Monday’s Report: Scoreboard; Russell Henley, Mercer, FVSU; Braves, Falcons, UGA, Hawks, United; Masters, MLB, WNBA Draft, NBA, college hoops, NFL, tennis, NASCAR, UFC 300, NHL
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College
Links at times will include game story
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Coastal Carolina 16, Georgia Southern 4
Georgia Tech 11, Virginia Tech 7
Kennesaw State 11, Central Arkansas 1
Southern Miss 14, Georgia State 9
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Kennesaw State 4, Bellarmine 2
South Alabama 2, Georgia Southern 1
Southern Miss 4, Georgia State 1
⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳
W-Southern Conference, first round, Mercer
Volleyball
M-FVSU 3, Benedict 0
Pro
⚾ ⚾ ⚾MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
⚽ ⚽ ⚽MLS ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 2
🏈 🏈 🏈 NBA🏈🏈🏈
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Around/About Central Georgia
Henley has respectable finish in Masters
Russell Henley was one of a few golfers able to put the disaster known as “the second round” and “the third round” behind him for the final round.
The Stratford grad was solid for the final 15 holes for a 1-under 71 on Sunday at the Masters, good enough to tie for 38th, out of 60 players, at 6 over.
He outplayed defending champ Jon Rahm and 2016 champ Danny Willett (9 over), 2006 winner Phil Mickelson (8 over), and five-time winner Tiger Woods (16 over), and tied 2021 winner Hideki Matsuyama.
The stats for players will take a beating after the weekend. Henley entered 11th in bogeys avoided, at 12.07 percent, with 63 bogeys in 522 holes this season.
In Augusta, he had 17 in 72, a whopping 23.7 percent. That’s golden, compared to Emiliano Grillo, who was ranked 38th on Thursday in FedExCup rankings. He missed the cut in a huge way, with 12 bogeys and four double bogeys in 36 holes.
Tiger Woods racked up 18 bogeys and two doubles in four rounds.
After an “oh, not again” start with two bogeys in the first three holes, Henley settled into a groove of some quality golf, with birdies on 7 and 8, and then on 13, with 13 pars – and several near-miss birdie tries - for a 1-under 71.
Even with weather having settled down, under par on Sunday was pretty good. A third of the 60 players shot better than even in the final round, with seven at par.
Only eight finished the tournament under par, compared to 25 last year. There were 11 players last year at 6 over or worse, compared to 26/27 (Glover) this year, with five times as many at 10 over or worse.
Henley’s 295 was his highest score this year by 14 strokes (281 in Sentry and Arnold Palmer). He shot 290 in last year’s Arnold Palmer and a 293 in the 2022 Masters, tying for 30th.
He muddled through a 293 at the 2021 Wells Fargo and 297 two weeks later at the PGA Championship.
Henley is in the field for this week’s RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, where he finished tied for 19th last year with a 10-under weekend, seven back of winner Matt Fitzpatrick.
BSB-VMI pitches, hits way to series win at Mercer
VB-FVSU wins SIAC regular-season title with perfect mark
Around/About Georgia
Turner scores 31 in rout of Hawks
Atlanta visits Chicago on Wednesday in the play-in tournament. Miami and Philadelphia are the other Eastern Conference play-in teams.
In one swing, Ozuna stuns Marlins, perhaps creates perhaps the moment of the season
For Beck, being boring isn't a bad thing
Deep receiver room impresses during G-Day
Cousins comes to honest realization about 49ers as new Falcons QB
Uhre, Wagner rally unbeaten Union to 2-2 draw with Atlanta United
Masters
Scheffler unstoppable and wins another Masters green jacket
Amen Corner proves pivotal as Scottie Scheffler’s closest pursuers falter in final round of Masters
'It didn't feel fair': Homa answers honestly (and professionally) about double bogey
Aberg backs up the hype, finishes 2nd at the Masters in his first major
McIlroy sees Masters progress, despite hitting his caddie
Tiger cards +16 at Masters, highest score as a pro
MLB/Baseball
As Mets retire his No. 16, Dwight Gooden tells fans he wanted to `make things right with you guys’
Boston reliever Jansen says slick baseballs hard to control
McCutchen’s 300th homer, Suwinski’s grand slam lead Pirates
WNBA
Clark leads top 5 storylines of the WNBA Draft
Clark, Angel, Brink headline invitees for draft
Clark is expected to be No. 1 overall pick. Here's how to watch
Clark and Reese headline one of the most anticipated drafts in years
Why Clark's transition won’t be all layups and easy passes
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Playoff field is set after wild final day shakes up seeds
Clifford wins final game as Charlotte coach, Hornets beat playoff-bound Cavaliers
A moment Iverson will never forget
James’ triple-double lifts Lakers over Pelicans and into a play-in rematch with New Orleans
Marjanović hilariously misses free throws on purpose to give Clippers fans free chicken
College Basketball/Women
Staley rides in a Rolls for South Carolina’s ‘uncommon’ parade
Clark popped up on SNL to dunk on Michael Che and pay tribute to WBB legends
College Basketball/Men
What to know about UConn’s Hurley, from playing to coaching
College Basketball/Coaches
Pope introduced as Kentucky’s coach, affirms expectation that ‘We are here to win banners’
Thousands welcome Pope home to Rupp Arena — and turn the page on Calipari
College Football
Rowan coach Accorsi retires after 22 seasons, 4 trips to NCAA Division III Final Four
Ohio State reports largest spring game crowd in seven years
Why Kelly paid tribute to Woody Hayes with first play-call in Ohio State spring game
Kiffin further illustrates his value to Ol’ Miss with innovative spring game
Lagway excels in front of Gators fans. Here's what else we learned from Orange and Blue game
Super Bowl champion receiver Watkins heads nine named to Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame
DoBoer showing why he was ‘the guy’ for the job
Is Hines Ward headed to Arizona State?
College Sports
Former Kentucky swimmers sue ex-coaches, AD Mitch Barnhart, alleging ‘sexually hostile environment’
Denver beats Boston College 2-0 to win record 10th NCAA hockey national title
Neb. AD foresees 'eat what you kill' revenue model
Auto Racing
Elliott ends 42-race winless streak with overtime victory in NASCAR Cup race at Texas
Keselowski rallies late, soars to runner-up finish at Texas
Tennis
Tsitsipas sweeps aside Ruud to win Monte Carlo Masters for the third time, and then weeps
NFL/USFL/XFL/UFL/Football
Luck never considered returning
Attendance still sputters for UFL cities other than St. Louis
NHL/Hockey/College Hockey
Coyotes sale to Utah Jazz owner expected next week, Arizona to get expansion team, AP source says
Soccer
Advantage Man City in the Premier League title race after losses for Arsenal and Liverpool
Boxing/WWE/UFC/MMA
Promises kept: UFC 300 was the single greatest night of fights in MMA history
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