Funk, Clarke taking part in Charity Skins Game
Golfers Fred Funk and Darren Clarke will join the previously announced David Duval and Blaine Mccallister at the inaugural Charity Skins Game on Aug. 16 at Mohawk Golf
Club.
Funk is an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour and has prevailed nine times on the PGA Tour Champions circuit. Clarke has won 21 events worldwide, including the British Open in 2011, and has played in the Ryder Cup in 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 and was captain in 2016.
The event benefits the Boys & Girls Club of Schenectady.
More golf: Lee Westwood said he has asked both the European tour and the PGA Tour for the release required to play in the first event of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational series, a $25 million event at Centurion Club in England from June 9-11.
Baseball: Kelsie Whitmore relieved for the Staten Island Ferryhawks with the bases loaded and retired former major leaguer Ryan Jackson, becoming the first woman to pitch in the independent Atlantic League.
NFL: Veteran defensive end Adam Gotsis has signed a one-year contract to rejoin the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Soccer: Real Madrid booked a spot in the May 28 final in Paris against Liverpool. The 13-time European champions rallied late with two goals in two minutes by substitute Rodrygo to force extra time and beat Manchester City 3-1 to reach its first final in four seasons . ... In Major League Soccer, Calvin Harris and Luciano Acosta scored, and Cincinnati defeated 10-man Toronto 2-0.
Tennis: Rafael Nadal got off to a good start in his return from a rib stress fracture, defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1. 7-6 (4 ) in two sets to reach the third round at the Madrid Open. In the women’s draw, 12th-seeded American Jessica Pegula defeated homecrowd favorite Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the semifinals.
— Staff, wire reports