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2 days ago
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Scottie Scheffler Captures Memorial for Third Win of 2025
Scottie Scheffler Captures Memorial for Third Win of 2025 originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Winning three of the last four events on any tour is cause for celebration. Winning the PGA Championship and the Memorial Tournament, which is as close to a major as possible, makes the victories more than just wins; they are a calling card to all those who think they have a chance. Advertisement Sunday proved that they don't. Scottie Scheffler sent another message to the world of golf, saying his dominance in 2024 with eight victories is back with a vengeance. During this current stretch of play, Scheffler is a combined 60-under par in four tournaments. During the last 16 rounds, he has only recorded one round over par, a 71 in the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge. Scottie Scheffler tees off on the fifth hole during the final round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.© Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images In the eight weekend rounds, Scheffler has a scoring average of 67. 'He didn't play, for him, spectacular golf; he played what he should do,' tournament host Jack Nicklaus said of Scheffler's game on Sunday. 'He played good, solid, smart golf and, you know, three 70s and a 68, that's pretty good golf under the conditions out there. That's what the best player in the world does. He comes out, does things the right way, manages it and sees who is on the leaderboard and who is challenging him.' Advertisement The win, Scheffler's 16th, was a traditional victory for the world No. 1. Entering the final round, Scheffler had a one-shot lead. It was a lead he would never relinquish, and one he nursed along through the entire front nine, making a lone birdie on the seventh hole and making the turn with a two-shot lead. Scheffler would make a lone bogey on the 10th hole but make up for the misstep on the 11th with his second birdie of the day, and turned the tables on his closest pursuer, Ben Griffin. 'Definitely an important moment in the tournament because after the bogey on 10, making that putt on 11 was definitely really important to kind of keep him at bay,' Scheffler said of one of the turning points of the round. 'I didn't actually see his putt there, but I knew that it missed, and so then I'm in control of the box on 12, and I went in there and hit a really nice shot, which I think was really important as well, put it in position there.' Advertisement The par on the 12th for Scheffler and bogey for Griffin didn't close out the tournament, but it continued Scheffler's solid and focused play over the last two years. 'I felt like the only time I had to press was when I was chasing in Houston in the final round,' Scheffler said of the last time another player dictated to him. 'I was pretty far back going into the last round, and so going into the back nine, I had to maybe change some lines into some of the pins and play a bit more aggressively than I had to, for instance, today. It's different playing with the lead than chasing. I think I started that day, five or six shots back against Min Woo (Lee). So, I would say that's really the last time that I felt like I really needed to press a little bit.' Scheffler finished T2 in Houston to Lee. Since then, he hasn't finished outside of the top 10, with the U.S. Open next up. 'It's really hard to put into words what it's like sitting up here with arguably the greatest player of all time, and we're sitting here talking about stuff that I did today on his golf course,' Scheffler said, sitting with Nicklaus. 'It's a pretty weird feeling.' Finally, something that causes Scheffler some angst. This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
Canada Standard
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Canada Standard
Max Verstappen admits George Russell incident 'not right'
(Photo credit: Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK) Max Verstappen admitted Monday that his controversial collision with George Russell in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix was 'not right and shouldn't have happened.' Verstappen, the four-time defending Formula 1 champion, stopped short of apologizing for the incident that earned him a 10-second penalty and dropped him to 10th place in Barcelona. Late in the race, Verstappen initially objected to his Red Bull Racing team's order to allow Mercedes' Russell to swap positions after a tire change. After allowing Russell to pass, Verstappen accelerated heading into a turn and caused a collision. Race stewards deemed Verstappen was entirely at fault, penalized him 10 seconds and also added three penalty points to his super license. The 27-year-old Dutch driver now has 11 points, one short of the maximum allowed in a 12-month period before warranting an automatic one-race suspension. Russell agreed with the stewards' decision, calling Verstappen's move was 'very deliberate.' 'It's something that I've seen numerous times in sim racing and on iRacing. Never have I seen it in a Formula 1 race,' Russell told reporters post-race. Verstappen, who crossed the finish line fifth prior to receiving the penalty, issued his comments on Monday on Instagram. 'Some moves after the safety car restart fueled my frustration, leading to a move that was not right and shouldn't have happened,' he wrote. 'I always give everything out there for the team and emotions can run high. You win some together, you lose some together. See you in Montreal (the next race).' Oscar Piastri won Sunday's race with McLaren teammate Lando Norris finishing second and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc third. --Field Level Media
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Scottie Scheffler's Earnings in the Past 30 Days Revealed
Scottie Scheffler's Earnings in the Past 30 Days Revealed originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Scottie Scheffler secured his 16th PGA Tour victory at Jack's Place on Sunday. This past month has been incredibly successful for him. He won three of the four tournaments he entered, giving him a massive financial boost. Advertisement Scheffler's first win came at the Byron Nelson, earning him $1.782 million in prize money. He chose to skip the $20 million Truist Championship, won by Sepp Straka, to get some rest. His second victory came at the PGA Championship, giving him his third major title and $3.420 million. He then finished tied for fourth at the Charles Schwab Challenge (where Ben Griffin lifted the trophy), but still added $427,500 to his purse. Finally, with his Memorial Tournament win, he took home $4 million, bringing his total winnings for the month to $9.629 million, nearly $10 million. Scottie Scheffler laughs at a comment by Jack Nicklaus.© Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Scottie Scheffler is a devoted family man and attributes all his success over the past month to his wife, Meredith. Immediately after securing the win, he went into the crowd, where his wife was waiting while holding their son, Bennett, and embraced them both. Advertisement 'We're so excited!' Meredith exclaimed. 'That was amazing… I'm so proud of you.' Scheffler then took baby Bennett in his arms and shared heartfelt moments with him as the audience cheered and clapped for the winner. Jack Nicklaus, the legend of the sport, was impressed by the World No. 1. He candidly said that today's competition at the top wasn't on par with Scheffler's level of skill. If Xander Schauffele or another top golfer had been there, things would have been a bit tougher for Scheffler. 'He is such a good player, and he drove the ball beautifully today,' Nicklaus said. 'He never put himself in jeopardy; he didn't put himself in a position to lose the golf tournament. He was always in a position to win.' Advertisement Related: Scottie Scheffler Matching Tiger Woods Draws Strong Reactions From PGA Tour This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
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3 days ago
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Scottie Scheffler Sets Record at Memorial Tournament
Scottie Scheffler Sets Record at Memorial Tournament originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Scottie Scheffler climbed up to lead with a score of 8-under par in the Memorial Tournament during Moving Day, after finishing fourth at the end of Day 2. He achieved this feat and also recorded a major personal career achievement. Advertisement The World No. 1 recorded a bogey-free round, his first-ever in his career at Muirfield Village, finding four birdies in holes 14,15,17 and 18. He is a favorite to win heading into the final round on Sunday. If he secures a win, he will join the history books of Muirfield Village alongside Tiger Woods by achieving back-to-back Memorial victories. However, Scheffler has to look over his shoulder, as Ben Griffin is right on his heels. Scottie Scheffler reacts after sinking his putt on the 18th hole.© Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Griffin is second on the leaderboard with a 7-under-par score. He recorded five bogeys and five birdies during the match, which evened out his score in Round 3. He will surely aim to minimize bogeys on Sunday. Advertisement Nick Taylor has dropped down to third after an up-and-down performance on Day 3. He opened with two consecutive bogeys, then recorded a double bogey on hole 12, followed by another bogey on 13. His saving grace was an eagle on 14 and a birdie on 15. Scheffler also had a hilarious interaction with a fan. After Day 3, he was practicing his shots at the range when a fan asked him to 'save those shots for tomorrow.' To this, his caddie, Ted Scott, responded, 'Don't be fooled … plenty more where that came from.' Scheffler is expected to find fairways effortlessly on Sunday. Related: Ben Griffin Reveals Unfortunate News Before Final Round of Memorial Tournament This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Post
6 days ago
- New York Post
Karen Read prosecution rests case with video of her wondering whether she killed her boyfriend: ‘What if I clipped him?'
Prosecutors rested their case in Karen Read's new murder trial after more than a month of testimony — and closed with a video of Read expressing fears that she may have struck and killed her boyfriend John O'Keefe with her car. 'What if I ran his foot over or what if I clipped him in the knee, and he passed out or went to care for himself and he threw up or passed out?' Read said in an interview clip played for Massachusetts jurors Thursday. 'I thought, could I have run him over? Did he try to get me as I was leaving, and I didn't know it?' she said in the clip, which came from an April 2024 documentary released ahead of her first trial, according to WCVB. Advertisement 3 Karen Read called the prosecution's case against her 'unjust' after the case was rested on Thursday. Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images 'I always have the music blasting. It's snowing. I had the wipers going, the heater blasting. Did he come and hit the back of my car, and I hit him in the knee, and he was drunk and passed out and [he] asphyxiated or something,' Read said in the video. Once the clip ended — with Read explaining that her lawyer, David Yannetti, said she would have 'some element of culpability' if all that had happened — the video dramatically faded to black, and jurors were left in silence as prosecutors closed. Advertisement Read, 45, is accused of deliberately backing her Lexus SUV into 46-year-old O'Keefe, a Boston police officer, before he died on a night of drunken arguing in January 2022. O'Keefe's body was found bloodied and battered in the snow outside a friend's house in Canton the morning after Read drove him there to party with some of his cop bodies during a blizzard. The couple reportedly had a rocky relationship before the fateful night. 3 Read and her boyfriend John O'Keefe, who prosecutors say she deliberately ran down with her car. Courtesy of David Yannetti Advertisement Earlier in the week prosecutors called accident reconstructionist Judson Welcher to the stand, who testified that data from Read's Lexus indicated she had driven forward then stopped and accelerated in reverse at 74% throttle — about 23 mph — at the time that she was dropping O'Keefe off at the house. And on Thursday, prosecutors pressed Welcher on whether or not the data could suffer from 'confirmation bias' — which Welcher denied, saying the car presented them with 'objective information.' With the prosecution's case finished, the defense will begin calling witnesses Friday, and is expected to kick things off with their own accident reconstructionist, according to Read told reporters it remains 'TBD' whether she will take the stand herself, which she did not during her first trial last year. Advertisement 3 Prosecutor Hank Brennan revisited testimony that data from Read's car suggested she reversed into O'Keefe. AP The defense will likely take about two weeks to present its case, Read added, before calling the prosecution's case against her 'unjust.' Read's first case ended in a mistrial last summer after jurors were unable to reach an agreement on her charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter. She pleaded not guilty, with her defense arguing O'Keefe was beaten by his cop friends and dumped in the snow where he was found — and that the pals then tried to frame Read. The last trial dredged up responding officers' questionable investigation tactics — which included using leaf-blowers to melt snow and storing O'Keefe's frozen blood in Solo cups, along with vulgar texts officers exchanged about Read — to support their claims.
