Former golfer Peete dies
McNealy fires 61, leads Stanford to Pac- 12 crown
Calvin Peete, who taught himself how to play golf at 24 and became the most successful black player on the PGA Tour before the arrival of Tiger Woods, died Wednesday morning, the PGA Tour said. He was 71.
The tour did not have a cause of death. Murray Brothers Funeral Home in Atlanta confirmed it was handling the arrangements but did not release additional information.
Peete won 12 times on the PGA Tour, mainly on the strength of his uncanny accuracy off the tee. Peete led the PGA Tour in driving accuracy for 10 straight years starting in 1981, and he captured the Vardon Trophy over Jack Nicklaus in 1984. He also played on two Ryder Cup teams.
Maverick McNealy n tied a Stanford record with a 61 in the final round of the Pac- 12 men’s golf championships, earning medalist honors and lifting the Cardinal to its second straight league title. Stanford overcame a nine- shot deficit heading into the final round at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Washington, to win by 14 strokes over Oregon. McNealy finished at 18- under 262, 10 shots clear of second- place Aaron Wise of Oregon. Cal’s KK Limbhasut ( 280) tied for sixth, and the Bears finished seventh.
Tiger Woods has n added the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia to his summer schedule. The tournament starts July 2.
Soccer
Dario Benedetto scored three goals, and Club America of Mexico beat the host Montreal Impact
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— ASSOCIATED PRESS 4- 2 to win the CONCACAF Champions League title. Club America won the twogame series 5- 3 after tying Montreal 1- 1 last week in Mexico City.
Major League Soccer n suspended Chicago Fire midfielder Matt Watson, Sporting Kansas City midfielder Servando Carrasco and Real Salt Lake midfielder John Stertzer for one game each and fined them undisclosed amounts for their conduct in games last weekend.
Bradley Wright- Phillips n scored on a penalty kick in the first half, and the New York Red Bulls ( 3- 0- 4) tied the Colorado Rapids ( 1- 2- 5) 1- 1 to remain MLS’s only undefeated team.
College football
The College Football Playoff management committee approved having weekly rankings again this season but put off making a decision on how to incorporate the Army- Navy game into the final rankings when the game is played after selection Sunday.
Miscellany
Five- time Brickyard 400 winner Jeff Gordon was named this year’s Indianapolis 500 pace car driver. Gordon will hop in the pace car for a few laps on May 24 before heading to Charlotte to compete in the Coca- Cola 600 later that night.
Kanak Jha of Milpitas n and partner Timothy Wang of Houston lost to the Swedish team of Kristian Karlsson and Mattias Karlsson in the second round of the men’s doubles at the Table Tennis World Championships in Suzhou, China. Jha and Wang were the last USA players in the tournament.
Blake Perry allowed n four hits over six innings, outdueling San Jose’s Chase Johnson, as the visiting Visalia Rawhide beat the Giants 2- 0.