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SPORTS Monday 12 august 2019
Hur wins Ladies

Scottish Open

NORTH BERWICK, "Honestly I don't like links
Scotland (AP) — Mi Jung courses but after this week
Hur won her third LPGA I love it," Hur told Sky Sports.
Tour title with a brilliant final "It was really tough today
round at the Ladies Scottish with the rain but my caddie
Open on Sunday. Gary is from Scotland and
The South Korean carded he helped me a lot on the
a closing 5-under 66 in wet course."
conditions at The Renais- Hur shot a 62 in the second
sance Club to finish 20-un- round, taking just 24 putts.
der 264, four shots ahead Lee6, a newcomer to links
of compatriot Jeongeun golf, won the U.S. Women's
Lee6 (70) and Thailand's Open in June in South Car-
Moriya Jutanugarn (71). olina.
After playing the first eight Overnight leader Juta-
holes in 1-over par, Hur had nugarn had been trying to
four straight birdies from follow her sister with a La-
the ninth and also birdied dies Scottish Open victory
Nos. 16 and 18 in a back after Ariya Jutanugarn won
nine of 31 to secure her first last year at Gullane.
win since 2014. q South Korea's Mi Jung Hur poses as she celebrates with the trophy after winning the Ladies Scottish
Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, Sunday Aug. 11, 2019.
Associated Press
U.S. men's
volleyball

team secures
bid to 2020

Tokyo Olympics

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands
(AP) — The U.S. men's vol-
leyball team secured a bid
to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
on Sunday, beating the
Dutch host 25-18, 25-20, 17-
25, 25-21 to go unbeaten in
the round-robin Tokyo Vol-
leyball Qualification Tour-
nament. Ranked second
in the world, coach John
Speraw's squad will look
to build on the bronze the
Americans won in Rio three
years ago. The U.S. men
reached the Olympics for
the 10th straight time and
12th in all, winning gold in
1984, '88 and 2008 and also
a bronze in 1992.
"It is not easy playing three
matches in a row, espe-
cially when you're the fa-
vorite," Speraw said. "It is al-
ways difficult to go out and
play against teams that
have nothing to lose. I think
we handled that stress re-
ally well. We were poised
and competed incredibly
hard and played a great
collective team game."
Last weekend, the U.S.
women's volleyball team
earned a spot in Tokyo af-
ter also earning bronze in
Rio de Janeiro.q