Sports Tuesday, July 7, 2020 15 DeChambeau delivers down the stretch to claim Motor City title AFP The 21-year-old Wolff, strokes behind DeChambeau. which included a stunning before it even happens. WASHINGTON who was trying to become World No. 10 DeCham- approach shot which landed He had a shot at an ea- the youngest two-time win- beau and Wolff chose to just two feet from the flag. gle on 17, landing his ap- BRYSON DeChambeau held ner on the Tour since Tiger come to the Motor City while proach about eight feet from off overnight leader Matthew Woods in 1996, birdied four many of the PGA Tour’s top FIST BUMP the hole, but his putt curled Wolff down the stretch Sun- of his final seven holes to players skipped the event. He easily made the short away at the cup for a miss by day, firing a final-round 65 shoot a 71. In the PGA Tour’s first putt then celebrated with a an inch. to capture the Rocket Mort- DeChambeau has been three events after the COV- fist bump for his caddie. “Those putts that didn’t gage Classic by three strokes. the story of the USPGA ID-19 pandemic slammed the Wolff, who missed the cut go in, it was a little bumpy DeChambeau continued Tour’s restart and was the season, the top five players in in each of his last two events, and it just wasn’t meant to his storybook start to the favourite coming into this the world ranking participat- struggled early after three be,” Wolff said. pandemic-stunted season, event. He now has a streak of ed in each tournament. solid rounds. The 21-year- “I have that firepower finishing the week at 23-un- seven consecutive top-10 fin- None of the top five com- old hasn’t posted a top-10 that I can rattle off so many der 265 to claim his sixth ca- ishes thanks in large part to peted at the Detroit Golf finish since his dramatic birdies in a row. I made four reer win on the USPGA Tour. his bulked-up body which al- Club and the field included maiden win at the 3M Open of the last seven with missing He quickly erased Wolff’s lowed him to overpower the just 18 of the top 50. in Minnesota last July. a couple of short ones.” three-shot lead to start the day Detroit Golf Club course. But that doesn’t take any- Wolff opened with a bo- but needed three straight clos- Sunday’s win was his first thing away from the power gey and after pulling back LEADING FINAL-ROUND ing birdies to seal the victory since 2018 as he dominated display that DeChambeau that shot with a 53-foot bird- SCORES in a thrilling back-nine duel. the Michigan fairways with put on Sunday. He rolled in ie putt on the fourth, he had (USA unless noted, par-72): “I played really well on an average driving distance four birdies on the front nine back-to-back bogeys at five 265 - Bryson DeChambeau 66-67-67-65 Bryson DeChambeau front nine and struck it beau- of 350 yards. then drained a 35-foot putt and six. 268 - Matthew Wolff 69-64-64-71 celebrates his win during tifully,” said DeChambeau. Wolff finished alone in on the tenth to get to 21-un- He was 16-under with 270 - Kevin Kisner 65-69-70-66 the final round of the Rocket “On the back nine I got a lit- second at 20-under 268 and der and a big lead. eight to play and tied for 272 - Danny Willett (ENG) 71-68-67-66, Mortgage Classic at the tle tight. I didn’t hit driver Kevin Kisner was two shots He made another lengthy third before roaring back to Adam Hadwin (CAN) 67-69-69-67, Tyrrell Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, the way I wanted to. back in third after a 66. putt on 16 for the first of life with two straight birdies Hatton (ENG) 68-67-69-68, Ryan Armour Michigan, US, on Sunday. “I got a little unlucky on Canada’s Adam Hadwin, three consecutive birdies. on 12 and 13. 69-64-67-72 (GETTY IMAGES/AFP) 14 going into water but I was American Ryan Armour, and DeChambeau closed in “I was telling myself to 273 - Maverick McNealy 68-68-71-66, able to persevere and do my Danny Willett and Tyrrell Hat- style, blasting 367 yard drive get back to what I was doing Sepp Straka (AUT) 68-66-72-67, Webb best to make three birdies ton, both of England, were tied on par-four No. 18. That set at beginning of the week and Simpson 68-64-71-70, Troy Merritt coming in to win.” for fourth at 16-under, seven the stage for a dynamic finish, not worry about the outcome 68-67-67-71. Windies unleash latest ‘Fab Four’ in England AFP 1988: Marshall, Curtly LONDON Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Winston Benjamin/Patrick Pat- WEST Indies are set to field terson-- West Indies won 4-0 in their latest fast-bowling a series where England’s disar- quartet during this week’s ray was summed up by the fact first Test against England in they got through four captains. Southampton, with the likes Marshall, capable of of Shannon Gabriel, Kemar both sheer pace and late Roach, captain Jason Holder movement, led the way with and Alzarri Joseph all vying to 35 wickets at a staggeringly make an impact. low average of 12.65 apiece, The Caribbean has a long with Ambrose – soon to be- Zanardi still critical and proud history of producing come the leader of the attack top-class fast bowlers. – and Walsh offering excel- Here’s a look back at some lent support. after latest operation previous West Indies pace at- tacks in England: 1995: Ambrose, Walsh, AFP there were significant changes 1980: Andy Roberts, Mi- Kenny Benjamin, Ian Bishop-- ROME to his condition. chael Holding, Joel Garner, West Indies are set to field their latest fast-bowling quartet during this week’s first Test against England in With the likes of batting greats Zanardi suffered head inju- Colin Croft-- The original Southampton from July 8. Gordon Greenidge and Viv- PARALYMPIC champion Alex ries with multiple facial factures ‘fearsome foursome’ revolu- ian Richards having now both Zanardi remains in a serious after the crash on June 19. tionised world cricket under the crease or around the wicket, er at Trent Bridge before the with the batsman never play- retired, the West Indies found condition in an induced coma An investigation has begun the captaincy of Clive Lloyd by meant they each posed different other four matches were all ing another Test. themselves held to a 2-2 draw after the latest round of neu- into the circumstances sur- ensuring there was no respite problems for batsmen. drawn largely due to weather Marshall’s mastery was in a six-Test series. rological surgery, doctors said rounding the accident on the for batsmen even when the Meanwhile this series also interruptions. evident when he took seven But all four frontline bowl- on Tuesday. ‘Obiettivo Tricolore’ stage relay shine had gone off the ball. saw Malcolm Marshall, argu- 1984: Marshall, Garner, for 53 in the third Test at ers still took more than 21 Zanardi, a former Formula race which sees participants Although all capable of be- ably the greatest West Indies Holding, Eldine Baptiste-- The Headingley despite a broken wickets each. One driver who had both his journey across Italy on hand- ing genuinely quick, the guile fast bowler of them all, start to ‘Blackwash’ team hammered thumb an he finished the se- Nevertheless there were legs amputated after a motor bikes, wheelchairs or cycles. of Roberts, the speed through establish himself in the side. England 5-0. The writing was ries with 24 wickets at 18.20 signs the West Indies were racing accident two decades Zanardi has become one the air of Holding, the steepling Even so, the West Indies on the wall for the hosts when despite missing a match not the force they had been ago, suffered serious head in- of the great figures in disabled bounce and crushing yorkers of only won the series 1-0, with Marshall struck debutant through injury. Barbados and in 2000 England beat juries when he lost control of sports following the 2001 motor the 6ft 8in Garner and the awk- Roberts taking eight wickets in Andy Lloyd on the head with team-mate Garner took 29 them in a series for the first his handbike during a race racing accident on the Lausitz- wardness of Croft, from wide of a two-wicket win in the open- a bouncer in the series opener, wickets at 18.62. time in 31 years. on a Tuscan road nearly two ring track in Germany. weeks ago and crashed into an He raced for Jordan, Mi- oncoming truck. nardi and Lotus in F1 in the “Twenty-four hours af- early 1990s before switching Qatar participates in Arab Cycling Federation’s ter the operation the patient’s to the CART championship AFP meeting of Secretaries-General clinical condition is unchanged in the United States where he India’s Tambe set NEW DELHI while his neurological develop- was series champion in 1997 QNA petitions. Secretary-General of ment is stable and remains seri- and 1998. INDIAN leg-spinner Pravin Tambe is set DOHA Qatar Cycling Federation Thani ous,” said the Santa Maria alle He returned to F1 with Wil- to play Caribbean to play in the Caribbean Premier League Al Zaraa stressed on the impor- Scotte in Siena in a statement.