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PGA Tour news: Ryan Fox storms back, snags Canadian Open victory in playoff
The post PGA Tour news: Ryan Fox storms back, snags Canadian Open victory in playoff appeared first on ClutchPoints. Ryan Fox beat Sam Burns in a sudden-death playoff in the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday on the PGA Tour. For the second time in three years, there was a playoff in Ontario. In 2023, Nick Taylor provided Canada with an iconic golf moment. This time, it was New Zealand's Ryan Fox who won the Canadian Open in a playoff. Burns made a charge from the middle of the pack on Sunday to take the clubhouse lead early on. His Sunday 62 was the best round of the day and put him at 18-under par for the tournament. Many players took a shot at besting his mark, but Kevin Yu, Cameron Young, and Matt McCarty fell short. Fox tied him with a birdie on 18, finishing off a round of four-under 66. Burns and Fox teed it up on the par-five 18th hole on their first sudden-death playoff hole. Neither could reach the green in two shots due to a stifling wind, so they hit wedge shots close on their third shots. But both missed their birdie putts, including Burns from inside of six feet. He entered the Canadian Open as the best putter, per Strokes Gained, on the PGA Tour. The players went back to the 18th tee to try and decide the Canadian Open once again. Fox flirted with the pond left of the green, but skirted disaster on his second shot. Both players missed their birdie putts again, they went back to the tee, the grounds crew changed the hole location, and they tried again. Advertisement They tied again the third time, but Fox and Burnes finally hit the green with their second shots on the fourth attempt. Burns three-putt, giving Fox a golden opportunity to end it. The New Zealander buried his birdie putt to win the Canadian Open on the 76th hole. Next up on the circuit is the United States Open at Oakmont Country Club outside of Pittsburgh. Both Burnes and Fox are in the field, as is Masters champ Rory McIlroy and defending US Open champ Bryson DeChambeau. Related: PGA Tour news: Ryan Fox pulls off RBC Canadian Open feat last seen in 1968 Related: Carlos Alcaraz gets Tiger Woods comparison after epic French Open win
Al Jazeera
17-02-2025
- Sport
- Al Jazeera
Alcaraz beats Cilic in straight sets to advance at Qatar Open
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz has overcome Croatian veteran Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4 to reach the round of 16 at the Qatar Open. The 36-year-old Cilic, the 2014 United States Open champion who has fallen to number 192 in the rankings, was playing his first match of the season after recovering from a long-term knee injury. The Croatian led 4-3 and 0-40 on Alcaraz's serve in the second set on Friday, but the Spanish four-time major winner managed to recover and then broke in the next game. 'I am just really happy that I stayed calm at that moment – breathing, going through my routines, making good points,' Alcaraz said. 'That's why I was able to win in two sets.' Alcaraz will play either China's Zhang Zhizhen or Italy's Luca Nardi next. Earlier, seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov lost 6-4, 6-4 to Jiri Lehecka. Also on Monday, eighth-seeded Briton Jack Draper beat Australia's Alexei Popyrin 6-2, 7-6 (4) to set up a meeting with another Australian, Christopher O'Connell. Several other top players will play their first matches on Tuesday. Second-seeded Alex de Minaur will face Roman Safiullin. Novak Djokovic, who had to pull out of his Australian Open semifinal with a hamstring injury, will take on Matteo Berrettini. Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Stefano Tsitsipas will also play on Tuesday.
Al Jazeera
13-02-2025
- Business
- Al Jazeera
Ronaldo heads the 100 top-paid athletes in 2024, but no women make the list
Cristiano Ronaldo again topped the list of the world's highest paid athletes with a total income of $260m in 2024, according to sports industry news site Sportico, but there were no women in the top 100. The leading 100, dominated by players from football, the NBA, NFL, golf and boxing, earned an estimated $6.2bn in total income last year. The figure includes $4.8bn in salary and prize money plus $1.4bn in endorsements. Former United States Open tennis champion Coco Gauff was the top-earning female athlete last year at $30.4m, well short of Daniel Jones, quarterback of American football's Minnesota Vikings, who squeezed in at number 100 with a total income of $37.5m. Ronaldo's lucrative contract with Saudi Arabian football team Al-Nassr ensured he retained the top spot for a second straight year after he moved to the Saudi Pro League in December 2022. Sportico said the Portugal forward, who celebrated his 40th birthday last week, earned a hefty $215m in wages while he also made $45m in endorsements. Forbes last year reported an estimated return of $260m for the former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward. Ronaldo is so far ahead of the other athletes in the world that Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, who is second on the list, came in more than $100m short of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner. The NBA star earned $153.8m in 2024. British boxer Tyson Fury, who lost to Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk in a heavyweight clash in December, is third on the list at $147m. The top five are rounded out by Inter Miami's Argentina captain Lionel Messi ($135m) and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James ($133.2m), the only 40-year-old currently playing in the NBA. The top 100 is made up of athletes who play eight sports and hail from 27 countries. While the American Gauff, who is only 20, could climb up the list in the years to come, there have been other female athletes who would have cracked the list in the past. Business magazine Forbes said Japan's four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka was the world's highest paid female athlete in 2022 after she pulled in $57.3m in prize money and endorsements. Retired tennis great Serena Williams, who won 23 singles majors, earned $41.8m in 2021, according to Forbes. The American retired from the sport in 2022 at the US Open.
