Page 23 - ARUBA TODAY

A23
SPORTS Monday 18 noveMber 2019

Fleetwood wins South Africa,

moves to 2nd in Race to Dubai

SUN CITY, South Africa
(AP) — Tommy Fleetwood
made three eagles for a
7-under 65 and rallied from
a six-shot deficit to win the
Nedbank Golf Challenge in
a playoff Sunday.
Fleetwood beat Marcus Ki-
nhult on the first extra hole
In this June 1949 photo, competitors jump in the 120-yard inter- at Sun City for his fifth Euro-
national hurdles during the British Games, incorporating Interna-
tional Athletics Match, in London. The competitors are P Van de pean Tour victory, and first
Sype of Belgium (1); A. Marie of France (no.3); Donald Finlay of in nearly two years.
Britain (4); E. Arneberg, of Norway (5); Harrison Dillard, left, of the Fleetwood only needed a
United States, and G. V. D. Hoeven, of Holland (7). Dillard won par on the 18th hole in the
the event in 14.4 seconds, followed by A. Marie in second place playoff when Kinhult, who
and Finlay in third. closed with a 68, missed
Associated Press
the fairway and had to
Harrison Dillard, chip out sideways.
Fleetwood won $2.5 mil-
lion and moved to No. 2 in
Olympic champion the Race to Dubai behind
Bernd Wiesberger of Aus-
sprinter/hurdler, dies tria, who tied for third at
Sun City. The season ends
next week with the DP
World Tour Championship
CLEVELAND (AP) — Harrison years later for the Olympics. in Dubai.
Dillard, the former Buffalo In the 1948 London Games, The 28-year-old Fleetwood
Soldier and only Olympic Dillard won the 100 me- won the Race to Dubai in
runner to win gold medals ters in 10.3 seconds and 2017 and has a chance of
in both the sprints and high earned another gold med- being crowned Europe’s England's Tommy Fleetwood celebrates winning the the 39th
edition of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, at Sun City, South Af-
hurdles, has died. He was al on the United States’ 400 No. 1 for the second time in rica, Sunday, Nov. 17 2019.
96. relay team. At the 1952 Hel- three seasons. Associated Press
Longtime friend Ted Theo- sinki Olympics, Dillard won Zander Lombard of South
dore said Dillard died Fri- his specialty, the 110 high Africa, who had the 54- a 6-under 65 on Sunday and-down from just off the
day at the Cleveland Clinic hurdles, in 13.91, and again hole lead, closed with a 77 morning to take a one-shot green on the par-5 13th,
after a fight with stomach ran on the winning relay and tied for eighth. lead into the final round and then hit a heavy chip
cancer. The 1955 Sullivan team. Overall, Dillard won The leading five players over Taylor (66) and Harris and missed a 7-foot par
Award winner as the na- more than 400 races — 82 going into Dubai are Wi- English (68). putt on the next hole.
tion's outstanding amateur in a row at one point. esberger, Fleetwood, Jon They all remained in the The tournament did not
athlete, Dillard was the Dillard won 11 indoor and Rahm, Shane Lowry and mix, along with Carlos Ortiz, start until Friday because
oldest living U.S. Olympic outdoor national cham- Matt Fitzpatrick. Rahm did challenging for his first PGA heavy rain washed out the
champion. pionships, including the not play the last two Rolex Tour victory before a home opening round.
“It is a loss for humanity,’’ indoor 60-yard hurdles a Series events that lead to crowd in Mexico. Ortiz was JAPAN GOLF TOUR
Theodore said Cleveland. record eight consecu- the season finale. one shot behind and chose SHIZUOKA, Japan (AP) —
com. “He was an example tive years. Dillard won PGA TOUR not to play the 18th hole Takumi Kanaya became
for all of us, how to live our that event at the Millrose PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mex- when it became too dark the fourth amateur to win
lives, with never an unkind Games nine years in a row. ico (AP) — Brendon Todd for him to properly see. a Japan Golf Tour event
word for anyone. He was He held world hurdles re- and Vaughn Taylor were Todd and Taylor were at when he made a 20-foot
a champion, a true cham- cords at 60 yards indoors, tied for the lead with four 20-under par, one ahead eagle putt on the final hole
pion.’’ and 110 yards and 220 holes remaining in the rain- of English and Ortiz. Taylor for a 5-under 65 and a one-
Dillard was a sharpshooter yards outdoors. In 1974, delayed Mayakoba Golf came up short on the par- shot victory in the Visa Ta-
in the last racially segre- Dillard was inducted into Classic when play was sus- 3 15th and pitched to 5 heiyo Masters.
gated unit in the U.S. Army the Track and Field Hall of pended because of dark- feet. Todd and English had Takumi, the 21-year-old
in World War II, serving Fame, and in 1983 he be- ness. birdie putts from the 20-foot junior in college, won the
as a Buffalo Soldier in the came a charter inductee Todd, coming off a victory range on the hole. Asia Pacific Amateur in
92nd Infantry Division. He into the U.S. Olympic Com- in the Bermuda Champion- Todd had a two-shot lead 2018 and played in the
returned to Europe a few mittee Hall of Fame.q ship two weeks ago, shot until he failed to get up- Masters this year.q