Off the wire
GOLF Garrigus leads by 1
Robert Garrigus made a birdie after a rock saved his ball from water and had a one-stroke lead at 9-under 63 when first-round play in the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open at Oakville, Ontario, was suspended Thursday because of high wind and potential lightning strikes. Garrigus made five consecutive birdies on Nos. 2-6, then birdied four of the last six holes — three of them par 5s. PGA Tour rookie Adam Schenk was second. He birdied the first five and last three. Chris Stroud was third at 65, and Ben Crane, Hudson
Swafford and Ian Poulter shot 66. David Lingmerth (Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 3-under 69. Matt Atkins (Henderson State) had a 1-over 73.
DeChambeau out front
Bryson DeChambeau shot a 6-under 66 to take the first-round lead at the European Open on Thursday at Hamburg, Germany. The 25-year-old American carded his best European Tour round in more than two years for a oneshot lead. DeChambeau had seven birdies in all. He birdied all but one of the five par-5s, including at the ninth — his last hole. He dropped a stroke on the par-4 No. 3. French trio Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Joel Stalter and Romain Wattel, and German Benedict Staben, are tied for second at 67. Masters champion
Patrick Reed finished with backto-back birdies for a 2-under 70 at Green Eagle Golf Courses. Defending champion Jordan Smith shot 71. Pep Angles (Central Arkansas) had a 1-over 73.
Joh leads ladies by 4
Tiffany Joh credited her “hot putter” as she shot a career-best 9-under 62 at the Ladies Scottish Open at Gullane, Scotland, to take a four-shot lead after Thursday’s first round. The 31-year-old American opened and finished her round with birdies. In-Kyung Kim, Amy
Yang and Jenny Shin all shot 66 to share a three-way South Korean tie for second place at Gullane Golf Club. Gaby Lopez (Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 1-over 72.
Trainer’s 62 dominates
Martin Trainer shot a 10-under 62 on Thursday for the first-round lead at the Web.com Tour’s Price Cutter Championship at Springfield,
Mo. Alex Prugh, Rafael Campos and Kyle Jones were tied for second at one stroke back. Wes Roach, Brandon Crick and Jared Wolfe were tied at 8 under. Taylor Moore (Arkansas Razorbacks) was one of 11 players tied at 7 under. Tag Ridings (Razorbacks) shot an even-par 72. Patrick Sullivan (Maumelle, UALR) had a 1-over 73.
Two lead Senior Open American Kirk Triplett and Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand shot 7-under 65s Thursday to lead the PGA Champions Tour’s Senior British Open by one stroke after the opening round. Bernhard Langer is tied for fifth with a 5-under 67 alongside former PGA champion David Toms and another American, Scott McCarron, with the trio one shot behind former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and Canadian Stephen Ames. As many as 16 players shot 68 or less on a bright and breezy day on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. John Daly (Dardanelle, Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 3-under 69 and was tied for 17th. Glen Day (Little Rock) had a 3-over 75.
SWIMMING
Ledecky cruises to victory Katie Ledecky led all the way to win the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championships in Irvine, Calif., earning a second event to swim in Japan next month. Ledecky touched first in 1 minute, 55.82 seconds on Thursday night, second-fastest in the world this year behind her top time of 1:54.66 she swam in June. Ledecky qualified to swim the 200 free at the Pan Pacific championships in Tokyo in August, as well as the 800 free after winning it on Wednesday. Swimming in the lane next to Ledecky, three-time Olympian Allison Schmitt chased Ledecky the entire race and finished second in 1:54.60. Also earning trips to Japan were third-place Gabby Deloof and Olympian Leah Smith, who was fourth. Andrew Seliskar surprised a field including five Olympians to win the men’s 200 free in 1:45.70, third-quickest in the world this year. Micah Sumrall, who took time off after failing to make the 2016 Olympic team, won the 200 breaststroke by 1.26 seconds. Sumrall touched in 2:22.06, fourth-best in the world this year. Lilly King, the Olympic 100 breast champion, was fifth. The men’s 200 breast stroke winner was 2016 Olympic silver medalist Josh Prenot in 2:07.28, the world’s fastest time this year.
SOCCER
U.S. rolls, beats Japan Alex Morgan capped a hat trick by converting off a dazzling piece of footwork by Tobin Heath, and the U.S. rolled to a 4-2 victory over Japan on Thursday night in its opening match of the four-team Tournament of Nations at Kansas City, Mo. Megan Rapinoe also had a goal and an assist for the world’s top-ranked team, which hasn’t lost since the Americans dropped their opening match of the same tournament to Australia last year. Morgan scored her first goal in the 18th minute when she flicked a pass from Rapinoe past Japanese goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita. And her second came eight minutes later, when Emily Sonnett gathered a cross from Crystal Dunn and popped it ahead to Morgan, who headed in the goal. The hat trick was complete after Heath, who had just entered as a substitute, made two Japanese defenders look foolish along the end line. She then swung a centering pass that was deflected to Morgan, who deposited it for her first threegoal game since Olympic qualifying in February 2016. Rapinoe added her goal in the 66th minute.
TENNIS
Baghdatis advances Marcos Baghdatis beat fifth-seeded Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 6-1 on Thursday in the Atlanta Open to set up a quarterfinal match against fourth-seeded Matthew Ebden. The 33-year-old Baghdatis, from Cyprus, has won two consecutive matches at Atlantic Station after losing seven of his previous eight. Ebden, from Australia, beat local favorite Donald Young 6-4, 6-4. Cameron Norrie, the British left-hander who starred at Texas Christian, also advanced, beating sixth-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Norrie will face the winner of the late match between second-seeded Nick Kyrgios and Noah Rubin.