Davis overcomes six-shot deficit, wins Aussie Open

Cameron Davis came from six shots behind going into the final round to win the Australian Open in Sydney by one stroke on Sunday (Australia time), shooting a 7-under 64 that included a birdie on the 18th and an eagle after holing a 100-meter approach shot.

The 22-year-old Australian finished with an 11-under total of 273 at The Australian Golf Club, where gusty and unpredictable afternoon winds made scoring tough for all four rounds.

“I didn’t know where I was, to be honest, after the third round,” Davis said of his six-stroke deficit. “I’m just glad I did enough today to get the job done.”

Sweden’s Jonas Blixt, who missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff, shot 68 to finish tied for second with Matt Jones (68) while third-round leader Jason Day was fifth after a 73, three strokes behind.

Figure skating

Japan’s Satoko Miyahara topped the Skate America short program in Lake Placid, New York, a promising sign for the 19-yearold Olympic hopeful following a hip injury this year. Fremont’s Karen Chen, the reigning U.S. champion, is ninth.

Miyahara, the three-time national champion, missed Four Continents and worlds because of her hip, then finished fifth in the Grand Prix event in Japan. Her score of 70.72 beat out Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto at 69.40 and Canada’s Gabrielle Daleman at 68.08.

American Bradie Tennell is fourth at 67.01 in the 19-year-old’s Grand Prix debut. Ashley Wagner is sixth and Chen ninth to round out U.S. skaters.

It was an otherwise strong day for the Americans. Nathan Chen and Adam Rippon finished 1-2 in the men’s competition to punch Final tickets, and ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani lead after the short dance.

NFL

BILLS’ BENJAMIN AGAINST CHIEFS >>

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Buffalo Bills receiver Kelvin Benjamin will not play against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday because of an injured right knee. He was hurt while being tackled on a 20-yard reception on Buffalo’s opening drive in a 54-24 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers last weekend.

College football NEBRASKA FIRES RILEY

Chip Kelly is back, Mike Riley is out and Scott Frost is a wanted man.

UCLA announced it had hired Kelly, the former Oregon coach, and Nebraska fired Riley within about 15 minutes of each other, closing one high-profile search after less than a week and officially opening another.

With Kelly off the board, one of his former assistants at Oregon becomes the most-sought after coach on the market. Frost is in his second season as UCF coach after leaving the Ducks. He has the 13thranked Knights 11-0 and heading to the American Athletic Conference championship game next week against No. 17 Memphis and coach Mike Norvell, who is also expected to draw interest from Power Five schools with openings, such as Ole Miss and Arkansas.

Frost figures to be the next focus for Florida, where athletic director Scott Stricklin said he was looking for a coach who could bring offensive excitement back to Gainesville. UCF is the highest-scoring team in the country.

Baseball

OHTANI ASSIGNS HOMEWORK >>

Major league teams were given homework this weekend by Shohei Ohtani.

The agent for the star pitcher and outfielder asked for written explanations in English and Japanese on how Ohtani would fit into each organization intending to bid and what makes the team attractive, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.

The memo from Nez Balelo, co-head of CAA Baseball, was distributed to all 30 teams by the commissioner’s office late Friday along with materials for the Dec. 1 vote on a new posting agreement between Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Skiing

SHIFFRIN FALLS SHORT BEFORE LARGE CROWD >>

Mikaela Shiffrin had a roaring crowd in Killington, Vermont, in her corner, possibly the biggest to watch a women’s World Cup race.

But it was not enough to overcome Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg and a mistake early in her run in a stirring duel on Killington’s aptly named Superstar trail.

Rebensburg won her second straight World Cup giant slalom by edging Shiffrin, the overall points leader.

The German finished two runs on Killington’s Superstar trail in 1 minute, 57.63 seconds, with Shiffrin 0.67 back. Manuela Moelgg of Italy held on for third, 1.49 seconds off the lead.

The race took place before about 18,000 fans organizers believe it the largest crowd for a women’s World Cup race.

WORLD CHAMP FEUZ PREVAILS >>

World champion Beat Feuz of Switzerland won the season-opening men’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta. Feuz finished in 1 minute, 43.76 seconds to edge Austria’s Matthias Mayer of Austria by just under a tenth of a second. Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal was third.

Boxing

CHARR COMPLETES COMEBACK WITH VICTORY >>

Seven months after a double hip replacement, Manuel Charr defeated Alexander Ustinov of Russia by unanimous decision for the vacant WBA heavyweight title in Oberhausen, Germany. The judges awarded it 114-111, 116-111 and 115-112 in favor of Charr, who became the first German heavyweight champion since Max Schmeling in the early 1930s.

Soccer

MESSI SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH BARCELONA >>

Lionel Messi finally put Barcelona and its fans at ease by signing a new contract that will keep the Argentine forward at the Spanish club through 2021 when he will be 34.

Motor sports

BOTTAS GRABS POLE POSITION >>

Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton for the second straight qualifying. Hamilton earned his fourth Formula One title last month, but the British driver is keen to avoid a third straight race without a win.

Tennis

FRANCE GOES UP ON BELGIUM >> Richard Gasquet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert

beat Ruben Bemelmans and Joris De Loore 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 to give France a 2-1 lead over Belgium in the Davis Cup final in Lille, France.