Is This The Michelle Wie The US Is Looking For...???

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After a double bogey late in her final round at Pinehurst for the US Women's Open title, a lot of folks thought Stacy Lewis was poised to take advantage of Wie's collapse for either a playoff or a title of her own.

Didn't happen...

A birdie on 17 and a par on 18 sealed it for Michelle Wie for her first major title- and possibly making Annika Sorenstam's point about it being a turning point in Wie career and that of USA golf as we move forward.

Here's the Golf Channel look at where Wie has come from to get to this point in time

Speaking Of CWS History: Here's One For Jackson State

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They've lost since, but Jackson State got their first-ever win in College World Series history against 6th-national seed Louisiana-Lafayette in Lafayette, 1-0.

The HQ has covered the rough season the JSU team has had- that all started with their bus burning to the ground on the side of the road with their equipment in it. Other Mississippi schools pitched in and have given them the basics to get through their season. The group have galvanized and have run through everyone since.

Here's their first-round win
KLFY News 10

Good for them, indeed...

Unless, of course, it's a "different color"
JSU Head Coach Omar Jackson was asked about Miss State's donation...
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BREAKING: Hunter-Reay Wins Indy 500

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An American driver has won the 98th renewal of the Indianapolis 500 in the second closest finish in the history of the event.

Ryan Hunter-Reay gives Andretti Autosport its 3rd win for car owner Michael Andretti in a finish over Helio Castroneves with four racers finishing in the top 6 overall. Andretti admitted RHR ran a perfect last 6 laps for the win and Helio said post-game, laughingly, that it's still a good day when finishing second sucks.

Two drivers who had a shot, James Hinchcliffe and Ed Carpenter, caused the contenders to thin out a little bit with 26 laps to go


And a Townsend Bell crash with ten to go caused a red flag situation with all the debris on the track


After the track was cleared, it came down to Hunter-Reay and Castroneves


The Indy Star's Stephen Holder and Curt Cavin discuss

Keenan Becomes First To Win NHL And KHL Titles

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When Mike Keenan and Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the KHL title with a 7-4 win over Lev Praha, he became the first coach to win a championship in both leagues...

Here's the end...
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Keenan took over for Paul Maurice when the latter went to Winnipeg to take over for the fired Claude Noel...

Here's a look at what Keenan has gone through in his transition to the Kontinental way...
Also, Grantland's Katie Baker's piece on Keenan and the KHL earlier this season is required reading as well...

Now, if Keenan can come back for TV duties for the Finals over here...
Or, does he go on a long vacation...???

Well deserved...

Matt Jones Gets To Augusta With A Slam Dunk

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The only way someone else was going to get to Augusta to play in the tournament next week was to beat Matt Kuchar and not already be going in the first place...

Kuchar had a four-shot lead going into the last day in Houston, but surrendered the lead and was in a playoff with Matt Jones...

Jones went all Larry Mize and now gets into the major...


Quoting Mel Allen: "How about that?"

A final round 66, his first tour win, and an invite to Augusta. Adams made a 46-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to reach the playoff and made a 42-yard chip for the win.

Kuchar bogeyed the final hole of regulation, then missed his bunker shot to give Jones the win and almost $1.2 million.

Chase Elliott Wins At Texas, Dawsonville Celebrates...

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Chase Elliott has the pedigree with his father- one of the most popular drivers in the circuit in "Wild Bill from Dawsonville"- and he passed Kevin Harvick with a handful of laps to go (15) for the win in only his 6th start in the Nationwide Series.

And that makes him the second-youngest winner in the history of the series...
Here's the end of the race...


Not bad for the senior from King's Ridge Christian School...

He becomes the youngest winner at Texas Motor Speedway and adds to his resume from the truck series win he had last season in Canada. The race had 15 lead changes and puts Chase at the top of the points standings.

The series heads to Darlington next weekend...

And it meant that the Dawsonville Pool Room got to fire up the siren in the town square...

Post by Dawsonville Pool Room.

How's This For A First Win On The PGA Tour...??/

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Patrick Reed has had to Monday qualify for tournaments on six different occasions this year...

Six times trying to just get into the back end of a field just to get a chance at getting a paycheck... not to mention being one day's play away from piling into your own set of wheels and heading to the next stop...

All that with your wife, who has put her own dreams aside, ON THE BAG!!!

Patrick Reed hit what he called "the shot of his life" on the second hole of sudden death against Jordan Spieth to wipe away all of those Monday qualifiers for two years.

Reed shot a final-round 66 and knocked off Spieth to get the tour card, the entry into Kapalua, and best of all- the entry into Augusta. And, rest assured, Justine Reed has already said she will be on her husband's bag at Augusta.

As well she should...

Here's the recap... and the shot of the tournament is at the 2:10 mark...


And the postgame interview from PGA Tour Radio lets us all in on the deal...