Gladiators fall to 0-2 on the season

The host Gladiators’ rally fell short in a 52-49 home loss to Baltimore.

Arvell Nelson, filling in for starter Tanner Marsh, threw two touchdown passes late in the fourth quarter but the rally fell short after a Nelson to Collin Tayor TD with 45 seconds left in the game.

Quentin Sims and Taylor each scored two touchdowns for the Gladiators (0-2). QB Tanner Marsh threw for 288 yards and four TDs for Cleveland.

The Gladiators next play at Tampa Bay on April 22.

Golf

BRYAN WINS IN SOUTH

CAROLINA >> Wesley Bryan remembers pestering players with a lot of crazy questions at Harbour Town Golf Links as he followed father George III’s only appearance at the RBC Heritage in 2004.

“I was probably the most annoying 14-yearold there was,” Bryan said.

Once a pesky teen, Bryan’s now a PGA Tour winner.

Bryan rallied from four-shots down Sunday to win his home state tournament, closing with a 4-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Luke Donald.

Bryan, a South Carolina native who played college golf for the Gamecocks, moved into contention with four consecutive birdies on the front nine. He took the lead with a birdie on the 15th hole and finished at 13-under 271.

Bryan earned $1.17 million, a tour exemption through the 201819 season and a spot in the 2018 Masters.

While excited about the breakthrough victory, Bryan believes it’s just a stepping stone to bigger dreams he’s had since playing the game as a child.

“At the end of the day, it doesn’t really change anything other than I now have one PGA Tour victory,” he said. “There are a lot of guys that have just one PGA Tour victory. My one goal is to get number two at this point.”

Donald shot 68 in his latest close call at Harbour Town Golf Links — it was his fifth secondplace finish here since 2009.

The 27-year-old Bryan tapped in for par on the closing, 18th lighthouse hole to make the former trick-shot artist the first South Carolinian to win the state’s lone PGA Tour event.

Ollie Schniederjans, Patrick Cantlay and William McGirt tied for third, two strokes behind Bryan.

Schniederjans shot 68, Cantlay 67 and McGirt 69.

STEPHEN B. MORTON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wesley Bryan, right, is congratulated by his caddie William Lanier, left, after Bryan won the RBC Heritage on April 16.