ORLANDO, Fla. – Charley Hoffman finished a lot better than he started, closing with three straight birdies for a 1-under 71 that allowed him to catch Kevin Kisner for a share of the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Hoffman opened with two sloppy bogeys and his fourth bogey dropped him four shots behind. The last of his three straight birdies came after a chop-and-run from the rough left of the 18th fairway, and a 70-foot birdie from the fringe.
Kisner ran his birdie attempt on the 18th about 6 feet by and three-putted from the fringe. He shot 68.
They were at 11-under 205, three shots clear of Tyrrell Hatton, Marc Leishman and Matt Fitzpatrick.
Rory McIlroy birdied his last two holes for a 65 and climbed within five shots.
PHOENIX – About a dozen people protesting the U.S. Women’s Open being played at a course President Donald Trump owns left peacefully after security officials asked them to leave the front entrance of the LPGA Tour’s Bank of Hope Founders Cup.
Members of the group UltraViolet protested for less than 30 minutes before they were asked to leave the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on Saturday. UltraViolet said a plane was set to fly over the course later with a banner reading “LPGA: TAKE A MULLIGAN. DUMP SEXIST TRUMP.”
The U.S. Golf Association-run U.S. Women’s Open is July 13-16 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, a few miles from the USGA’s headquarters in Far Hills. The LPGA Tour released a statement, noting that the “USGA not the LPGA owns and operates the event.”
NEW YORK – The New York Jets have signed former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne to a one-year deal.
Claiborne, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, will help the Jets replace Darrelle Revis, who was released last week.
The team announced the signing Saturday. Financial terms weren’t immediately available, but multiple outlets reported that the deal is for $5 million.
Claiborne has been hampered by injuries during his career. He sat out the last nine regular-season games last year with a groin injury. Claiborne returned for the Cowboys’ NFC divisional-round playoff loss to Green Bay, but left that game with a rib injury before the Cowboys ultimately fell to the Packers.
Claiborne has registered four
interceptions, 26 passes defensed, a forced fumble and four fumble recoveries in 47 career NFL games over his brief career.
He was an unrestricted free agent after the 2015 season, but re-signed with the Dallas Cowboys on a one-year deal.
ASPEN, Colo. – Petra Vlhova of Slovakia stole the show from new overall champion Mikaela Shiffrin, finding another speed near the bottom to win a slalom race at World Cup Finals on Saturday.
Vlhova finished in a combined time of 1 minute, 32 seconds as she eclipsed the American by 0.24 seconds. Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter was third.
It was Vlhova’s first World Cup win since Dec. 13, 2015, in Sweden. She led Shiffrin by 0.07 seconds after the morning run.
The 22-year-old Shiffrin wrapped up the overall World Cup title when Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec didn’t race the slalom. Shiffrin becomes the fifth American ski racer to win the overall crown, joining Phil Mahre (1981-83), Tamara McKinney (1983), Bode Miller (2005, 2008) and Lindsey Vonn (2008-10, 2012).
Shiffrin already secured the season-long slalom title.
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – Stan Wawrinka routed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open after needing third-set tiebreakers to win his previous two matches.
Wawrinka will play four-time Indian Wells champion Roger Federer or American Jack Sock in Sunday’s final.
Wawrinka dispatched Carreno Busta while never facing a break point in the 64-minute match. The Spaniard fell to 0-3 in his career against the Swiss.
No. 21 Carreno Busta was the lowest seed to reach the semifinals at the desert tournament since 2014. It was the biggest semifinal of his career, having failed in 16 previous tries to reach that round in an ATP Masters 1000 event.
Wawrinka advanced to his first Indian Wells final, having lost in last year’s semis.
CHICAGO – Records show Chicago spent $18.8 million in worker overtime during the Cubs’ World Series title run.
The Chicago Sun-Times obtained the records through a public records request. The paperwork shows the city spent the money on public safety, traffic management and street cleanup. The Chicago Cubs won the championship over the Cleveland Indians with a Game 7 victory after a 108-year drought. Chicago officials say the city will cover the tab, not the Cubs.
Most of the Cubs-related overtime went to the Chicago Police Department, or about $17.2 million – $14.7 million during the World Series. Records show Chicago paid about $843,000 for the Office of Emergency Management and Communications and $743,000 for Streets and Sanitation.
The rally and parade celebrating the Cubs’ win cost more than $2.5 million in police and streets and sanitation overtime.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo was hit in the face by a catcher’s throw on a stolen base attempt and exited a spring training game against Texas.
Arroyo was struck Saturday. He was checked by a trainer, went to another field and threw for a while. Arroyo said he didn’t expect to miss a start.
Arroyo was hit when Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco was trying to throw out Drew Robinson at second base. Arroyo stayed on his feet and talked to Reds trainer Steve Bauman for several minutes before leaving.
The 40-year-old Arroyo was examined in the clubhouse by a doctor and taken by bus to the Reds’ complex a mile from the stadium.
Arroyo is attempting to make a comeback with the Reds after missing 2 ½ years with elbow and shoulder injuries. He pitched 1 ⅔ innings in his second Cactus League start before getting hurt.
AVONDALE, Ariz. – Justin Allgaier held on to the lead in a restart with four laps to go and won the NASCAR Xfinity race in scorching heat, his first victory in five years.
Allgaier, who took four tires on his Kelley-Earnhardt-Miller Chevrolet in one of the late cautions, held off Ryan Blaney and Erik Jones.
Blaney, who started the day 33rd after missing the qualifying, pulled ahead of Jones before the final lap to finish second.
Jones and Blaney won the first and second stages of NASCAR’s three-stage format.
There were nine caution flags for 54 laps of the 200-lap race.
The temperature at Phoenix International Raceway in the barren hills southwest of the city was 93 degrees when the race started and 96 by the end.