Green hangs on to lead in Women’s PGA
CHASKA, Minn. — Hannah Green has a one-shot lead going into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and fresh evidence that going after her first LPGA Tour victory at a major won’t be easy.
Green three-putted for bogey on the 18th hole at Hazeltine National Golf Club for a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday, leaving her one shot clear of two-time major champion Ariya Jutanugarn, who had a 68.
Green stood over a 6-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole that would have given the 22-year-old Australian a four-shot lead. The putt spun in and out of the cup. Jutanugarn holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th, and Green sputtered at the end.
She was at 9-under 207, with only five players within five shots of the lead.
In other golf news:
• Chez Reavie shot a 7-under 63 and took advantage of second-round leader Zach Sucher’s problems to take a sixstroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Conn. Reavie was six shots behind Sucher at the turn and then matched the tournament record with a back-nine 28. Reavie had a 16-under 194 total at TPC River Highlands. He birdied
Nos. 10-13, 15 and 17-18 in his back-nine spree. Sucher had a 71 to drop into a tie for second with Keegan Bradley (69) at 10 under. Sucher dropped five strokes on the first three holes on the back nine, making a bogey on 10 and double bogeys on 11 and 12.
• Steve Flesch birdied the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and the second-round lead in the American Family Insurance Championship at Madison, Wis.,, with tournament host Steve Stricker (67) a stroke back in his hometown tournament. Flesch played the back nine at University Ridge in 5-under 31 to reach 11-under 133.
HORSE RACING
Santa Anita bans Hollendorfer
Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was banned by the ownership of Santa Anita after a fourth horse from his stable died — the 30th overall — at the Southern California track.
The Stronach Group, which owns the track, said in a statement that Hollendorfer “is no longer welcome to stable, race or train his horses at any of our facilities.”
On the recommendation of a special panel convened to review horses’ medical, training and racing history, the track’s stewards scratched four horses trained by Hollendorfer that were entered to run Saturday and Sunday.
A 4-year-old gelding trained by Hollendorfer was injured Saturday while exercising on the training track and was euthanized. It was the first death of the meet on the training track, which is not used for racing.
It was the 30th death since the racing season began Dec. 26. The track closes for the season Sunday.
TENNIS
Murray making most of comeback
Andy Murray is on the verge of completing a remarkable return after hip surgery.
The three-time Grand Slam champion and Feliciano Lopez completed a busy day at the Queen’s Club in London by defeating the third-seeded Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia 7-5, 6-7 (5), 10-7 to reserve their place in the doubles final.
PRO SOCCER
Dash, Spirit play to scoreless draw
The Dash remained unbeaten on the road after playing to a scoreless draw against the Washington Spirit in at National Women’s Soccer League match at Boyds, Md.
Goalkeeper Jane Campbell had two saves as the Dash improved to 3-2-4 overall and 2-0-2 in away matches.
MOTOR SPORTS Herta youngest on IndyCar pole
Colton Herta became the youngest pole winner in IndyCar history, topping qualifying at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., with a lap of 1 minute, 42.9920 seconds on the 4.014-mile circuit.
At 19 years, 83 days, Herta broke the mark of 20 years, 90 days set by Graham Rahal in 2009 at St. Petersburg, Fla. In other news:
• Kyle Larson captured the pole for NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway for the third consecutive year. Larson reached an average lap speed of 95.712 mph in his Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet to earn his first pole of the season. William Byron was second for Hendrick Motorsports.
• Lewis Hamilton again peaked when it mattered to clinch a record-extending 86th career pole position at the French Grand Prix in Le Castellet. The five-time Formula One world champion finished 0.286 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas.
HOCKEY
New salary cap triggers trades
On the second day of the NHL draft, the salary cap crashed the party.
P.K. Subban, Patrick Marleau and J.T. Miller were on the move as teams tried to get into position to bring back their own players or add to their roster during free agency. The trades started before Ottawa opened the second round with American center Shane Pinto taken at No. 32 overall.
A day after taking American center Jack Hughes at No. 1 overall, New Jersey acquired Subban in a trade with Nashville. The Predators picked up defensemen Steven Santini and Jeremy Davies, the 34th pick in this year’s draft and a second-rounder next year.
Toronto created $6.2 million in cap space by trading Marleau to Carolina. Aside from landing a 21-year veteran, the Hurricanes acquired a conditional first-round pick and a seventh-round selection in next year’s draft.
Tampa Bay shed the remaining four years of Miller’s $26.25 million contract by sending him to Vancouver. The Lightning received journeyman minor-league goalie Marek Mazanec and two draft picks in the deal, including a conditional 2020 first-round selection.
Teams will be working with a salary cap of $81.5 million. The league year begins with the start of free agency July 1.
PRO BASEBALL Skeeters’ bats silent in 3-0 loss
Christian Friedrich allowed three hits and struck out six over seven innings to help New Britain blank Sugar Land 3-0 in Atlantic League play at New Britain, Conn.