GOLF

Hadwin becomes ninth PGA player to break 60

Adam Hadwin shot a 13-under 59 on Saturday in the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, California, for the ninth sub-60 round in PGA Tour history and the second in 10 days.

Justin Thomas had an 11-under 59 last week in Hawaii in the first round of his Sony Open victory. Hadwin matched David Duval’s tournament record, a 13-under 59 on the Arnold Palmer Private Course in the final round of his 1999 victory. Jim Furyk shot a tour-record 12-under 58 last year in the Travelers Championship.

Hadwin took a one-shot lead at 17-under 199.

EUROPEAN: U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson shot an 8-under-par 64 in the third round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to catapult into title contention in his first event of 2017.

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CHAMPIONS: Bernhard Langer was declared the winner of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, after strong winds blowing across the course halted the tournament.

“I know a lot of people are disappointed but I’m not,” Langer said.

SKIING

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: Lindsey Vonn is back on top in just the second race of her comeback from a knee injury and a broken arm.

The American edged defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut to win a downhill event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and claim career victory No. 77, moving her within nine wins of the record held by Ingemar Stenmark.

BASKETBALL

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NBA D-LEAGUE: Jalen Jones scored 29 points, Abdel Nader had 23 points, six rebounds and six assists, and the Maine Red Claws (18-9) hit 12 3-pointers in the first half to beat the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (15-9) 112-107 in Mississauga, Ontario, in the NBA D-League Showcase.

After Fort Wayne opened the second half with a 15-6 run to make it 72-72, the Red Claws closed the quarter strong to lead 88-83.

SOCCER

PREMIER LEAGUE: Wayne Rooney became Manchester United’s record scorer after moving on to 250 goals by netting a stoppage-time equalizer in a game on the road against Stoke.

Rooney had been tied at 249 goals with Bobby Charlton, who has held the record since 1973.

FIGURE SKATING

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U.S. NATIONALS: Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier weathered a few bobbles through their free skate, skating to the music of “Somewhere in Time,” to overtake Marissa Castelli and Mervin Train and win the pairs title at Kansas City, Missouri.

Denney and Frazier finished with a score of 188.32 to finish atop a tightly grouped set of three. Melissa Castelli and Mervin Tran came from fourth after the short program with a solid performance to a medley from Journey to finish with 186.28 points, and Ashley Cain and Tim LeDuc – the leaders after the short program – finished with 184.41.

HORSE RACING

ECLIPSE AWARDS: California Chrome was an easy choice as horse of the year, one of the trophies he picked up at the awards banquet.

California Chrome became the eighth horse to win Horse of the Year twice and joined John Henry as only the second to do so in non-consecutive years, also prevailing in 2014. He also won the older male dirt division.

– Staff and news service report


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