursday, with Nelly Korda carding a 10 on her third hole and only four players barely beating par.
Saso made three large par putts to begin the back nine at Lancaster Country Club, two medium-length birdie putts after her round, and three putts from the collar of the 18th green for bogey and a 2-under 68.
It felt even lower, given all of the violence around her. The top ten women’s world rankings had an average score of 75.5, including Korda’s 80, and only two-time major champion Minjee Lee was below par.
“It’s the US Open. It is a major. It’s the biggest major tournament, and I believe it will be one of the most challenging weeks we’ll face,” Saso remarked. “I don’t tell myself to be confident or anything like that.”
Saso Survives Brutal Starts Of US Women’s Open That Sent Korda To An 80
After Lexi Thompson’s meltdown, Saso won the Women’s Open at the Olympic Club by one shot over Andrea Lee, Wichanee Meechai of Thailand, and newly crowned NCAA champion Adela Cernousek of France.
Cernousek, a junior at Texas A&M, was not alone in his amateur status. Three of them were at even-par 70: Megan Schofill, Catherine Park, and 15-year-old Asterisk Talley, who won her maiden USGA title in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship.
Lee, who won her second major at the Women’s Open at Pine Needles two years ago, holed out from 15 feet off the green on the par-3 17th to return to even par.
“Just come back and try and beat the course again,” she replied.
Saso Survives Brutal Starts Of US Women’s Open That Sent Korda To An 80
The other of the LPGA Tour’s top talents suffered setbacks, but none were as severe or startling as Korda. Korda, the top player in women’s golf, entered at Lancaster having won six of her last seven tournaments. Three holes into her first round, she was sent reeling.
Korda hit from a back bunker into a creek on the par-3 12th hole, then pitched into the stream from the other side twice to finish with a 10. She added four bogeys over the next 15 holes and finished with an 80, tying her best performance as a professional.
“Not a lot of positive thoughts, honestly,” Korda added. “I simply didn’t play well today. I didn’t strike it well. I spent a lot of time in the rough. Making a 10 on a par 3 will do you no good at the US Open.
“Yeah,” she said, “just a bad day at the office.”
It was a difficult day for many people. Rose Zhang, who broke Korda’s five-tournament winning streak three weeks ago in New Jersey, was stunned when she walked off the 18th green with another three-putt bogey and a 79.
Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson both shot 80. The average field score was 75.2.
The wind was whirling at some of the course’s higher places, and the greens were firm and bouncy, just like the USGA likes them. The 156-player field produced just over 900 scores of bogey or worse, including Korda’s septuple bogey.
Thompson, who is likely playing her final U.S. Women’s Open after saying she will no longer play a full schedule after this year, began her back nine by traveling from bunker to bunker to thick rough and making triple bogey. She shot 78.
Saso took 5.7 shots on the field with her putter, propelling her to the lead.
“I made some really good putts.” “I believe I was more fortunate than talented,” Saso said.
She has a unique opportunity to win this week and become the only Women’s Open champion to have played under both flags.
Saso Survives Brutal Starts Of US Women’s Open That Sent Korda To An 80
Saso won as a Filipino at the Olympic Club and gained Japanese citizenship the next year before turning 21. A big week could put her in a position to return to the Olympics under a different flag.
That feels far away, especially after such a long day at work.
“There’s so much golf left,” Saso added. “The golf course is very difficult and the conditions are very tough, especially with the wind with it swirling and when it’s blowing 15 mph with the firm greens and fast greens.”
It didn’t hurt the amateurs, especially Cernousek. She dropped only two shots, one of which was a three-putt from 40 feet on the 14th hole, and held her composure to break par. She was shocked to see her name on every scoreboard.
“I said, ‘Wow!'” “I was watching every leaderboard on the course,” she explained.
Talley is one of Lancaster’s two 15-year-olds, and she performed admirably for her age, making wise decisions when she was out of position. Her one blunder occurred on the par-5 seventh hole when she only advanced her second shot approximately 50 yards out of the thick rough, laid up, and then landed it in the water fronting the green. She made a triple bogey.
But Talley — whose mother says Asterisk is Greek for “Little Star” — responded with a nine-hole stretch of three birdies and six pars, not dropping another stroke until the seventeenth.
“I feel like I could have done a lot better today, but I’m not mad about my round,” Talley stated. “I’m hearing that even par is a decent round today. “I wish I could have been a couple below par.”
SOURCE – (AP)
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Conor McGregor Vows to Appeal Civil Rape Case
Conor McGregor, an Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, has announced that he will appeal a £206,000 judgment after a woman accusing him of rape won a legal action against him for damages.
McGregor had already faced a criminal inquiry in his home nation of Ireland concerning the claims, but he was not charged.
In a post on X on Friday evening, McGregor said he would appeal against the verdict and thanked “all my support worldwide”.
“I am with my family now, focused on my future,” he added.
Speaking outside the court on Friday, Nikita Hand expressed her hope that the verdict will encourage victims of sexual assault to “speak up.”
The jury at the High Court in Dublin deliberated for a day before concluding that McGregor assaulted Ms Hand.
She also filed a complaint against James Lawrence, 35, of Rafter’s Road, Drimnagh, Dublin. She said he abused her by having sex with her without her consent at the Beacon Hotel.
Both men refuted the 35-year-old hair colorist’s charges, saying they had consensual intercourse with Ms Hand at the hotel nearly six years ago.
After eight days of testimony and three days of listening to closing arguments and the judge’s comments, the jury of eight women and four men deliberated for six hours and ten minutes before concluding.
Conor McGregor shook his head as the jury announced that Ms Hand had won her case against him.
His partner, Dee Devlin, his parents, his sister, and his brother-in-law were all with him. He sat in the rear row of the court, between his girlfriend and his mother, Margaret.
Conor McGregor, who also testified during the two-week trial, repeatedly denied the charges of assault.
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The Utah Hockey Club’s Net Scores The Opening Goal.
(VOR News) – The Utah Hockey Club did not begin the season in the manner that they had planned to, despite the fact that they were playing their first game of the preseason on the ice.
The first goal that they scored at the beginning of the season was not the way that they had anticipated the season to begin.
Des Moines, Iowa, which is located in the state of Iowa, was the location of the first game played by the organisation that was once known as the Arizona Coyotes.
Specifically, the game will take place in the state of Iowa. Specifically, the game was developed in the state of Iowa, which was also the location where it was manufactured. The St. Louis Blues, who were the team that was competing for the championship.
We represented Utah in this particular game.
The penalty call was delayed, which resulted in Utah being required to remove their custodian in order to make room for an additional attacker. This was done in order to provide space for the additional attacker.
It was necessary to do this step in order to clear space for the attacker to move about a bit. Because of this, St. Louis was able to take the lead in the game with a score of 1-0 at the beginning of the second quarter.
This allowed them to gain control of the game. As the puck made its way down the ice and into the empty net of the opposition, the winger for Utah, Dylan Guenther, was unable to gain hold of it at the point, and he was also unable to catch up to it in time while it was falling. The disaster took place at this particular instant in time, which was the ideal time for it to take place that it did.
A defenseman with the Blues named Anton Malmstrom was given official credit for scoring the goal, and St. Louis “congratulated” Utah on scoring its first goal in the history of the team.
Malmstrom was given credit for Utah Scoring the goal.
The individual who was identified as the player who scored the goal was Malmstrom. It has been determined that Malmstrom is the individual who was responsible for scoring the goal. At the conclusion of the official investigation, it was determined that Malmstrom was the individual who was responsible for scoring the goal.
On the flip side, it would appear that yet another case of trolling was directed at the Blues. After the actual opening goal for Utah, which was scored by Michael Carcone a little more than six minutes later, Kevin Connauton added another goal later in the quarter to bring the score to a draw.
This brought the score to a tie. As a consequence of this, the score stayed tied. As a consequence of this turn of events, the score ended up being something like 2-2.
Guenther also made atonement for his prior transgressions by scoring a power-play marker that put Utah in the lead by a score of 3-2. This was a significant accomplishment for Guenther. As a consequence for his earlier misdeeds, Guenther was given this sentence.
Due to the fact that this achievement was achieved, Utah is currently in the position of being in the lead. It was on Friday that a signing took place, which ultimately led to the extension of Guenther’s contract for an additional eight years into the future. We have completed this extension.
Carcone scored his second goal of the game into an empty net, this time into the Blues’ net, during the final minute of the game. This would be his second goal of the game. Ultimately, this goal was the deciding factor in Utah’s victory, which was officially recorded as a 5-3 score.
It was generally agreed that Carcone’s goal was the one that clinched the victory. The final goal of the contest was scored by Carcone, who scored the game’s decisive goal. Utah was able to win the game and take home the victory as a result of Carcone’s goal, which was the goal that ultimately decided the outcome of the game.
However, despite the fact that the situation had already beyond the point of no return, the social administrator for the Blues was still able to successfully extract the last laugh from it. His efforts were successful.
SOURCE: SN
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No Panic for Patrick Mahomes and The Chiefs After Another Quiet Travis Kelce game.
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No Panic for Patrick Mahomes and The Chiefs After Another Quiet Travis Kelce game.
(VOR News) – Nine times in the passing game was Travis Kelce, a tight end with the Kansas City Chiefs, targeted when he debuted in the 2023 season.
He did, however, only finish with four receptions for 26 yards and a touchdown overall. He responded the next week with seven receptions for 69 yards, the Chiefs adding another score to his record and thus allaying some of the worries of some who were on the sidelines looking in.
Kelce’s third consecutive week of poor performance marked the end of his third game of the 2024–25 season.
Two days before the year ended, this Chiefs event occurred.
Although his four receptions and thirty yards are all season highs, if they had been attained concurrently they would have been among his worst efforts from the previous season.
Once more on Sunday’s triumph over the Atlanta Falcons, a sluggish effort from the offense was evident; Kelce was not an exception to this rule. While this is the case, quarterback for Chiefs Patrick Mahomes thinks the most important symbol of respect is Kelce’s receiving less than a month away from his 35th birthday.
“I mean it’s crazy since teams are still… the respect factor Travis has is just unreal,” Mahomes said to reporters. “It is well-deserved, but we are calling a lot of plays for Travis, and it seems like just two or three people are going to him,” the spokesman added. He understands this clearly.
His desire to win at the end of the day is, in my view, the most admirable trait about him; he is not simply interested in having an impact on the game. I shall give it top attention in the future to keep giving him the ball whenever he is there and on the pitch.
At the conclusion of Week 3, Kelce ranked second only to Rashee Rice in terms of targets, receptions, and yards by the pass among all Chiefs pass catchers. This shows Kelce has made notable advancements on the right path. The other man merely had 12 receptions and 14 targets; Rice had 14 targets and 12 receptions for 110 yards.
Their differences were quite considerable. As of right now this season, three games have been played; Kelce has not yet found the end zone. He had two outstanding catches in the second half.
One was a third-quarter 17-yard gain that put the Chiefs in red zone.
The head coach and Mahomes both expressed hope that Kelce would finally reach his big-time goals after the weekend’s victory. Although this is the new normal for one of the league’s best tight ends, nobody seemed to be worried about it.
This is still the case after a week; yet, the longer Chiefs games pass without a vintage Kelce effort – or anything that even loosely resembles one – the more attention will be paid to his specific stats.
Though he has lost a lot of agility compared to his prime, Kelce is still able to get open. Besides, his head is still clear, hence he is obviously capable of writing correctly.
For a different set of factors, he is not getting targets or catches inside the rhythm of the offensive, though. Maybe we could have opened that window if our sample size had been larger.
Mahomes believes that everything else will take care of itself if other guys start (or, in Rice’s case, keep going) and Kelce keeps on going.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes stated, “The more plays Rashee makes, the more effectively we can run the football, which allows us to involve (Xavier) Worthy, thereby increasing Travis’s opportunities to be open.” “Individuals are genuinely concerned about attempting to remove him, which is facilitating opportunities for other players.”
SOUREC: SI
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