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Hindley wins toughest Giro stage, López stays in pink

(AP) — Australian cyclist finish with around 200 to go.
Jai Hindley won the ninth I wanted to take the corner
stage of the Giro d’Italia first and then just gave it ev-
atop the fearsome Block- erything to the line, and yeah
haus on Sunday but Juan here we are.
Pedro López managed to
keep hold of the leader’s “It’s pretty incredible. It
pink jersey after the race’s wasn’t the easiest year I had
toughest leg. last year. I worked so hard to
get back to the level to com-
Hindley, who rides for Bora- pete at the Giro and I’m at a
Hansgrohe, edged out Ro- loss for words honestly. It’s
main Bardet and overall fa- pretty amazing.”
vorite Richard Carapaz in a
sprint to the line at the end of López surprisingly kept hold
an arduous day of climbing. of the maglia rosa as the
Spaniard finished the 191-ki-
Mikel Landa and João Al- lometer (119-mile) route
meida also finished with the from Isernia 1 minute, 46
same time. seconds behind Hindley on a
day in which several favorites
“I was just trying to survive lost time on the iconic final
as best I could, actually,” said climb that had double-digit
Hindley, who was runner-up gradients along a series of
in the Giro in 2020. “I knew hairpin bends leading to the
it was flattening out in the line. don’t believe this moment,” moment.” Almeida now and 14 ahead of
last k’s (kilometers) and there the Trek–Segafredo rider Bardet, with Carapaz just a
was a right hander before the “This is wonderful for me, I said. “We need to enjoy every López is 12 seconds ahead of second further back.

Muñoz keeps Byron Nelson lead with local star Spieth 1 back

before a bogey at 15. He’s had and three-putted for double- someone is every day,” said
lower rounds and been close bogey. Hahn, who has missed 10
to victory before in a tourna- A West Texas native and Dal- cuts this season. “So I just felt
ment he wants to win badly las-area resident seeking his like, ‘Why not me?’”
after such a remarkable PGA first individual victory since
Tour debut as an amateur 12 2010, Palmer shot 70 and Masters champion Scot-
years ago. was 17 under with defending tie Scheffler, who overcame
champion K.H. Lee (67) and a triple-bogey early in the
Besides, he and others among 2011 Masters winner Charl second round for an outside
the top 30 in the world play- Schwartzel (68). shot to make a Sunday run,
ing this week are getting ready recorded birdies in bunches
for the PGA Championship Spieth briefly pulled even in a 65 that left him at 16 un-
next week at Southern Hills with Munoz at 18 under with der.
in Tulsa, Oklahoma. five birdies in six holes before
the Colombian hit his ap- The top-ranked player and
Speith was ninth last season proaches on 9 and 10 within Dallas resident birdied four
in the first year at TPC Craig 5 feet for birdies that put him of the last five holes on the
Ranch, his best Nelson fin- back in front to stay. front and three in a row on
ish. the back, but his bogey-free
Hahn missed the cut the past round ended with a disap-
Muñoz made a 39-foot birdie two times he played the Nel- pointing par on the reachable
putt on the par-4 second hole son after finishing third in par-5 18th.
and sank a long bunker shot 2017, the last year at the TPC
on the short par-4 sixth. Four Seasons in another Dal- “I haven’t really seen the ball
las suburb, Irving. go in very much, which is
(AP) — Sebastián Muñoz the third player in the final Playing with another Tex- frustrating because you got to
will be the “other” local group Sunday, alone in third an in Ryan Palmer, Muñoz The move to McKinney, make putts out here to shoot
guy in the final pairing of another shot back after a 65. ran into trouble along with about 30 miles north of low scores,” Scheffler said. “I
the final round of the By- James Hahn almost matched Palmer on the par-4 16th. downtown, came after the fought my way kind of back
ron Nelson. Muñoz’s opening-round 60 Nelson was played twice at into the tournament, but I
at TPC Craig Ranch, shoot- After Palmer sprayed his ap- Trinity Forest in southern need a hot putter tomorrow if
It’s cool by the Colombian ing 61 to jump 34 spots to proach way right into the Dallas, then canceled during I want to make some noise.”
who now calls the Dallas area a tie for fourth with Justin stands, Muñoz went left the pandemic before another
home and has at least shared Thomas (64). playing a shot from a bun- relocation. Davis Riley shot 64 and was
the lead after all three rounds. ker with the ball in the rough tied with Scheffler and Beau
Spieth is a year younger than above his feet. He swiped the A two-time PGA Tour win- Hossler (67).
Muñoz shot a 6-under 66 on Muñoz at 28 but has three ground with his club after ner, Hahn birdied five of the
Saturday and was 21 under, majors among 13 career vic- leaving a chip 30 feet away last six holes on the front nine A pair of older tour rookies
a stroke ahead of hometown tories after starring at the and ended up with his only and started a 5-under stretch faded from contention with
favorite Jordan Spieth, who University of Texas. Muñoz, bogey. over four holes by hitting his 2-over 74s. David Skinns, a
is still seeking a breakthrough who played in college nearby second shot to 7 feet on the 40-year-old from England
at the event in which he con- at North Texas, is 2 1/2 years Palmer, two shots back at the par-5 12th. started the day tied for the
tended in the final round as a removed from his lone PGA time after a stretch of five lead with Muñoz and Palmer,
16-year-old high schooler in Tour win. consecutive birdies, had to “I feel like it just played easy and 33-year-old American
2010. Spieth shot a 64. Spieth never went more than drop in some deep rough, out there for me, but every- Justin Lower, who was just a
Joaquin Niemann will be two holes without a birdie needed two shots to get out one’s shooting, 9-, 10-under, shot back.