GOLF
Tom Kim closed with a 5-under 67 and completed a bogey-free week in Las Vegas with a victory at the Shriners Children’s Open when Patrick Cantlay fell apart on the final hole Sunday.
Kim became the first player since Tiger Woods in 1996 to win twice on the PGA Tour before turning 21. The 20-year-old South Korean won the Wyndham Championship in August to earn a tour card, and he’s been soaring ever since.
But he needed some help from Cantlay, who could have gone to No. 2 in the world with a win at TPC Summerlin.
They traded birdies along the back nine and came to the par-4 18th hole tied for the lead when it all fell apart for Cantlay. He was first to play and hooked a 3-wood left of the fairway into a desert bush in a ravine.
Kim belted driver into the fairway, and by the time he finally played his second shot to the green, Cantlay was lying four in the bottom of the pond.
Cantlay tried blasting out of the bush to no avail. He took a penalty drop. He then hit out of the desert sand and into the pond. He finished with a 35-foot putt for triple bogey, falling into a share of second place with Matthew NeSmith (66).
LPGA: Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England got her first LPGA Tour win in her 246th attempt, closing with a 1-under 71 for a one-shot victory over Yuka Saso in the LPGA Mediheal Championship at Camarillo, California.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Jon Rahm became a three-time winner of the Spanish Open, matching the achievement of his hero, Seve Ballesteros, by shooting a 9-under 62 for a six-stroke victory.
Rahm finished at 25 under, bettering his own tournament record from 2019 by three shots.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Steve Stricker closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory in Jacksonville, Florida, in the Constellation Furyk & Friends – his fourth PGA Tour Champions title this year.
Stricker finished at 14-under 202 in winning for the third time in his last four starts. Harrison Frazar closed with a 65 to finish alone in second.
HOCKEY
NHL: The Tampa Bay Lightning suspended defenseman Ian Cole pending an investigation into allegations made on social media that he sexually abused a woman when she was a minor.
The Lightning said Sunday night they were fully cooperating with the NHL on an investigation and were making the decision to suspend Cole until they gather more details.
Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press that the league had no prior knowledge of the allegations until they were posted on social media.
Cole’s agent did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Among the allegations posted anonymously to Twitter on Friday by an account created last month, the person said Cole pressured her into having sex multiple times when she was a minor after he had reached the NHL.
AUTO RACING
FORMULA ONE: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen clinched his second consecutive championship by winning the Japanese Grand Prix in the rain at Suzuka.
Verstappen, 25, has been dominant all season and claimed the title with four races to spare.
TENNIS
ASTANA OPEN: Novak Djokovic needed only 75 minutes to win his 90th tour title, overcoming third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 in Kazakhstan.
AGEL OPEN: Iga Swiatek lost in a final for the first time in three years, as Barbora Krejcikova claimed a title for the second straight week, rallying from a set down to win the final 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
It was only the second loss in 12 career finals for Swiatek, the world’s No. 1 player.
JAPAN OPEN: Taylor Fritz defeated Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in an all-American final.
SOCCER
MLS: Alex Monis scored the equalizer for the Chicago Fire in the second minute of second-half stoppage time in a season-ending 1-1 draw with the visiting New England Revolution.
Dylan Borrero scored for the Revolution (10-12-12), who missed the playoffs.
ENGLAND: Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th club goal of his career to earn Manchester United a 2-1 victory at Everton.
It was his 144th goal for United across two spells at the club. He also netted 450 for Real Madrid, 101 for Juventus and five for Sporting.
• Bukayo Saka converted a penalty kick to give Arsenal a 3-2 win over Liverpool and keep the Gunners at the summit of the Premier League.
ROAD RACING
CHICAGO MARATHON: Kenyan runners Benson Kipruto and Ruth Chepngetich won the Chicago Marathon, while Emily Sisson finished second and set a record for an American woman.
Kipruto finished in 2:04:24 – 25 seconds ahead of 2021 winner Seifu Tura Abdiwak of Ethiopia. John Korir of Kenya was third at 2:05:01.
Chepngetich was the top woman for the second consecutive year, with the second-fastest time ever by a woman – 2:14:18. Sisson was second in 2:18:29, breaking the U.S. record of 2:19:12 set in January by Keira D’Amato.
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