Another day, another 63 for Reed in Humana
Another day, another 63 for Reed in Humana
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Another perfect day in the Coachella Valley. Another 9-under 63 for Patrick Reed in the Humana Challenge.
Reed broke the PGA Tour record for relation to par in the first three rounds of a tournament, finishing at 27-under Saturday to take a seven-stroke lead into the final round.
He birdied his final hole on PGA West’s Jack Nicklaus Private Course, hitting a wedge to 2 feet on the par-4 ninth. He also had an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey.
Reed broke the tour mark of 25-under set by Gay Brewer in the 1967 Pensacola Open and matched by Ernie Els in the 2003 Tournament of Champions, Steve Stricker in the 2010 John Deere Classic and Pat Perez in the 2009 event in La Quinta. Reed was one off Stricker’s stroke record of 188 set on a par-71 course.
Organizers say Jamaica qualified for Sochi
The Jamaican bobsled team may be headed to another Olympics.
The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast.
Olympic organizers said Saturday that Jamaica has qualified for the two-man competition at next month’s Sochi Games, though it remains unclear if the fledgling squad will get a chance to race. Funding is a serious problem and sled driver Winston Watts told The Associated Press on Saturday that he’s trying to raise as much as $80,000 in the next couple weeks to cover travel and equipment costs.
“Right now,” Watts said, “we’re at zero.”
Still, the 46-year-old Watts — who called himself “retired” from sliding for nearly a decade — has held on to hope of sliding again on the sport’s biggest stage.
“We’re pretty good,” Watts said. “We’re not there with the rest of the world, of course. But we if had some more sources for funding, we’d have a better chance.”
Copeland’s two TDs leads Team National to win
CARSON, Calif. — LSU fullback J.C. Copeland ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns, Stanford’s Anthony Wilkerson ran for 67 yards and a touchdown and Team National used a second half surge to beat Team American 31-17 in the third annual NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.
Copeland, who never had a multi-touchdown game in 42 career games at LSU, was named MVP.
Hawaii quarterback Sean Schroeder completed 13 of 17 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown to lead the American.
The game was tied at 14 at halftime, but the National scored on its first three possessions of the second half to cruise to victory.
Former Chiefs, Eagles and Rams coach Dick Vermeil coached the National side while former Vikings and Cardinals coach Dennis Green coached the American squad. Vermeil has guided the National to victory in all three installments of the game.
Garoppolo’s TD pass boosts East over West
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jimmy Garoppolo threw a second-quarter touchdown pass and Nevin Lawson returned a fourth-quarter fumble 5 yards for another TD to lead the East to a 23-13 victory in the 89th East-West Shrine game on Saturday.
Coastal Carolina’s Matt Hazel scored on the 1-yard scoring pass from Garoppolo, the Eastern Illinois standout who completed nine of 14 passes for 100 yards and no interceptions. Arkansas’ Zach Hocker kicked three field goals for the East, including a 56-yarder that snapped a 13-13 tie early in the fourth quarter.
Nevin, a cornerback from Utah State, scooped up a fumble forced by Western Kentucky’s Andrew Jackson to put the East up 23-13 with 9:38 to go.
By wire sources