GOLF
Anirban Lahiri scored a goal over 73 to miss the chance to cut a shot at the Memorial Tournament. Lahiri finished with three out of 147.
Two narrow misses of par on Thursday and 12 saw Lahiri miss a chance for the second straight game. He previously missed the weekend game at the US PGA Championship in Southern Hills.
Lahiri will most likely compete next in the Travelers Championship.
REPORT – ROUND 1
Cameron Smith, playing some of his best golf games, rose to the top. His highlight was a hole with a chip downhill from outside the green on par-3 on day 12 that took him to 3 under 69. Smith led Denny McCarthy and KH Lee by a shot at the end of 36 holes.
In his previous six outings, Smith has made only twice, and both times have been outside the top 60. His best lap was 71. But Smith, has now won THE PLAYERS Championship and Sentry Tournament of Champions, again in a different frame of mind and in some great form. His rounds 67-69 gave him a total of eight under 136.
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LEADERS TABLE (after two rounds) 1. C. Smith T2. KH Lee T2. D. McCarthy T4. C. Young T4. J. Vegas |
Billy Horschel had a birdie chance at almost every hole but a 4 under 68 finish put him in the group after two hits with Torrey Pines winner Luke List, PGA TOUR rookies Cameron Young and Davis Riley, and Jhonattan Vegas.
Rory McIlroy, with 69, is three shots behind defending champion Patrick Cantlay, who finished with two big par putts at 69 and at three under 141.
The cut is two out of 146.
Among those who missed the weekend’s game were Bryson DeChambeau and Harris English, both of whom are returning from injury. Jon Rahm, the winner here in 2020, has 70 and is at two under 142, six shots short. Last year, he led by 6 shots from 3 shots until a positive COVID-19 test forced him to withdraw.
Lee of Korea followed in Smith’s footsteps. Lee traded four birdies, including a 40-foot monster, against two pitches for a total of seven under 137 in two days as world No 3 Smith rallied for a third win. in the season.
Another Korean, Sungjae Im continued to dispute with 70 for the second time in a row to stay at four tables.
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Italian Women’s Open: Vanilla, Amandeep cut, as Tvesa eliminated after second round
India’s Tvesa Malik made nine shots better than her first round but still missed opportunities while her compatriots Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall secured action over the weekend at Ladies Italian Open.
Missing the cut along with Tvesa (80-71) are Ridhima Dilawari (77-73) and Neha Tripathi (80-74). Vanilla (73-72) and Amandeep (74-71) were the only Indians among the five making the cut.
Vani had two each birdie and bogey and combed 72 to make the cut, while Amandeep had a lively inning of five birdies against four bogeys at 1-under 71.
Both are T-29s.
South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace took the lead after two rounds and moved into place for a second win of the season. The former LET number one used her laser-like precision from the tee to chart her path around the course in rainy conditions at Margara Golf Club on Friday and returned a five-point below par 67, including a double bogey.
On a total of under 8, she leads Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux (70) by one stroke and Italian duo Roberta Liti and Carolina Melgrati, who shoot 67 and 68 respectively.
Another South African, Casandra Alexander, is in fifth place out of six points below.
Pace, ranked sixth on the Race to the Costa del Sol after winning the Investec South African Open in April, has hit hard and put himself in a good position.
She made seven birdies and a double bogey on the par-4 eighth hole.
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Electronic Sports
ESFI sought the intervention of Anurag Thakur after Rajasthan Govt. eSports club along with fantasy games in the new bill
The E-Sports Federation of India (ESFI) has questioned the Rajasthan government’s inclusion of Esports in the fantasy gaming category in the recently published Virtual Online Sports (Regulation) Bill (Regulation). 2022 issued by the state Department of Revenue.
ESFI has called the bill “detrimental to the development of eSports in India”.
At the upcoming Asian Games, India will send teams to 5 Esports games.
The ESFI has also asked Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to intervene immediately in the matter.
“It’s important to understand that not all video games are eSports. The outcome of any eSports match is purely/based on skill (physical and mental) alone. god), and the performances of Esports athletes are the same as cricket, badminton, etc,” ESFI President Vinod Tiwari said in a statement.
“It is completely wrong to club esports (a sport) with fantasy games or anything other than sports,” he added.
ESFI has been sending Indian teams to the Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Games since 2007. During the last Asian Games in 2018, in which Esports was held as a demonstration event, India’s Tirth Mehta won a bronze medal in the Hearthstone title.
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