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The duel between Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson continues Saturday at the 2016 British Open at Royal Troon. Mickelson almost made history Thursday, shooting a 63 to storm to the top of the leaderboard. He cooled Friday but didn’t look back, securing a 69 to lead Stenson by a single stroke. Stenson himself improved on a 68 Thursday with a 65 Friday. The Swedish star is flanked by five Americans...
Published: July 16, 2016
Phil Mickelson carried a one-shot lead into the weekend at the 2016 Open Championship, as he attempts to hunt down his sixth major title. It won’t be an easy road to the finish line, however, with Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland posing a serious challenge. Henrik Stenson, Keegan Bradley, Zach Johnson and Sergio Garcia are among the other notable contenders hoping to make a charge toward Mickelson...
Published: July 16, 2016
Rio Haryanto became the final piece of Formula One’s 2016 jigsaw puzzle in mid-February when, just four days before the start of winter testing, he was confirmed as a Manor Racing driver for the new season. With a patchy record in GP2—each of his three victories in F1’s official feeder series came in reverse-grid “sprint” races—it was obvious from the outset that...
Published: July 16, 2016
Henrik Stenson outdueled Phil Mickelson on the back nine to take a one-stroke lead heading into the final round of the 2016 Open Championship on Saturday afternoon at Royal Troon in Scotland. Stenson rallied back from a pair of bogeys to close out his front nine and is the clubhouse leader at 12 under par after Saturday’s three-under round of 68. This is the first time in the Swede’s...
Published: July 16, 2016
Jordan Spieth’s testing week at Royal Troon continued on Saturday in the 2016 British Open, as he scrapped his way to a one-over par round of 72 and a score of five-over par for the tournament. Having started the day on four-over par for the tournament, Spieth got off to a flyer, with four birdies in the first seven holes. But the course’s treacherous turn and brutal back nine proved...
Published: July 16, 2016
The wind and rain came down during the second round of the British Open at Royal Troon, as expected, but the weather was a bigger factor later in the day than it was in the morning Friday. Since Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson played early in the day, they were able to take advantage of the conditions on the Scottish course and secure the top two spots on the leaderboard: Mickelson followed up his...
Published: July 15, 2016
Things are looking good for Phil Mickelson heading into the weekend at the 2016 British Open. The five-time major champion will bring a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson into Royal Troon on Saturday. Mickelson was unable to repeat his dazzling opening-round performance on Friday, but a solid 69 was good enough to give him his first-ever 36-hole lead in this tournament. Stenson vaulted his...
Published: July 15, 2016
Kyle Edmund gave defending Davis Cup champions Great Britain a 1-0 lead over Serbia during Friday’s quarter-final matches, but rain postponed the second singles clash between James Ward and Dusan Lajovic. Harsh weather conditions also plagued Italy’s clash with Argentina, but that didn’t stop Federico Delbonis from giving the visitors the lead by beating Andreas Seppi. France...
Published: July 15, 2016
Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson will carry a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson into the weekend in the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. Several notable players failed to qualify for the final two days of action, though. Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama and Louis Oosthuizen were among the golfers who failed to reach the four-over cut...
Published: July 15, 2016
Simona Halep, the world’s No. 5 women’s tennis player, withdrew from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. According to BBC Tennis, the Romanian cited the Zika virus as her reason for not representing her country in August: According to BBC.com tennis correspondent Russell Fuller, Halep is the highest-ranked women’s tennis player to...