SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) ― Masters champion Adam Scott broke the course record Wednesday at Port Royal with a 7-under 64 to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf by two shots over U.S. Open champion Justin Rose.Trailing by four shots with 10 holes to play, Scott pulled ahead of his good friend for the first time with a 6-iron that settled inches from the cup on the par-5 17th for a tap-in eagle. Rose pulled his approach and had to settle for par.“Obviously, I’m thrilled to come out on top,” Scott said

GolfOct. 17, 2013

INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― South Korean LPGA stars said Thursday they’re looking forward to a new opportunity next year to represent their country at an inaugural international competition.The LPGA Tour earlier this year unveiled plans to stage the International Crown, a new global event featuring four golfers each from eight countries. The match play event, with three days of four-ball matches and one day of singles, will be held at Caves Valley Golf Club, outside Baltimore, Maryland in July next

GolfOct. 17, 2013

Adrian Gonzalez homered twice to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-4 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday that trimmed St. Louis' lead to 3-2 in the National League championship series.Zack Greinke gave a stellar pitching performance while Carl Crawford and A.J. Ellis also hit home runs for the Dodgers, who rediscovered their power stroke just in time to save their season. They held in the ninth, when St. Louis scored twice off closer Kenley Jansen before he struck out pinch-hitter Adron Ch

BaseballOct. 17, 2013

The Doosan Bears edged out the LG Twins 4-2 to open their second round Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) playoff series on Wednesday, capitalizing on a pair of crucial errors from the hot corner.   LG's third baseman Jeong Seong-hoon made two errors that directly led to two of Doosan's three runs in the game at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium, as the Bears opened a 1-0 series in the best-of-five affair.   In the 24 previous best-of-five playoff series, the teams that won the first game advanced to the ch

BaseballOct. 16, 2013

The largest national multisport competition is set to kick off this weekend in Incheon, a metropolitan city located west of Seoul, which hopes to use this occasion as a test for a larger international competition it will host next year.Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul with a population of 2.9 million, will stage the 94th annual National Sports Festival starting this Saturday. The event will go on until Oct. 24.According to the event organizers, 22,000 athletes and 8,000 officials will descen

More SportsOct. 16, 2013

Even with the PGA Tour starting a new season in October, and big golf being played around the world, Tiger Woods said he was pleasantly surprised to draw another big cast of stars to his holiday tournament in California.“It’s our deepest and strongest field that we’ve had, possibly ever,” Woods said Tuesday.The World Challenge has not announced its two sponsor exemptions from among the top 50 in the world ranking to fill out the 18-man field. The tournament, which was in jeopardy this summer unt

GolfOct. 16, 2013

England and defending champion Spain qualified for the World Cup on Tuesday night along with Russia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which earned its first berth as an independent nation.Wayne Rooney scored in the 41st minute and Steven Gerrard in the 88th to give England (6-0-4) a 2-0 win over Poland at London’s Wembley Stadium and first place in Group H by one point over Ukraine (6-1-3). The Three Lions qualified for their 14th World Cup and fifth in a row.“We have a great togetherness, are there for e

SoccerOct. 16, 2013

John Lackey edged Justin Verlander in the latest duel of these pitching-rich playoffs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in the American League championship series.Mike Napoli homered in the seventh inning off Verlander, and Detroit's attempt at a rally fell short in the eighth when Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder both struck out with runners on base.“The runs are pretty stingy,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “This is what it's about in postseason, is g

BaseballOct. 16, 2013

The St. Louis Cardinals moved within one win of a spot in the World Series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Tuesday, taking a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series.Matt Holliday and pinch-hitter Shane Robinson connected for the first home runs of the series to give the Cardinals the same 3-1 series advantage they held this time last year, only to lose the last three games to San Francisco.Game 5 is Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, with Zack Greinke to start for L

BaseballOct. 16, 2013

The decisive Game 5 of the opening playoff series between the Nexen Heroes and the Doosan Bears may have ended just before 11 p.m. Monday, with the Bears prevailing 8-5 in 14 innings to move on in the Korea Baseball Organization postseason.But the clock struck midnight on the Heroes, the Cinderella team of 2013, whose first postseason began with high hopes and ended on a bitter note.The Heroes claimed the first two games of the series on walk-off hits, becoming the first KBO team to win two stra

BaseballOct. 15, 2013

The Doosan Bears defeated the Nexen Heroes 8-5 in extra innings on the road on Monday to advance to the second round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason, holding off a frenetic late charge by their opponents in one of the most thrilling playoff games in the league's history.At Mokdong Stadium, Choi Jun-seok and Oh Jae-won each hit a home run in the Bears' five-run 13th inning, after their team blew a 3-0 lead with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.Lee Taek-geun of the Heroes hi

BaseballOct. 15, 2013