McIlroy reveals he has a heart ailment
Rory McIlroy says he has a heart ailment that will have to be monitored regularly but is not expected to affect his play.
McIlroy said in an interview with the Telegraph that he has a thickening of the left ventricle. He says doctors told him it was caused by a viral infection he suffered in China 18 months ago.
He says he’ll get an electrocardiogram every six months and an MRI once per year.
McIlroy says he’s fully recovered from the rib injury he suffered a year ago.
Brian Harman’s game stayed with him from one island to the next in Hawaii as he made eagle on his last hole for a seven-under 63 and a three-shot lead in the Sony Open. Harman played in the final group at Kapalua last week and tied for third.
Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for slapping a phone out of a fan’s hand. Hood was forced to leave Wednesday’s game against the Washington Wizards after receiving a second technical foul. He knocked the phone out of a fan’s hand while walking past the man who was sitting courtside and looked to be recording Hood exiting the court . ... The season is over for the Miami Heat’s Dion Waiters. The team announced that Waiters has decided to have surgery on his long-problematic left ankle. Waiters has said that he was told it might take eight to 10 months to recover from such a procedure.
American David Wise will get the chance to defend his Olympic gold medal after clinching a spot in the Pyeongchang Games with a victory in a ski halfpipe qualifier in Snowmass, Colo.
Angelique Kerber won her eighth straight match of the new season, coming from 3-1 down in the final set to beat qualifier Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 to reach the Sydney International final. She will face Ashleigh Barty, who beat Australian compatriot Daria Gavrilova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the other semifinal. In men’s semifinals, Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev booked a spot in the final by upsetting fourth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Medvedev will play Australian Alex de Minaur, who defeated Benoit Paire of France 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.