The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

HOT CORNER

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1 PRO GOLF: Collin Morikawa withdrew from the final round of the Memorial on Sunday because of back spasms, keeping him from a chance to win for a second time at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. Morikawa had shot 68 in the third round and was two shots out of the lead. He said he was doing pre-round exercises when a muscle in his lower back gave out.

2 BASKETBALL: The U.S. team (Cierra Burdick, Hailey Van Lith, Linnae Harper and Cameron Brink) beat France 16-12 to win the gold medal at the 3-on-3 women’s World Cup on Sunday in Vienna, Austria, while Serbia prevented an American sweep by rallying to beat the U.S. 21-19 in the men’s title game. It was the third World Cup title for the American women — and their first since 2014. In the men’s final, the U.S. (Jimmer Fredette, Canyon Barry, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis) had a 19-15 lead before Serbia — which has won gold in six of the eight World Cups — scored the final six points.

3 AUTO RACING: Haas team principal Guenther Steiner was reprimande­d by the FIA for calling race stewards at the Monaco Grand Prix “laymen” after he disagreed with their decision to penalize one of his drivers. The reprimand will not incur a penalty or fine. Steiner apologized to stewards in a meeting Saturday. He made that apology public in a statement released by Haas on Sunday before the Spanish GP.

4 PRO GOLF: Tom Mckibbin held off a German challenge to win the European Open in his debut season on the European tour Sunday. The 20-year-old from Northern Ireland started the final round as one of six players tied for the lead at 6 under par and went on to win by two shots on 9 under overall in Hamburg, Germany. He finished his round of 3-under 70 with birdie on the par-five 18th after missing an eagle putt. Marcel Siem (71) and Maximilian Kieffer (70), who were both bidding to become the first German in 15 years to win a tour event on home soil, shared second place along with French player Julien Guerrier (72).

5 PRO BASEBALL: The Arizona Diamondbac­ks extended manager Torey Lovullo’s contract through the 2024 season. The deal is the third straight one-year extension for the longest-tenured manager in team history. Lovullo is 446-483 in seven seasons, with one playoff appearance. Lovullo led the D’backs to the 2017 NL division series in his first season.

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