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Paul Broadhurst prevails at Pebble Beach for second win of season
Paul Broadhurst plays his tee shot for the 18th hole during the first round of the 2024 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores Golf Club on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Benton Harbor, MI. Englishman Paul Broadhurst grinded out an even-par 72 at Pebble Beach Golf Links to win the PURE Insurance Championship on Sunday in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Broadhurst opened the day with a five-shot lead on the field after firing a round of 64 on Saturday. He made key par saves down the stretch to finish the week at 14-under 202, three ahead of Germany’s Alex Cejka, whose 64 was the round of the day.
It marked the seventh victory of Broadhurst’s PGA Tour Champions career. After ending a winless drought dating to 2018 at the Invited Celebrity Classic in April, Broadhurst has two wins under his belt this season.
Broadhurst’s only birdies Sunday came at the par-4 fourth hole and the par-5 18th. He converted 14 pars, remaining steady on the back nine despite bogeys at the 13th and 15th holes.
“I’ve never been in that position before, having a five-shot lead,” said Broadhurst, 59. “I just went out and just tried to play solid, and felt like I did for nine holes. I was reasonably comfortable and just hit a couple of poor shots to the right on 12 and 13, and then you start thinking a little bit.”
Broadhurst missed the green at the par-3 17th, but he chipped on and made a tricky par putt to stay two in front of Cejka.
“It was massive,” Broadhurst said of the putt. “… I didn’t want to shoot over par and win. My kids would be giving me stick back home if I shot over par.”
Cejka made five birdies over his first 10 holes before holing out for eagle at the par-4 13th and birdieing the last hole, getting to 11-under 205 to set the clubhouse lead that Broadhurst had to beat.
Rocco Mediate (69), Doug Barron (70) and Fiji’s Vijay Singh (71) tied for third at 10 under.
The unique event had 80 PGA Tour Champions pros play one round at Pebble Beach Golf Links and one round at Spyglass Hill Golf Course before the low 50 and ties advanced to Sunday’s final round at Pebble Beach.
The pros also played alongside amateur and junior players who competed on separate leaderboards. Daniel Ferguson won in the First Tee boys’ division, and Nicole Iniakov captured the title in the First Tee girls’ division. The team of John Vegas and Ryan Harrington won the pro-am competition.
–Field Level Media
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JJ Wetherholt's HR stands up as Cardinals blank Angels
Jul 22, 2026; Anaheim, California, USA; St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Hunter Dobbins (40) pitches during the second inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images JJ Wetherholt hit a home run and four St. Louis pitchers combined on a seven-hitter as the Cardinals blanked the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 to salvage the final game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
Hunter Dobbins (2-1) picked up the victory, allowing six hits over six innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out five to pick up his sixth career major league win.
Luis Gastelum, George Soriano and All-Star closer Riley O’Brien each pitched a scoreless inning of relief after that with O’Brien notching his 26th save.
The win, just the fifth in the last 15 games for the Cardinals, snapped a season-high matching four-game losing streak for St. Louis. It marked the first time since May 17, 2025 at Kansas City that the Cardinals won a 1-0 game.
Wade Meckler and Josh Lowe each had two hits for Los Angeles, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.
Reid Detmers (3-7) was the hard-luck loser, giving up one run on two hits over 5 1/3 innings. It marked his 19th straight start at Angel Stadium without picking up a win dating back to 2024.
St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning on Wetherholt’s 15th home run of the season, a 409-foot drive to left-center.
Los Angeles had multiple runners on base in four different innings, including the bottom of the ninth against O’Brien. Jo Adell and Meckler both walked with one out but O’Brien bounced back to strike out Oswald Peraza and Josh Lowe to get out of the jam.
St. Louis had blown six leads in its 10 losses over a 15-game stretch, including back-to-back walk-off losses at Arizona on Sunday and to the Angels on Monday night when O’Brien hit Adell with a pitch with the bases loaded. That snapped a streak of 106 games that the Angels had lost when trailing after eight innings, including 48 this season.
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Yankees LHP Max Fried activated for Game 2 of Pirates doubleheader
New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried (54) throws during the first inning of their game against the Milwaukee Brewers Friday, May 8, 2026 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Between games of their day/night doubleheader with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, the New York Yankees activated left-hander Max Fried so he could start Game 2.
Fried, 32, had not appeared in a major league game since May 13, when he left after three innings against the Baltimore Orioles. He went on the injured list three days later (retroactive to May 14) with a bone bruise on his left elbow.
Fried entered Wednesday’s game with a 4-3 record and a 3.21 ERA in 61 2/3 innings spread across 10 starts. He owned a 4-1 mark and a 2.09 ERA through April, but surrendered 11 earned runs in 14 1/3 innings during May before going on the shelf.
To make room for Fried, the Yankees sent right-hander Kervin Castro to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Castro, 27, was called up in the middle of Sunday’s doubleheader with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He allowed one run in two innings on May 8 in his only game for the Yankees, which doubled as his first MLB appearance since 2022.
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Pirates scratch CF Jake Mangum (foot) for Game 2 vs. Yankees
Jul 22, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Billy Cook (25) scores on a RBI single hit by center fielder Jake Mangum (not pictured) against New York Yankees catcher Ali Sanchez (39) during the tenth inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Jake Mangum was scratched from the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the host New York Yankees due to right foot discomfort.
Mangum was slated to lead off against New York left-hander Max Fried before getting scratched to have his foot examined. Nick Gonzales moved up to the leadoff spot and Billy Cook replaced Mangum in center.
Mangum fouled a ball off his foot during Pittsburgh’s 5-3 win in Game 1, but he stayed in the game. He had two hits in Pittsburgh’s ninth win in 13 games, including an RBI single in a two-run 10th inning off Fernando Cruz.
Mangum is hitting .303 with two homers and 21 RBIs in 81 games this season. His 19 stolen bases rank third on the Pirates behind Konnor Griffin and Oneil Cruz, both of whom are on the injured list.
–Field Level Media
JJ Wetherholt's HR stands up as Cardinals blank Angels
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