Thirty-two years after his duel with Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson took advantage of pristine conditions to take the lead at the British Open on Thursday.
Natalie du Toit pulled herself on to the dock and waited for someone to bring her prosthetic leg. Du Toit didn’t finish where she wanted.
In the final days of training with her US Olympic teammates, Jessica Hardy was trying to nap when she got the most dreaded of phone calls.
Sergio Garcia is from Spain, and Ernie Els hails from South Africa, but both feel right at home on the north-west coast of England.
With apologies to all weekend hackers, there are no mulligans in golf. Too bad, Ernie Els. He should have been right in the thick of things at the British Open after making six birdies on Saturday. Instead, he could only grumble about what might have been, knowing he’ll go to the final round needing to overcome a disheartening six-shot deficit to Sergio Garcia.
Fred Couples was tied for the lead and chasing Masters history when he stood above a little 4-foot birdie putt at the second hole. He drew the club back, then propelled it forward. The blade tilted ever so slightly before striking the ball. It never had a chance, skidding past the cup on the right side by a good inch or two — a push, they call it, and a bad one at that.
Michael Phelps recovered from a stunning failure in his first event of the World Swimming Championships to lead off a dominating United States victory in the 400m freestyle relay on Sunday. South Africa’s Roland Schoeman set the first world record of the meet in the semifinals of the 50m butterfly.