SPORTS SECTION E
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
The Tiger roars! By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A comeback not even Tiger Woods saw coming a year ago. A chaotic celebration that golf hasn’t seen even in the best of times. Woods delivered the perfect ending to his amazing return from four back surgeries yesterday with a performance that felt like the old days. He left the competition feeling hopeless as he built a five-shot lead early and hung on to win the Tour Championship. Woods raised both arms over his head after he tapped in for par and a 1-over 71 for a two-shot victory over Billy Horschel, the 80th victory of his PGA Tour career and his first in more than five years. “It was a grind out there,” Woods said. “I loved every bit of it.” It felt like a coronation coming down the 18th green after he hit his second shot to the par 5 safely in a bunker in front of the green. The crowd came through the ropes and walked behind him, just like that walk from the left side of the 18th fairway when he won the Masters in 1997, and when the enormous gallery of Chicago followed after him when he won the Western Open that summer. They chased after any inch of grass they could find to watch the ending. This felt just as big as a major, maybe better considering where Woods had been. “I didn’t want to get run over,” Woods said with a laugh. Only when he was on the green, the last one to putt after Rory McIlroy tapped in for birdie, did it start to sink in. “All of a sudden it hit me that I was going to win the tournament. I started tearing up a little bit,” Woods said. “I can’t believe I pulled this off.” He paused as his voice started to crack. More roars. Several players, from Zach Johnson to Rickie Fowler to Horschel, waited to greet him. It was
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WOODS CAPS OFF AMAZING COMEBACK WITH A WIN
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HIELD AND AYTON IN NBA CAMPS THIS WEEK By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net BUDDY Hield and Deandre Ayton are set to begin their 2018-19 seasons as NBA training camps get underway this week. Hield and the Sacramento Kings will host Media Day today and will tip-off camp tomorrow at the team’s downtown practice facility at Golden 1 Center. Training camp will continue through Sunday, September 30. Ayton and the Phoenix Suns will host training camp September 25-29 at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. The Suns’ week of camp will conclude with an open practice that will be held at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix at noon on Saturday, September 29. This will be the sixth-straight
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CAREY JR ALL SET FOR TOP LEAGUE IN MEXICO By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
TIGER Woods celebrates after picking up his putt for par on the 18th green to win the final round of the Tour Championship golf tournament yesterday in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
THE next step on the pro basketball journey for Michael Carey Jr will take him to the top league in Mexico. Carey reached an agreement with the Huracanes de Tampico of Mexico’s premier basketball league, Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional. He comes off a strong summer with the Bahamian national team when he averaged 16 points, 5.5 assists and four rebounds in the third window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifier. The league was founded in 2000 with 11 teams. Despite its short history, the LNBP has established itself as the one of the most important basketball leagues in Latin America. The regular season is
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Wildcats rout Lady Truckers Hitmen shutout Truckers 17-5 to take 3-1 series lead 3-0 to grab 3-1 series lead By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
AS long as they continue hitting the ball, centre fielder Tyrice Curry said there’s no reason why her Sunshine Auto Wildcats should not be able to wrap up their defence of the New Providence Softball Association ladies’ championship crown on Tuesday night. Coming off their 27-6 massacre on Thursday night, Sunshine Auto secured a 17-5 rout on Saturday night in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex to snatch a commanding 3-1 lead over the Lady Truckers in game four of the best-ofseven championship series. “We’re playing as a championship team. On Tuesday, we just have to put it together and make sure the bats keep coming around and don’t give up,” said Curry, who made her contribution in the game as
ACE Alcott Forbes, avenging a home run he gave up to fellow national team pitcher Thomas Davis in game two as the Commando Security Truckers won their only game so far, pushed the C&S Hitmen one game away from repeating as the New Providence Softball Association men’s champions. In game four on Saturday night in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, Forbes cracked a 2-2 pitch from Davis for a lead off solo homer in a two-run seventh inning that helped to propel the Hitmen to a 3-0 shutout over the Truckers and a 3-1 lead in the bestof-seven championship series. “Every time I face him, I am good for one of them, but this time it took a little
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THE Sunshine Auto Wildcats routed the Lady Truckers 17-5 on Saturday night in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Photo: Terrel W Carey Sr/Tribune Staff
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ALCOTT Forbes unwinds on Saturday as the C&S Hitmen earned a 3-0 shutout over the Truckers to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven championship series. Photo: Terrel W Carey Sr/Tribune Staff