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Friday 19 January 2018
Garcia shoots 66 to share

clubhouse lead at Singapore Open

SINGAPORE (AP) — Sergio
Garcia opened his sea-
son with a 5-under 66 and
a share of the clubhouse
lead on Thursday in the first
round of the weather-inter-
rupted Singapore Open.
Playing his first tournament
of the year, the Masters
champion rebounded af-
ter making an early bogey
to collect four birdies and
an eagle at the Sentosa
Golf Club.
He was later joined by
American qualifier Kurt
Kitayama in the clubhouse In this Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, photo, Spain’s Sergio Garcia
lead. Still on the course, Ti- practices for the Singapore Open golf tournament in Singapore.
rawat Kaewsiribandit was Associated Press Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) and Montreal
at 6 under through 16 holes 7-iron. par-5s and one of the par- Canadiens center Jonathan Drouin eye the puck on a face off
when play was suspended The 38-year-old Garcia 3s on the second nine. “But during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Boston,
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018.
for the day because of the dropped his only shot of then I hit two greats in a Associated Press
threat of lightning. the day on the par-4 15th, row for holes 17 and 18. I
Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 his sixth hole after teeing off got a birdie-eagle there, Bruins beat Canadiens
British Open champion, on the back nine, when he so that settled me a little
was at 5 under through 16 missed the fairway and was bit and I could play solid in in Claude Julien’s
holes when he also had to unable to make par. But he the back nine and it was a
stop his round because of made amends when he great round.” return to Boston
the weather. birdied the par-3 17th and Garcia made the short-
Of the players who did fin- then eagled the par-5 18th list for the Laureus Sports By The Associated Press coach Bruce Cassidy, who
ish their opening rounds, to go out in 33. Awards in the Breakthrough BOSTON (AP) — David Pas- opted for more up-tempo,
only three were within two “I was 1 over after (the) of the Year category after trnak and Ryan Spooner charge-into-the-zone play
strokes of Garcia and Kita- seventh but it didn’t feel claiming his first major at each scored an early goal, from his defensemen as
yama. One of them was like I was playing badly,” Augusta National last year Tuukka Rask stopped 21 opposed to Julien’s mostly
Casey O’Toole, who aced said Garcia, who made and is hoping for more suc- shots and the Bruins beat defensive-minded style.
the par-3 second with a birdies on each of the two cess this season.q Montreal 4-1 Wednesday DUCKS 5, PENGUINS 3
Sainz takes no risks on Dakar night in Canadiens coach ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —
Claude Julien’s return to Rickard Rakell and Adam
Boston.
Henrique scored 1:35 apart
Rally, lead shrinks to 44min The surging Bruins have to give Anaheim the lead
earned at least a point in during its four-goal sec-
14 straight games (10-0-4), ond period, and the Ducks
SAN JUAN, Argentina (AP) their longest stretch since went on to beat Pittsburgh.
— Carlos Sainz was con- going 15-0-1 in March 2014. Chris Wagner and On-
tent to drive cautiously Brad Marchand added a drej Kase also scored for
and retain a good lead on power-play goal in the third Anaheim in the middle
the marathon third-to-last period, David Krejci had an period, and Hampus Lind-
stage of the Dakar Rally empty-netter and Patrice holm added an empty-
on Thursday. Sainz lost 18 Bergeron had two assists netter in the final second
minutes of his consider- for Boston, which posted of the game. John Gibson
able lead over defending its second win over the Ca- stopped 30 shots to help
champion Stephane Peter- nadiens in five days. The the Ducks improve to 7-3-1
hansel but was still a handy teams meet again in Mon- in their last 11 games.
45 minutes ahead of the treal on Saturday night. Anaheim scored four goals
Dakar Rally great. Jakub Jerabek scored his in a period for first time
After failing to finish the last first NHL goal for Montreal, since doing it in the third
five Dakars either because and Carey Price made 28 period at Buffalo last Feb.
of crashes or mechanical saves. Julien, who coached 9. Jake Guentzel, Phil Kessel
failures, Sainz’s decision Boston’s Stanley Cup-win- and Evgeni Malkin scored
not to take risks was under- Driver Carlos Sainz, of Spain, and co-driver Lucas Cruz, of Spain, ning team in 2011, was fired for the Penguins, who
race their Peugeot during stage 12 of the 2018 Dakar Rally
standable. between Chilecito and San Juan, Argentina, Thursday, Jan. 18, last Feb. 7 in his 10th sea- snapped a four-game win
He let Peterhansel duel 2018. son. He was replaced by streak. Tristan Jarry made
with eventual winner Nass- Associated Press assistant and current Bruins 28 saves.q
er Al-Attiyah on the 523-ki- but everything is fine be- But there’s still two more
lometer special between cause we’ve finished the days ... two more days.”
Chilecito and San Juan, stage which is the impor- Sainz won the rally in 2010.
the first half of which was tant thing,” Sainz said. Peterhansel believed his
in mountains. “We had a “We were stuck in third shot at a third straight vic-
puncture and then we had gear at the end of the tory in a car, and eighth
some gearbox problems, stage so we stayed in third. overall, was gone.q