ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2021 SPORTS 14 Mexico top El Salvador Power captures 1st PGA Tour title with Shaq strikes early, US ‘down’ Canada KANSAS CITY, Kan., July 19, (AP): Shaq play-off win at Barbasol Championship Moore scored 20 seconds in and the United States beat Canada 1-0 to win Group B at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Moore’s goal was the fastest since U.S. re- Moore bags Memorial Health Championship crown cords began in 1990. Clint Dempsey scored 30 seconds in against Ghana in the Americans’ 2014 World Cup opener. NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., July Both nations already were assured of ad- 19, (AP): Seamus Power won vancing. The U.S. fi nished atop its fi rst-round group with a 3-0 record and will play its quar- the Barbasol Championship terfi nal on July 25 at Arlington, Texas, against for his fi rst PGA Tour victory, Costa Rica or Jamaica, both 2-0 going into their match Tuesday at Orlando, Florida. Canada beating J.T. Poston with a tap- fi nished the fi rst round 2-1 and also will play in par on the sixth hole of a Costa Rica or Jamaica. The U.S. ended Canada’s team record eight- playoff. game winning streak. The U.S. is unbeaten Poston drove into the water that lines against Canada in 20 home matches since 1957 the right side of the par-4 18th at Keene and extended its winning streak against CON- CACAF opponents to 13. U.S. coach Gregg Trace and made a bogey on the fi nal ex- Berhalter is using a mostly junior varsity roster tra hole. Power hit the fairway, played for the Gold Cup. Top players such as Christian his second to 12 feet and two-putted for Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and the victory. Zack Steffen will be on hand in when the U.S. Power birdied the par-3 16th and the hosts Canada in a World Cup qualifi er on Sept. 18th in regulation for a 5-under 67, with 5 at Nashville, Tennessee. the 34-year-old Irishman posting at 21-un- der 267 while Poston was squandering the SOCCER lead behind him. Poston had a double bogey on the par-5 15th after driving an inch out of bounds to While Berhalter started two forwards in Dar- the left, and followed with a three-putt bo- yl Dike and Gyasi Zardes, Canada dominated possession and had more scoring chances. Still, gey on the par-3 16th. He parred the fi nal the U.S. improved to 38 wins, one loss and four two holes for 70. draws in the Gold Cup group stage. The U.S. scored when Kellyn Acosta passed wide to Sebastian Lletget, who one-timed a GOLF pass to the far post. The 24-year-old Moore got behind Tajon Buchanon and redirected the ball in from just inside the 6-yard box for his fi rst On the first extra hole, Power holed international goal. Walker Zimmerman captained the U.S. for an 18-foot birdie chip from the collar of the second straight game but hurt his right ham- the 18th green and Poston matched him string early and was replaced by Donovan Pines with a 10-foot putt. They matched pars in the 15th minute. on the next four holes, on No. 18 again, After fi elding a starting lineup against Mar- then twice on the par-3 17th, and again tinique that averaged 23 years, 84 days, the on 18. Seamus Power holds up the trophy following his victory in the Barbasol Championship golf tournament at Keene Trace in Nicholasville, Americans’ youngest in a competitive match Because the tournament was played op- Ky., on July 18. (AP) since at least 1989, U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter changed four starters by inserting Sam Vines, posite the British Open, Power did not earn Lletget, Acosta and Zardes. a spot in Masters with the victory. the Memorial Health Championship to ship and become eligible for the Euro- 65 at Brook Lea to beat Rachel Rohan- Ayo Akinola started for Canada after making The 28-year-old Poston missed a chance wrap up a PGA Tour card. pean Solheim Cup team. Castren closed na by a stroke. ... Wales’ Stuart Manley his debut against Haiti on Thursday, but he got for his second PGA Tour title. He won Moore followed a course-record 11-un- with a 3-under 68 to finish at 5 under made a 15-foot birdie putt on the par- hurt and was replaced by Jonathan Osorio in the the 2019 Wyndham Championship in his der 60 on Saturday with a 6-under 65 to at Aura Golf in Turku. She became 3 18th to win the Euram Bank Open in 24th minute. The 21-year-old Akinola scored home state of North Carolina. fi nish at 27-under 257 at Panther Creek, the first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour Austria for his third Challenge Tour for the U.S. against El Salvador in his debut in Anirban Lahiri and Sam Ryder fi nished three strokes ahead of Erik Barnes (68). history last month when she won the victory. Manley shot his third straight December, then changed affi liation. The 27-year-old Moore jumped from LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship in 5-under 65 to finish at 18 under at Ad- Matt Turner made saves against Cyle Larin a stroke out of the playoff, each shooting in the 48th and Buchanon, his New England 65. 17th to sixth in the season standings with Daly City, California. Fellow Finn Ur- amstal, a stroke ahead of Scotland’s Revolution teammate, in the 48th. Reggie Can- James Hahn followed a career-best 70 his fi rst tour title, more than enough to sula Wikstrom (69) and India’s Tvesa Ewen Ferguson. ... Maiko Wakabayashi non, recovered from a hamstring injury, made with a 70 to tie for fi fth at 19 under with guarantee a top-25 fi nish for a PGA Tour Malik (69) tied for second at 2 under. won the Japan LPGA’s GMO Internet his fi rst appearance of the tournament when he Patrick Rodgers (67), Henrik Norlander card.Andrew Novak was third at 23 under ... Emma Broze of France won the Dan- Ladies Samantha Thavasa Global Cup, replaced Moore at right back in the 58th. (67), Ryan Armour (68), Mito Pereira (67) after a 63. ielle Downey Credit Union Classic in beating Mao Nozawa in a playoff. ... In Group A, Mexico beat El Salvador 1-0 at and Luke List (71). Hahn bogeyed the fi nal Other Tours: Matilda Castren won the Rochester, New York, for her first Sym- Jeon Ye-seong won the Korean LPGA’s Dallas on Luis Rodríguez’s 26th-minute goal to win Group A with two wins and a draw. Mexico two holes. Gant Ladies Open in her native Finland etra Tour title when rain washed out the Evercollagen Queens Crown. She beat will play its quarterfi nal on July 24 in Glendale, In Springfi eld, Ill., Taylor Moore won to earn Ladies European Tour member- final round. She had rounds of 67 and Heo Da-bin in a playoff. Arizona, against the second-place team from Group D: Honduras, Panama or invited guest Almirola pulls off shocker at New Hampshire Qatar. El Salvador will play the Group D winner. LOUDON, N.H., July 21, (AP): With that have supported us through the in 374 career races. darkness closing in, Aric Almirola crappiest year ever,” Almirola said. Ford drivers took fi ve of the top six sprung to life at New Hampshire Mo- “Man, this feels so good for them.” spots. tor Speedway and pulled off the sur- He broke up the Team Penske party NASCAR started the race under wet prise victory, the fi rst one of the year - Brad Keselowksi and Ryan Blaney conditions and that decision turned for Stewart-Haas Racing. had a fun back-and-forth for the lead at into a disaster when Kyle Busch, the “There is no doubt we have strug- one point - and Christopher Bell could polesitter, spun on the slick track and gled,” Almirola said. “But guess what? not catch him. wrecked only six laps into the race. Joe We’re going playoff racing.” Bell won the Xfi nty Series race Sat- Gibbs Racing teammates Martin Truex The victory was a needed boost for urday and was second. Keselowski, Jr. and Denny Hamlin also spun and Ford and played havoc with the play- Joey Logano and Blaney made it a 3-4- the red fl ag was waved to stop the race. off fi eld with only four races left be- Truex and Hamlin returned to race. fore the 16-driver fi eld is set. The race Busch’s race in the No. 18 Toyota was was delayed nearly two hours by rain CAR RACING over and he bit his tongue on NAS- and NASCAR called it early due to CAR’s call to start the race. darkness, leaving it eight laps shy of “It never should have gone green its scheduled conclusion. 5 fi nish for Team Penske. to begin with, but then it kept getting New Hampshire was scheduled for Almirola rested his head on the car worse and worse lap over lap,” Busch 301 laps and 318.46 miles. in almost stunned disbelief that he said. “We’ve been talking about it for Almirola, who entered 27th in the clinched his playoff spot. two laps that it was raining. There’s no points standings, raced to his third ca- “I love this race track,” he said.