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Perhaps the biggest compliment you could pay Max Verstappen is that, for two-thirds of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, he made the best driver in Formula One look average. Over the opening four races of the 2016 season, Daniel Ricciardo had established himself as the outstanding performer on the grid, recapturing the understated speed and consistent class of his breakthrough year in 2014. As...
Published: May 14, 2016
Saracens finished their undefeated 2015-16 European Champions Cup campaign with a 21-9 win over Racing 92 during the final on Sunday, winning their first-ever European title. Owen Farrell took care of all the scoring with his boot, as Sunday’s clash in Lyon was an ugly, tactical affair that suited Saracens’ physical style of play perfectly. Racing lost a couple of key contributors during...
Published: May 14, 2016
Jason Day did not have the kind of round he was hoping for on Saturday, but he just may have played the kind of golf that will earn him a wire-to-wire first-place finish at The Players Championship. After dominating the course in the first two rounds when he got to 15-under and did not have one bogey, the No. 1 player in the world struggled badly in the early part of the round and slipped to four over...
Published: May 14, 2016
Scoring conditions at the 2016 Players Championship have been awfully favorable through two rounds, but several high-profile golfers couldn’t string together consecutive productive rounds before moving day rolled around. Among the notable names who missed the cut line of two under were Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and defending Players Championship title-holder Rickie Fowler, each of...
Published: May 14, 2016
Jason Day will have a four-shot lead going into the third round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass after completing his second round on Saturday morning. The world’s No. 1 golfer heads into the third round at 15 under par. Play in the second round was suspended due to darkness with Day still needing to complete four holes at 14 under. Right behind Day is rising star Shane Lowry, who...
Published: May 14, 2016
Jason Day set a new Players Championship record Saturday morning by completing 36 holes with a score of 15 under. The Golf Channel confirmed the new standard. Day, the top-ranked golfer in the world, held a four-shot lead heading into Round 3, which will begin later Saturday. Jason Sobel of ESPN provided the star’s scoring breakdown through two rounds: Day opened the tournament with an outstanding...
Published: May 14, 2016
Jordan Spieth hasn’t performed to his usual sky-high standards of late, and his struggles continued at the 2016 Players Championship with a missed cut at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. After blowing a final-round lead at the Masters in his last start, Spieth won’t even be around for the weekend of the “fifth major.” He followed an opening-round 72 with a one-under...
Published: May 14, 2016
Christy O’Connor Sr., an Irish golfing legend who made 10 Ryder Cup appearances, died Saturday. He was 91. The Press Association (via the Guardian) confirmed the news. The report included a statement from Ryder Cup director Richard Hills, who said: “Today we have lost not only one of the greatest Ryder Cup players the game has even seen, but an incredible man.” He added: “Christy...
Published: May 14, 2016
Siddikur Rahman put together a stunning three-under-par round of 69 in torrid conditions at the Mauritius Open on Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round. The Bangladeshi star handled the blustery elements brilliantly to chalk up four birdies and just one bogey and move seven under for the tournament. Jeunghun Wang continued to produce the goods on the big stage with an excellent...
Published: May 14, 2016
The 2016 Players Championship has moved into the weekend, though there is still some leftover action from Friday’s second round to be taken care of with weather forcing some players off the course early. One of those players is Jason Day, who is currently atop the leaderboard at 14 under par through 14 holes in the second round. He wasn’t playing at the same pace as...