Glover’s wife arrested
The wife of former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover is facing a domestic violence charge stemming from an altercation with Glover and his mother after he missed the 54-hole cut at The Players Championship.
Krista Glover was arrested Saturday night and taken to the St. John’s County Jail. She was released the next day after posting $2,500 in bonds.
She faces a May 31 court date on misdemeanor charges of domestic violence battery and resisting arrest without violence.
According to the offense report, Glover and his wife were having an altercation after the third round of The Players Championship, where Glover shot 78. The report said that when his mother, Hershey Glover, tried to intervene, Krista Glover began attacking her.
The sheriff ’s report said Glover’s mother declined to pursue charges.
The report said Glover told the deputy his wife often starts arguments with him after he plays poorly.
GOLF
Marquette freshman Hunter Eichhorn shot a 1under-par 71 to make an 18-spot jump into a tie for 19th place, while Matt Murlick’s even par 72 brought him up 12 spots into a tie for 25th after two rounds at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship Bryan Regional, hosted by Texas A&M at Traditions Club.
Eichhorn is 1-over-par through 36 holes, while Murlick is 2-over-par. Both entered the second round tied for 37th place. Eichhorn is nine strokes behind leaders Chandler Phillips and Brandon Smith of Texas A&M, who are tied for the individual lead at 8-under-par.
Wednesday’s final round will determine qualification for the NCAA Championships.
Ex-PGA great Ford dies: Doug Ford, the oldest surviving Masters champion and a former PGA player of the year, died at the age of 95.
Ford was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. He won the 1955 PGA Championship, and then two years later won the Masters when he shot 66 in the final round to rally from a three-shot deficit to Sam Snead.
Ford was the PGA player of the year that season. He collected the first of his 19 tour victories in 1952, and his last win was in 1963.
HOCKEY
Finland handed the United States its first defeat at the world championship in a 6-2 thumping in Herning, Denmark.
Sebastian Aho scored a couple of opening-period goals for Finland and added one more into an empty net to finish the scoring to become the championship leader with nine goals and eight assists.
The Americans’ first defeat in seven games dropped them to second in Group A and they will play in the quarterfinals against the Czech Republic.
TENNIS
Former top-20 player Alize Cornet was cleared of a doping charge by an independent tribunal.
The International Tennis Federation announced that the decision was made because a doping control officer “did not satisfy all of the requirements” in trying to locate Cornet, a 28-year-old from France, for what originally was considered a third missed out-of-competition drug test in a 12-month span. Missing three tests in a year is considered a doping offense.
She has been ranked as high as No. 11, in 2009, and is currently No. 32.
SOCCER
Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero is analyzing legal options after a doping ban ruled him out of the World Cup.
Guerrero was set to captain Peru in Russia at its first World Cup appearance since 1982.
Guerrero tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, at a World Cup qualifying game against Argentina in October. His lawyers argued the stimulant was accidentally consumed in contaminated tea.