The Spectrum Daily Newsthespectrum.com 3B Sports NFL All Times MST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WLTPctPFPA New England1120.846349230 Miami850.615281301 Buffalo670.462325301 N.Y. Jets490.308229324 South WLTPctPFPA Houston760.538229274 Tennessee760.538321306 Indianapolis670.462328333 Jacksonville2110.154240338 North WLTPctPFPA Pittsburgh850.615317256 Baltimore760.538279237 Cincinnati571.423268269 Cleveland0130.000207375 West WLTPctPFPA Kansas City1030.769302255 Oakland1030.769358320 Denver850.615296242 San Diego580.385350347 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East WLTPctPFPA N.Y. Giants940.692255244 Washington751.577330317 Philadelphia580.385290272 South WLTPctPFPA Atlanta850.615428345 Tampa Bay850.615293296 New Orl.580.385358351 Carolina580.385311337 North WLTPctPFPA Detroit940.692295268 Green Bay760.538333312 Minnesota760.538258225 Chicago3100.231221290 West WLTPctPFPA Seattle841.654274232 Arizona571.423299277 Los Angeles490.308194304 San Fran.1120.077251393 x-clinched playoff spot Games Los Angeles at Seattle, 6:25 p.m. NBA All times MST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WLPctGB Toronto177.708— New York1410.5833 Boston1311.5424 Brooklyn617.26110 1 2 Philadelphia618.25011 Southeast Division WLPctGB Charlotte1411.560— Atlanta1213.4802 Orlando1115.4233 1 2 Washington914.3914 Miami817.3206 Central Division WLPctGB Cleveland185.783— Chicago1311.5425 1 2 Indiana1312.5206 Detroit1313.5006 1 2 Milwaukee1112.4787 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WLPctGB San Antonio195.792— Houston187.7201 1 2 Memphis179.6543 New Orleans818.30812 Dallas618.25013 Northwest Division WLPctGB Oklahoma City159.625— Utah1510.600 1 2 Portland1214.4624 Denver916.3606 1 2 Minnesota718.2808 1 2 Pacific Division WLPctGB Golden State224.846— L.A. Clippers187.7203 1 2 Sacramento915.37512 L.A.
Lakers1017.37012 1 2 Phoenix717.29214 Games Indiana 110, Charlotte 94 Miami 112, Washington 101 Toronto 122, Milwaukee 100 Houston 122, Brooklyn 118 Dallas 112, Denver 92 L.A. Clippers 121, Portland 120 Sacramento 116, L.A. Lakers 92 Games Cleveland 103, Memphis 86 Orlando 131, Atlanta 120 Golden State 113, New Orleans 109 Minnesota 99, Chicago 94 New York at Phoenix, late Oklahoma City at Portland, late Games Charlotte at Washington, 5 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 5 p.m. L.A.
Clippers at Orlando, 5 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 6 p.m.
Sacramento at Houston, 6 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utah, 7 p.m. Boston at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. NHL All Times MST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GPWLOTPtsGFGA Montreal291964429264 Ottawa2916112347078 Boston3016122347171 Tampa Bay2914132308181 Florida3013134307182 Detroit3013134307181 Toronto2811116288187 Buffalo2811116286275 Metropolitan Division GPWLOTPtsGFGA Pittsburgh2919734110484 N.Y.
Rangers31201014110672 Columbus271854409057 Washington281873397661 Philadelphia31181033910194 New Jersey2812106306982 Carolina2912116307782 N.Y. Islanders2811125277385 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GPWLOTPtsGFGA Chicago311984428371 Minnesota281684368057 St. Louis3016104368285 Nashville2813114308481 Dallas3112136308198 Winnipeg3213163298296 Colorado2711151236086 Pacific Division GPWLOTPtsGFGA San Jose2917111357163 Anaheim3015105358381 Edmonton3215125359488 Calgary3116132348186 Los Angeles2814122307476 Vancouver3012162267394 Arizona2910145256691 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Games Pittsburgh 7, Arizona 0 Boston 2, Montreal 1, OT Games Buffalo 6, Los Angeles 3 Washington 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Carolina 8, Vancouver 6 Chicago 2, N.Y.
Rangers 1 Arizona 4, Detroit 1 San Jose 3, Toronto 2, SO Nashville 6, St. Louis 3 Minnesota 5, Florida 1 Dallas 6, Anaheim 2 Columbus 3, Edmonton 1 Games San Jose at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Boston at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Calgary, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 8 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL USA Today Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 11, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: RecordPtsPvs 1. Villanova (28)10-07961 2. UCLA (2)10-07502 3. Kansas (1)9-17123 4.
Duke (1)10-16904 5. Baylor8-06576 6. North Carolina10-16345 7. Kentucky9-16287 8. Gonzaga10-06028 9.
Indiana8-15349 10. Creighton10-052610 11. Louisville9-144913 12. Virginia8-143212 13. West Virginia8-142316 14.
Wisconsin9-234617 15. South Carolina8-032018 16. Purdue8-230519 17. Xavier8-225814 18. Butler9-125715 19.
Arizona8-222020 20. Saint 21. Notre Dame9-118022 22. Oregon8-212224 23. Cincinnati7-26123 23.
Florida 25. Southern Others receiving votes: Florida 48, Wichita State 29, Maryland 23, Syracuse 16, Virginia Tech 14, Miami 13, Michigan tate 9, Arkansas 7, California 7, Oklahoma State 7, Colorado 5, Iowa State 4, Michigan 3, Middle Tennessee 3, TCU 2, Texas 2, Minnesota 1, Texas-Arlington 1. College Basketball Scores Tuesday, Dec. 13 EAST Hartford 70, Dartmouth 66 Hofstra 96, Stony Brook 58 UMass 65, NC 59 Villanova 78, Temple 57 Yale 90, CCSU 59 SOUTH Clemson 93, SC State 65 Denver 64, South Alabama 51 Georgia Southern 72, Florida Gulf Coast 59 Louisiana Tech 65, Prairie View 52 SC-Upstate 76, Presbyterian 48 Tennessee 74, Tennessee Tech 68 VMI 88, Charleston Southern 83 MIDWEST Cincinnati 96, Texas Southern 58 Michigan 97, Cent. Arkansas 53 Wright St.
85, Urbana 34 SOUTHWEST New Mexico St. 79, UTEP 68 Sam Houston St. 78, Sul Ross State University 57 USA Today Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 12, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: RecordPtsPvs 1. UConn (32)9-08002 2.
Notre Dame9-17531 3. Maryland11-07254 4. Baylor10-17233 5. Mississippi State9-06565 6. South Carolina7-16446 7.
Florida State10-16067 8. Louisville8-25548 9. UCLA7-15539 10. Stanford8-151110 11. Washington10-147411 12.
Miami8-141613 13. Ohio State8-340912 14. West Virginia10-037614 15. Oregon State6-128316 16. DePaul6-326915 17.
Texas3-423017 18. Syracuse8-321519 19. South Florida7-018522 20. Duke10-117521 21. Arizona State6-215423 22.
Oklahoma7-213720 23. Kentucky7-312418 24. California9-011024 25. Virginia Others receiving votes: Colorado 54; Green Bay 51; Oregon 27; Michigan State 26; Oklahoma State 26; Texas 15; Florida 11; Northwestern Michigan Kansas State Gonzaga Auburn Georgia Tech Penn State Tennessee 1. College Basketball Scores Tuesday, Dec.
13 EAST Drexel 69, Niagara 57 Rutgers 53, Seton Hall 45 Saint 75, NJIT 36 St. 59, Fordham 45 St. 65, Fairleigh Dickinson 43 SOUTH Arizona St. 69, Middle Tennessee 48 Campbell 69, St. 33 Jackson St.
83, SE Louisiana 66 Jacksonville St. 70, Alcorn St. 66 McNeese St. 78, Louisiana-Monroe 52 Morehead St. 84, North Florida 65 MIDWEST Michigan 69, Ohio 46 North Dakota 79, Mary 67 Northwestern 88, 44 SOUTHWEST Bluff 71, Tougaloo 60 Mississippi St.
58, UALR 44 FAR WEST Arizona 73, Grambling St. 46 N. Colorado 90, Colorado Christian 47 Nevada 70, Holy Names 42 GOLF World Golf Ranking Through Dec. 11 1. Jason DayAUS11.37 2.
Rory McIlroyNIR10.20 3. Dustin JohnsonUSA9.86 4. Henrik StensonSWE8.97 5. Jordan SpiethUSA8.43 6. Hideki MatsuyamaJPN7.64 7.
Adam ScottAUS6.75 8. Patrick ReedUSA5.56 9. Alex NorenSWE5.46 10. Bubba WatsonUSA5.43 11. Danny WillettENG5.27 12.
Rickie FowlerUSA5.18 13. Sergio GarciaESP4.90 14. Paul CaseyENG4.86 15. Justin RoseENG4.65 16. Branden GraceSAF4.49 17.
Brooks KoepkaUSA4.48 18. Russell KnoxSCO4.27 19. Phil MickelsonUSA4.25 20. Matt KucharUSA4.23 21. Jimmy WalkerUSA4.15 22.
Justin ThomasUSA4.07 23. Charl SchwartzelSAF3.79 24. Tyrrell HattonENG3.74 25. Louis OosthuizenSAF3.74 26. Emiliano GrilloARG3.72 27.
Rafael Cabrera BelloESP3.60 28. Brandt SnedekerUSA3.57 29. J.B. HolmesUSA3.54 30. Matthew FitzpatrickENG3.47 31.
Francesco MolinariITA3.32 32. Kevin ChappellUSA3.27 33. Daniel BergerUSA3.24 34. Yuta IkedaJPN3.22 35. Ryan MooreUSA3.19 36.
Scott PiercyUSA3.16 37. Jim FurykUSA3.11 38. Zach JohnsonUSA2.97 39. Chris WoodENG2.87 40. Bernd WiesbergerAUT2.81 41.
Bill HaasUSA2.80 42. Shane LowryIRL2.73 43. Lee WestwoodENG2.73 44. Kevin NaUSA2.71 45. Byeong Hun AnKOR2.69 46.
Andy SullivanENG2.68 47. Soren KjeldsenDEN2.67 48. Thomas PietersBEL2.67 49. Gary WoodlandUSA2.64 50. Kevin KisnerUSA2.61 TRANSACTIONS Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Agreed to terms with RHP Logan Ondrusek on a one-year contract.
DETROIT TIGERS Named Josman Robles Latin American performance coach; Mike Rojas manager and Brian Harper hitting coach of Toledo (IL); Jeff Mathers strength and conditioning coach and T.J. Obergefell trainer of Erie (EL); Ramon Vazquez hitting coach of Lakeland (FSL); Mike Rabelo manager, Jorge Cordova pitching coach and Mike Hessman hitting coach of West Michigan (MWL); Gerald Laird manager, Rafael Martinez hitting coach and Jarad Branski trainer of Connecticut (NYP); Rafael Gil manager, Mike Alvarez pitching coach and Francisco Contreras hitting coach of the GCL Tigers West; Jesus Garces manager and Luis Rodriguez strength and conditioning coach of the GCL Tigers East; and Marco Yepez manager of the DSL Tigers. HOUSTON ASTROS Signed a 30-year lease agreement with Fayetteville, N.C. to relocate their Class A Advanced affiliate to Fayetteville beginning with the 2019 season. LOS ANGELES ANGELS Traded Jett Bandy to Milwaukee for Martin Maldonado and RHP Drew Gagnon.
NEW YORK YANKEES Agreed to terms with INF Ruben Tejada on a minor league contract. TEXAS RANGERS Designated RHP Brady Dragmire for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Carlos Gomez on a one-year contract. National League ATLANTA BRAVES Agreed to terms with LHP John Danks on a minor league contract. COLORADO ROCKIES Agreed to terms with Ian Desmond on a five-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Webb on a minor league contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES Claimed RHP Zach Lee off waivers from Seattle. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Agreed to terms with INF Emmanuel Burriss, LHP Tim Collins and RHPs Michael Broadway and Jacob Turner on minor league contracts. American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS Signed RHP Conrad Wozniak. Traded OF Yeico*k Calderon to River City (Frontier) to complete an earlier trade.
LAREDO LEMURS Signed RHPs Carlos Leon and Jose Nivar. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES Traded OF Matty Johnson to Laredo for OF Burt Reynolds. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Assigned Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot to Delaware (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS Placed Tyvon Branch, Deone Bucannon and OT Ulrick John on injured reserve. Released Drew Butler.
Signed QB Zac Dysert and Matt Wile from the practice squad and LB Scooby Wright III from practice squad. BALTIMORE RAVENS Released KR Devin Hester. BUFFALO BILLS Placed James Ihedigbo on injured reserve. Released LB Bryson Albright. Signed Shamiel Gary and OT Michael Ota from the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS Waived DB Bausby. Signed TE Mycole Pruitt. CINCINNATI BENGALS Released PK Mike Nugent. Claimed PK Randy Bullock off waivers from Pittsburgh. CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed DL Gabe Wright from the practice squad and WR Mario Alford to the practice squad.
DALLAS COWBOYS Waived RB Darius Jackson. Activated RB Darren McFadden from the injury list. HOUSTON TEXANS Placed WR Braxton Miller on injured reserve. Signed WR Wendall Williams from the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Placed CB Patrick Robinson on injured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS Placed Mike Pouncey on injured reserve. Signed QB T.J. Yates. MINNESOTA VIKINGS Signed OT Marquis Lucas and TE Kyle Carter to the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS Terminated the practice squad contracts of HB George Winn and OL Laurence Gibson.
Signed OL Adam Gettis to the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS Placed Marcus Gilchrist and OT Breno Giacomini on injured reserve. Signed Ronald Martin and OL Craig Watts from the practice squad. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Placed Daniel Kilgore on injured reserve. Signed OL Alex Balducci from the practice squad and OL Mitchell Van Dyk to the practice squad.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Released Major Wright. Signed DT John Hughes III. TENNESSEE TITANS Added RB David Fluellen to the practice squad. WASHINGTON REDSKINS Placed DE Anthony Lanier II on injured reserve. Released DL Trevon Coley and DB Lee Hightower from the practice squad.
Signed LB Nick Moody. Signed DL A.J. Francis and DB Shak Randolph to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES Assigned Laurent Dauphin to Tucson (AHL). BOSTON BRUINS Reassigned Dan Vladar to Providence (AHL).
CAROLINA HURRICANES Activated Jordan Staal from injured reserve. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Activated Jonathan Toews from injured reserve. NEW YORK ISLANDERS Returned Scott Mayfield to Bridgeport (AHL). Reassigned Kyle Schempp from Bridgeport to Missouri (ECHL). OTTAWA SENATORS Assigned Chris Driedger from Binghamton (AHL) to Wichita (ECHL).
SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED Traded Clint Irwin to Toronto for Mark Bloom and general allocation money. COLORADO RAPIDS Traded Jermaine Jones to LA for a 2017 first-round draft pick. LA GALAXY Named Curt Onalfo coach. MINNESOTA UNITED Traded Chris Duvall and general allocation money to Montreal for Johan Venegas. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Signed Jimmy Medranda to a three-year contract, Kevin Ellis to a two-year contract and Alec Kann to aone-year contract.
ORLANDO CITY SC Traded Donny Toia to Atlanta for a 2017 first-round draft pick. COLLEGE ALBANY (NY) Announced the retirement of soccer coach Caitlin Cucchiella. ARIZONA Announced junior QB Anu Solomon will transfer. DELAWARE Named Danny Rocco football coach. FLORIDA ATLANTIC Named Lane Kiffin football coach.
MINNESOTA Suspended DBs Ray Buford, KiAnte Hardin, Dior Johnson, Antonio Shenault and Antoine Winfield RBs Carlton Djam and Kobe McCrary; QBs Seth Green and Mark Williams, and DL Tamarion Johnson, indefinitely from all team activities STETSON Announced the retirement of baseball coach Pete Dunn. TEMPLE Named Geoff Collins football coach. VANDERBILT Announced basketball Camron Justice is leaving school at the end of the fall semester. WEST TEXAS Named Hunter Hughes football coach. WINSTON-SALEM STATE Signed football coach Kienus Boulware to a contract extension through 2020.
TODAY IN SPORTS AP Sportlight Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA Dec. 14 1920 Jack Dempsey knocks out Bill Brennan in the 12th round at Madison Square Garden to retain his world heavyweight title. 1965 Rookie Rick Barry of the San Francisco Warriors scores 57 points in a 141-137 loss to the New York Knicks. 1975 Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar grabs an NBA-record 29 defensive rebounds in a 110-100 victory over Detroit. 1982 Marcel Dionne of the Los Angeles Kings scores his 500th goal in a 7-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.
1985 UCLA beats American University 1-0 in the eighth overtime period, in the longest soccer match held in the United States, to capture the NCAA soccer title. 1986 Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins sets an NFL record with the seventh 400-yard game of his career as he passes for 403 yards and five touchdowns in a 37-31 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Marino hits Mark Duper with a 20-yard touchdown pass in overtime to win the game. 1991 Desmond Howard, the second-leading scorer with 23 TDs, wins the Heisman Trophy by the second-biggest margin in history. The Michigan receiver beats runner-up Casey Weldon of Florida State by 1,574 points.
1997 The New York Jets equal the NFL mark for greatest turnaround in modern NFL history with their 31-0 victory over Tampa Bay. The Jets, 1-15 last season, post their ninth win of the season. 2002 Marvin Harrison breaks Herman 1995 mark of 123 catches. STANDINGS SCORES LOCAL GOLF SOUTHGATE (Dec. 13) POD Jill Jill Gross 1st Pat Knott, Donna Schoen, Linda Edgeton, Nancy Nielsen 2nd Natalie Montoya, Marlene Delmue, Nadine Lyngle, Phyllis Schmeidt Net 1st Bettie Eggett, Janet Welsh, Kris Cook, Barbara Taylor 2nd Martha Burbidge, Pat Healey, RaeNyce Wittwer, Margaret Curran Closest to Pin Maggie Leatherman, Karren Nielson SKY MOUNTAIN (Dec.
12) POD: TOE 1- Anne Lee (28) $16.00 T-2nd Joyce Stevens, T- Sandie Ulery (31) $12.00 Closest to Pin Carol Buma: Round of Golf BLOOMINGTON (Dec. 13) Tee to Green White Tees 1- Carol Gutwein 46.0 2- Gail Anderson 48.0 Silver Tees 1- Anne McDougall 44.0 2- Coleene Smart 46.0 3- Peggy Cruse 47.0 4- Janet Killian 47.5 5- Suzun Abbott 48.0 6- Anne McKie 48.5 ORLANDO, Fla. Jack Nicklaus has been designing and building golf courses around the world for the last four decades, and most of his work has been overseas during the last 10 years. But his latest project in Turkmenistan is as intriguing as any of them. Few people there even play golf.
At least not yet. The president of the Central Asian nation, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, announced in October that he wants a golf course built ahead of the Asian Games next year. Nicklaus said the Ash- gabat Golf Club should be finished in April (but not playable until July), and more courses are planned for a holiday area along the Caspian Sea. Turkmenistan is north of Iran and framed by the Caspian Sea to the west and Afghanistan to the east. really know why the president wanted Nicklaus said over the weekend.
has about 2,500 ex-pats who live in Ashgabat who wanted golf, and he knows that golf is an Olympic sport and got the Asian Games next year. He wanted the golf course done before Golf is not the first sport that interested Berdymukhamedov. He also had three ice hockey facilities built in the country that is largely covered by the Karakum Desert and reaches highs of 120 degrees in the summer. time he brought something in, not just the capital. He said, want all my provinces to He brought horses in, he brought hockey in.
And doing the same thing with Nicklaus said. takes it to all his He said the president wants a championship golf course and a golf Nicklaus already has made five trips to Turkmenistan, and he said the project will include golf courses in Awa- za, a tourist zone along the Caspian Sea. Nicklaus said Awaza has 33 five-star hotels occupied only by the Turkmen from June to September, even though the weather is pleasant enough to go from April until early November. He said Turkmenistan issued fewer than 1,000 tourist visas last year, but the plan was to make Awaza more of a tourist destination. now going to put golf in seaside Nicklaus said.
Stenson awards The European awards are starting to pile up for British Open champion Henrik Stenson. The 40-year-old Swede was European Tour player of the year for a season in which he won his first major, the Race to Dubai for the second time and was the silver medalist in return to the Olympics. Stenson also has been awarded the Golf Writers Trophy by the British-based Association of Golf Writers. never grow tired of being weighed down with Stenson said. The Golf Writers Trophy is for those who were born or reside in Europe and have made the most outstanding contributions in golf for the year.
Stenson set the major championship record for a 72-hole score at 264 in a duel with Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon, where the Swede joined Johnny Miller as the only players to close with a 63 to win a major. He also won the BMW International Open in Germany. Stenson also won the Golf Writers Trophy in 2013. talk about receiving recognition from your colleagues and your peers but in this instance great to be receiving that recognition from some of the most knowledgeable media in the Stenson said. Nicklaus Trump Jack Nicklaus said his schedule kept him from going to two previous presidential inaugurations, but he plans to be in Washington next month when president- elect Donald Trump is sworn in.
And he be alone. called and said, want you to bring that kid that can really Nicklaus said. That kid is 55-year-old Jack Nicklaus II. Trump still raves about his speech Jackie Nicklaus gave when his father was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. time he talks to Barbara and me he says, is the best speech I ever Nicklaus said.
called personally to ask me to Nicklaus has known Trump for years and designed Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx. last stand Just when you thought golf was done for the year, there is one final tournament that ends on Christmas Day and could decide whether Thongchai Jaidee returns to the Masters. called the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship, an Asian Development Tour event in Thailand from Dec. 22-25 at Rancho Charnvee Resorts and Country Club. Such events typically award only six points to the winner.
However, Thong- chai is No. 52 in the world, and that raises the strength of field enough to award nine points. And just what he needs to make the top 50. The top 50 in the final world ranking of the year on Dec. 26 are invited to the Masters.
one more week at the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship, and I hope to do well Thongchai said. going to take a rest at home, but also spend some time at the gym to build up my physical He also might want to work on his putting. bronze Matt Kuchar had no idea how much the Olympics would mean to him until that bronze medal was draped around his neck. Kuchar, the last of four Americans who made it to Rio when Dustin Johnson withdrew, closed with a 63 to finish behind Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson. emotions of winning a medal overwhelmed he said.
know the gravity, how big of a moment that was and what that would mean to me until it He has taken his bronze medal with him most everywhere, including a trip to Head on Long Island. Kuchar went out to play and left the medal in the clubhouse for all to see, and it was hard to miss. barkeep was in charge and he had it hanging on a light Kuchar said. got a lot of hands and eyeballs on it. It was a cool Divots The winner and runner-up of the Kolon Korea Open next year will be exempt into the British Open.
The Korea Open, held in August this year, is moving up two months in 2017 and will be held June 1-4. LPGA Tour will stage the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship next year. The 54-hole event will be July 10-12 at French Lick Resort in Indiana with a total purse of $600,000. John Karsten Solheim takes over as president of Ping on Jan. 1, succeeding Doug Hawken who retires after 45 years.
Solheim is the son of Ping chairman and CEO John Solheim, and the grandson of founder Karsten Solheim. GOLF NOTES Nicklaus busy with project in Turkmenistan DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS WILLIE J. ALLEN Jack Nicklaus wears a smile during the first round of the Challenge Saturday..
