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sports Diamars 12 Juli 2022

Netherlands captain Van Veenendaal out of Euros with injury

(AP) — Sari van "It is terrible news. Firstly minutes later.
Veenendaal, goalkeeper for Sari, of course, but also
and captain of the de- for our entire team," Neth- Van Veenendaal's departure
fending champion Neth- erlands coach Mark Parsons is a second setback for the
erlands, has been ruled said. "Sari is much more than Netherlands, which won
out for the remainder of a player in our squad. She is the European title when
the Women's European our captain and an important hosting the tournament in
Championship after in- leader. We are going to miss 2017. On Sunday, the team
juring her shoulder in her a lot." announced that midfielder
her team's 1-1 draw with Jackie Groenen was in isola-
Sweden in their Group C Van Veenendaal flattened tion after testing positive for
opener. defenders Stefanie van der COVID-19.
Gragt and Lynn Wilms while
Van Veenendaal will return defending a free kick against The Netherlands next plays
to the Netherlands on Mon- Sweden at Sheffield United's Portugal in Leigh on Wednes-
day and be replaced by Fey- Bramall Lane on Saturday. day. Portugal bounced back
enoord goalkeeper Jacintha Van Veenendaal received at- from an early two-goal defi-
Weimar, the Dutch soccer as- tention in the aftermath and cit to draw 2-2 with Switzer-
sociation said. was forced off around 10 land.

Tiger Woods part of celebration of champions at St. Andrews

(AP) — They stood on the 2 17 and 18), and he couldn't wedge, never a strength of
18th tee at St. Andrews, a help but join up with the last Nicklaus because the Golden
foursome that collectively group at the end — Woods, Bear rarely missed the green.
has won 43 major champi- Trevino, McIlroy and Geor- Trevino purposely chun-
onships spanning nearly gia Hall, an R&A ambassador ked the wedge into the turf,
six decades. and winner of the Women's which made him nervous
British Amateur and Wom- when he realized he took a fat
Tiger Woods isn't big on cer- en's British Open. divot out of the 18th tee. He
emonial golf. There are ex- forgot where they were.
ceptions, and a British Open Trevino was holding court Woods turned around howl-
at the home of golf that cel- because that's what Trevino ing with laughter.
ebrates the R&A's champions does.
would be one of them. "Let me show you Jack put- "This was Jack on the ninth
ting," he said, and then he at Merion," Trevino said, re-
He played with four-time went through the motions, ferring to their playoff for the
major champion Rory Mc- staring intently at the imagi- U.S. Open in 1971 that Tre-
Ilroy and six-time major nary line, crouching over the vino won. Nicklaus playfully
champion Lee Trevino, who ball and giving it a whack. protested, only for Trevino to
won his two claret jugs a few "Greatest putter ever," Tre- say, "You laid the sod over the
years before Woods was born. vino said. ball!"
Along for the ride was Jack "These guys weren't even
Nicklaus, the gold standard "You left something out," born then," Nicklaus said.
when it comes to majors with Nicklaus said, and then he "I know. That's why I'm tell-
his 18 titles. raised his left arm, his signa- ing them," Trevino said, and
ture move when he holed the there were smiles all round.
Nicklaus didn't bring his most important putts. He did Only at St. Andrews.
clubs to St. Andrews. He re- that on the 17th green when
turned to become an honor- he won the 1986 Masters at "The Celebration of Cham-
ary citizen. age 46 and on the 18th in St. pions" is a treat, held only
Nicklaus was there to greet Andrews in 2005 when his fi- at the home of golf and not With so much star power, There were 25 former Brit-
most of the champions on nal putt in the last of his 166 even every year. It was first the question had to be asked: ish Open champions that
the first tee of the four-hole majors was a birdie. done in 2000 for the millen- Which was the hero? spanned Gary Player (1959)
exhibition around the loop nial. It was repeated in 2010 McIlroy laughed. Given his to Collin Morikawa (2021).
on the Old Course (holes 1, Trevino then moved on to the for the 150-year anniversary age (33), it was Woods, and It included Hall, Laura Da-
of the Open, except that nas- always has been. After a char- vies and defending Women's
ty weather canceled the occa- ity pro-am a week ago in the British Open champion Anna
sion. So they finished it off in west of Ireland, Woods and Nordqvist, amateur winners
2015. Woods played that year McIlroy played an unan- from the championship the
with Tom Weiskopf, Mark nounced practice round at R&A helps organize, such as
O'Meara and Nick Price. Ballybunion, a huge treat for Keita Nakajima (Asia-Pacific
the storied Irish club. Amateur), the No. 1 player in
McIlroy famously missed amateur golf.
that year after injuring his "And Jack has become close
knee while playing soccer. to me as well, just from living Also included were three
He wouldn't have missed this at the Bear's Club, practicing players from the disabled golf
one for the world. there," McIlroy said. "For me competitions, such as Kipp
"It's unbelievable," McIlroy not getting to do this in 2015, Popert, who has cerebral pal-
said. "Playing St. Andrews, it's nice to be able to part of sy and last month became the
past champion, playing with it." first golfer with a disability to
my hero. If you had told This was different from the play in the British Amateur at
10-year-old Rory you'd be other two. The R&A invited Royal Lytham & St. Annes.
part of something like this, I its champions, and not all of
wouldn't have believed you. them had won the silver clar- The 150th Open starts
It was really, really cool. Re- et jug. Thursday. This wasn't a bad
ally special." warmup act.