Max Homa, who made the simplest cuts in a whole PGA Tour season in 2017, closed with a four-under 67 to shrink back from the sphere and win the Wells Fargo Championship at Charlotte, North Carolina. Home commenced the nine with two birdies to construct a four-shot lead and didn’t make any mistakes until it best affected the last margin.
Homa, who became the NCAA champion at Cal in 2013, won for the first time in his 68th start as a professional. The victory gets him into the two-week PGA Championship and the Masters next April.
LPGA: Sei Young Kim overcame a difficult beginning to win the MEDIHEAL Championship at cold and windy Lake Merced in Daly City, California, outlasting Bronte Law and Jeongeun Lee with a birdie on the first hollow of a playoff.
CHAMPIONS: Scott McCarron received the Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands, Texas, for his 10th Tour victory and second in 3 weeks.
EUROPEAN: Mikko Korhonen of Finland edged Benjamin Hebert on the first playoff hole to complete his comeback and win the China Open at Shenzhen.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR: The Cup race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware was postponed by rain and may run on Monday.
Chase Elliott, ultimate week’s winner at Talladega, gained the pole and could lead the field to inexperienced at 12:01 p.M. Dover hasn’t held a Monday race in view since 2007.
ROAD RACING
PRAGUE MARATHON: Almahjoub Dazza of Bahrain won the guys’ name, and Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel became the fastest lady.
Dazza pulled far from a group of 4 main runners to win in 2 hours, five minutes, and fifty-eight seconds. Salpeter left the rest of the sphere behind and ran me to complete in 2:19 forty-six, a race document and her non-public best.
TRIESTE HALF-MARATHON: Noel Hitimana of Rwanda gained it to Italy every week after the race revoked its ban on African runners following an outcry of racism accusations. Hitimana clocked 1 hour, three minutes, and 28 seconds. Volha Mazuronak of Belarus received the girl’s race in 1:thirteen:56.
CYCLING
COMPETITOR SIDELINED: Egan Bernal of Colombia broke his collarbone in an education coincidence, ruling him out of the upcoming Giro d’Italia.
Bernal was one of the pre-race favorites and was predicted to steer Team Ineos—formerly Team Sky—during the three-week Giro, which starts next weekend.
BOWLING
CANDLEPINS: Shannon Scribner of the Big 20 in Scarborough and Chris Merrill of Stars & Strikes in South Paris received season-ending singles open state championships at Allplay Family Center in Waldoboro.
Scriber defeated Amanda Carroll of the Big 20 inside the 10-string scratch ladies’ final, 1,136 to at least one,113. Merrill defeated Doug Smith, additionally of Stars & Strikes, 1,220 to at least one,157. The finals matched the top 12 men’s and ladies’ bowlers from an eight-match collection that commenced in overdue September.
TENNIS
MADRID OPEN: Naomi Osaka and other top-seeded gamers gained their commencing matches, while Caroline Wozniacki withdrew due to injury, and Garbine Muguruza became dissatisfied.
The pinnacle-ranked Osaka, the reigning U.S. Open and Australian Open champion, hit forty-three winners, including eight aces, at the outside red clay to beat the 2016 finalist, Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
