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Paula Martin Sampedro fires Sunday 68 to win low amateur honors at Women's British Open
Stanford's Paula Martin Sampedro put an exclamation point on her week in Wales with a back-nine 30 that included five consecutive birdies. The Spaniard, who played alongside two-time Smyth Salver winner Lydia Ko, closed with a 4-under 68 to zoom up the board and currently holds a share of eighth at 4 under. Her 30 on the inward nine is the lowest of the week by two strokes. "Honestly, even in the front nine the couple the bogeys she made, she got some really nasty lip-outs," said Ko. "At that point if a couple of those dropped it would've been an unbelievable round. Was still an unbelievable round, and it was fun to play alongside her today." Martin Sampedro wraps up the coveted Smyth Salver for low amateur honors as Carla Bernat struggled with a 78 on Sunday to finish at 9 over for the championship, while Jeneath Wong shot 82 to finish at 17 over. Martin Sampedro becomes the fourth Spanish player to win the award, joining Marta Figueras-Dotti (1982), Elisa Serramia (2003) and Luna Sobron (2015). Her coach and caddie for the week, Alejandro Larrazabal, won the British Amateur at Royal Porthcawl in 2002. "My first three, four holes were really rough," said Martin Sampedro. "There was no way I was getting two on 1, it's a par 4. Then the first four holes, with perfect conditions are already so hard, so I knew it was going to be a tough beginning. "And then just managed to keep calm and just hole a couple putts, and then I started to see the lines better ... it was definitely a good birdie stretch on the back nine." The list of recent Smyth Salver winners is packed with stars. The award, given to the low amateur at the AIG Women's British Open, has served as a strong indicator of future success, with names like Danielle Kang, Georgia Hall, Leona Maguire, Jeeno Thitikul, Ko, and most recently, Lottie Woad, receiving the honor. It's been a massive summer for Martin Sampedro, who won both the British Women's Amateur and European Ladies' Amateur Championship in Germany. The British Amateur victory exempts her into next year's championship. Martin Sampedro currently ranks third in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Keep tabs on all the action from the final round of the 2025 AIG Women's British Open with our live updates page. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: AIG Women's British Open 2025: Paula Martin Sampedro wins low amateur
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Charles Leclerc explains how 'undriveable' Ferrari cost him Hungary F1 win
Charles Leclerc has lamented an issue which may have cost him Ferrari's only shot at victory in the 2025 Formula 1 season. Leclerc had narrowly edged out McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris as well as Mercedes' George Russell for pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix; he led 28 of the opening 39 laps of the race at the Hungaroring, only temporarily ceding first place to one-stopping, eventual winner Norris. However, as he came under pressure from Piastri on lap 40, the Ferrari driver suddenly lost pace – to the point that he lost 37 seconds to the Australian over the last 30 laps of the contest. 'This is so incredibly frustrating,' Leclerc fulminated over team radio. 'We have lost all competitiveness. You just had to listen to me. I would have found a different way of managing these issues. Now it's just undriveable. Undriveable. It will be a miracle if we finish on the podium.' The Monegasque repeatedly and carefully steered clear of giving any meaningful information about his technical issues on the radio, attempting to preserve the team's secrets, even as he somewhat lost his temper. However, speaking after the race, he owned up to misinterpreting the situation and admitted there was no need to berate the Scuderia's engineers. 'I need to take back the words I said in the radio, because I thought it was coming from one thing, but then I got a lot more detail since I got out of the car,' Leclerc said. 'It was actually an issue coming from the chassis, and nothing that we could have done differently. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari 'I started to feel the issue in lap 40 or something like that, and then it got worse, lap after lap after lap, and towards the end we were two seconds off the pace. And the car was just undriveable. 'It's an outlier. It shouldn't ever happen again, but I'm still very disappointed. We had one opportunity this year to win a race, which I think was this weekend. 'The first stint was perfect, the first laps of the second stint were really good as well, and I think we were on pace to try and win that race. The last stint was a disaster when I started to have that issue on the chassis.' Leclerc went on to explain: 'It wasn't very consistent, but basically every corner it was doing something different.' Ferrari is yet to win a grand prix in 2025, with its only second-place finish so far coming at Monaco. The fact that Leclerc contended for victory at the Hungaroring – which is the second-slowest track on the calendar after Monte-Carlo – doesn't give him much hope for the remainder of the campaign against dominant McLaren cars which 'even today were very, very fast'. 'What gave me hope of winning is that we were starting first, and with the dirty air it's a struggle to get past. I think Oscar probably had a bit more pace than me, but couldn't overtake,' Leclerc added. 'I don't think we are going into the second half of the season thinking that we can win anywhere, and that's what makes the frustration even bigger, because we knew that this was one opportunity probably over the season and we had to take it, but unfortunately with this issue we couldn't do much.' Charles Leclerc, Ferrari Leclerc's collapse was compounded by a five-second penalty for erratic driving after he moved under braking when defending the final podium position from Russell. The Ferrari racer questioned the penalty but wasn't outraged either, though he did have a dig at his Mercedes peer's attitude on the radio. 'I knew I was on the limit, I don't have much opinion about it,' he said. 'I felt like I moved before braking, and then I brake, obviously angling my car towards the apex, which is normally what I do. But I can imagine George being quite vocal on the radio, it's normally the case.' Leclerc still scored 12 points that keep him within 21 points of fourth-placed Russell in the championship, with Max Verstappen only 15 points further up the road; meanwhile current runner-up in the constructors' standings Ferrari has lost four points to its closest challenger, Mercedes, but still has a 24-point buffer. Read Also: F1 Hungarian GP: Lando Norris wins over Oscar Piastri as Charles Leclerc collapses To read more articles visit our website.
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Palacios: "I always dream of returning to River"
In an interview with Trivela, Bayer Leverkusen's Exequiel Palacios cut a calm figure despite the various changes in personnel at the club. "The transfer window is open and there's plenty of time, but I'm relaxed, training and preparing for the start of the Bundesliga. My mind is now on Leverkusen. We'll see what happens later," said the midfielder, when speaking to the Brazilian sports outlet. On a personal note, the 26-year-old highlighted that he would love to return to River Plate where his senior career first blossomed. "I always dream of returning to River. But right now my mind is on Leverkusen, in Europe, I'm not thinking about going back. 'I have friends at the club [River Plate], and I keep following them,' the Argentinean explained with a smile. Palacios spent 5 years at 'Los Millonarios' before joining Die Werkself for a reported €21.5million fee in 2020.
