Westwood has career-low at Bay Hill, takes 1-shot lead

ORLANDO, FLA. » Lee Westwood made a pair of 30-foot putts over the final three holes Saturday, one for eagle and the other a closing birdie, for a 7-under

65 that gave England’s ageless wonder a one-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Westwood turns 48 next month and is feeling younger by the years, coming off a third European Tour title and still easily among the top 50 in the world.

Now he goes up against U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, whose

68 included a birdie on the par-5 sixth hole in which he cut off so much of the water he had only 70 yards for his second shot on the 531-yard hole.

Jordan Spieth opened with a birdie and a hole-in-one, and shot 68. He was two shots behind.

Shiffrin claims 45th slalom win

JASNA, SLOVAKIA » Mikaela Shiffrin denied her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova a home victory, winning the first World Cup slalom following the world championships.

Shiffrin had a blistering final run to win the race by 0.34 as the pair continued its dominance in the discipline. They have won 31 of the 32 World Cup slaloms held since January 2017.

Allmendinger wins at Vegas

LAS VEGAS » AJ Allmendinger raced to the first victory of his comeback season by passing Daniel Hemric on the final restart in the Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The victory was the sixth in the Xfinity Series for Allmendinger, who retired at the end of the 2018 season rather than drive for an uncompetitive team.

Kupcho’s eagle cuts deficit to 1

CALA, FLA. » Jennifer Kupcho made a 12-foot eagle putt on the final hole to cut Austin Ernst’s lead to a stroke in the LPGA Tour’s Drive On Championship.

Kupcho shot a 2-under 70; Ernst parred the last six holes in a 69.

Kvitova wins Qatar Open

DOHA, QATAR » Petra Kvitova won her first title since 2019 as she swept past Garbiñe Muguruza 6-2, 6-1 to win the Qatar Open final.

Kvitova broke Muguruza’s serve five times in a row to seal the first set and take a commanding lead in the second.