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Jason Day crossed off a major career milestone Sunday, earning his first win at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Day finished the tournament at 15 under, four shots ahead of Kevin Chappell. According to ESPN Stats & Info, he’s the first golfer to go wire-to-wire twice in one season since Tiger Woods in 2002. The PGA Tour shared his final...
Published: May 15, 2016
Max Verstappen claimed the first victory of his Formula One career in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. After starting fourth on the grid, the 18-year-old drove with exceptional maturity on his Red Bull debut to withstand late pressure from Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and become the youngest winner in the history of the sport. Verstappen’s route to success...
Published: May 15, 2016
Like last year’s edition, the 2016 Players Championship featured an impressive winning performance. But unlike 2015, we saw vastly less drama. If Rickie Fowler’s triumph last year was the essence of edge-of-your seat PGA Tour theater, this year’s determined march by Jason Day was a marvel of both efficiency and resilience. Through two days of uncharacteristically benign course...
Published: May 15, 2016
Rory McIlroy entered Sunday needing a miracle to get back in contention for his first Players Championship victory. It never came. McIlroy carded a two-under score of 70 in his final round at TPC Sawgrass, ending his day in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, in relative anonymity at seven under for the tournament. The former world No. 1 tied for 12th after carding his third round in four days...
Published: May 15, 2016
In the 1990s, there were 10 first-time Formula One grand prix winners. In the 2000s, there were 14. This decade, at least until Sunday, there had only been three: Nico Rosberg, Pastor Maldonado and Daniel Ricciardo. Red Bull and Mercedes (and, more specifically, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton) have largely dominated the 2010s, leaving precious little room for newcomers to break into...
Published: May 15, 2016
Andy Murray overcame world No.1 Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3 in Rome to win the 2016 Italian Open on Sunday afternoon. Ranked third in the world standings, the Scot came into the contest as the fresher of the two participants, having downed Lucas Pouille in just 59 minutes in Saturday’s semi-final. Murray was able to recuperate from his final-four action and watch Djokovic slog through over three...
Published: May 15, 2016
Jason Day, the world No. 1, brings a comfortable four-stroke lead over Hideki Matsuyama, Ken Duke and Alex Cejka at the final round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Here’s a full look at the updating leaderboard: Of course, Day probably won’t be comfortable with his lead, not after he shot a one-over 73 on Saturday...
Published: May 15, 2016
Winner: Jason Day (-15) Jason Day earned his second wire-to-wire championship of the 2016 season as he took home The Players Championship title on Sunday. The No. 1 player in the world recorded a one-under 71 during his final round at the TPC Sawgrass and led by no less than two strokes throughout the 18 holes. Day stumbled a little bit in the middle of his round as he bogeyed...
Published: May 15, 2016
Jason Day continues to be the heavy favorite heading into the final round Sunday of the 2016 Players Championship. The 28-year-old Australian will begin his day with a strong lead, as he is four shots up on second-place sharers Alex Cejka, Ken Duke and Hideki Matsuyama. Course conditions were difficult at TPC Sawgrass Saturday as high winds and humidity made for fast greens. While perennial...
Published: May 15, 2016
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, becoming the youngest driver ever to win a Formula One race, as Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton crashed out on the opening lap. The 18-year-old eventually came home ahead of Ferrari duo Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in Barcelona. However, the main talking point from Catalonia came in the early stages,...