UNLV’S Hall shoots 65; team finishes eighth at Pate event

UNLV senior Harry Hall fired a 5-under 65 in the final round to help the Rebels finish eighth in the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate at

Old Overton Country Club in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.

Ninth-ranked UNLV shot its best round of the tournament (1-over 281) to finish at 23over 863. Host Alabama won the tournament at 12-under 828.

Hall moved up to a tie for 11th at even-par 210.

Golf: U.S. Open and PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka earned the Jack Nicklaus Award trophy as the PGA Tour player of the year.

College football: South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley is expected to return as the Gamcocks’ starter against No. 22 Texas A&M on Saturday after missing last week with a left knee injury.

Olympics: The price tag keeps soaring for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite local organizers and the International Olympic Committee saying that spending is being cut.

A report just released by the national government’s Board of Audit shows Japan is likely to spend $25 billion to prepare for the games, and the final number could go even higher.

That is nearly a four-fold increase over Tokyo’s winning bid in 2013, which the report said projected costs of $7.3 billion.

Beach volleyball: Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings will pair with defensive star Brooke Sweat in an attempt to make it to the Summer Games for a sixth time.