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Wyatt heads Web.com Tour

Castro leads weather-hit BMWCHICAGO, Sept 9, (RTRS): Roberto Castro upstaged some of the biggest names in golf to take a one-shot lead at the rain-hit BMW Championship on Thursday with a seven-under-par 65, while defending champ Jason Day ended the day eight strokes back after a six bogey 73.

FedEx Cup points leader Patrick Reed managed a respectable two-under 70 while Rory McIlroy, winner of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Mon-day, was three-under after 10 holes.

Castro reeled off eight birdies be-fore missing a six-foot par putt at 18 at Crooked Stick in Carmel.

He was among 33 players who com-pleted their rounds, while the other 36 will resume early on Friday in the third of the PGA Tour’s four FedEx Cup playoff events.

Brian Harmon trails by one stroke, while major champions Dustin Johnson and Jason Dufner shot 67s and sit two back.

US Open champion Johnson was

challenging for the lead until making bogey on the par-four 18th.

Castro is hoping to make a name for himself on the same Pete Dye-designed course where long-hitting John Daly emerged from obscurity to win the 1991 PGA Championship.

He said he tended to thrive on the challenge of playing a course with dan-ger lurking at every corner.

In Beachwood, Ohio, Bobby Wyatt took a one-stroke lead over Bryson DeChambeau on Thursday in the rain-delayed DAP Championship, the inau-gural tournament that opens the four-event Web.com Tour Finals.

Wyatt closed with a birdie for a 7-un-der 63 at Canterbury Golf Club.

DeChambeau, the former SMU player who swept the 2015 NCAA and US Amateur titles, birdied the fi nal two holes for a 64.

D.A. Points and Zack Sucher shot 65, and Stuart Appleby, Ted Potter Jr and John Mallinger followed at 66. None of the afternoon starters were able to com-plete the round that was delayed for more than three hours because of rain and suspended for the day at 6:58 pm when another storm rolled in.

The four-event series features the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour money list, Nos. 126-200 in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings and non-members such as Wyatt and De-Chambeau who earned enough money to have placed in the top 200 had they been eligible.

The top 25 players on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list earned PGA Tour cards. They are competing against each other for tour priority, with regular-season earnings counting in their totals. The other players are fi ghting for 25 cards based on series

Australia’s Glenn Maxwell hits a shot as Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera (left), looks on during the fi nal T20 international cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Sept 9. (AFP)

Maxwell fuels Australia to Sri Lanka T20 triumph

Australian bowlers set up 4-wkt victory, spoil Dilshan’s farewell

COLOMBO, Sept 9, (AFP): Australian bowlers set up a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to spoil veteran bats-man Tillakaratne Dilshan’s farewell and sweep the two-match Twenty20 series in Colombo on Friday.

The visitors, who won the first match after scoring a world record 263, rode on opener Glenn Max-well’s 29-ball 66 to chase down their 129-run target with 13 balls to spare.

Earlier Aussie bowlers James Faulkner and Adam Zampa claimed three wickets each to restrict the hosts to 128 for nine despite Dhananjaya de Silva’s fighting half-century.

Dilshan, who quit the one-day format in the middle of the five-match series which Sri Lanka lost 1-4, scored just one off three balls in his final international game but took two wickets to add drama to Australia’s chase.

The 39-year-old Dilshan, who partici-pated in 87 Tests, 330 ODIs and 80 T20s, was given a standing ovation by a raucous home crowd as he ended his 17-year-long glittering career.

However the inventor of the “dilscoop”, the cheeky paddle shot played over the wicketkeeper’s head, did not have a chance to execute the audacious stroke.

“We all know Dilshan is a legend in the cricket world. He is a match-winner and a game-changer,” Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal said of his teammate.

“He was my first one-day and Test cap-tain, lucky to captain him in his last game. Thank you Dilshan. My team and I wish you all the best for the future.”

Maxwell, fresh from his unbeaten 145 off 65 deliveries on Tuesday, once again turned the spotlight on himself af-ter equalling an Australian record for the fastest T20 fifty in 18 balls.

“To mention Glenn Maxwell, the way he played in the last game and this game was phenomenal,” Australia captain Warner said of his destructive opener who received

the man of the match and the series award.The 27-year-old batsman, who put on

a 93-run opening stand with Warner, was bowled by leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasan-na after hitting seven fours and four sixes.

Left-arm spinner Sachith Pathirana struck twice in the 10th over of the in-nings to get Moises Henriques and War-ner, who scored 25, trudging back to the pavilion.

Faulkner’s run out in the very next over gave Sri Lanka a scent of a turnaround as Australia suddenly found it difficult to get the remaining runs.

Dilshan then trapped Usman Kha-waja lbw with his wily off-spin and got the wicket of Mat-thew Wade, who scored 14, in his very next over as Austra-

lia slipped from 93 for no loss to 120 for six.

Travis Head, who remained unbeaten on nine, hit the winning runs to help Aus-

tralia finish the two-month long tour on a high after the visitors suffered their first series whitewash in the three Tests.

“It is a massive achievement for our one-day boys. The boys came here with high hopes and expectations for the num-ber one team in the world. Credit to the bowlers,” said Warner.

It was the bowlers who made it hap-pen for the visitors after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first at the R Premadasa Stadium.

Medium-pacer John Hastings struck first with the wicket of Dilshan who edged a wide delivery to give away a catch to Warner at slip.

Kusal Perera and de Silva, who scored 62 off 50 balls, tried to counter the Aus-sie bowlers by hitting a few boundaries in the first six overs of powerplay with only two fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle.

The left-handed Perera, who scored an 18-ball 22, fell to Faulkner as Warner took a superb diving catch at mid-on to check the Lankan surge.

Faulkner took another wicket in his second over to get Chandimal caught and bowled for four.

Sprawling pugilistic story

Pacquiao puts retirementon hold, takes on VargasBEVERLY HILLS, California, Sept 9, (AP): Manny Pacquiao is deter-mined to fight on, even without Floyd Mayweather across the ring or HBO in his corner.

Five months after the fight Pac-quiao expected to be his finale, the Filipino senator stood opposite un-heralded welterweight champion Jes-sie Vargas on Thursday and declared his excitement for yet another chapter in what’s now a sprawling pugilistic story with a murky ending.

Pacquiao is a politician and a father with multiple reasons to walk away, but trainer Freddie Roach believes that Pacquiao’s skills haven’t sharply

declined. Even after repeatedly claim-ing he would retire into his political career following his win over Timo-thy Bradley in April, Pacquiao can’t deny that fighting is irresistible, both for the competitive rush and the fat paychecks.

“It’s a big challenge for me to prove I can still manage serving the people and being a boxer,” Pacquiao said. “I want to give back to the fans who sup-ported me for all these years.”

Pacquiao showed up to a packed news conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where he has launched all of his recent fights, with a businesslike haircut and a suit befitting a major public figure. He used his time on the podium to diplomatically encourage fans to buy thousands of $50 seats for Nov 5 at Las Vegas’ Thomas and Mack Center, where he will go after

the 27-year-old Vargas’ WBO welter-weight title.

“It’s an honor for me to challenge the champion,” Pacquiao said. “I re-spect him because he’s the belt-hold-er at 147 pounds.”

Pacquiao held the same belt twice for long stretches, but lost it in his landmark showdown with Mayweath-er last year. Mayweather appears comfortable and financially healthy

in retirement, while Pacquiao openly acknowl-edges he needs the money he’ll make fighting Vargas.

To Roach, it’s fairly simple work — at least simpler than fighting danger-ous rising star Terence Craw-

ford, the other finalist for the big-money shot at Pacquiao.

“(Vargas) is a good boxer,” Roach said. “I don’t think he’s in Manny’s league, but we’ll see.”

Roach must move to Manila for six weeks to train Pacquiao in the breaks between his senatorial duties. Train-ers with a fraction of Roach’s success might balk at the strange working conditions, but Roach’s 15-year bond with Pacquiao remains unbreakable by any of the weirdness in Pacquiao’s unique life.

“I’m not exactly sure how much time I’m going to have with him, so I’m glad it’s Vargas instead of Craw-ford at this point,” Roach said.

Sri Lanka vs Australia Scoreboard

COLOMBO, Sept 9, (AFP): Final score-board of the second and fi nal Twenty20 international betwen Sri Lanka and Aus-tralia in Colombo on Friday:

SRI LANKAK. Perera c Warner b Faulkner ..........22T. Dilshan c Warner b Hastings ...........1D. de Silva c Faulkner b Starc ...........62D. Chandimal c&b Faulkner .................4K. Mendis lbw b Zampa .......................5C. Kapugedara c Warner b Zampa ......7T. Perera c Head b Zampa ..................0S. Pathirana c&b Hastings ...................6S. Prasanna c Khawaja b Faulkner .....7S. Senanayake not out ........................7S. Lakmal not out .................................0Extras (lb 1, w 5, nb 1) .........................7Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) ...............128

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Dilshan), 2-44 (K. Perera), 3-51 (Chandimal), 4-58 (Mendis), 5-76 (Kapugedara), 6-76 (T. Perera), 7-86 (Pathirana), 8-114 (Prasan-na), 9-125 (de Silva)

Bowling: Starc 4-0-32-1, Hastings 4-0-23-2, Maxwell 1-0-16-0, Faulkner 4-0-19-3, Zampa 4-0-16-3, Henriques 3-0-21-0

AUSTRALIAD. Warner c T. Perera b Pathirana ....25G. Maxwell b Prasanna .....................66

M. Henriques st K. Perera b Pathirana 1J. Faulkner run out ...............................1M. Wade c Chandimal b Dilshan .......14U. Khawaja lbw b Dilshan ....................6T. Head not out ....................................9P. Nevill not out ...................................3Extras (lb 1, w 4) ..................................5Total (6 wickets; 17.5 overs) ............130

Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Maxwell), 2-97 (Henriques), 3-98 (Warner), 4-99 (Faulkner), 5-113 (Khawaja), 6-120 (Wade)

Bowling: Lakmal 2-0-15-0, Senanay-ake 4-0-36-0, Pathirana 2.5-0-23-2, T. Perera 1-0-19-0, Prasanna 4-1-16-1, de Silva 2-0-12-0, Dilshan 2-0-8-2

Did not bat: M. Starc, A. Zampa, J. Hastings

Toss: Sri LankaResult: Australia won by 4 wicketsSeries: Australia win the two-match

series 2-0Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SRI)

and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)TV Umpire: Raveendra Wimalasiri

(SRI)Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)Reserve Umpire: Lyndon Hannibal

(SRI)

Roberto Castro hits his tee shot on the seventh hole during the second round of the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club on Sept 9, in

Carmel, Indiana. (AFP)

Rickie Fowler hits his tee shot on the second hole during the second round of the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club on Sept 9, in Carmel,

Indiana. (AFP)

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earnings.Wyatt was fourth in the Zurich

Classic of New Orleans in May, earn-ing $336,000 of his season total of $353,348 that week.

Andrew “Beef” Johnston had a 68. The Englishman was eighth in the Brit-ish Open and is 15th on the European Tour money list.

Wesley Bryan shot 71. He topped the Web.com regular-season money list and won three times to earn an immedi-ate PGA Tour promotion.

Two-time heart transplant recipi-ent Erik Compton, PGA Tour winner Camilo Villegas and Thailand’s Kira-dech Aphibarnrat were among the late starters. Compton was even par through nine holes, Villegas 2 over through 13, and Aphibarnrat 5 over after 10.

In Cheonan, South Korea, Defending champion Lee Kyoung-Hoon carded a four-under-par 67 to grab a one-stroke lead in the second round of the Korea Open Friday.

The 25-year-old scored a two-round total of 10-under 132 to top the leader-board after sharing the fi rst round lead with fi ve other players at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club.

Lee Chang-Woo shot a superb, bo-gey-free 63 to share second place on 133 with Hwang Jung-Gon and Kim Yeong-Su, both in with matching 68s.

The top 10 scorers after two rounds were all South Koreans.

Leading scores after the second round (par 71, South Korean unless stated):

132 — Lee Kyoung-Hoon (65-67)133 — Lee Chang-Woo (70-63),

Hwang Jung-Gon (65-68), Kim Yeong-Su (65-68)

134 — Choi Jin-Ho (65-69), Kang Kyung-Nam (68-66)

135 — Byun Jin-Jae (67-68), Suk Jong-Yul (65-70), Park Il-Hwan (66-69)

136 — Lee Sang-Hee (68-68), Hong Soon-Sang (65-71)