[ad_1] According to the national hole-in-one registry, the odds of two holes-in-one in one round are 67,000,000 to 1. While the odds of making back-to-back holes-in-one are not available (because, well, why are odds needed on something that is never going to happen), that rare occurrence took place Friday when Frank Bensel Jr. made two straight aces at the 2024 U.S. Senior Open during his second round at Newport Country
[ad_1] Jun 29, 2024, 08:40 PM ETDETROIT -- Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai each shot 4-under 68 on Saturday to reach 17 under through three rounds and share the lead for the second straight day at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.Cam Davis (66) and Cameron Young (67) were a shot back at soggy and windy Detroit Golf Club. Sam Stevens (66) and Erik van Rooyen (68) were another stroke back.Amateur Luke
[ad_1] DORTMUND, Germany -- Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand hit out at "ridiculous handball rules" and said "this is not how football should be" after two VAR decisions in the space of two minutes against his team helped Euro 2024 hosts Germany seal a 2-0 round-of-16 victory in Dortmund.Premier League referee Michael Oliver ruled out a Joachim Andersen goal on 48 minutes following a VAR intervention that highlighted a marginal offside
[ad_1] Robert MacIntyre, with father Dougie at his side as his caddie, held on to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title.Four strokes ahead entering the final round at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, MacIntyre shot a 2-under 68 to beat playing partner Ben Griffin by a stroke. On the par-4 18th, the 27-year-old Scottish left-hander two-putted for par from 12 feet, holing out
[ad_1] NEWPORT — The rest of the field at this 44th U.S. Senior Open might wind up needing some help.Hiroyuki Fujita looks in control entering the final round at Newport Country Club. Saturday did nothing to dent his advantage or his confidence atop the leaderboard.Fujita got up and down at the tough par-4 18th to finish a 3-under 67, expanding his edge by one shot. He sits at 14-under heading into Sunday, the only
[ad_1] GolfShubhankar Sharma, three others in join-lead at Italian Open after three rounds.Looking to end his title drought which has lasted six years on the European Tour, Shubhankar Sharma carded a bogey-free 4-under 67 to get into a four-way lead after three rounds at the Italian Open in Rome.Sharma, who had already secured his berth at the Open in Royal Troon next month by the virtue of a top-10 finish
[ad_1] Full-field events will be the name of the game for the rest of the PGA Tour season, with the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic taking center stage this week at Detroit Golf Club. Visiting the Donald Ross design for the sixth time, players will look to embark on a sizzling summer stretch as the FedEx Cup Playoffs stand just six tournaments away.Someone in need of a strong finish to his
[ad_1] Jun 28, 2024, 07:47 PM ETDETROIT -- Akshay Bhatia walked down a fairway at Detroit Golf Club, looking for his ball after a long, straight tee shot, and found it in an improbable spot -- underground, after it fell into a drain.Bhatia said he and the PGA Tour rules official, who granted a free drop, had never seen anything like it."It was kind of one-in-a-million chance that ball goes
[ad_1] Jun 28, 2024, 09:35 PM ETNEW YORK -- Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena misplayed a fly ball in Friday night's 7-2 loss to the New York Mets while participating in an in-game interview.Peña was involved in an interview with Apple TV+ just before New York's Jeff McNeil popped up toward the shortstop area with one out in the bottom of the second inning. Peña was shaded toward the second-base
[ad_1] Yuka Saso became a U.S. Women's Open champion for the second time Sunday and took her place in history with a rare footnote — the first Filipina to win the Women's Open in 2021, and now the first from Japan to win women's golf' biggest event.No matter the flag, the 22-year-old Saso delivered a masterful performance at Lancaster Country Club with a 2-under 68. She ran off four birdies
