This Day In Sports 1997 — The New York Liberty beat the Los Angeles Sparks 67-57 in the WNBA’s inaugural game. A crowd of 14,284 Numbers Game attends the game at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood. Antelope Valley Press, Friday, June 21, 2019 C5 Morning rush Valley Press news services Green putts her way to the lead By DOUG FERGUSON Very happy with that.” 6-way tie for first-round lead at Travelers Associated Press IN FRONT She also had her own cheer- Championship CHASKA, Minn. — Han- Hannah Green, ing section. CROMWELL, Conn. — Zack Sucher made a of Australia, Karrie Webb, Australia’s 9-foot birdie putt in the last group of the day on the nah Green of Australia got just about everything wrong in the walks on the most prolific major champion, par-4 18th for a 6-under 64 and a share of a six-way has been offering scholarships tie for the lead Thursday in the Travelers Champi- KPMG Women’s PGA Champi- 18th green onship. onship except what mattered: during the to two amateurs for the last sev- Ryan Armour and Bronson Burgoon set the Her score. first round of eral years. They are with Webb mark during the morning at TPC River Highlands Green didn’t have wet weath- the KPMG this week, and followed Green and the others matched them in the afternoon. er gear when she teed off Thurs- Women’s PGA along. They’re all staying in the MacKenzie Hughes sank an 18-foot birdie putt day at Hazeltine as it started Championship same house, cooking and work- on his final hole,Abraham Ancer shot a 30 on his to rain — she doesn’t like rain golf tournament ing on a 2,000-piece puzzle they wanted to finish in time for their back nine, and Kyoung-Hoon Lee shot his lowest pants, anyway, because they on Thursday in barbecue Saturday. round on the PGA Tour. make too much noise. On a long, Chaska, Minn. This is meaningful to Green Burgoon birdied four of his first six holes, and tough course at Hazeltine Na- Associated Press Armour, who has missed the cuts in four of his last because she was a Karrie Webb five starts, tied his lowest round of the season. tional, she missed nine greens onto the green. pro with an 84. She was happy scholarship winner four years “I gave myself a lot of opportunities, which I and never had a tap-in for par. Hazeltine was as tough as to be playing golf again, which ago, coming over to America for hadn’t been doing lately, Armour said. “I hadn’t No matter. She took 23 putts, advertised, playing at 6,831 made her score feel even worse. the U.S. Women’s Open — the been hitting a lot of greens, wasn’t shaping the golf none on the par-5 seventh when yards — just 244 yards short of “I’m not entirely sure how first golf tournament she saw as ball the way I want to shape it. We worked really she holed a bunker shot, and the Pebble Beach scorecard last much left I have in me,” Wie said a spectator. She even toured the hard the last few days.” she kept bogeys off her card for week at the U.S. Open. as she began to cry. “I love being media center, and there she was Paul Casey, who gave up a four-shot lead in the a 4-under 68 for a one-shot lead It was long enough that Ari- out here.” Thursday evening answering final round a year ago, missed a 17-foot par putt on over Hyo Joo Kim and Mel Reid. ya Jutanugarn not only carried Green had everything go- questions about her round. the 18th and finished in a group of six at 65. “I guess I just had a lot of a driver for the first time all ing her way except for being “That was a real eye-opener Memorial champion Patrick Cantlay was part luck today with putts going year, she hit it — twice. prepared for the elements. She for me, and I guess it’s pretty of a group of 12 at 66. in and getting good bounces,” “Made bogey” she said with a opened with a 15-foot par putt. cool now to be doing that today,” Cantlay started on the back nine and was tied Green said. laugh after her 70. She followed with a 20-foot bird- for the lead when his tee shot landed in water on Green said. Kim set small goals to help And it was tough enough — ie putt on the par-5 11th, which The rain wasn’t too much of a the par-3 eighth hole, leading to a double bogey. her on a big course. She want- But that did not affect the confidence of the former especially with a mixture of rain, played so long in these condi- burden. A Hazeltine staff mem- ed to hit 12 greens and take no UCLA star, who was just 19 years old when he shot wind, a drop in temperatures, tions — 557 yards — that she ber brought out extra towels. a 60 on this course during the second round in 2011, more than 30 putts, and she ac- sunshine and more rain — that had 7-iron for her third shot. Her boyfriend ran back to the setting a PGA Tour record for amateurs. complished both in her 69. Reid only 16 players broke par and Most of the pars she saved were house to get a heavier jacket to “I definitely feel comfortable around here,” he played in one of the final groups 20 players shot 80 or high. One in the 6-foot range. cope with the chill. She might said. “It’s one of the only golf courses I think I get on and finished strong, hitting just of them was Michelle Wie, who “I don’t really think I ever even buy rain pants. the first tee at the beginning of the day and think I inside the hazard right of the returned from two months off had a tap-in putt for my par Jutanugarn is so powerful off can birdie every hole.” 16th fairway, taking her shot with an injured right wrist and putts when I missed the green,” the tee that she typically doesn’t Defending champion Bubba Watson opened over a tree and grandstand and matched her highest score as a she said. “I made all of them. carry a driver. with a 69 in his bid for his fourth Travelers ti- tle. That would put him in the company of Billy Casper, the only golfer to win four times at Con- Women’s soccer MLB sports odds NBA GOLF necticut’s PGA Tour stop. 2019 Women’s World American League Glance Major League Baseball 2019 NBA Draft Selections PGA — Travelers Champi- West Division Today Thursday Cup Glance National League At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. onship Par Scores W L Pct GB Thursday Mets name 82-year-old Phil Regan GROUP STAGE FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE FIRST ROUND Houston 48 28 .632 — At TPC River Highlands GROUP A at CHICAGO -148 New York +138 1. New Orleans, Zion Williamson, f, Duke. interim pitching coach W L D GF GA Pts Texas 40 35 .533 7½ at PHILADELPHIA -208 Miami +188 Cromwell, Conn. CHICAGO — The New York Mets fired pitch- Oakland 40 36 .526 8 2. Memphis, Ja Morant, g, Murray State. Purse: $7.2 million x-France 3 0 0 7 1 9 at WASHINGTON -135 Atlanta +125 3. New York, RJ Barrett, f, Duke. Angels 38 38 .500 10 at PITTSBURGH -111 San Diego +101 Yardage: 6,841; Par 70 (35-35) ing coach Dave Eiland and bullpen coach Chuck x-Norway 2 1 0 6 3 6 4. a-L.A. Lakers, De’Andre Hunter, f, Hernández, and named Phil Regan interim x-Nigeria 1 2 0 2 4 3 Seattle 33 46 .418 16½ at MILWAUKEE -116 Cincinnati +106 First Round East Division at ARIZONA -131 San Francisco +121 Virginia. Ryan Armour ............................32-32—64 -6 South Korea 0 3 0 1 8 0 5. Cleveland, Darius Garland, g, Vanderbilt. pitching coach, Ricky Bones interim bullpen coach x-advanced to second round W L Pct GB at LA DODGERS -174 Colorado +162 Bronson Burgoon ....................31-33—64 -6 and Jeremy Accardo interim pitching strategist. New York 47 27 .635 — American League 6. b-Phoenix, Jarrett Culver, f, Texas Tech. Kyoung-Hoon Lee ...................31-33—64 -6 Friday, June 7 7. Chicago, Coby White, g, North Carolina. France 4, South Korea 0 Tampa Bay 43 32 .573 4½ at NEW YORK -145 Houston +135 Abraham Ancer ........................30-34—64 -6 The team announced the moves before its game at BOSTON -330 Toronto +300 8. c-Atlanta, Jaxson Hayes, c, Texas. Saturday, June 8 Boston 41 35 .539 7 Mackenzie Hughes .................32-32—64 -6 against the Chicago Cubs. Toronto 27 48 .360 20½ at CLEVELAND -193 Detroit +178 9. Washington, Rui Hachimura, f, Gonzaga. Zack Sucher .............................33-31—64 -6 Norway 3, Nigeria 0 at TEXAS -142 Chicago +132 10. Atlanta (from Dallas), Cam Reddish, f, The 82-year-old Regan has been the Mets’ minor Wednesday, June 12 Baltimore 21 54 .280 26½ Chez Reavie ..............................33-32—65 -5 Central Division Minnesota -143 at KANSAS CITY +133 Duke. Keegan Bradley........................30-35—65 -5 league assistant pitching coordinator since 2016 af- Nigeria 2, South Korea 0 at OAKLAND OFF Tampa Bay OFF W L Pct GB 11.