Walker’s hard work finally pays dividend at Baltusrol
SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Texan Jimmy Walker has been working mighty hard to turn his game around and thinks it is only fair to see some results.
Brazil raises infrastructure financing for Olympics
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s National Monetary Council, known as CMN, said on Thursday it changed regulation to raise the limits of financing to infrastructure projects linked to the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Patient Day proves practice overrated
SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Jason Day, playing after just one day of practice at Baltusrol, kept it simple in Thursday’s first round of the PGA Championship, hitting fairways and greens and sinking enough putts to join the hunt.
Games organizers say Rio’s Village is ready after repairs
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The Olympic Village is ready and organizers are turning in the last three buildings Thursday afternoon, the operations director of the Rio 2016 organizing committee Rodrigo Tostes said.
Verstappen draws inspiration from Senna and Prost
HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) – Max Verstappen’s rivals may not have been too impressed by his robust defense against Kimi Raikkonen in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix but he is sure it would have got the approval of some of the sport’s legends.
Mouland wins British Par-3 event
(Reuters) – Mark Mouland became the first double winner of the Farmfoods British Par-3 Championship when he landed the first prize of 50,000 euros ($55,370) in Coventry on Thursday.
Walker’s 65 sets early PGA pace as Day lurks
SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Jimmy Walker shrugged off some recent struggles to shoot a five-under-par 65 and claim the early first-round lead in the PGA Championship at a hot, steamy Baltusrol Golf Club on Thursday.
Korean Lee on top after sizzling 62 at Women’s British Open
WOBURN, England (Reuters) – South Korean Lee Mi-rim has developed a penchant for low scoring and she continued the trend with a sizzling 10-under-par 62 in the opening round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open on Thursday.
F1 cockpit protection system delayed until 2018
HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) – Formula One has decided to delay the introduction of a proposed cockpit-protection device by one year, deciding to develop it further before adopting some form of the concept for 2018.
Woburn not long enough for world number 15 Piller
WOBURN, England (Reuters) – World number 15 Gerina Piller was disappointed not to make full use of her extra length off the tee as the American slid to a 73 in the Ricoh Women’s British Open first round on Thursday.
