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SPORTSMonday 16 November 2015

Broberg wins BMW Masters title in playoff over Reed

Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden poses with his champion trophy during the award ceremony of the nique, so I just keep it. And gest names on the tour to
BMW Masters golf tournament at the Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, China Sunday, Nov. 15, it was pretty good.” do it, including Reed, Justin
2015. Broberg certainly made Rose, Sergio Garcia and
the putts when it mattered Henrik Stenson.
(AP Photo) on Sunday, while his rivals “I didn’t trust myself. A few
came up just short. weeks ago, I was just like,
JUSTIN BERGMAN reer to beat Patrick Reed his tee shot straight down Reed surged into a share ‘I’ll never win here.’ I was
Associated Press in a playoff to win the BMW the fairway for an easy ap- of the lead with the shot of just so down,” said the
the day — a stunning eagle Swede, who shot a 68 on
SHANGHAI (AP) — Kristoffer Masters for his first Europe- proach to the pin and a 15- from the bunker on the par- Sunday.
5 15th — and then birdied “This field is really good, so
Broberg wasn’t happy with an Tour title. foot birdie putt for victory. the 16th hole to move one I’m just happy to beat all of
his putting last week when Broberg and Reed both “Last week, in my coach’s stroke clear of Broberg. But them.”
he was practicing at home finished regulation play at studio in Sweden, I was he faltered on his next hole, Reed, meanwhile, was
in Sweden, so he made an 17-under 271 after an af- putting indoors and was missing a 4-foot par putt searching for answers af-
that caught the edge of ter yet another disappoint-
abrupt change. ternoon of fine shot-making like I’m not putting good, the hole and curled away. ment on the final day of a
Two other title contend- tournament. The 2014 Ca-
He looked in his coach’s and dramatic momentum so I just look in my coach’s ers, Thailand’s Thongchai dillac Championship win-
Jaidee and South Korea’s ner has five top-10 finishes
wife’s bag and decided to shifts that saw five players wife’s bag,” he said. An Byeong-hun, also barely in his last seven tourna-
missed birdie putts on the ments, but hasn’t come up
give her putter a try. briefly share the lead on “So I just tried (her putter) 18th green in regulation to with a trophy.
get into the playoff. “All you can ask for is to
On Sunday, Broberg made the back nine. and the stroke was much, For Broberg, the victory have a chance come
comes at just the right mo- down late on Sunday and
the biggest putt of his ca- In the playoff, the Swede hit much better and the tech- ment. I’ve put myself in that po-
He’d had three runner-up sition quite a bit recently
finishes on the European and unfortunately haven’t
Tour over the past three gotten in the winner’s cir-
years and was starting to cle,” said the American,
doubt whether he’d ever who shot a final-round 67.
get a breakthrough win. “It hurts, but at the same
Now he not only has a time, I know what I’m work-
maiden title, he’s captured ing on right now is definitely
one of the four big-money the right thing because I’m
tournaments in the Euro- moving in the right direc-
pean Tour’s Final Series and tion. Just have to close one
beaten some of the big- out.”q

Holly Holm stuns Ronda Rousey with 2nd-round knockout

NEIL FRANKLAND Holly Holm, left, punches Ron- kick to the head that im- crowd. win would have been her
AP Sports Writer da Rousey during their UFC mediately dropped her “She’s won a lot of fights seventh title defense. In-
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) 193 bantamweight title fight in more fancied opponent to and imposed her will on a stead, Holm, a 34-year-old
— Ronda Rousey was the Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, the canvas. lot of fighters,” Holm said. veteran female boxer from
UFC’s unstoppable force Nov. 15, 2015. Holm (10-0) jumped on the “So I expected her to be Albuquerque, New Mexico,
until Holly Holm used the prone Rousey, delivering aggressive and impose her has the championship belt.
former champion’s aggres- (Associated Press) several blows to her head will on me. “We figured her aggres-
sion against her to produce before the referee inter- “She had me on the cage sion was coming, if it didn’t
one of the sport’s biggest vened, ending Rousey’s for a minute and obviously that’s OK, but with footwork
upsets. 12-fight unbeaten run and she was trying in for a take and my career we figured
Rousey chased Holm handing Holm the bantam- down right there ... she had she wouldn’t give me that
around the ring at UFC 193 weight title. a lot of things she was trying space,” Holm said.
on Sunday — looking for An ecstatic Holm jumped so I’m just glad I put in the Rousey left the stadium to
the right hold and taking around the ring while Rous- practice,” she added. receive treatment for con-
head shots along the way ey stayed on the canvas Rousey, a former judo cussion and facial cuts at
— until Holm saw an open- as she received medical Olympian, was unbeaten a nearby hospital after the
ing 59 seconds into the sec- treatment amid the roar through 12 UFC fights be- loss and skipped the post-
ond round and snapped a of a stunned, record UFC fore meeting Holm, and a fight media conference.q