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Tiger Wood's Poor Putting Ruins Winning Opportunity At The Memorial Tournament
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Superstar golfer Tiger Woods needed something special on Sunday in Round 4 of the 2018 Memorial Tourna- ment to have a real chance at picking up his sixth win at Muirfield Village. He didn't get it, though, as he shot an even-par 72 and stayed at 9 under overall for the tourna- ment. As a result, he slipped out of the top 20 for the week as the leaders and those
Jaguars Star Leonard Fournette Forges Bond With State Champs
Raines High is the only pub- lic school from Duval County -- which encompasses the entire city of Jacksonville -- to win a state championship in football.
Leonard Fournette was a big part of the beginning of the Raines High School football team's 2017 season, so it's only fitting that he's a significant part of the end of it, too.
The school was able to pur- chase 85 rings for players and coaches to commemorate the state championship it won in the fall, but didn't have enough funds to purchase jackets. That's when the Jacksonville Jaguars' second-year running back partnered with MET-Rx to donate the remaining funds needed to ensure the players and coaches each received a jacket.
This is the second time Fournette and the supple- ment company have combined to help the Raines High School football program. Fournette donated one of his old football trophies to hundreds that were melted down and turned into a set of weights, which they pre- sented to the school last sum- mer.
"I think everyone should give back," Fournette said. "No matter what's going on in your life I think the best thing for you is to give back, and I had the opportunity to do that. ... When I was in high school I wish someone came back and gavetous,soIjustwanttobe that next generation of leader and do a lot of things by exam- ple.”
TIGER WOODS
around Woods surged ahead on a day when the scoring av- erage was under par.
It did look as if Woods would mount a charge for the ages out of the gate. He made birdie at the first, and the gal- leries went wild as he pulled within a few of the lead. But his putting doomed him once again despite one of the best ball-striking performances of his life.
That's not hyperbole, ei- ther. Woods gained 14 strokes on the field from tee to green this week, which was No. 1 in the field, but he could- n't putt it in the ocean. If he had putted average (0.0 strokes gained on the field), he would have finished at around 17 under and moved into a spot among the leaders.
Sunday was more of the same as he missed a 3-footer on No. 10 and an 8-footer on No. 16, making bogey on both. Throw in a ball out of bounds
on the par-4 13th, and Woods followed up a solid 34 on the front nine with an ugly 38 on the back when he needed something closer to 30 to have a shot at his sixth win at this event.
It's hard to overstate just how bad Woods was on the greens. His No. 1 spot in strokes tee to green came, somewhat remarkably, after hitting two balls out of bounds on the week. He was locked in with his irons and wedges and whatever the opposite of locked in is with his Scotty Cameron (and to a lesser de- gree with his driver).
It's not that he wasn't lag- ging the ball well, either. He missed 5-footer after 5-footer, which has to be frustrating when you're leading the field in approach shots and prox- imity to the cup.
If you're a Tiger fan, the exciting news heading into the U. S. Open in two weeks is that this is as good as he's looked all year -- and probably in the last half decade -- from a swing standpoint. Putters go hot and cold, but stingers off the tee, long irons flighted both ways and luscious wedges from 100-150 yards are less volatile. Woods seems to have found his new old (or old new?) groove, and his play this week is the new expectation going forward.
Niners WR Victor Bolden,
Jr. Suspended Four
Games For PED Violation
VICTOR BOLDEN, JR.
The NFL has suspended San Francisco 49ers wide re- ceiver Victor Bolden, Jr. for the first four games of the 2018 season for violating the league's policy on perform- ance-enhancing substances.
In a statement issued by the team, Bolden said he unknowingly used a supple- ment that was on the league's
banned substance list.
"As a professional athlete,
I take full responsibility for not verifying the ingredients of the supplement," Bolden said. "In the future, I will be much better educated when choosing what to put in my body. It hurts to know that I will not be on the field with my team for the first four games of the season."
Bolden is eligible to stay with the team and continue to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and the Niners' four exhibition games. Should he make the team, Bolden would be eli- gible to return to the active roster on Monday, Oct. 1, the day after the 49ers' Week 4 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
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