After his British record in Dudince, Dominic King hopes he has done enough to earn a ticket to Tokyo

Dominic King says it was his life goal to break Chris Maddocks’ long-standing British record for 50km race walk and he hopes his performance will win him a spot in the British Olympic team despite his time being outside the qualifying standard for Tokyo.

The 37-year-old from Colchester clocked 3:51:13 in the Dudince 50km in Slovakia last Saturday (March 20) to take 24 seconds off a national record that Maddocks has held since 1990. It missed the Olympic qualifying standard of 3:50:00 but he still hopes he will get an invitation from World Athletics via its rankings system.

“I’ve done everything possible to demonstrate that I should be seriously considered to be selected,” says King, who is aiming for his third Olympics after having raced in London and Rio.

“I think it was the only GB Olympic trial to be held overseas and I won it in a new British record and took more than four-and-a-half minutes off my personal best. I think a lot of countries because of the pandemic will select athletes who have been invited by World Athletics (due to their position on the world rankings) and I’m very hopeful that British Athletics will take everything into consideration and be selecting athletes who are invited, particularly athletes who have broken British records and won the official trial.”

He adds: “There have been no other chances recently to do a 50km and this was my one chance to qualify. I remain hopeful and it would be really nice to end my 50km career in Tokyo and qualify for a third Olympics. And when you’re going into hot humid place like Japan, it’s not about fast times but tactical preparation.”

On breaking Maddocks’ mark, he says: “It’s an amazing record and it has been a life goal of mine to say I’m the British record-holder. It’s been such a hard record to break and has stood the test of time and has lasted almost 31 years. Chris should be immensely proud of holding that record for so long.”

Remarkably, King was mainly aiming for Maddocks’ UK M35 record of 3:53:13 but instead ended up breaking his outright national record of 3:51:37.

King is the epitome of an athlete who has finally been rewarded in the twilight of his career after years of hard work. The veteran race walker works for the University of Essex’s student union and has a busy family life with a 12-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son. In training he covers around 110-120km per week – often with two sessions per day – and rarely has the luxury of warm-weather training or altitude camps.

“Across my 20-plus years of competing for Great Britain I’ve probably walked around the globe several times and done thousands of hours,” he says, on life as an athlete who competes in the longest and most gruelling of all Olympic events.

Indeed, he believes the pandemic has “levelled the playing field” between funded and non-funded athletes. “I’ve been fortunate enough to still be able to work at home but I’ve been partially furloughed for last year and been on reduced hours, which has given me extra time and an opportunity to recover more.

“I’ve not increased any mileage but I’ve been a bit smarter and it highlights that you don’t necessarily need to go abroad to train. And a lot of it is being confident about doing the right training and doing it in a race.”

On his Dudince performance, he says: “I went there with the grit between my teeth and even surprised myself. Probably no one would have put me down as being in contention for breaking that record. I’ve been around for ages but I’ve now got belief in myself and the moral of the story in that 50km is that it’s not how you start but how you finish it.”

King is one of the surprise success stories of 2021 so far and he says: “There are a few people who have written me off a few years ago and it’s nice to show that, irrespective of what others think, if you have the will and determination and are prepared to put in the hard work in training then you can achieve.

“You don’t need to be on full time athlete on funding either. You can be a family man and still do these kind of times.”

King’s fellow Brit, Cameron Corbishley, had led the race in Dudince with 10km to go but hit The Wall disastrously and faded out of contention as King stormed past and into the record books.

“I like analysing my stats and it’s the first race where I did a negative split – by one second 1:55:37 and 1:55:36 so in that respect it was almost like a perfect race for me,” King says.

“All the time I was trying to be controlled and not too excited early on. In the last 3km my legs felt I was walking through treacle but I realised I was on for a British record.

“For a change I used my head rather than my heart and I certainly did not want to risk getting a five -minute pit penalty which would have really jeopardised my potential for Tokyo.”

On his team-mate, King adds: “It’s a shame for Cameron because he suffered so much in the latter stages but he possibly went a little too quick in the middle. I think he did a 4:14 kilometre split at one stage but he’ll learn from this. On one hand it’s courageous but with a bit more experience of the event he’ll realise it’s better to save things for the last 15km.”

Corbishley clocked 3:54:15 while King’s twin brother, Daniel, finished in 4:06:09 – his fastest time for 13 years despite having a five-minute penalty zone visit.

“I feel really proud for him,” says Dominic. “He persevered despite getting two warnings early on. He got his fastest time for 13 years. He’s just as fit as me and is definitely a sub-four-hour walker even if he hasn’t got that time on paper.”

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He adds: “None of my success would be possible if I didn’t have him as my training partner. I would have quit a long time ago because it’s such a tough sport and I wouldn’t have made one Olympics.”

King is set to race again in the Olympic trials 20km on Friday in Kew Gardens. He is not expecting to do well after Saturday’s exertions but he want to support the big event. Beyond that, he feels now he has broken the British record the ‘barrier is broken’ and that sub-3:50 for 50km is a realistic target.

He is also waiting to see if the 50km is definitely scrapped in favour of 30km or even 35km at major championships. “Race walking is such a big part of my life,” he says. “I wouldn’t step away from athletics. I might look at challenges such as tackling 100 miles or possibly do more running.”

Other than that, he has to get around to updating his social media at some stage. Unlike higher profile athletes who often update social media within seconds of a training session let alone breaking a British record, King had not posted anything several days after his British record-breaking feat.

“It’s not really sunk in yet and to be honest I’ve not really had time. I guess I’ve got no sponsors to please. I’ll definitely send something out but want to think about what I might say first I also have to desperately recover my legs so I can support the 20km trial on Friday.

“I’m also pretty modest and I think it’s a very British thing.”

PSA issues 2021 calendar as WSF World Doubles is postponed 
By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor

The World Squash Federation (WSF) has announced that the 2022 WSF World Masters Squash Championships will take place in Wroclaw, Poland, in August next year.

This follows the cancellation of the 2020 World Masters, which had originally been postponed from its original dates of August 25-31, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was also scheduled to take place in Wroclaw.

The championships will take place at the world’s biggest squash club, the 33-court Hasta La Vista Club, and competitors from across the globe will compete in age-group events ranging from over-35 to over-80.

The Hasta La Vista Club has hosted multiple major events, including the 2013 WSF World Junior Championships, the 2017 World Games and European Masters, and the European Team Championships in 2018.

“The WSF World Masters Squash Championships is a highly anticipated tournament on the WSF calendar, and we are pleased to allocate the 2022 edition to Poland after they missed out on hosting the event in both 2020 and now 2021 due to the ongoing impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic,” said WSF Masters Commission Chair Malcolm Kerr.

“The Hasta La Vista Club is a spectacular venue with world-class facilities and we’re excited to welcome the globe’s best Masters players next year to the historic city of Wroclaw for what promises to be an exciting event.”

Polish Squash Board Advisor Maciej Klis said: “We’re very excited to host the best Masters players from around the globe. Without a question it is a privilege and a big responsibility to put on such a big event in one venue.

“I’m sure that both Polish Squash and Hasta la Vista will be well prepared for such an important tournament, especially in these difficult times. Poland has hosted many events over the last 10 years, but we have still got a hunger to make them even better.”

Hasta La Vista Club owner Zenon Waniak said: “My vision of the​ big squash club is now on fire as the facility can finally be seen and used according to its purpose. Hasta La Vista Club has hosted many events for the European Squash Federation and World Squash and I’m sure that my team will deliver the very best event with a lot of benefits for masters players.

“I’m also attending some Masters tournaments, so I can’t wait to invite world-class players to play at my home club.”

2021 WSF World Doubles Championships Postponed

The 2021 WSF World Doubles Squash Championships, originally scheduled to take place in July of this year, have been postponed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The event was due to be held on the Gold Coast in Australia between July 1-5 but the WSF Board of Directors and Squash Australia have taken the decision to postpone the tournament until a later date due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on international travel as well as the health and safety issues arising from the pandemic.

The World Doubles was last held in 2019 in Carrara, Australia and saw Australia dominate with gold medal wins across the men’s, women’s and mixed events. Donna Lobban and Cameron Pilley took two gold medals each, while Ryan Cuskelly and Christine Nunn were also on the winner’s podium.

“We’re extremely disappointed to be postponing the WSF World Doubles Squash Championships, but the health and safety of everyone attending and competing is an absolute priority,” said WSF Chief Executive William Louis-Marie.

“While the COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had an impact on our regular calendar of events, we are still looking forward to a strong end to the year and have multiple world-class events in the pipeline.”

Squash Australia Chief Executive Robert Donaghue said: “It’s a difficult decision to postpone the WSF World Doubles Squash Championships, but there are a number of challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic which make hosting an event of this stature very challenging at present.

“The Doubles Championships feature athletes from across the globe and we have chosen to postpone the tournament with a view to rescheduling for a different date once the situation surrounding international travel becomes clearer, while we also want to mitigate against any potential health and safety issues.

“Squash Australia and the World Squash Federation remain in close contact and we hope to be able to announce alternative dates during the 2021-22 calendar in due course.”

PSA provisional calendar for rest of 2020-21 season

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has issued a provisional calendar for the remainder of the 2020-21 PSA World Tour season which will see the world’s best players compete at seven top-class tournaments across three continents between March – July, 2021.

Following the current back-to-back men’s and women’s PSA Platinum tournaments forming the CIB PSA Black Ball Open in Cairo, Manchester’s National Squash Centre will host the Manchester Open, PSA Silver tournament between April 19-25, before the tour heads back to Egypt for the El Gouna International Squash Open from May 20-28.

June will be a jam-packed month for the PSA World Tour, with three tournaments scheduled. The inaugural Necker Mauritius Open presented by Beachcomber will take place between June 1-5 following its postponement from 2020, while the Allam British Open will see players compete at the oldest tournament in professional squash between June 14-20.

At the end of the month, the CIB PSA World Tour Finals will take place in Cairo, which is where the CIB Road to Egypt culminates. All PSA Platinum title winners qualify for the CIB PSA World Tour Finals, with remaining places being allocated to the highest ranked players on the CIB Road to Egypt Standings, which are currently headed up by World No.1s Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini.

The final tournament of the season will be the 2020-21 PSA Squash World Championships presented by the Walter Family. Held in Chicago between July 10-17, the PSA World Championships is the most prestigious tournament in squash and will provide a climactic end to the current campaign, with a total of $1,000,000 in total player compensation up for grabs.

The calendar is subject to change and all tournaments will abide by strict COVID-19 protocols with relation to health and safety, international travel policies and social distancing guidelines. There will be no fans on-site at certain tournaments until local situations improve.

“After a lot of hard work behind the scenes and close discussions with tournament promoters and our players, we are pleased to reveal our provisional calendar for the rest of the 2020-21 PSA World Tour season,” said PSA Chief Executive Alex Gough.

“The entirety of the 2020-21 season will have taken place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has fundamentally changed the way the PSA has had to operate both the PSA World Tour and the PSA Challenger Tour.

“If our provisional calendar comes to fruition, we will have staged 12 PSA World Tour events throughout the campaign in addition to around 50 PSA Challenger Tour events by the end of the season. While we are naturally delighted to have overcome some significant hurdles to create playing opportunities for our players, we are under no illusions that the work stops here.

“While a number of unknowns are still at play – chief among those the differing international travel policies between countries – we are already liaising with our tournament promoters as we look to establish a thriving professional circuit for the 2021-22 season. For now, I look forward to watching the world’s best squash players in action over the next few months in what promises to be a captivating end to this campaign.”

Action from all tournaments on the PSA World Tour will be streamed live on SQUASHTV and the official Facebook page of the PSA World Tour (excluding Europe and Japan). Semi-finals and finals from major PSA World Tour events will also be shown live via PSA’s contracted broadcast partners.

PSA World Tour Provisional Schedule: April 2021 to July 2021.

Manchester Open (Silver): April 19-25 in Manchester, England
El Gouna International Squash Open (Platinum): May 20-28 in El Gouna, Egypt
Necker Mauritius Open presented by Beachcomber (Gold): June 1-5 in Grand Bay, Mauritius
Allam British Open (Platinum): June 14-20 in Hull, England
CIB PSA World Tour Finals: June 22-27 in Cairo, Egypt
2020-21 PSA Squash World Championships presented by the Walter Family: July 10-17 in Chicago, United States 

PSA World Tour website: www.psaworldtour.com

Pictures courtesy of WSF and PSA

Josh Berry represents the realization of a dream shared by thousands of racers across the nation.

Every year, late model drivers from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., expend copious amounts of money — not to mention blood, sweat and tears — in hopes of getting discovered by a NASCAR team.

These days, however, the most successful way to go from late models to the NASCAR Cup Series or Xfinity Series is to have a sponsor foot the bill.

Unfortunately, not every driver can attract sponsorship capable of buying a competitive ride — and fewer have the skill to take advantage of it.

Berry knows this all too well, which is why he’s so excited about his plans for this year.

The reigning NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion got the nod from his boss, 2021 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Dale Earnhardt Jr., to drive JR Motorsports’ No. 8 Chevrolet for the first half of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

Once he recovered from the shock, Berry reflected on his opportunity before the Xfinity Series’ season opener on Feb. 13 at Daytona Int’l Speedway.

“I can’t even say that it’s sunk in yet,” Berry said during a mid-January conversation with SPEED SPORT. “We were going through the media day part of the national championship and toward the end, they (approached) me with (the news). To be honest, that was a huge surprise. We’d talked about maybe running one Xfinity race or maybe two, but for them to stick with me and go with me shows a lot about them.

“I think it’s a credit to the amazing run we’ve been on in the late model car. Doing all of that helped me earn this opportunity.”

Earnhardt initially discovered Berry 11 years ago when the third-generation racing icon tabbed the Hendersonville, Tenn., native to drive late model cars for JR Motorsports.

Success soon followed for Berry, who found himself in faster equipment than he’d ever had at his disposal. Berry claimed two track championships — at Virginia’s Motor Mile Speedway in 2012 and Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway in 2014 — in his first four years with JRM.

Berry captured the CARS Tour’s Late Model Stock Car Series crown in 2017, further justifying Earnhardt’s faith in his No. 1 late model driver.

There was something missing, though.

Berry, who worked as a bank teller before becoming a full-time race car driver, kept winning races, but found himself stuck at the same level without interest from national series teams. Seven NASCAR Xfinity Series starts and a lone drive in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series were all that Berry had to show for his remarkable performances in the late model ranks.

“The most I’ve ever raced in the Xfinity Series in a year was two races and they were really spread out, like months apart,” Berry said. “That was extremely difficult. By the time you finish your first race, you’re waiting around for several months just waiting for the next one and once you’re back in the car, it feels like you’re back at square one.”

Instead of throwing in the towel, Berry decided to go one step further last year: Annihilate his competition in a manner few short-trackers have done since the days of Butch Lindley. Berry went road-tripping in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, where he captivated fans both in person and on streaming video en route to the national championship.

From June 27 through the end of the late model season, Berry posted 24 wins, 33 top-five finishes and 36 top-10 results in 37 starts. Berry didn’t dominate every time he and longtime crew chief Ryan Vasconcellos unloaded the No. 88 All Things Automotive/iRacing Chevrolet. It just seemed that way to their opponents.

“We had an amazing season, really,” Berry said. “We started off slow and really didn’t get racing until well into the summer. We didn’t even set out to compete for the national title. Our plans kind of changed throughout the year. From August on, man, we were just on a killer run. It was just amazing to be a part of. It was a lot of work by everyone on our team, but we were able to stick together and get the job done.”

Earnhardt followed along every weekend, receiving text messages documenting Berry’s progress. Earnhardt spent the second half of his NASCAR Cup Series career splitting his focus between winning races as a driver and winning races as an owner, so following Berry’s romps through the Southeast became easier once Earnhardt joined NBC Sports as a NASCAR analyst in 2018.

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BRISTOL, Tenn. — Stewart Friesen climbed out of his big-block modified Sunday at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway and grimaced.

A likely victory slipped away in the closing laps and Friesen begrudgingly accepted second place. But when some fans approached him just moments later for a photo op, Friesen perked up and all seemed right again.

“Good luck next week,” one of those fans told Friesen, who smiled in return.

That is a snippet of Friesen’s love for dirt racing. As such, it’s only right he is making his NASCAR Cup Series debut driving the Spire Motorsports No. 77 Sunday at the dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway.

Friesen may be a full-time competitor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, but he’s always carried his grassroots persona with him. Now, he gets to showcase that on stock car racing’s biggest stage and do so in the Cup Series’ first dirt race since 1970.

“I’m just really, really excited to be able to make a Cup start,” Friesen told SPEED SPORT at Port Royal. “It’s something I’ve always dreamed of doing. Thanks to everybody at Halmar (Racing) and the guys at Spire (Motorsports). It’s a dream come true to be able to do it. I’m going to try and enjoy it, and race as hard as we can, too.”

Friesen’s dirt-racing résumé is impressive. It’s so impressive his array of feats might not be fully recognized.

He’s won more than 300 features dating back to 1999. Last year, he led the nation in big-block modified wins with 28 and won both the north and south Short Track Super Series championships. He’s also won with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and has ventured into dirt late model racing this year.

The last time NASCAR raced on dirt — when the Truck Series competed at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway in 2019 — Friesen won.

These circumstances will be drastically different, though, as Friesen will sling a 3,200-pound, 750-horsepower Cup Series car around the high banks of Bristol.

“With the banking, there’s a lot more right-side load that we’re going to see in the right fronts,” Friesen said. “We’re going to have to stiffen that up accordingly. I think the Trucks and the Cup cars will race a lot different from what we saw the late models this past week.”

“With the Cup cars, there’s a lot more horsepower, harder tires, and it should polish up [the racing surface] and slick up,” Friesen added. “I think it’ll race more like that IMCA street stock race, where the guy was ripping it around the top. That was pretty cool. Hopefully, that’s the plan. I’m looking forward to it.

“There’s definitely some similarities [from Eldora] and some stuff we’re bringing to Bristol that will apply to the Truck and the Cup car. We’ll see what we got.”

Friesen will be looking for his second Truck Series victory in Saturday night’s event at Bristol, driving his normal Halmar Friesen Racing No. 52.

Behind Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell, Friesen has perhaps the third-strongest dirt racing résumé of drivers entered in Sunday’s Cup Series race.

Despite driving for an underfunded Cup Series team, Friesen hopes the dirt surface evens the playing field.

“I hope so,” Friesen said. “I hope. Obviously, it will take a lot of the aero out of it, where these guys spend hours and hours tweaking stuff to get it better. We’ll see. We’ll have to give the car what it needs and try to dial some grip into it and see how it goes.”

Friesen just wants to complete all the laps. The rest takes care of itself from there.

“We’ll see,” Friesen said. “I’m optimistic. It’s just there are a lot of unknowns.”

SOMERSET, Ky. – Officials from the Brucebilt Performance Iron-Man Modified Series have announced that former NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader will be in competition with the series for back-to-back nights April 23-24.

The tour visits Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Ga., on Friday, April 23, and Wartburg (Tenn.) Speedway on Saturday, April 24. Both events will pay $1,200 to win and $125 to start.

The appearance by Schrader at both venues will not only see Schrader in competition, but the likable racer will also host a meet-and-greet with the race fans and will be available for autographs as well.

A native of Fenton, Mo., Schrader’s passion for motorsports has been well documented throughout a career that now spans more than 40 years.

Starting his racing career just after he turned 16 years of age, Schrader has made it a lifelong goal to race as often as possible and in as many different types of race cars as possible and he has become a great ambassador for motorsports at all levels.

Schrader is the 1982 USAC Silver Crown Series champion, the 1983 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series champion, the 1985 NASCAR Cup Series rookie-of-the-year honoree and a three-time pole winner for the Daytona 500.

He’s also a recipient of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame’s Sportsman Award (2009) and an 18-time winner in the ARCA Menards Series.

AUSTIN, Texas – Ian Poulter has seen Rory McIlroy do enough special things on a golf course to know that even with a comfortable early lead on Day 1 at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, he couldn’t let up.

“I got 3 up in that match early. So being in that position against Rory, you kind of don't want to let him back in the match because if he gets any kind of flow, he's going to be a really tough opponent to shrug off,” Poulter said.

But this is a different McIlroy. Although the Northern Irishman cut Poulter’s advantage in the day’s first match to a single hole, the issues in his swing that prompted him to recently turn to a new swing coach remain.

Starting at No. 9, Poulter won five consecutive holes for a commanding 6-and-5 victory over the world No. 11. It’s the most lopsided loss McIlroy has suffered in the event since 2011.

McIlroy confirmed to Golf Channel that he recently started to officially work with swing coach Pete Cowen, although his longtime coach Michael Bannon remains a member of his team.

“Obviously [Cowen] is going to be working exclusively with Rory on his game. I think there's a couple of areas of his game which I'm sure he wants to kind of firm up a little bit,” said Poulter, who was 4 under through 13 holes. “He missed a couple of tee shots left. From that point he was trying to hit a kind of a bit of a hold-up cut.

“But it's Rory, it doesn't take a lot for Rory to spark up pretty quickly.”

McIlroy declined to speak with the media after his round.

Poulter will face Cameron Smith on Day 2 of pool play. McIlroy will play Lanto Griffin.

Jordan Spieth was teeing off on the par-4 13th. Patrick Cantlay was putting for birdie on the par-4 15th. There was no reason for one shot to affect the other, but that's what happened as Spieth's errant drive hit a cart path, bounded onto the 15th green and rolled past Cantlay, just after he made his stroke.

A bewildered Cantlay missed his effort to go 2 up in his match against Brian Harman. Meanwhile, Spieth was able to get a drop in the rough on the 13th and hit his second shot safely onto the green. He halved the hole to remain 3 up on Matthew Fitzpatrick.

AUSTIN, Texas – For Daniel Berger, it was more than just standard withdrawal. The Honda Classic is a home game for the South Florida native, so he didn’t take his decision to skip the event lightly, but he had a plan.

“This is the first day in like over two weeks that it's felt pretty close to perfect,” Berger said of his lingering left rib injury that prompted last week’s WD. “I think it was the right decision to not play last week, although it sucks obviously being my home event. But this is what I was hoping for, to take that five or six days off and come here ready to go feeling good.”

The reward for Berger, who estimated the injury is at about 90% healthy, was a convincing 6-and-4 victory over Erik van Rooyen on Day 1 at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and an easier path to the weekend.

Berger took the lead with a birdie at No. 1 and never trailed, going 5 up at the turn and finishing the match on the 16^th hole at 4 under for the day.

“I didn't think it was an easy match,” he said. “Honestly, today I was a little nervous going to the first tee, which I haven't been in a while. I'm not sure if it was the format or what the difference was, but, I mean, anybody can beat anybody out here.”

Here are the groups and records for pool play at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship in Austin, Texas. The player with the most points in each pool will advance to Saturday's scheduled Round of 16 in Austin, Texas. Click here for the full bracket.

Group 1

Dustin Johnson (1)
Kevin Na (28)
Robert MacIntyre (41)
Adam Long (61)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Johnson vs. Long, Na vs. MacIntyre; Thursday – Johnson vs. MacIntyre, Na vs. Long; Friday – Johnson vs. Na, MacIntyre vs. Long

Group 2

Justin Thomas (2)
Louis Oosthuizen (22)
Kevin Kisner (34)
Matt Kuchar (52)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Thomas vs. Kuchar, Oosthuizen vs. Kisner; Thursday – Thomas vs. Kisner, Oosthuizen vs. Kuchar; Friday – Thomas vs. Oosthuizen, Kisner vs. Kuchar

Group 3

Jon Rahm (3): 1-0-0
Ryan Palmer (24): 1-0-0
Shane Lowry (38): 0-1-0
Sebastian Munoz (56): 0-1-0

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Rahm vs. Munoz, Palmer vs. Lowry; Thursday – Rahm vs. Lowry, Palmer vs. Munoz; Friday – Rahm vs. Palmer, Lowry vs. Munoz

Group 4

Collin Morikawa (4)
Billy Horschel (32)
Max Homa (35)
J.T. Poston (63)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Morikawa vs. Poston, Horschel vs. Homa; Thursday – Morikawa vs. Homa, Horschel vs. Poston; Friday – Morikawa vs. Horschel, Homa vs. Poston

Group 5

Bryson DeChambeau (5)
Tommy Fleetwood (21)
Si Woo Kim (45)
Antoine Rozner (58)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – DeChambeau vs. Rozner, Fleetwood vs. Kim; DeChambeau vs. Kim, Fleetwood vs. Rozner; Friday – DeChambeau vs. Fleetwood, Kim vs. Rozner

Group 6

Xander Schauffele (6): 0-0-1
Scottie Scheffler (30): 1-0-0
Jason Day (44): 0-1-0
Andy Sullivan (57): 0-0-1

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Schauffele vs. Sullivan, Scheffler vs. Day; Thursday – Schauffele vs. Day, Scheffler vs. Sullivan; Friday – Schauffele vs. Scheffler, Day vs. Sullivan

Group 7

Patrick Reed (7)
Joaquin Niemann (26)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (33)
Bubba Watson (55)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Reed vs. Watson, Niemann vs. Bezuidenhout; Thursday – Reed vs. Bezuidenhout, Niemann vs. Watson; Friday – Reed vs. Niemann, Bezuidenhout vs. Watson

Group 8

Tyrrell Hatton (8)
Lee Westwood (18)
Sergio Garcia (39)
Matt Wallace (51)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Hatton vs. Wallace, Westwood vs. Garcia; Thursday – Hatton vs. Garcia, Westwood vs. Wallace; Friday – Hatton vs. Westwood, Garcia vs. Wallace

Group 9

Webb Simpson (9)
Paul Casey (17)
Mackenzie Hughes (48)
Talor Gooch (59)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Simpson vs. Gooch, Casey vs. Hughes; Thursday – Simpson vs. Hughes, Casey vs. Gooch; Friday – Simpson vs. Casey, Hughes vs. Gooch

Group 10

Patrick Cantlay (10)
Hideki Matsuyama (23): 0-1-0
Carlos Ortiz (42): 1-0-0
Brian Harman (54)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Cantlay vs. Harman, Matsuyama vs. Ortiz; Thursday – Cantlay vs. Ortiz, Matsuyama vs. Harman; Friday – Cantlay vs. Matsuyama, Ortiz vs. Harman

Group 11

Rory McIlroy (11): 0-1-0
Cameron Smith (25): 1-0-0
Lanto Griffin (46): 0-1-0
Ian Poulter (60): 1-0-0

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – McIlroy vs. Poulter, Smith vs. Griffin; Thursday – McIlroy vs. Griffin, Smith vs. Poulter; Friday – McIlroy vs. Smith, Griffin vs. Poulter

Group 12

Tony Finau (12)
Jason Kokrak (29)
Will Zalatoris (40)
Dylan Frittelli (64)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Finau vs. Frittelli, Kokrak vs. Zalatoris; Thursday – Finau vs. Zalatoris, Kokrak vs. Frittelli; Friday – Finau vs. Kokrak, Zalatoris vs. Frittelli

Group 13

Viktor Hovland (13)
Abraham Ancer (27)
Bernd Wiesberger (43)
Kevin Streelman (53)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Hovland vs. Streelman, Ancer vs. Wiesberger; Thursday – Hovland vs. Wiesberger, Ancer vs. Streelman; Friday – Hovland vs. Ancer, Wiesberger vs. Streelman

Group 14

Daniel Berger (14): 1-0-0
Harris English (19): 1-0-0
Brendon Todd (47): 0-1-0
Erik Van Rooyen (62): 0-1-0

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Berger vs. Van Rooyen, English vs. Todd; Thursday – Berger vs. Todd, English vs. Van Rooyen; Friday – Berger vs. English, Todd vs. Van Rooyen

Group 15

Matt Fitzpatrick (15)
Matthew Wolff (20)
Corey Conners (37)
Jordan Spieth (49)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Fitzpatrick vs. Spieth, Wolff vs. Conners; Thursday – Fitzpatrick vs. Conners, Wolff vs. Spieth; Friday – Fitzpatrick vs. Wolff, Conners vs. Spieth

Group 16

Sungjae Im (16)
Victor Perez (31)
Marc Leishman (36)
Russell Henley (50)

SCHEDULE: Wednesday – Im vs. Henley, Perez vs. Leishman; Thursday – Im vs. Leishman, Perez vs. Henley; Friday – Im vs. Perez, Leishman vs. Henley

Nicky Butt has left his role as head of first team development at Manchester United.

Butt, who made 387 appearances as a player at Old Trafford and has also previously been head of the academy, said he is leaving to pursue "a new professional challenge."

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"Having come through the academy myself to play almost 400 games for Manchester United, it has been an absolute privilege to come back and work with a new generation of talent making that same journey," Butt said.

"I'm proud of the role everyone on the staff plays in giving our young footballers the best possible chance of fulfilling their potential, and the results are clear to see in the increased number of homegrown players reaching the first team.

"I already know from my playing days how difficult it is to leave Manchester United, but it feels like the right moment for a new professional challenge and I look forward to exploring opportunities that build on the great experiences I've had here over the past nine years."

After ending his playing career in 2011, Butt he took over as head of United's academy in February 2016. In July 2019, he took on the newly created role of head of first-team development to help ease the pathway for youngsters into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's senior squad.

"Nicky will always be a legend of Manchester United as a six-time Premier League winner and, of course, an integral part of our Treble-winning team," Solskjaer said.

"That pedigree has made him a great source of guidance and inspiration to our academy players since he returned to the club.

"We are all going to miss him around the Aon Training Complex but Nicky knows he will always be welcome back."