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sports Diaranson 20 Juli 2022

US beats Canada for W Championship title, ’24 Olympic berth

(AP) — Alex Morgan never gets ers are born for big moments,” U.S.
tired of winning championships, coach Vlatko Andonovski said. “And
even after so many titles already. that’s what makes her special.”

Morgan converted on a penalty in the Jamaica defeated Costa Rica 1-0 in
78th minute and the U.S. women’s overtime earlier Monday to claim
national team won the CONCACAF third place in the tournament.
W Championship 1-0 over Canada
on Monday night to secure one of the The four semifinalists all earlier
region’s spots in the 2024 Olympics. earned spots in the 2023 World Cup
next summer in Australia and New
“It just always feels good to be called Zealand. Runner-up Canada will play
the champion, and this game just, like, Jamaica in a playoff for the region’s
means a lot to us. It’s always going to other Olympic bid in September
mean a lot,” Morgan said. ”Obviously 2023.
against Canada, they gave us a run for
our money, but we prevailed and feel The United States is now 33-0 in
good about the performance.” World Cup or Olympic qualifying
matches since losing to Mexico 2-1
As FIFA President Gianni Infan- in advance of the 2011 World Cup.
tino watched from a private box, the gold medal on a penalty shootout VID-19 protocol.
United States finally broke a stale- The game was a rematch of the with Sweden. The U.S. team fin-
mate when Rose Lavelle was fouled Olympic semifinal a year ago in To- ished with the bronze. The United States has changed since
in the box and Morgan fooled Cana- kyo. Canada edged the United States the Olympics, and Morgan is now
dian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan on 1-0 on a late penalty kick to advance Alyssa Naeher was in goal for the one of the older players on the roster
the penalty. It was Morgan’s 118th to the final, its first victory over the United States instead of Casey Mur- surrounded by up-and-coming talent
overall career goal. Americans in 20 years. phy, who started the last game at the like forward Sophia Smith and Mal-
tournament. Defender Emily Fox lory Pugh.
“Alex is a big player, and big play- The Canadians went on to win the also returned to the lineup from CO-

Young, Theegala lead a strong class of PGA Tour rookies

(AP) — This is turning up to No. 19 in the world. 437 in the world when he who made the cut in all four cloudy as the Seattle area in
out to be a strong group of He also is No. 13 in the Fe- finished the Korn Ferry Tour majors. the fall.
rookies on the PGA Tour, dEx Cup. Finals. Now he’s at No. 62,
including three players and he’s No. 38 in the FedEx The others were Will Zala- Chambers Bay believed it
with one thing in common It’s not just missing a play- Cup. toris, Justin Thomas, Matt was going to be part of a
down the home stretch: off by one shot in the PGA Fitzpatrick, Hideki Mat- progression that potentially
None has won yet. Championship or finishing Davis Riley is playing the 3M suyama, Jon Rahm, Joaquin would lead it back to anoth-
one back in his links debut at Open this week and can join Niemann, Tony Finau, Pat- er U.S. Open. The public
The lone winner among PGA St. Andrews. Young also was the fray. He lost in a playoff rick Reed and Tyrrell Hatton. course held the USGA Four-
Tour rookies is Chad Ramey runner-up in the Genesis In- at the Valspar Championship, Ball Amateur last year and
in the Dominican Republic. vitational at Riviera and the had two other close calls at Rahm now has the longest was widely praised. It was
His only other top-10 fin- Wells Fargo Championship. Colonial and Mexico and has active streak of making cuts the first event on renovated
ish was in Puerto Rico, both He has six finishes in the top been so steady this year that in the majors at 13. Harris greens that were the ire of
opposite-field tournaments. three. he is No. 23 in the FedEx English had 15 in a row be- players — and an eyesore for
Cup. fore missing the cut at St. An- spectators — during the 2015
Cameron Young is the front- Right behind is Sahith Thee- drews. Open.
runner with three events left gala, who was a fraction away Fortunes can change quickly
before the tour’s postseason from two wins this year — a in golf, and Louis Oosthui- Bruce Charlton was one of Next up is the Women’s Am-
based on two numbers. His tough finish in the Phoenix zen can attest to that. A year the lead designers on the ateur, which was thought to
runner-up finish in the Brit- Open, a double bogey on ago, he had the 54-hole lead construction of Chambers be followed by a Women’s
ish Open — his second close the final hole at the Travelers in the British Open and Bay, with the intention it Open. But when the USGA
call in a major — moved him Championship. He was No. was tied going into the final would become a regular in announced future Women’s
round at the U.S. Open. He the rotation of USGA cham- Open sites earlier this year
was runner-up at the U.S. pionships. and went out through 2031
Open and PGA Champion- — and in some years beyond
ship. Chambers Bay, where Jordan — Chambers Bay was no-
Spieth won the 2015 U.S. where to be found.
This year, he never played a Open, hosts its fourth USGA
weekend at a major. championship in early Au- Charlton said while there
gust with the U.S. Women’s was disappointment, he re-
Oosthuizen was the only Amateur. mains hopeful one of the
player who played all four major USGA championships
majors without making the “I’m really anxious to see how will return to the course.
cut. That includes a with- the USGA sets it up for the
drawal after the first round of women players to take some “I really do believe it’s a mat-
the Masters with a bad back attack angles because there’s ter of time. Obviously, you
and a 76. a lot of that out there,” said would like to see that kind of
Charlton, the president and major championship come
Rory McIlroy was on the chief design officer of Robert back and test the course again.
other side. He was the only Trent Jones II Golf Archi- I think it will,” Charlton said.
player to finish in the top 10 tects. “It’ll be fun to watch “Indications are that it’s still
at all four majors, not much that.” very strong in the consid-
of a consolation without a eration for those kinds of
trophy to show for it. Mc- But its future beyond this championships. ... We know
Ilroy was among 10 players championship remains as it’s on the radar screen.”