Glover wins Wyndham, earns spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs
Lucas Glover did more than extend his PGA Tour season Sunday. He won the Wyndham Championship with a 2-under 68 that sends him into the FedEx Cup playoffs with more big opportunities in front of him.
Glover managed a two-hour rain delay at Greensboro, N.C., and took advantage of a faltering Russell Henley to win for the first time in more than two years and earn an unlikely spot in the lucrative postseason.
Justin Thomas ended his season with a shot he won't soon forget.
Needing a birdie on the 18th hole, his pitch from 100 feet short of the hole smacked off the base of the pin and settled inches away as Thomas fell to the ground in disbelief.
Now he has to wait three weeks to see if his worst season — this is the first time Thomas has failed to make the playoffs — will cost him a pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
Glover now has five PGA Tour wins separated by 18 years, and there might not have been another except for deciding to switch to a long putter, a move inspired by Adam Scott. He had been battling the yips, and he made every important putt at Sedgefield Country Club.
The Wyndham Championship is the final tournament before the top 70 qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs that start next week in Memphis, Tennessee.
Glover was at No. 112, a long shot who needed nothing short of a runner-up finish.
DECHAMBEAU SHINES >> Bryson DeChambeau became the fourth player on a top-level tour to shoot 58, making birdie on his last four holes to finally capture his first LIV Golf title at the rain-softened Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
DeChambeau holed a 35-foot putt on the par-3 18th and leapt in the air with both arms extended to celebrate his lowest score ever and first LIV victory.
Jim Furyk had a 58 in the Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour in 2016, while Ryo Ishikawa at The Crowns in 2010 and S.H. Kim at the 2021 Golf Partner Pro-Am each shot 58 on the Japan Golf Tour. BOUTIER WINS >> Celine Boutier won the Women's Scottish Open by two strokes to back up her victory at the Evian Championship last week for her first major title.
The No. 4-ranked French player shot 2-under 70 in her final round to clinch back-to-back LPGA wins and will head into the upcoming Women's British Open at Walton Heath in southern England with plenty of confidence.
Motorsports
KIRKWOOD WINS AT NASHVILLE >> Kyle Kirkwood easily held off Scott McLaughlin over a final shootout after a late red flag and won the Music City Grand Prix at Nashville, Tenn., for his second career victory.
Kirkwood, 24, started eighth and led a race-high 34 laps. He took the lead for good on lap 54.
Alex Palou, the series points leader, finished third and padded his season lead to 84 points with four races remaining.
NASCAR RACE SUSPENDED >> The NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway was suspended due to rain and was scheduled to resume today. The Fire-Keepers Casino 400 began after a 1-hour, 43-minute rain delay. And 74 laps later, precipitation pushed the drivers out of their cars during a red-flag stoppage that lasted nearly an hour before the 200lap race was postponed.
WNBA
OGWUMIKE LEADS SPARKS >> Nneka Ogwumike had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, Azurá Stevens made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 17 points and the Sparks beat the Washington Mystics 91-83 to snap a four-game losing streak.
Jordin Canada, who made 9 of 10 from the free-throw line, had 15 points for the Sparks (10-18).
Sparks coach Curt Miller became the fifth-fastest in WNBA history to reach 150 career wins and became one of three coaches (Van Chancellor and Lin Dunn) with at least 275 collegiate and 150 professional wins.
Tennis
GAUFF WINS DC OPEN >> Coco Gauff claimed the last three games of each set to defeat Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3 in the DC Open women's final for the fourth WTA Tour singles title of her career. Gauff, 19, did not drop a set all week in the hard-court tournament that is a tuneup for the U.S. Open, which begins in New York on Aug. 28. This was her second trophy of the season, alongside one in Auckland, New Zealand, in January.
In the men's final, Dan Evans became, at age 33, the oldest men's champion in Washington since Jimmy Connors was 35 in 1988 by beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-5, 6-3 in a final delayed by more than two hours in the second set because of a thunderstorm. It was the second ATP Tour title for Evans, who will rise from No. 30 to a career-high No. 21 in the rankings today.
NFL PANTHERS, HOUSTON AGREE TO DEAL >>
The Carolina Panthers agreed to terms with four-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Justin Houston on a one-year contract. Houston, a 12-year NFL veteran, gives the Panthers the veteran edge rusher to play opposite Brian Burns. Houston has 111 1/2 sacks during his career, including 9 1/2 last season for Baltimore.
Soccer ARSENAL WINS COMMUNITY SHIELD >>
Arsenal beat Manchester City 4-1 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in regulation to win the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium. Cole Palmer curled in a 78th-minute goal to give City the lead, only for Leandro Trossard to score with a deflected shot in the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time, taking the game to penalties.
Cycling
REMARKABLE WIN >> Mathieu van der Poel crashed while leading the road race at the world championships, breaking his shoe and tearing his jersey, yet the Dutch cyclist maintained his poise, quickly remounted and pulled away for a remarkable victory.
Also, Italian endurance star Filippo Ganna won the men's individual pursuit title; Henrique Avancini of Brazil won his second men's mountain bike marathon title and Mona Mitterwallner of Austria regained her women's title; and Lotte Kopecky of Belgium won her second straight elimination race title.