Brandt Snedeker’s stellar 69 in brutal weather on Sunday proved enough to see the American lift the trophy at Torrey Pines on Monday, as the weather-delayed Farmers Insurance Open concluded.
Snedeker had been simply sensational on Sunday when gusting winds and spells of driving rain forced three delays and pushed scores up at Torrey Pines, north of San Diego, California.
Snedeker, who described it as “like playing a British Open on a US Open setup,” had built a 72-hole total of six-under 282 when play was halted on Sunday afternoon, with most of the field still to finish.
Photo: AFP
Jimmy Walker was seven-under on the course and South Korean veteran K.J. Choi was six-under, both with eight holes to play.
Although the sun was out on Monday, winds were still strong enough that spectators were banned from the course — where several trees had toppled overnight — and neither Walker nor Choi could get into the clubhouse ahead of Snedeker, who was the only player to break par in the final round.
Snedeker was at the 18th green watching when Choi missed a long birdie attempt at his final hole that would have forced a playoff.
Instead he settled for a par and a 76 that gave him solo second on 283, one shot in front of Kevin Streelman, who posted a 74 for 284.
Walker closed with a 77 for 285 that put him equal fourth with Sweden’s Freddie Jacobsen.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
If all goes well when the biggest marathon field ever gathered in Australia races 42km through the streets of Sydney on Sunday, World Marathon Majors (WMM) will soon add a seventh race to the elite series. The Sydney Marathon is to become the first race since Tokyo in 2013 to join long-established majors in New York, London, Boston, Berlin and Chicago if it passes the WMM assessment criteria for the second straight year. “We’re really excited for Sunday to arrive,” race director Wayne Larden told a news conference in Sydney yesterday. “We’re prepared, we’re ready. All of our plans look good on
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the leader of the organization’s reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently,” he wrote. No mention of the test ever became public and Valieva’s defense at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) went on without it. What effect the information could have had on Valieva’s case is unclear, but without it, the skater, then 15 years old, was eventually disqualified from the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned heart medication that would later