MAGIC NUMBERS

2

Players who have won three legs of golf’s Grand Slam before their 24th birthday: Jordan Spieth and Jack Nicklaus. Spieth, who turns 24 on Thursday, also is the youngest British Open winner since Seve Ballesteros (1979, age 22).

5

Cyclists who have won the Tour de France four or more times. Chris Froome on Sunday joined five-time winners Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil.