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OXFORD, Maine – Garrett Hall drove to his second Pro All Stars Series super late model victory of the season Sunday afternoon in the 150-lap main event at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Hall started 12th on the 30-car grid and methodically worked his way into contention with plenty of race car at his disposal when it was time to get the job done. When it was time to go Hall was ready, and usually able to make progress in the low groove once finally moving into the top five with his Norm’s Used Cars-sponsored machine.
Nick Sweet tried to chase down Hall after getting past Ray Christian III late in the race but came up .47 of a second short under the checkered flag.
Christian led more laps than anyone else in the 150-lapper, at times holding a tremendous lead, but he couldn’t hold back Hall. He settled for third.
Mike Rowe raced with the frontrunners all afternoon and was fourth across the finish line. Reid Lanpher, who was one of the early race leaders, hung on to post a top-five finish.
Spencer Morse raced to his first PASS Mods victory of the season, outrunning Jariet Harrison to the checkered flag.
The finish:
Garrett Hall, Nick Sweet, Ray Christian III, Mike Rowe, Reid Lanpher, Gabe Brown, Curtis Gerry, Eddie MacDonald, Evan Hallstrom, Bobby Therrien, Ben Rowe, Craig Weinstein, Dillon Moltz, Derek Griffith, Alan Tardiff, Ryan Robbins, Brandon Barker, Johnny Clark, Scott McDaniel, Jeremy Davis, Ashton Tucker, Mike Landry, Travis Benjamin, Dan Winter, Michael Scorzelli, T.J. Brackett, Tim Brackett, Tracy Gordon, Scott Robbins, D.J. Shaw.
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LEXINGTON, Ohio – Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour competitors woke up on Sunday morning to a wet track from a series of overnight storms.
While it wouldn’t rain again during daylight hours, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course began the day as a green track with little grip. Conditions would improve as the day went along and 28 winners were crowned Sunday at the event hosted by SCCA’s Ohio Valley Region.
Conditions were difficult at best for the opening of the Group 1 race. Michael Lavigne snuck away steadily to take the overall and Touring 2 class win, but further back in the field saw John Heinricy and James Coughlin battling to the finish.
Heinricy’s rear-wheel drive No. 35 Hoosier/Hawk/Mobil 1 Toyota 86 had Coughlin’s front-wheel drive Honda Civic Si side by side with him through various stages of the race as the pair navigated both the track and the traffic in the large group. At the finish, Heinricy was .740-second ahead for the win.
“It was pretty rough right from the start,” Heinricy said. “I got hit under the bridge in the wet. I was on the outside there, and the car on the inside was going the exact same speed as I was. I said, ‘I don’t think this is going to work,’ and it didn’t. I had a challenge all the time from Coughlin, he did a great job.”
Mike Miserendino drove his No. 11 MBI Racing Spec Racer Ford Gen 3 to a win Sunday in a wild race. The track went full-course yellow early for an extended period, and completed only 15 of the scheduled 21 laps in the 35-minute time period. Miserendino was able to sneak away at the end, finishing a remarkable 1.635 seconds ahead of Sandy Satullo.
The B-Spec field put on a show during the production group race. Tom Coury kept his Mazda2 on the bumper of eventual winner Fritz Wilke throughout the race, and Rob Piearczyk was just behind in his Honda Fit. Wilke’s No. 84 Ford Fiesta shook loose of Coury late. And when the race ended under full-course caution after 18 laps, he was able to cruise for a win.
In the same race group, Eric Vickerman swept the H Production weekend when he made his way around seven-time Runoffs National champion Steve Sargis.
Owen McAllister, at only 14 years old, swept the weekend in Formula Mazda driving the No. 39 machine. Meanwhile, James Libecco made his second podium appearance of the weekend on Sunday after again claiming the Formula Enterprises win in his No. 98.
Jim Drago swept the Spec Miata weekend in his No. 2 Mazda Miata in an epic Spec Miata dogfight. Drago started second and chased down polesitter Jared Thomas in the opening laps. Running side by side, Thomas went wide in the keyhole and off the track on lap five, opening the door for Drago. Thomas fell to fifth, and Drago teamed with Michael Carter to move away from the field.
Once in the clear, the pair watched the laps count down. Carter went to the lead on lap eight before Drago found his way back to the front on the 19th lap. Carter challenged again, but Drago held on for the final three laps and the win.
In GT-2, Pete Peterson fell behind at the start in his No. 98 Toyota Celica, but then used an early yellow flag to mount a steady climb through the field. With the help of some attrition, he made up six spots and took the class win.
Sunday concluded with a wild Formula 500 race. Calvin Stewart, driving a Novakar Blade F600, and the NovaRace Blade of Eric McRee were well in front of the field and battling for the class and overall lead when the pair came together in Turn Four with one-and-a-half laps remaining. Stewart slid into the gravel trap and McRee ended up high-sided on the curb, handing the win to a happy James Weida in his No. 22 Weida Apartments/Formula X-1 Scorpion W1/Rotax sled.
Below are provisional race results from Sunday’s Hoosier Super Tour at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Class: Name, Hometown, Region and Car.
-American Sedan: Bryan Long, Peoria, Ill., Chicago Region, Ford Mustang
-B-Spec: Fritz Wilke, Chelsea, Mich., Detroit Region, Ford Fiesta
-E Production: Breton Williams, Clinton, Iowa, Great River Region, Mazda MX-5
-F Production: Kevin Ruck, Marysville, Ohio, Ohio Valley Region, Acura Integra
-H Production: Eric Vickerman, Howell, Mich., Detroit Region, Austin Healey Sprite
-Formula 500: James Weida, West Lafayette, Ind., Indianapolis Region, Scorpion W-1 Rotax
-Formula Atlantic: Nicho Vardis, Sylvan Lake, Mich., Detroit Region, JDR F1000
-Formula Continental: Chuck Moran, Oaktown, Va., Old Dominion Region, Van Dieman RF99/Ford
-Formula Enterprises: Jim Libecco, Solon, Ohio, NEOhio Region, Formula Enterprises/Mazda
-Formula Enterprises 2: Liam Snyder, Southlake, Texas, Texas Region, Formula Enterprises/Mazda
-Formula F: Alex Scaler, Flemington, N.J., South Jersey Region, Mygale M13/Honda
-Formula Mazda: Owen McAllister, Mooresville, N.C., Texas Region, Formula Mazda
-Formula Vee: Andrew Whitston, Neenah, Wis., Milwaukee Region, Protoform P2/Volkswagen
-GT-1: Jeff Hinkle, Destin, Fla., Atlanta Region, Dodge Challenger
-GT-2: Pete Peterson, Lumberton, N.C., Central Carolinas Region, Toyota Celica
-GT-3: Joe Kristensen, London, Ontario, Detroit Region, Honda Civic
-GT-Lite: Graham Fuller, Martinsburg, W.Va., Washington DC Region, Honda CRX
-GT-X: Larry Funk, Oberlin, Ohio, NEOhio Region, Ford FP350S
-Prototype 1: Glen Cooper, Roswell, Ga., Atlanta Region, LSR2 P1
-Prototype 2: Mike Reupert, Hubertus, Wis., Milwaukee Region, Nostendo 1
-Spec Miata: Jim Drago, Memphis, Tenn., Mid South Region, Mazda Miata
-Spec Racer Ford 3: Mike Miserendino, Bakersfield, Calif., Cal Club Region, Spec Racer Ford
-Super Touring Lite: Garret Dunn, Commerce Township, Mich., Detroit Region, Honda CRX Si
-Super Touring Under: Dinah Weisberg, Webster, N.Y., Glen Region, Mazda MX-5
-Touring 1: Bill Baten, Indianapolis, Ind., Indianapolis Region, Chevrolet Camaro
-Touring 2: Michael Lavigne, Hooksett, N.H., New England Region, Ford Mustang GT
-Touring 3: Daniel Bender, Northbrook, Ill., Chicago Region, Mazda MX-5
-Touring 4: John Heinricy, Clarkston, Mich., Detroit Region, Toyota 86
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It required two event postponements and an additional day’s delay on top of that, but American Flat Track finally got in its first mile of the season with Sunday’s Indian Motorcycle of Lexington Red Mile.
It was worth the wait.
Defending AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines Champion Jared Mees remained the only rider to ever win an AFT Twins Main Event at the Red Mile after narrowly overcoming the relentless challenge of Briar Bauman.
Mees threatened to turn this year’s edition into a walkaway early, but Bauman dug deep and tracked the reigning champ down. He closed onto Mees’ rear wheel with ten laps remaining in the once-stopped 25-lap main, at which point the two promptly went to work.
Bauman leveraged his incredible confidence with the high line to drive around the outside of Mees on multiple occasions, but Mees was always quick to respond with an inside dive or superior drive of his own.
Bauman attempted to draft by at the checkered flag, but couldn’t quite match Mees’ launch, allowing the reigning series king to grab the checkered flag by a .056-second margin.
Mees has now won eight of the last 12 Miles dating back to 2017’s Red Mile.
“I started to get a little worried about tires,” Mees said. “When we had that red flag, it looked like we were buzzing the tires down pretty good, so I wanted to slow the pace down a little bit and try to ease it off in the corners and keep it inline. I knew if I did that (Briar) was going to catch me. But the Indian Motorcycle has worked so good all day… it’s been so good here the last three years.”
While he couldn’t defeat his rival on this day, Bauman did extend his perfect run of podium results for the year.
“I can’t even put this into words,” said Bauman. “We’re leading the championship, but at the same time, I’m probably more excited than Jared is right now. This is actually my first Mile podium, and I was able to reel him in and make a race of it for the fans who stuck out the weather. I’m really excited.”
Bryan Smith almost turned it into a three-way scrap on the final lap. Smith proved the time away spent working on his ‘19 package was time well invested as he finished third, just more than a second off the victory.
Another 0.186 seconds back was the most impressive Stephen Vanderkuur. Vanderkuur, who only had two prior premier class main event starts to his name and a best finish of 15th, tagged along with Smith and put himself in podium contention at the end. He ultimately finished fourth and proved himself capable of running with the best of the best.
Henry Wiles completed the top five.
Mikey Rush scored his first victory since joining the Roof Systems AFT Singles presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys class following a showdown with the category’s established mile expert, Shayna Texter.
“I feel great,” Rush said. “I was really, really hungry for this win; I was getting tired of second. My team worked their tails off for me. It’s a great group of people and we’re having a great time doing this. And when you’re having a great time, you’re going to win races.”
Cory Texter continued his unbeaten start to the AFT Production Twins championship with his third victory in as many tries this season.
“It feels great,” Texter said. “I’m glad the fans stuck it out and came back out today. We really appreciate their support. It turned out to be a good race. Earlier on today I was struggling so bad, and we went back to a setup I was familiar with. I just tried to trust my instincts more and not overthink things.”
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Lee6's manager cries while translating: 'I'm just really proud of her'
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Sunday, 02 June 2019 12:12
While Hank Haney was tweeting nonsense, an emotional scene actually worthy of attention unfolded late Sunday at the Country Club of Charleston, where Jeongeun Lee6 had just captured the U.S. Women's Open.
Lee's manager, Jennifer Kim, was serving as a translator during a post-tournament interview, and when Lee started crying in response to a question, Kim broke down herself.
"Sorry," Kim said, briefly unable to find Lee's words or her own. "I'm just really proud of her.
"She couldn't imagine coming this far," Kim began again, "you know, winning the first LPGA tournament, also [a] major championship, and she feels proud of herself, and she worked so hard."
Judging by some of the social media reaction, Lee and Kim weren't the only ones to choke up.
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Lexi records another runner-up, says she'll stick with claw grip
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Sunday, 02 June 2019 12:48
Lexi Thompson recorded her third career runner-up finish in a major on Sunday.
Thompson struggled out of the gates in the final round of the U.S. Women's Open, bogeying three of her first four holes. She went on to steady herself and play the rest of the golf course in 1 under on a tough day for scoring, but it wasn't enough.
"It was a bit of a rough day," she said. "Definitely wasn't my ball striking. I got off to a pretty bad start. Just overall wasn't as comfortable, I guess, over my shots."
A 2-over 73 left her tied for second at 4 under par with Angel Yin and So Yeon Ryu, two shots behind the champion Jeongeun Lee6.
"Well, it's tough to get back once you're 2 over through three, whatever I was," Thompson continued. "It's hard to get that back. But, I mean, I was staying in it. I had birdie chances, and I hit some great putts. And I had some really hard putts for birdie today. They were breaking a ton."
Thompson took 31 putts in the final round, after recording 32 each of the previous three days. She decided earlier this week, on the advice of her brother Curtis, to experiment with a claw grip on her putting stroke.
Thompson said she intends to stick with it, at least for now.
"Yeah, I think so. I mean, I'm in a five-week stretch right now. So it's tough to actually grind and work on something, but I'll work on it for the few practice rounds before New Jersey next week. Yeah, I'm going to stick [with it]. I do really like it. It's a matter of getting a lot more comfortable with it."
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DUBLIN, Ohio – The last time Patrick Cantlay sat in the spacious interview room at Muirfield Village alongside tournament host Jack Nicklaus he was receiving one of college golf’s highest awards.
“It means a lot,” a fresh-faced Cantlay said during the ceremony to accept the 2011 Division I Jack Nicklaus Award. “It’s everything you ever dreamed of doing your first year in college.”
It would have been impossible for the 19-year-old phenom from UCLA to imagine the next time he’d sidle up next to the Golden Bear in that press center it would be as the Memorial champion.
But then Cantlay’s short career has been a convergence of wildly unpredictable circumstances.
Cantlay couldn’t have imagined the hairline fracture in his L5 vertebrae he suffered in May 2013 that sidelined his professional dreams for more than three years.
He would have no way to process how the death of his caddie and friend, Chris Roth, in a hit-and-run accident in 2016 would impact his life.
And Cantlay would certainly have no inkling that eight years later he would pull off one of the more impressive comebacks in Memorial Tournament history with a bogey-free 64 for a two-stroke victory over Adam Scott.
“I knew I had a little bit of a mountain to climb to start the day,” said Cantlay, who began the final round four strokes behind Martin Kaymer. “A couple of guys ahead of me, two and four shots ahead of me, and guys that have played really well and closed out golf tournaments. I knew I needed to come out firing and make a bunch of birdies, and I did.”
Now 27, Cantlay is something of an old soul. Three of his closest friends back home at Virginia Country Club in California are over 70, after all, and he’s never been one for false modesty or idle conversations.
They say true champions are often born from struggle and adversity and he’s certainly put in his share of time on both fronts. There was doubt when his career was threatened by his back injury and heartache when Roth was killed as the two strolled through Newport Beach, Calif.
“For a while, I couldn’t care less about everything. Not just golf. Everything that happened in my life for a couple months didn’t feel important. Nothing felt like it mattered,” Cantlay said in a 2017 interview with the Los Angeles Daily News.
But eventually his back and mind began to heal. He played his first full season on the PGA Tour in 2017 and had more top-25 finishes (eight) than missed cuts (two). Later that fall to start the 2017-18 season he won his first Tour event in a playoff bout against Alex Cejka and Whee Kim at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and this season he’d done everything but win before arriving in central Ohio.
In 13 starts he finished runner-up in Las Vegas and third at the RBC Heritage and last month’s PGA Championship. Throughout all of his near-misses the soft-spoken kid from southern California never lost his patience. After everything he’s been through a few bridesmaid performances weren’t going to get to him.
“I call it all the way in the pool, he’s in like the great athletes we study. From the minute he wakes up to the minute he goes to sleep he is committed to being the best he can be,” said Jamie Mulligan, Cantlay’s swing coach. “He’s very complete through his game.”
That complete game was on display on Sunday at the Memorial when he began the final round four strokes behind Kaymer, who appeared in complete control early in his round when he pulled four shots clear of the field with a birdie at the fifth hole. That was right about the time Cantlay began his run.
Cantlay converted from 4 feet at No. 7, 14 feet at No. 8 and 12 feet at No. 9 for birdie. When he added another birdie at the 11th to move to 17 under he was suddenly tied with Kaymer, who made back-to-back bogeys for the first time all week at Nos. 12 and 13.
From there Cantlay, who is among the Tour leaders in final-round scoring average this year, only needed to cruise. For a player whose path to victory has been anything but easy, it was a fittingly stress-free walk up the final fairway to meet Nicklaus.
“Can you think of a better thing then to walk up 18 and see Jack waiting for you?” Mulligan asked. “To have Jack say you are 100 percent complete, that means a lot. Hearing Jack tell him to just have fun is special.”
As Cantlay settled in next to Nicklaus for his post-round appointment with the media he glanced around the room. In the 11 years since he was in the same spot so much had changed – his body, his game and without question his mind.
The 19-year-old Cantlay could have never envisioned all of this.
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Advice from Nicklaus helped propel Cantlay to accept second trophy at Muirfield
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Sunday, 02 June 2019 12:57
DUBLIN, Ohio – Patrick Cantlay won the Memorial in his third career start, but his relationship with this event dates back to 2011.
That’s when he was on site at Muirfield Village to receive the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top NCAA Division I golfer, having completed a standout season at UCLA. But dealing with injury and off-course struggles, he didn’t make his tournament debut until 2017. But when he returned two years ago, he was quick to bend the ear of the tournament host.
“Patrick came to me, and he just asked me, ‘How would you play the golf course?’” Nicklaus said. “We sat down, and I don’t have any idea what I told him, but he’s played it well.”
As Cantlay recalls it, the two shared a 90-minute strategy session, breaking down how to attack each and every hole while sitting at Nicklaus’ house near the course. He gleaned insights and put them to use en route to a T-35 finish that year, then tied for fourth last year.
Cantlay ran into Nicklaus in the Muirfield Village men’s grill Friday afternoon following a second-round 69 that left him two shots off the lead heading into the weekend. This time around, with Cantlay looking to turn a string of near-miss finishes into a second career victory, the advice was a little different.
“He grabbed me aside and said, ‘You need to go out there, have a good time. Look around when you’re out there,’” Cantlay said. “’Look at all the people having a great time. And then you need to have a great time and realize that that’s why you’re there, and relax and go have fun and go win the golf tournament.’”
Cantlay did just that, turning a four-shot deficit into a two-shot win with a bogey-free 64 that left the field in his wake and marked the lowest final round ever by a tournament champion. It ended a victory drought that dated back to November 2017, and he joins Tiger Woods as the only other player to receive the Nicklaus Award at Muirfield Village for collegiate success and then return to win the PGA Tour event.
While his placid demeanor didn’t seem to flinch much coming down the stretch, Cantlay admitted that Nicklaus’ advice was at the top of mind as he closed out one of the best rounds of his career to edge Adam Scott among a host of contenders.
“Hearing it from someone like Jack gives it a little more weight. A lot more weight,” Cantlay said. “And then honestly just being in that position so many times this year, in the last year, I felt just a lot more like it was normal. And I was just a little more at ease.”
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Scott looking ahead to U.S. Open: 'I want it pretty bad'
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Sunday, 02 June 2019 13:09
DUBLIN, Ohio – Adam Scott finished his week at the Memorial with a closing 68 and a 17-under total, which would have been good enough to win the last eight tournaments at Muirfield Village. Unfortunately for Scott, Patrick Cantlay finished at 19 under.
Although Scott, who started the day two shots off the lead held by Martin Kaymer, was disappointed not to win, his mind immediately went to the U.S. Open in two weeks at Pebble Beach.
“I thought my short game was really good when I needed it this week. I can't just rely on hitting every fairway and green,” Scott said. “It's a very different setup at Pebble than here, much smaller targets, and I'm going to try to rely on every part of my game to be good there, and I feel it is good.”
Scott pulled to within two strokes of Cantlay with a birdie at the 16th hole but narrowly missed birdie attempts from 16 and 22 feet at Nos. 17 and 18, respectively, in his effort to force a playoff.
But with the U.S. Open looming in two weeks ,the Australian’s focus wasn’t on what he failed to accomplish at Muirfield Village.
“Maybe it's a good thing I didn't win this week, and I'm going to be a little more focused over the next week and want it a little more,” said Scott, who plans to take a scouting trip to Pebble Beach on Tuesday. “I want it pretty bad.”
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Shakib's IPL downtime helps matchwinning World Cup start
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Sunday, 02 June 2019 18:52
Shakib Al Hasan's preparations for the World Cup kicked into high gear at this year's IPL. Left out by Sunrisers Hyderabad for four weeks, Shakib used the time to get into shape through a strict fitness regime under trainer Jade Roberts. At one stage he flew in Mohammad Salahuddin, his mentor since childhood, to India to work on his batting and bowling.
Shakib even changed his food habits and lost around six kilos. He looks slimmer, almost like the youngster he was during the 2007 World Cup. His work during the downtime which coincided with the run-up to the World Cup worked a treat. He played only three matches for Sunrisers before heading home for the World Cup camp in Dhaka. After creating a rumpus for not appearing in the team photo, Shakib did well in the Ireland tri-series, only to miss the final due to back spasm.
After Bangladesh beat West Indies in their first game in Dublin, Shakib spoke about the extensive fitness work he had been putting in with his eyes on the World Cup.
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"With the World Cup coming up, like every other player I too have a goal," he said in Ireland. "I can tell you that I have taken the best preparation for this tournament, something that I had not done for the past eight or nine years. I will keep my end of the bargain, while the rest is up to Allah and my effort.
"I feel a lot fitter than before, and as a result I feel more confident. It is important to hold on to this fitness, because it is not always that you have this mentality. The body doesn't respond in the same way all the time. I got a "kick" from somewhere, let's not reveal it. It is not a big deal but it certainly woke me up."
Cut to the World Cup itself and Shakib begins the campaign in the best way possible with a composed 75 off 84 balls and 1 for 50 from his ten overs. It was his first Player-of-the-Match award in the World Cup, having now struck a fifty in each of the four editions he has been a part of. This innings - which formed part of a 142-run stand with Mushfiqur Rahim - ensured there was no slip after a terrific start provided by Soumya Sarkar's bristling response to South Africa's attempts to use the short ball.
His bowling was also effective against a South Africa side that looked to be too conservative against his left-arm spin. The wicket he claimed, defeating a well-set Aiden Markram in his fifth over, was his 250th in ODIs. His initial spell of seven overs went for just 25 runs and was key in leaving South Africa significantly behind the required rate.
"From a personal point of view, it was a really good day," he said. "I could contribute to the team, and there were some personal achievements. It was an important partnership with Mushfiq bhai after we got a good start from the openers.
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"I think it was a special day for Bangladesh cricket, to start so well against tough opponents in the World Cup. We had the belief but we had to portray it in our performance. Everyone had been confident, which helped us to execute our plan."
Shakib, who will play his 200th ODI against New Zealand on June 5, said the 21-run win will have put opposition on notice when they face Bangladesh although cautioned against getting carried away by one victory.
"We still have eight matches to go, so a lot of difficulties await us. Other teams will now be careful against us. It is good because they may be a tensed facing us. But at the other hand, they would also be quite focused and we have to do well against them. We have to prepare better, and execute our plans better.
Shakib added that Bangladesh, who reached the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup and the semi-finals of the 2017 Champions Trophy, still have a lot to prove but the tag that they are a dangerous side is something he wants other teams to focus on.
"We have always tried to say it but others don't really have time for us. I think we have a lot to prove. We have started well. I think that we are in a good place, mentally. I think if we can continue in this manner we can go a long way in the tournament."
But it is Shakib's drive to do well, despite having been around for more than 13 years, and having earned plaudits for being arguably the best allrounder in the world, that stands out. Him performing at the top of his ability is nothing new but he has sometimes been associated with the sort of player who doesn't need a lot of day-to-day training to perform well. However, ahead of this World Cup his extra effort shows how much doing well at the biggest stage matters to him.
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Suspended from his radio show for remarks he made about female golfers, particularly those from South Korea heading into the U.S. Women's Open, Hank Haney tweeted on Sunday that the victory by Jeongeun Lee6 was validation of his Wednesday "prediction" on his SiriusXM program.
Lee6 shot a final-round 70 in Charleston, South Carolina, to win the LPGA's biggest tournament by a stroke.
On Wednesday, Haney said during a conversation about the U.S. Women's Open that he would go with a Korean golfer as a winner, then said he would go with "Lee,'' and if he didn't have to say a first name, "I'd get a bunch of them right." Haney had quipped he didn't know the names of six players in the field.
After Lee6's victory on Sunday, Haney tweeted: "My prediction that a Korean woman would be atop the leaderboard at the Women's U.S. Open was based on statistics and facts. Korean women are absolutely dominating the LPGA Tour. If you asked me again my answer would be the same but worded more carefully."
Haney, 63, is a longtime instructor best known for his work with Tiger Woods from 2004 to 2010. He owns several golf schools in the Dallas area. Woods on Friday said Haney "deserved'' the suspension he got. "Just can't look at life like that," Woods said.
Haney's radio suspension came at the behest of the PGA Tour, whose name is on the SiriusXM channel. The suspension began Thursday.
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