Storms interrupt a wild day at The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Chad Ramey became the only player to reach double digits under par at The Players Championship. The TPC Sawgrass, as usual, had the final say.
Ramey put two tee shots in the water on the island-green 17th hole Friday for a quintuple-bogey that cost him a three-shot lead on a day of wild swings and, eventually, wild weather.
The second round was suspended with half the field unable to finish the round because of a storm system.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa and Adam Svensson of Canada shared the lead at 8-under par, both doing what it takes to stay in front on this course. They didn't make a bogey Friday — Bezuidenhout through 14 holes, Svensson through 11 holes — and they have only one for the week.
Ben Griffin was the clubhouse leader. The former mortgage loan officer, who already had one close call in Bermuda late last year, was playing an exquisite round until taking double bogey on his final hole for a 1-under 71.
Griffin was at at 6-under 138. Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa was 6 under through 11 holes, while Min Woo Lee was at 6 under with three holes left in his round.]
Jon Rahm, the world's No. 1 player had a bad stomach bug and withdrew about 30 minutes before his tee time.
ELSEWHERE Shiffrin secures record-tying win
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-tying 86th World Cup race Friday with victory in a giant slalom at Are, Sweden.
Shiffrin's win matched the overall record set by Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark 34 years ago.
NFL: The Chicago Bears traded the No. 1 overall selection in next month's NFL draft to the Carolina Panthers on Friday for a haul of draft picks and veteran wide receiver D.J. Moore, according to a person familiar with the deal.
The Panthers sent Chicago their first-round pick (No. 9 overall) and second-round selection (No. 61) in April's draft, as well as a 2024 first-round selection, 2025 second-rounder and Moore.
On Thursday, Otis Taylor, a graceful former star wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs who caught the touchdown pass that nailed down the team's upset victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV in 1970, has died. He was 80.
NBA: Joel Embiid made a fadeaway jumper from the foul line with 1.1 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 120-119 comeback victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Embiid scored 39 points, shaking off a double-team from Jusuf Nurkic and Damian Lillard on the winner. Anfernee Simons led Portland with 34 points.
Swimming: Three-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the New South Wales State Open swim championships.
McKeown finished in 2 minutes, 03.14 seconds, taking 0.21 seconds off American Regan Smith's 2019 mark.
Tennis: Stefanos Tsitsipas was beaten 7-6 (0), 4-6, 7-6 (5) by Aussie Jordan Thompson in second-round play at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
In women's play, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka defeated Evgeniya Rodina, 6-2, 6-0. No. 9 Belinda Bencic lost to Jil Teichmann, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.