Jimenez wins Chubb Classic
Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Chubb Classic for his seventh PGA Tour Champions title, beating Bernhard Langer and Olin Browne with a five-foot par putt on the first hole of a playoff in Naples, Fla. Jimenez closed with a five-under-par 66 to match Langer and Browne at 13-under 200.
“I’m working hard and I practice and go to the gym, apart from smoking and drinking,” Jimenez said. “This is what I love to do. I love to play golf. To me, competing is my life.”
Kevin Sutherland and Woody Austin each shot 69 to finish a shot out of the playoff.
Nelly Korda added to her family’s impressive sports pedigree Down Under with a win in the Women’s Australian Open. Korda had a third consecutive birdie on No. 12 to help claim a two-stroke victory with a five-under 67, finishing with a 17under 271. Jin Young Ko finished second . ... Ryan Fox won the World Super 6 Perth Lake Karrinyup in Australia, beating Adrian Otaegui in the match-play final
Moments after an electronic review overturned what appeared to give his opponent a match point, Reilly Opelka pounded his 43rd ace to win his first ATP Tour title with a 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7) victory over qualifier Brayden Schnur in the New York Open.
Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka’s rebuilt knee couldn’t quite carry him to the title in the Netherlands. Wawrinka lost his first final since his comeback a year ago from left knee surgeries, succumbing 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to Gael Monfils of France at the ABN AMRO World Tournament . ... Marco Cecchinato of Italy won the Argentina Open final, taking his third career title and disappointing home-crowd favorite Diego Schwartzman. Cecchinato won 6-1, 6-2 on the outdoor clay.
Cain1 Velasquez’s
highly anticipated return from a 2 ⁄2-year layoff proved to be short-lived, as Francis Ngannou knocked out the former twotime champion in 26 seconds. Ngannou (13-3) dropped Velasquez with an uppercut moments into the UFC Fight Night main event in Phoenix.
In perhaps his last race at the world championships, Austria’s Marcel Hirscher produced one of the best runs of his decorated career to set up a big lead in the slalom, then coasted to victory in Are, Sweden. It was his record-tying seventh career gold medal at the event.
The man suspected of shooting former Paraguay national soccer team standout Salvador Cabanas in the head in 2010 was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Mexico. But federal prosecutors said in a statement that a man described only as Jose Jorge “B” was sentenced for organized crime, not attempted murder. Multiple Mexican media outlets said the sentenced man was an alleged associate of the former Beltran Leyva cartel.
Former NFL executive of the year Reggie McKenzie was hired by the Miami Dolphins as a senior personnel executive.