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USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
A healthy, rejuvenated Jhonattan Vegas returns to Twin Cities to defend his 3M Open title
Golf is one of the few sports where it's never too late for a career resurgence. The game has seen countless players find success early, stumble along the way, suffer injuries and setbacks, then burst back onto the scene with a win no one was expecting. Does the 2019 Masters ring a bell? Tiger Woods' defeat of father time at Augusta six years ago is certainly the most notable example of a resurgence in golf, but there's another player who's revisiting his own instance of jumpstarting a career that was thought to be sliding away. Jhonattan Vegas is back in Blaine, Minnesota at TPC Twin Cities for the 2025 3M Open, where he enters as the defending champion after a thrilling one-shot victory over Max Greyserman a year ago. Vegas did so while playing on a medical exemption after suffering a shoulder injury that kept him out of competition for nearly the entire 2022-23 season. But he fought back, and now the 40-year-old from Maturin, Venezuela, native gears up for this year's rendition of the 3M Open in an entirely different headspace than a year ago. "Last year, when I was coming back from shoulder surgery and I was just kind of getting back into the grind of things, didn't really have a clue kind of where my game was and how it was developing week after week," Vegas said in his pre-tournament press conference Wednesday. "But obviously, a year later, I feel like I come in a way better position physically, mentally, everything is there just to make a really good run here at the end of the season. Like I said, a lot more focus on playing good golf than just trying to get my body ready to play." The win at the 2024 3M Open, which was his fourth career victory on Tour but his first since 2017, wasn't a flash in the pan. He's followed it up with several solid performances in 2025, including a solo fourth at The Sentry in January and a T-5 at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow — his best career finish in a major by far. Those outings, along with three other top-25 finishes, have him sitting safely inside the top-70 cutoff to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, for now. He's No. 53 in the standings as he tees it up in the Twin Cities. Because of that newly-implemented top 70 threshold, late-season tournaments like the 3M Open are starting to get improved fields due to the fact that more players need points. This week's field includes Chris Gotterup, Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler and Haotong Li — who all placed in the top 15 at the Open Championship this past weekend — as well as Adam Scott, Max Homa and Sungjae Im. Not to mention three other past 3M Open winners, Lee Hodges, Cameron Champ and Tony Finau. "I mean, these tournaments are so important right now. I was talking to some other players early on where it doesn't matter where you are in the standings right now, you're always fighting for something," said Vegas, who didn't play in the Open. "[These] few tournaments at the end of the season mean a lot, so it's great to see a great field for a great tournament here, the sponsor deserves it, to have a great field. "And it's fun. Like I said, everyone is ready for the playoffs so we're all pushing with the pedal down and just kind of hoping for a good finish." Unlike most other PGA Tour events where the previous year's champion appears for a media day a few weeks ahead of the tournament, Wednesday was the local media's first look at Vegas since Sunday at the 2024 3M Open. Why? "My dad turned 70 about a month ago, and at the beginning of the year we made a trip for that week to go to Scotland and play golf," Vegas said. "He's never been, he's never played golf over there, so we wanted to give that experience to my dad. Unfortunately, it was the same week as media day, so you know, family first." Vegas tees off in the first round of the 2025 3M Open on Thursday at 1:54 p.m. ET along with Haotong Li and Sam Burns.
NBC Sports
16-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Looking back on Tiger's dominant 2000 Open win
Remember Tiger Woods' electric win in the 2000 Open Championship at St. Andrews, which saw him take the lead in the second round and only separate from there.
Time of India
06-07-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Should PU still have single-faculty colleges? Academicians raise concerns
1 2 3 Patna: Should 108-year-old Patna University (PU) be allowed to have single-faculty institutions at a time when the university is struggling hard to implement the provisions of the National Education Policy, 2020? This question is being raised by the academicians more forcefully following a piquant situation created by the recent posting of principals recommended by the Bihar State University Service Commission in five colleges of PU. They observe that a teacher of chemistry would not have been posted at Patna College which teaches humanities and social science subjects or a teacher of home science would not have been asked to join Vanijya Mahavidyalaya imparting education in commerce. Such an abnormal situation was created just because PU hosts a number of single-faculty institutions. Ever since the promulgation of Patna University Act, 1976 (as amended up to date), PU consisted of several single faculty colleges, including Patna College (arts), Patna Science College (science), Vanijya Mahavidyalaya (commerce), Patna Training College (education), Women's Training College (education), Patna Law College (Law), College of arts and crafts (fine art), Patna Medical College (medicine) and Bihar College of Engineering (engineering), besides some multi-faculty colleges like B N College, Patna Women's College and Magadh Mahila College. Two of these single faculty institutions were later delinked from PU. While, Bihar College of Engineering was converted into NIT-Patna in 2004, Patna Medical College was transferred first to Aryabhatta Knowledge University (2011) and then to Bihar Health Sciences University (2022). In modern times, single-faculty institutions have to suffer on various counts. Patna Science College could not be accredited by NAAC with a good score in 2008 simply because it was a single-faculty institution. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Tiger Woods' Ex-Wife - Try Not To Gasp When You See Her Now Journalistate Undo Similarly, Patna College, the oldest institution of higher education in Bihar, could be accredited with a poor 'C' grade owing to its single-faculty status. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awards varying scores on number of faculties and UG and PG teaching in a college, said former principal of Patna College, Nawal Kishore Chaudhary. PU's former vice-chancellor Rash Bihari Singh pointed out that the National Education Policy, 2020 aims to transform all stand-alone single-faculty institutions, including those focused on specific fields like technical or health sciences, into multidisciplinary institutions by 2030. This has become more necessary after the implementation of four-year degree programmes under choice based credit system (CBCS). How could a student offer choice of his subject unless there were a variety of subjects to choose from, he questioned. The vice-chairman of Bihar State Higher Education Council, Kameshwar Jha, opined maintaining the distinct identity of PU, which has served as a role model for all other institutions of higher education in the state, efforts should be made to widen its academic horizon by creating newer and more useful disciplines in its colleges. As the university is governed by a separate Act, it should not be generalised with others, he added.
USA Today
29-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
PGA Tour leaderboard: Rocket Classic 2025 final round live updates, tee times, how to watch
South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter wasn't alive to witness the first eight major victories of the legendary Tiger Woods' career. He's 20 years old, born in September 2004. He's also the longest hitter on the PGA Tour and enters Sunday at the 2025 Rocket Classic with a two-stroke lead. But right behind him is a six-way tie for second, featuring the likes of Jake Knapp and Chris Kirk. Scoring conditions look to be perfect, so expect another birdie party in Detroit on Sunday. Follow along for live updates, scores, highlights, tee times and more from Sunday's final round of the 2025 Rocket Classic. Rocket Classic 2025 leaderboard Stay up-to-date with every score being carded in Detroit with our 2025 Rocket Classic leaderboard from USA TODAY Sports. Here's what it looked like at the top heading into Sunday's final round. What's the weather forecast for Sunday at the Rocket Classic? Sunday looks like another perfect day for golf, much like Saturday. High temperatures in the mid-80s are expected with sunny conditions and light winds at 5-10 mph from the south. No rain is in the forecast. Expect some more low scores today. Rocket Classic 2025 betting odds Here's a look at the betting odds heading into Sunday's final round, courtesy of BetMGM. How to watch the final round of the 2025 Rocket Classic How much money does the winner get at the 2025 Rocket Classic? The total purse for the 2025 Rocket Classic is $9.6 million, with $1.728 million going to the winner addition to 500 FedEx Cup points. Who won the Rocket Classic last year? Australia's Cam Davis was the champion at Detroit Country Club in 2024 with a finish score of 18 under. Davis also won this event in 2021. Other past champions include Rickie Fowler (2023), Tony Finau (2022) and Bryson DeChambeau (2020).
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Send us your memories of Tiger Woods' 'Shot in the Dark' at Firestone Country Club
With professional golf returning to Firestone Country Club for this week's Kaulig Companies Championship, it will mark the 25th anniversary of Tiger Woods' legendary 'Shot in the Dark' on the famed South Course. Playing in near darkness in the final round of the 2000 World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational after a long rain delay, Woods faced an 8-iron approach 168 yards from the pin. His strike landed two feet from the hole, setting up a birdie and an 11-shot victory. Advertisement Fans held up burning lighters like they were attending a rock concert as Woods, on his way to an eight-win season and in the midst of the 'Tiger Slam' of four consecutive majors, received a loud ovation. The spot in the fairway from where he hit is now marked with a plaque. Firestone Country Club's toughest hole: One hacker's adventure playing a 667-yard par-5 Were you in the gallery for that iconic moment? The Beacon Journal is soliciting memories of that shot (and that day) for a story. Please include your memories below or email them to dkadar@ This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Tiger Woods 'Shot in the Dark' at Firestone: Share your memories
