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Around/about Central Georgia
Henley hits stride in final round of BMW, hot entering finale
Sundays have been crapshoots for Russell Henley this season, but he’s on something of a roll.
He turned in a 7-under 63 on Sunday at the BMW Championship in Illinois to record his third straight top-10 finish, tying for eighth.
He is 38 under total in his last three tournaments.
Henley has had issues on Sunday during good tournaments, and couldn’t escape the latest final round without a hiccup.
His bogey on 18 - he has a knack of occasionally starting or ending a round with a bogey – killed his chance to tie the course record, albeit temporarily, because BMW winner Victor Hovland later on Sunday set the course mark with a 61.
Henley had four birdies on the front and on the back nine. On 18, he missed his first fairway into the right rough, and then went into a greenside bunker, 92 feet from the green. His birdie attempt came up 14 feet short, his par try 19 inches off.
It was Henley’s fourth round of 65 or better in his last six tournaments. And good for a payout of $620,000.
Henley finished the tournament second in shots gained around the green and tee to green as well as driving accuracy, and ninth in shots gained. He finished in the top half of the 50-player field in 11 of 14 categories.
He enters the Tour Championship and season finale at East Lake in Atlanta this week – as well as increasing talk about a potential Ryder Cup spot - with momentum and confidence.
In the convoluted format for the Tour Championship, players ranked 11-14 start at 3 under par, and Henley is joined by Tommy Fleetwood, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, and Xander Schauffele in that group.
Instead of everybody starting the same, the format favors players based on their rankings.
“The FedExCup points leader after the first two Playoffs events will begin the TOUR Championship at 10-under par. The No. 2 player will start at 8-under. The No. 3 player starts at 7-under; the No. 4 player starts at 6-under; the No. 5 player starts at 5-under. Players 6-10 start at 4-under; players 11-15 start at 3-under; players 16-20 start at 2-under; players 21-25 start at 1-under; and players 26-30 start at even par.”
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
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MLB/Baseball
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Williams sharp for Nationals in 4-3 win over Phillies in MLB Little League Classic
Keuchel has perfect game broken up in 7th as Twins beat Pirates 2-0
Yankees lose 8 in row for first time since 1995 as Justin Turner leads Red Sox to 6-5 win
College sports
Column-Survey shows most people want college athletes to be paid. You hear that, NCAA?
Price of college football realignment: Losing seasons, stiffer competition
Ohio State wrestler Sammy Sasso shot near campus, recovering in hospital
College football/South
No. 9 Clemson hopes changes at quarterback, coordinator lead the Tigers back to the CFP
Kentucky and coach Mark Stoops seek rebound from 2022 falloff. Liam Coen’s return as OC could help.
After winning the SEC West, No. 6 LSU has eyes on the CFP
UCF feels it has what it takes to compete right away in the expanded Big 12
College football
'Most interesting man in college football' Carson Steele leaves pet alligator in Indiana
Colorado Mines star QB John Matocha returns as one of the top small college players
Sarkisian and Texas to ‘embrace the hate’ in their last season in Big 12 before joining SEC
Brown gets another chance to show improvement at West Virginia. It could be his last
Football/NFL/USFL/CFL/XFL
Winston directs 3 scoring drives as Saints hold on for 22-17 victory over Chargers
Mayfield sits while Trask plays in Bucs’ 13-6 preseason win over Jets. Backup Wolford injures neck
Patriots-Packers preseason game called off after injury to Isaiah Bolden
Bolden evaluated, released from hospital after being carted off late vs. Packers
Auto Racing
Byron dominates at Watkins Glen for his Cup Series-leading fifth victory of the season
Golf
Hovland sets Olympia Fields record with 61 to win BMW Championship
Tennis
Djokovic outlasts Alcaraz in nearly 4 hours for title in Cincinnati; Coco Gauff wins women’s title
Soccer
From turmoil to triumph, Spain clinches its first Women’s World Cup title with a win over England
Spaniards back home celebrate La Roja winning Women’s World Cup
NBA/Basketball
NBA investigating reasons behind Harden calling 76ers president Morey a liar, AP source says
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