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Romo misses cut badly
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Tony Romo figured his weaknesses would be exposed in his PGA Tour debut. They were — and then some.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback finished last Friday in the 132-man field in the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, bogeying the first six holes in a 10-under 82.
“I’m hitting the ball fine. You just have to score,” said Romo, who opened with a 77 on Thursday. At 15 over, he was six shots worse than the next player on the leaderboard and 28 strokes behind leader Brice Garnett.
Romo received a sponsor’s exemption to the event, which has one of the weaker fields of the year because it is held opposite the World Golf Championships.
MATCH PLAY: In Austin, Texas, Patrick Reed nearly holed a wedge to seize control and finished off Jordan Spieth with a 40-foot birdie putt from behind the 17th green to advance to the weekend of the Dell Technologies Match Play. The 2-and1 loss sent No. 4 seed Spieth home in search of his game with the Masters just two weeks away. Justin Thomas (No. 2) and Sergio Garcia (No. 7) were the only top-10 seeds to advance to the fourth round. With defending champion Dustin Johnson eliminated, Thomas can go to No. 1 in the world if he wins this week.
COLLEGES: In Tucson, New Mexico State is ninth of 15 teams after a firstround 12-over 300 at the MountainView Collegiate. Rio Rancho’s Dominique Galloway (2-over-74) is tied for 22nd.
Djokovic loses in Miami
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Novak Djokovic’s 16-match Key Biscayne winning streak ended, and his struggle to come back from an elbow injury continued.
Djokovic lasted barely an hour at a tournament he has won six times, losing his opening match Friday in the Miami Open to unseeded Benoit Paire, 6-3, 6-4.
The defeat was Djokovic’s third in a row. He returned from a six-month injury absence at the Australian Open and lost in the fourth round, and was upset two weeks ago at Indian Wells by Taro Daniel, a 109th-ranked qualifier.
In women’s play, Naomi Osaka’s breakthrough winning streak ended with a loss to No. 4-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-2.
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OBITUARY: H. Wayne Huizenga, a college dropout who built a business empire that included Blockbuster Entertainment, AutoNation and three professional sports franchises, died Thursday night at his home at age 80. Huizenga was founding owner of baseball’s Florida Marlins and the NHL Florida Panthers — expansion teams that played their first games in 1993. He bought the NFL Miami Dolphins and their stadium for $168 million in 1994 from the children of founder Joe Robbie but had sold all three teams by 2009.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: New Mexico’s scheduled doubleheader at Nevada on Friday was postponed because of bad weather. They hope to play today.
SOCCER: In Dortmund, Germany, Usain Bolt trained again with German soccer club Borussia Dortmund on Friday and this time scored a header and a penalty in front of nearly 1,500 spectators, including 137 accredited journalists.
AUTO RACING: Hendrick Motorsports got a little bit of breathing room Friday in its sponsorship chase by agreeing to a four-year extension with Axalta to sponsor a combined 25 races per season between Alex Bowman and William Byron. The deal runs through the 2022 season. NMSU BASEBALL: In Las Cruces, Caleb Henderson went 2-for-5, with a homer and four RBIs, to lead the Aggies (14-9) past Seattle, 12-6. NMSU scored three times in both the seventh and eighth innings to pull away.