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Koh shoots fi nal-round 61 to win New Zealand PGA title Kim wins Singapore LPGA tournament with fi nal-round 64 SINGAPORE, May 2, (AP): Hyo missed the green and a comeback land next week for a tournament ous rounds of 67, 66 and 71 for a Joo Kim a final-round 8-un- putt for par after a poor chip. outside of Bangkok. four-round total of 265, 23-under at der 64 and then watched from the Kim fi nished with a 72-hole total In Te Puke, New Zealand (AP) the par-72 the Te Puke Golf Club. comfort of the clubhouse as Han- of 17-under 271. It was Kim’s fourth – Auckland-based professional “Today was probably the best nah Green bogeyed her final two LPGA title, including a major at the Tae Koh shot a course-record, round of my life to be honest,” Koh holes to hand Kim a one-stroke 2014 Evian Championship. final-round 61 Sunday to win said. “It was quite surreal. victory Sunday in the LPGA’s Green’s 69 left her in second the 85th edition of the New Zea- “The hole-out on fi ve kick-started HSBC Women’s World Champi- land PGA Championship by one the round. It was a perfect number onship. GOLF stroke. and spun back perfectly into the Kim sat in the dining room at Koh started the day in fi fth place hole and it went off from there. I Sentosa Golf Club and munched on and his 11-under par round, which holed everything I looked at.” some late afternoon snacks while place. Three players were tied for included seven birdies and two ea- Defending champion Kazuma watching Green take a one-stroke third – Patty Tavatanakit shot 65 gles, carried him past the overnight Kabori, who won the 2019 tourna- lead to the 17th. But Green three- and third-round leader Lin Xiyu and leaders Josh Geary and Ryan Fox ment as an amateur, fi nished in a In this, April 17, 2021, fi le photo, Hyo Joo Kim, of South Korea, putted the par-3 hole to leave Kim world No. 2 Inbee Park had 70s to in the fi eld of mostly New Zealand tie for 15th place. The tournament watches her shot from the second tee during the fi nal round of tied for the lead. Then the Aus- fi nish two strokes behind. amateurs and professionals. wasn’t held last year due to the cor- the Lotte Championship golf tournament in Kapolei, Hawaii. (AP) tralian bogeyed the 18th after she The LPGA Tour moves to Thai- The 26-year-old Koh had previ- onavirus pandemic. Chastain fi nishes 2nd, Hill 3rd Busch uses second chance, Beauvillier helps Isles wins Truck Series at Kansas KANSAS CITY, Kansas, May 2, to come up through the gears and get Rangers to clinch playoff spot (AP): Kyle Busch blew a restart in going. It just would not go,” Busch overtime that should have cost him a said. “It was just slow. Guys would race he’d dominated at Kansas just swarm us.” Speedway. Given a second chance, Chastain finished second and said Bruins top Sabres Busch corrected his mistake and he wasn’t unnerved when the race earned the 61st Truck Series win of went to a second overtime. He’d just UNIONDALE, N.Y., May his career. beaten Busch on the first restart and 2, (AP): Anthony Beauvil- The win was the fifth straight for figured, “let’s do it again.” Kyle Busch Motorsports and manu- He was satisfied with the second- lier scored twice and Se- facturer Toyota has won all seven place finish and called it progress for myon Varlamov stopped Truck Series races this year. Busch Niece Motorsports. 28 shots for his league- has won twice this year. Austin Hill was third and neither leading seventh shutout Busch won the first two stages he or Chastain thought they had any- and led a race-high 59 of the 140 thing for Busch once Busch got past of the season as the New laps. He got beat by Ross Chastain them on the last restart. York Islanders beat the when the race first went to over- “I thought I did everything right rival Rangers 3-0 to clinch time as Busch struggled to get his on that restart, thew it on the a playoff spot for the third Tundra through the gears. apron saw Chastain go up to block. From then on it was a drag straight year. race,” Hill said. “He held me so added a breaka- TRUCK RACING tight down in the corner it drug way and Josh Bailey had three both of us back, I wish he would assists to help the Islanders beat have side-drafted me and went up the Rangers for the sixth time in Chastain sailed past Busch and and blocked Kyle off of four. That eight meetings this season, includ- pulled Zane Smith with him as way maybe me and him could’ve ing the last three by a combined Busch plummeted into traffic. But battled it out for the win, I don’t 13-1 margin. a spin deeper in the field brought know. Kyle might have still Alexandar Georgiev fi nished with out the caution, set up a restart for crossed us over and won the race.” 22 saves for the Rangers. a second overtime and gave Busch Christian Eckes was fourth and Bruins 6, Sabres 2 another chance. followed by John Hunter Nemechek. In Boston, Craig Smith scored three He restarted in the second row Toyota has dominated the sea- goals to help Boston win for the ninth behind Chastain and Smith, darted to son behind KBM, although it was time in 11 games. ’ Anthony Beauvillier (18) fi ghts for control of the puck with ’ Morgan Barron the top, pulled around to the front of Ben Rhodes and ThorSport Racing The Bruins remained in fourth place (47) during the fi rst period of an NHL hockey game, on May 1, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP) the field and drove to the win by who opened the season with a pair in the East Division, a point behind .665-seconds over Chastain. He did of wins at Daytona. the third-place Islanders, who beat the his customary bow with the check- But its been all Kyle Busch Rangers 3-0. The Bruins’ next point ered flag to the limited spectators Motorsports since and its the fourth will clinch a playoff berth. They also NHL Results/Standings permitted in the grandstands. time in series history that a manufac- will earn a spot if the fi fth-place Rang- Busch, scheduled to race Sunday turer has started the season with six ers don’t win all of their fi nal four in the Cup race at Kansas, said he or more wins in as many races. games. struggled with restarts in the truck. Toyota holds the Truck Series Devils 4, Flyers 1 WASHINGTON, May 2, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Saturday. “No restarts went our way, defi- record with 10 consecutive wins to In Philadelphia, Mackenzie Black- Boston 6 Buffalo 2 Florida 5 Chicago 4 Detroit 1 Tampa Bay SO 0 Minnesota 4 St Louis OT 3 nitely missed something being able start a season set in 2014. wood stopped 30 shots as New Jersey NY Islanders 3 NY Rangers 0 Nashville 1 Dallas OT 0 got its third straight win. Carolina 2 Columbus OT 1 Colorado 4 San Jose 3 Jesper Bratt, Janne Kuokkanen, New Jersey 4 Philadelphia 1 Anaheim 6 Los Angeles 2 Toronto 5 Vancouver 1 Edmonton 4 Calgary 1 Nico Hischier and Yegor Sharango- Pittsburgh 3 Washington 0 Vegas 3 Arizona OT 2 vich all scored for the Devils, who had Montreal 3 Ottawa OT 2 lost 10 straight games before this re- East Division West Division cent stretch during a four game series GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA against the Flyers. x-Pittsburgh 52 34 15 3 71 178 142 x-Vegas 50 36 12 2 74 168 110 x-Washington 51 32 14 5 69 175 152 x-Colorado 49 33 12 4 70 171 120 x-NY Islanders 51 31 15 5 67 143 114 x-Minnesota 50 32 14 4 68 162 135 Boston 50 30 14 6 66 150 123 St Louis 49 23 19 7 53 147 154 NY Rangers 52 26 20 6 58 167 139 Arizona 52 22 24 6 50 139 163 Philadelphia 51 22 22 7 51 144 186 San Jose 51 20 26 5 45 138 176 New Jersey 51 17 27 7 41 136 178 Los Angeles 49 19 24 6 44 130 147 Buffalo 52 13 32 7 33 126 185 Anaheim 52 16 29 7 39 116 166 Brian Elliott had 17 saves for Phila- Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division delphia, which has lost 10 of its last 15 x-Carolina 51 34 10 7 75 166 121 GP W L OT Pts GF GA games and has been eliminated from x-Florida 53 34 14 5 73 175 148 x-Toronto 51 33 13 5 71 172 133 the East Division playoff contention. x-Tampa Bay 51 34 14 3 71 170 130 Edmonton 49 30 17 2 62 158 131 Joel Farabee scored Philadelphia’s Nashville 52 28 22 2 58 142 146 Winnipeg 50 27 20 3 57 153 143 Dallas 51 21 17 13 55 140 133 Montreal 50 23 18 9 55 145 145 only goal in the waning moments of Chicago 51 22 23 6 50 146 167 Calgary 50 22 25 3 47 132 144 the third period. Detroit 53 18 26 9 45 117 162 Ottawa 51 19 27 5 43 141 177 Hurricanes 2, Blue Jackets 1, OT Columbus 52 16 25 11 43 123 172 Vancouver 45 19 23 3 41 119 147 Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this In Raleigh, N.C., Dougie Hamilton season’s temporary realignment. scored on a breakaway 4:07 into over- x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division time to lift Carolina past Columbus. Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic picked up the assist on the winning play as the bounced back from a rare scoreless Lankinen stopped 37 shots. and Montreal rallied to beat Ottawa. Central Division-leading Hurricanes ex- night with a goal and an assist to lead Predators 1, Stars 0, OT Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Petry each Kyle Busch poses for photos in victory lane after winning a NASCAR Truck Colorado. had a goal and an assist in the second tended their points streak to 10 games. In Nashville, Tenn., Erik Haula Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan, on May 1. (AP) Teuvo Teravainen scored earlier for Mikko Rantanen scored his 28th comeback victory in two nights for of the season and added an assist for scored at 3:32 of overtime to give Montreal. Cayden Primeau stopped 21 the Hurricanes. Nedeljkovic made 31 the Nashville its third win in four saves to improve his record to 14-4-3. Colorado. Andre Burakovsky and shots. Patrik Nemeth also scored, and Devan games. Wild 4, Blues 3, OT Tim Stutzle and Thomas Chabot Taylor retains lightweight titles Dubnyk stopped 22 shots against his Juuse Saros made 28 saves in his scored for Ottawa, and Filip Gustavs- In St. Paul, Minn., Kevin Fiala former team. third shutout of the season and 14th of son had 36 saves. scored 2:16 into overtime and Minne- his career for the Predators. Alexander Barbanov and Tomas Maple Leafs 5, Canucks 1 sota rallied to beat St. Louis. Hertl had a goal and an assist each, Anton Khudobin made 33 saves for Ex-champ Parker overcomes Nico Strum and Jonas Brodin scored Logan Couture also scored and rookie Dallas, which has lost three in a row. In Toronto, Auston Matthews late in the third period to force over- Josef Korenar had 39 saves Golden Knights 3, Coyotes 2, OT scored twice to raise his NHL-leading goal total to 38 as Toronto won its fi fth time for Minnesota, which won for the for the Sharks. In Glendale, Ariz., Jonathan ‘knockdown’ to beat Chisora fi rst time in three games. Mats Zucca- straight. Panthers 5, Blackhawks 4 Marchessault scored on a power play Adam Brooks, Alex Galchenyuk rello had a goal and an assist. at 3:04 of overtime, Marc-Andre MANCHESTER, England, May 2, WBO women’s lightweight titles Jordan Kyrou, Sammy Blais and In Chicago, Anthony Duclair had and Joe Thornton also scored for To- (AP): Former world champion after a narrow points victory over two goals and an assist and Florida Fleury moved into a tie for the third on ronto. Mitch Marner had two assists David Perron scored and Binnington the NHL’s all-time wins list and Vegas Joseph Parker took another step to Natasha Jonas in another thriller. made 34 saves as the Blues lost for the won its third straight. and Jack Campbell stopped 26 shots Aleksander Barkov scored his team- beat Arizona. for the North Division’s top team, becoming a heavyweight title con- Nearly nine years on from their fi rst time in fi ve games. William Karlsson and In the extra period, Fiala carried into leading 25th goal and had an assist. which fi nished 5-3-1 against the Ca- tender after beating Derek Chisora quarterfinal showdown at the 2012 Nikita Gusev and Owen Tippett also scored to put Vegas up, and Fleury by split decision in Manchester London Olympics, which Taylor the St. Louis zone, passed to Zuccarel- nucks this season. scored as Florida improved to 8-2-1 in stopped 19 shots to match Roberto Tanner Pearson scored for Vancou- Arena. won en route to the gold medal, the lo, quickly got it back and beat Jordan Luongo for third all-time with 289 Binnington. its last 11 and remained two points be- ver. Thatcher Demko fi nished with 25 Parker over- unbeaten Irish fighter prevailed hind fi rst-place Carolina in the Central wins. Darcy Kuemper had 31 saves, saves. came being again in an equally absorbing Avalanche 4, Sharks 3 Division. Penguins 3, Capitals 0 Oilers 4, Flames 1 knocked down 10-round bout. In Denver, Nathan MacKinnon Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves. In Washington, Bryan Rust scored In Edmonton, Alberta, Connor Mc- by a right swing two unassisted goals, Tristan Jarry just seconds made 23 saves and Pittsburgh regained David had a goal and two assists to into the non- BOXING fi rst place in the East Division. lead Edmonton. Trade deadline pickup Jeff Carter Ethan Bear, Josh Archibald and title bout. The Darnell Nurse also scored for the Oil- New Zealander, also scored his fourth goal in 10 games in a Penguins uniform. Rust’s goals ers, who fi nished with a 6-4 record who lost his Taylor’s superior speed and against the Flames. as- WBO title to accurate combinations barely won were the 99th and 100th of his NHL career, and Jarry registered his second sisted on all four goals and Mike Smith Anthony the day from the judges, who shutout of the season. made 29 saves for his 18th win. Joshua in 2018, Parker scored it 96-94, 96-95, 96-95. Ilya Samsonov had 23 saves for Johnny Gaudreau scored for the gradually came Jonas moved up in weight to Washington. Flames, who lost ground in the di- visional playoff race. Goalie Jacob back in a toe-to-toe fight that he take on Taylor after a controversial Red Wings 1, Lightning 0, SO tipped thanks to his late pressure, draw against WBC super feather- Markstrom stopped 25 shots in defeat. cleaner punches, and workrate. weight champion Terri Harper last In Detroit, Sam Gagner scored Ducks 6, Kings 2 to end an eight-round shootout and Two judges gave Parker 116- August. Thomas Greiss stopped 33 shots, lift- In Anaheim, Calif., 111 and 115-113 scores, and one Also, unbeaten Russian boxer ing Detroit past Tampa Bay. made 23 saves to win the fi nal home gave Chisora 115-113. Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA The defending cham- start of his 18-year NHL career, and Parker’s fifth successive win light-heavyweight belt when he pion Lightning were in control all af- Anaheim a 23-game streak without a since he lost to Joshua and Dillian beat British champion Craig ternoon, but it didn’t show up on the home regulation victory. Whyte improved his record to Richards by unanimous decision. scoreboard in regulation or overtime. Trevor Zegras scored his second Tampa Bay’s Curtis McElhinney NHL goal, while Danton Heinen and 29-2. The shorter Bivol was defen- Jacob Larsson had a goal and two Chisora, who lost his one world sively better and landed more eye- made 15 saves over three periods and overtime. assists apiece as the Ducks won the title shot against Vitali Klitschko catching shots. The judges decided fourth Freeway Faceoff in six days, in 2012, dropped to 32-11. it 118-110, 115-113, and 115-114. ’ Mikhail Maltsev (23) tries to keep the away from Phila- Canadiens 3, Senators 2, OT dominating the rivals’ fi nal meeting Meanwhile, Katie Taylor Bivol improved to 18-0, while delphia Flyers’ Jakub Voracek (93) during the fi rst period of an NHL hockey In Montreal, Cole Caufi eld scored in an ugly Southern California hockey retained her WBC, WBA, IBF and Richards’ record dropped to 17-2. game, on May 1, in Philadelphia. (AP) his fi rst NHL goal 2:25 into overtime season.