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3 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
Scottie Scheffler living ‘peak dad life' as he's handed baby son with ‘poop stain' immediately after winning £3million
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER cruised to another title at the Memorial Open - before being hit with the realities of parenthood. The 28-year-old defended his crown in Ohio with a four-stroke victory over Ben Griffin. Advertisement 2 Scottie Scheffler retained his Memorial trophy with a brilliant performance Credit: AP 2 Fans declared he was just "one of us" after son Bennett had an accident on the 18th green Credit: CBS And he continued his stunning form at Muirfield Village, posting -10 across his four rounds to bag the £3million prize pot. Scheffler celebrated on the 18th green with The World No1 was handed his son minutes after sinking the winning putt. Advertisement READ MORE ON GOLF But eagle-eyed fans couldn't help but notice Scheffler Jr. was in need of a nappy change. Bennett had suffered an unfortunate blowout, with what appeared to be a large poo stain spotted on the back of his baby grow. Reposting the viral image, golf writer Kyle Porter quipped: "Winning a golf tournament for $4 million and your wife handing you a baby with a poop stain square in the middle of his back is peak dad life." One fan laughed in response: "This is what peak male performance looks like." Advertisement Most read in Golf BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Another said: "He's just like us." While a third joked: "2 blow outs in 1 day…the Scheffler's are unstoppable." Scottie Scheffler celebrates PGA Championship triumph with emotional family Advertisement Five-time winner Woods retained the crown between 1999 and 2001. Scheffler has now bagged more than £7m in prize money since His latest win has come less than two weeks before the start of the US Open. Scheffler said: "It's pretty cool. Advertisement "It's always a hard week. It's so challenging to play this tournament. Ben made things interesting down the stretch. "Overall, it was a great week."
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Iga Swiatek's alarming form comes into focus at French Open
Iga Swiatek was hurried, stressed and on the verge of a defeat after a dominant winning streak. It was Wimbledon in 2022 and Alize Cornet halted Swiatek's run of 37 wins in a row in the third round. Of all the losses in Swiatek's career, this is the one that she could perhaps accept the most; given her run of wins, that she was playing on grass - her least favourite surface - and that she would finish the year with the French Open and US Open titles and as the World No 1. But the point is, even then, the experience of watching Swiatek fall to defeat on Centre Court was still an uncomfortable one. As she trailed, Swiatek lost the one thing she prizes above all else: control, of every point and every shot, and of the world she is living in. With Swiatek under pressure and Cornet managing to take time away from her opponent, her errors spiralled, deepening the cycle of what at the time was an extremely rare defeat. To move on from that example, as Swiatek now returns to the French Open it feels as if the 23-year-old has fallen deeper into that spiral than at any point in her career since turning World No 1 three years ago. Roland Garros brings her struggles on the court into sharp focus: Swiatek has not reached a final, let alone won a title, since beating Jasmine Paolini to win her fourth French Open 12 months ago. The defending champion will arrive in Paris as the fifth seed, after Paolini's triumph at the Italian Open. Swiatek has so far been unable to correct the course of the toughest year of her career. If anything, the clay-court season has accentuated her struggles. As well as the shocking, landslide 6-1 6-1 defeat to Coco Gauff in Madrid, there was another loss to Jelena Ostapenko in Stuttgart, adding to her losing record against the Latvian, as well as a third-round exit from Rome against another adversary in Danielle Collins. Swiatek's on-court demeanour, particularly in the rout against Gauff, has been concerning. It has also been the opposite of what we have come to expect from Swiatek, a player who has modelled her mental approach and attitude towards tennis on Rafael Nadal's relentless focus, taking it all one point at a time. It is why Swiatek has accumulated so many one-sided victories, because she is always playing in the moment, maintaining her immaculate footwork and aggression, keeping the pedal down. It had led to three French Open titles in a row, a run where Swiatek almost made the opposition irrelevant. There is a double-standard there of course, one that is unfair to expect and impossible to maintain. Swiatek has highlighted it herself. "When I'm highly focused and don't show many emotions on court, I'm called a robot, my attitude labelled as inhuman. [When] I'm more expressive, showing feelings or struggling internally, I'm suddenly labelled immature or hysterical,' she said in February, following a tough loss at Indian Wells where she almost hit a ball boy in frustration during her defeat to Mirra Andreeva. Swiatek has yet to win a title since she returned from a one-month doping suspension for testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine last August. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) accepted the positive test was due to a contaminated batch of the melatonin Swiatek used to deal with jet lag and sleep issues. Swiatek's level of fault was found to be at the lowest end of the range for 'no significant fault or negligence'. But the attention was difficult. Swiatek said she spent 'three weeks crying daily' as her 'career hung in the balance'. She was replaced at World No 1 by Australian Open and US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, as Swiatek missed the majority of the Asian hard-court swing. At around the same time, Swiatek parted ways with her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski after three years of working together. There have yet to be clear signs of progress under her new coach Wim Fissette. A return to Roland Garros, where Swiatek has won four or her five grand slam titles and was beginning to earn the nickname 'Queen of Clay' following her latest triumph last season, is a place where she can receive some respite. Paris is also where some of Swiatek's difficulties began, however, as it was on those favoured clay-courts last August where she was beaten in the Olympic semi-finals by Qinwen Zheng, ending her 25-match winning streak at Roland Garros. Swiatek was in tears having believed she had fallen short under the pressure of winning gold for Poland, although she did go on to win Olympic bronze. But Swiatek has been a tough watch since, a player who appears too wrapped in on trying to rewrite the past, having taken her eye off of her present. Her rivals for the French throne, mainly Sabalenka, Gauff and Paolini, will believe there is a chance of winning in Paris this year, unless Swiatek can find a way of stopping the slide.
Arab News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
PGA champ Scheffler still has shot at 3rd win in row with big move at Colonial despite 3 late bogeys
FORT WORTH, Texas: Scottie Scheffler knew he had to make a bunch of birdies in the third round at Colonial for any chance to win in his third consecutive start. The world's No. 1 player did just that, but also had three bogeys on the back nine. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport
RNZ News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
Tennis: Aryna Sabalenka hungry for French Open success
Aryna Sabalenka celebrates her victory at the Australian Open. Photo: Photosport World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka is determined not to let anything upset her title hopes - or her digestion - as she eyes a first French Open title, insisting she relishes the pressure of being the player to beat. The Belarusian arrives in Paris as the top seed at a Grand Slam for the second straight time, after her run to the Australian Open final in January. While she admitted to embracing the target on her back, Sabalenka insisted rankings meant little in the unpredictable world of major tournaments. "Honestly, I just love it so much, knowing there's someone chasing me," Sabalenka, 26, said. "I take it as a challenge. "Every time I go out there, it's like, 'OK, let's see who's ready for the pressure moments'." Aryna Sabalenka relishes the target on her back at Roland Garros. Photo: photosport Sabalenka, who has never reached the final at Roland Garros, believed she was now better equipped, both physically and mentally, to challenge on clay, a surface she conceded took her years to master. "On clay, power's not enough," she said. "You have to build the point three or four times, you have to be physically and mentally ready, and you need variety. "This surface made me work really hard to get to this level." The Belarusian has suffered painful near misses at Roland Garros, including a quarter-final exit last year, when illness struck at an inopportune time. Sabalenka joked she had learned from that episode. "I'm definitely not going to go for the same meal I had before that match," she smiled. "The lesson is learned. "We made adjustments on my food and we'll make sure it doesn't happen again." While much of the attention would be on a potential semi-final showdown with defending champion Iga Swiatek, Sabalenka was keen to keep the focus on herself. "I don't have expectations for anyone else. "Grand Slams are tricky. Everyone feels pressure, there are always upsets. I'd prefer to stay in my own bubble and focus on my game." - Reuters
CBS News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Colorado sky runner survived a stunning 150-foot fall, uses her comeback to inspire others
Colorado native Hillary Allen is a record-breaking ultra-runner and sky runner who survived a stunning 150-foot fall during a competition in Norway. Her story of perseverance is incredible. "The reason I love running is because it's the ultimate expression of freedom," said Allen. "All I need is just my body, a pair of shoes and I can just go." Hillary Allen Allen has chased that freedom all over the world, from France to Switzerland, Italy and beyond. "I think I've always been drawn to things that are difficult my whole life. It basically boasts the steepest type of terrain imaginable. In a 31-mile race, you climb 14,000 feet. So that's the equivalent of starting at sea level and going to the top of a 14er, and you have to turn around and run that back down. So, that's what I got into," said Allen. If there's one thing to know about Allen, it's that she doesn't just try something; she excels. "In 2017, I was actually ranked number one in the world," she said. The last race of the season was in Tromso, Norway. It was a rugged, technical race, but all she had to do was finish it to secure her title as World No. 1. She was at the height of her career when things took a near-deadly turn. Hillary Allen "It was literally one minute I was running, the next I was just in the air. And I remember time slowing down, and I remember my own voice inside my head just telling me to stay calm, that this was it, that I was dying," she recalled. Allen slipped and fell 150 feet off the mountain, suffering 14 broken bones and severe lacerations. She was lucky to be alive and was told she'd never run again. "I remember after hearing that, I didn't speak the rest of the day," said Allen. "After the initial depression, I was surprised how quickly I had the surgery, how quickly I started dreaming of like, well, this is my choice. She doesn't get to tell me what I can do or what I can't do." While she was still confined to a bed, Allen began believing her best athletic days were in front of her. Although it was a daily mental and physical battle, she defied the odds, not only walking again, but running, and not only running, but winning. Hillary Allen "I'm absolutely in love with that process of just trying to be your best. Since my accident, I've done several 100-mile races, some of the hardest in the world. And you know, set course records or won those. I think that this accident changed my life for the better, because it allowed me to question what was important to me and where I saw my life going," she explained. Allen has become a more well-rounded athlete, speaker and author, and decided to leave her pursuit of becoming a PHD scientist behind. Now, she's going back to school for sports psychology. "Coming back from this accident, I've had to do a lot of mental work, and I've become very interested in the psychology of just existence, but in particular, sport," she shared. "My hope is that I can help performers, hopefully girls, because I'm really interested in inspiring the next generation of female sport as female athletes." Allen's story is one of triumph, of never giving up, and believing your best days are always ahead of you. "It's hard to quantify how hard I worked in order to not only return to sport, but to be where I am today," Allen said. "I can package it into a nice storyline, but it really boils down to this devotion to trying to be the best version of yourself each day."
