25-year-old gets first win on tour at PGA National
Austin Eckroat won the weather-delayed Cognizant Classic by three strokes Monday in Palm Beach Gardens to capture his first PGA Tour title.
Eckroat was 15 under with a one-stroke lead through seven holes Sunday when play, which had been delayed by rain, was suspended due to darkness at PGA National’s Champion course. He added three birdies and a bogey on the back nine Monday morning to card a 4-under 67 for a winning score of 17-under 267.
Eckroat pocketed $1.62 million following his 50th career start.
“This has always been my dream to win on the PGA Tour,” Eckroat told the Golf Channel. “And just to win, I haven’t won since 2019 — it was a college event. It’s just been so long. I’m just so happy.”
At 25, Eckroat is the youngest winner since Ludvig Aberg (24) at the 2023
RSM Classic. With the win, Eckroat moves from No. 94 to No. 17 in the FedExCup standings and qualifies for the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week at Bay Hill in Orlando.
South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen had been the leader in the clubhouse after finishing at 14 under Sunday. He posted a finalround 63 and tied for second with Australia’s Min Woo Lee (final-round 67).
Five players tied for fourth at 13 under, including rookie Jake Knapp (66). He has posted three top-5 finishes in his last four starts.
Rory McIlroy carded a final-round 68 and finished tied for 21st at 10 under.
SOCCER
Yedlin trade official: Inter MiInter Miami traded former captain and U.S. national team right back DeAndre Yedlin to FC Cincinnati, the club confirmed Monday. In exchange, Inter Miami will receive $172,799 in General Allocation Money for 2024 and free up $683,000 in salary-cap charge, which means a total of $855,799 to use for future moves His guaranteed salary in 2023 was $873,750.
Newly signed Federico Redondo of Argentina will join Sergio Busquets in the midfield, so Julian Gressel will likely shift from midfield to right back to replace Yedlin in the starting lineup.
Inter Miami is in first place in the MLS Eastern Conference after three games with two wins and a tie. Next up is the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 at Nashville SC on Thursday (9 p.m., Apple TV+).
U.S. women bounce back: First-half goals from Lindsey Horan, Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw carried the U.S. women’s national team to a 3-0 win over Colombia on Sunday in a physical CONCACAF W Gold Cup quarterfinal before a crowd of 16,746 at BMO
Stadium in Los Angeles.
With the win, the U.S. advances to Wednesday’s Gold Cup semifinals in San Diego, where the Americans will face Canada, the reigning Olympic champion. Canada beat Costa Rica 1-0 in its quarterfinal Saturday.
Mexico, a 3-2 winner over Paraguay in Sunday’s other quarterfinal, will play Brazil in its semifinal Wednesday. The Seleção advanced with a 5-1 rout of Argentina on Saturday.
The U.S. women bounced back from a shocking loss to Mexico in its previous match.
NBA
Suns: Phoenix will be without guard Devin Booker (sprained right ankle) another 7-10 days, The Athletic reported. He was hurt late in Saturday’s 118-109 loss to Houston.
He is averaging 27.5 points, 6.8 assists and 4.6 rebounds . ... In Sunday’s home loss to Oklahoma City, center Jusuf Nurkic collected a franchise-record 31 rebounds. He was just the fifth player this century to collect at least 30 boards in a game. The most recent was Enes Kanter Freedom, who had 30 for Portland against Detroit Pistons on April 10, 2021.