Justin Thomas cares more about winning the Ryder … GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Justin Thomas is too occupied with helping the Americans end three decades of losing the Ryder Cup on European soil to worry about any criticism of him being part of that effort. U.S. captain Zach Johnson had no second thoughts about using one of his six wild-card selections on Thomas, […]
RYDER CUP ’23: Justin Thomas, the American that gets … Justin Thomas had the weakest credentials and the strongest case for being part of this American team in the Ryder Cup, without even having to make an argument. U.S. captain Zach Johnson needed only a few words to say so much about Thomas and the Ryder Cup when he used one of his six picks […]
Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after interest … Asian shares were mixed on Friday after another slump on Wall Street driven by expectations that U.S. interest rates will stay high well into next year. Hong Kong and Shanghai advanced while Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney declined. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. Japan’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate at minus […]
Kapalua to host PGA Tour opener in January, 5 months … The PGA Tour is returning to Maui to start the new season with the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, five months after deadly wildfires destroyed nearby Lahaina and claimed at least 97 lives. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan had said last month he hoped the tournament could be a source of inspiration for Maui […]
Danielle Kang made it to the Solheim Cup in Spain. … Danielle Kang made it safely from Las Vegas to Spain for her fourth appearance in the Solheim Cup. Her golf clubs did not. Kang sent out a desperate plea on X, formerly known as Twitter, for someone to put her clubs on a plane from Amsterdam to Malaga. The matches are at Finca Cortesin, about […]
Theegala still leads Fortinet, while Justin Thomas … NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Thomas continued up the leaderboard Saturday at the Fortinet Championship with a 7-under 65 that matched the best score of the day and moved the former No. 1 player within two shots of leader Sahith Theegala. Theegala, in search of his first PGA Tour victory, had four birdies on the […]
What if public transit was like Uber? A small city … When a small city abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere in town, only one of its bus drivers — a big-city transplant — went along for the ride. Milton Barnes used to oversee packed subway stations in Washington, D.C., a far cry from the sparsely […]
Thomas moves back into contention at Fortinet Championship NAPA. Calif. (AP) — Justin Thomas committed to a driver change, tinkered a little with his swing and got immediate results with a 5-under 67 that left him four strokes off the pace Friday in the Fortinet Championship. It was exactly what the former top-ranked player needed after going winless during the FedEx Cup season, […]
MPD: Man steals card from apartment mailroom, pays … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly stealing someone’s credit card from his apartment complex in the Edge District and then using the card to pay his rent. According to Memphis Police, officers were called to the Rise Apartments regarding a theft. The victim stated his FedEx package with his American […]
Justin Thomas scuffles for 69, Lucas Herbert shoots … NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Thomas scuffled through an uneven afternoon with a 3-under 69 in his return to the PGA Tour following a lengthy layoff, leaving him six shots off the lead Thursday in the first round of the Fortinet Championship. Thomas, the former No. 1 player in the world who was a captain’s […]
FedEx to lay off ‘small percentage’ of employees MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-based FedEx announced Thursday that it would reduce positions in its IT and Finance departments. FedEx did not disclose the exact number of layoffs or the locations of the positions, but said it was a “small percentage of IT and Finance positions.” The company employs about 30,000 in the greater Memphis area. […]