Ryu wins by two in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — So Yeon Ryu found her winning touch at Blythefield Country Club. Ryu won the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday, closing with a 5-under-par 67 for a two-stroke victory over Caroline Masson. The 29-year-old South Korean golfer has six LPGA Tour victories, winning twice last year. “I’ve been working really hard with my coach and my psychologist, trainer, my whole team,” Ryu said. “Finally I was able to find the last piece to put everything together, so it’s really, really meaningful to me.” The two-time major champion birdied the par-5 16th and par-4 17th, then parred the par-4 18th to finish at 21-under 267. Two strokes behind Anna Nordqvist and Lee-Anne Pace entering the round, Ryu had six birdies and a bogey in the final round. Masson closed with a 70-foot birdie putt for a 68. Lydia Ko shot a 67 to finish third at 18 under, while Nordqvist and Pace each shot a 73 — after each had a 64 in the third round — to tie for fourth at 17 under with Jacqui Concolino (66), Azahara Munoz (68) and Angela Stanford (70). Ariya Jutanugarn closed with a tournament-record 62, making birdies on five of the first seven holes, an eagle on No. 8 and three more birdies to finish 12th at 15 under.
TENNIS
› STUTTGART, Germany — Roger Federer defeated Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (3) Sunday in the Stuttgart Open final to win the first tournament he had played in three months. The 36-year-old Swiss great, who is assured of regaining the No. 1 ranking from rival Rafael Nadal today, broke at 1-1 in the opening set and held his nerve in the second, when Raonic double-faulted. Federer skipped the entire clay-court season for the second year in a row, but he wrapped up his 18th grass-court title in 1 hour and 18 minutes. It’s his 98th title overall and third of the season after victories at the Australian Open and the World Tennis Tournament. Federer extended his grass-court winning streak to 16 matches, including his titles at Halle and Wimbledon last year. He will need to repeat as champion at Halle to maintain his No. 1 spot ahead of Wimbledon, which starts July 2 in London.
BASKETBALL
› CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Summitt is being remembered again, this time with a plaza and statue in her hometown. The Leaf-Chronicle reported Pat Head Summitt Legacy Plaza and a statue of the late University of Tennessee women’s basketball coaching legend was unveiled Friday in Clarksville’s Liberty Park, where Olympic gold medalist
Wilma Rudolph is also recognized. Summitt was previously remembered with statues in Knoxville and at UT-Martin, where she played in the 1970s. The Clarksville statue’s sculptor was Brett Grill of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He said in a news release from Clarksville officials it’s fitting Summitt is remembered with the new statue in her hometown. A pioneer for women’s basketball, she coached the Lady Volunteers to a 1,098-208 record from 1974 to 2012, leading the program to eight NCAA championships. Summitt was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2011 and stepped down after the 2011-12 season. She died on June 28, 2016, at the age of 64.
› NEW YORK — Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson will be honored with the NBA’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the NBA Awards on June 25. Robertson, the career leader with 181 triple-doubles and the first player to average one for a season, was rookie of the year in 1961, MVP in 1964 and won a championship with Milwaukee in 1971. The guard was a ninetime selection to the All-NBA first team and was voted one of the league’s 50 greatest players.