The 2022 Open Championship — or British Open, as the Americans call it — is underway at St. Andrews, the home of golf. The final men’s major of the year, this year’s Open promises to be a fast-moving, wide-open affair. There’s one favorite (Rory McIlroy) and a host of challengers (Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and more) but no consensus runaway pick. The 150th Open Championship is a cause for celebration, and the return to… Source link
Read More »Palace intrigue, public grievances fuel the Open Championship
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE to see today’s piping-hot, fresh-outta-the-oven episode of THE RUSH with Jared Quay! We’ll let you know everything you didn’t know you needed to know about sports. Other stuff too. But mostly sports. It’s Thursday, July 14, 2022, and here’s what Jared is cookin’ up: The 150th Open Championship is underway at St. Andrews, following a week of pre-tournament drama Tiger Woods took aim at the LIV Golf tour Past champions were uninvited, or opted to skip the Open… Source link
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This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Golf series. The Open Championship Fife, ScotlandSt. Andrews Links (Old Course) – Par 72 – 7,313 yardsField – 156 entrantsPurse – $14M The Preview The 150th edition of the Open Championship finds itself poetically on the sacred grounds of the birthplace of golf, as the Old Course at St. Andrews plays host to the final major of the season along the coast of Scotland for the first time since 2015. A true links test, the Old Course features wide… Source link
Read More »Jazz reportedly open to trading Donovan Mitchell: Where might he land?
The departure of head coach Quin Snyder and trade of Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves initiated an imminent teardown and rebuild in Utah. Yet the Jazz initially signaled they weren’t ready to part with Donovan Mitchell, an All-Star in his prime on a team with no prospect of contending anytime soon. Now it appears that they’re at least open to dealing Mitchell. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Tuesday the Jazz “are showing a willingness to listen on possible trade… Source link
Read More »Starbucks, Amazon open second cashier-less store and cafe in NYC
Starbucks (SBUX) has teamed up with Amazon (AMZN) Go to deliver its second Starbucks Pickup to consumers in New York City. The cashier-less concept dubbed Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go store is set to open to the public on Tuesday, July 12 at 6 a.m. ET. The new location is located on 620 Eighth Avenue at The New York Times Building between 40th Street & 8th Avenue. The retail experience uses the order-ahead feature on the Starbucks app and Amazon Go’s Just Walk Out technology to create a… Source link
Read More »Russian IT major Yandex grants open license to its ground-breaking new neural network
“YaLM 100B is a GPT-like neural network for generating and processing text. It can be used freely by developers and researchers from all over the world.” This is the introduction to a groundbreaking open source technology developed by Yandex on and made public on its platform “GitHub” (https://github.com/yandex/YaLM-100B) on 23 May 2022. The technology is available in the English and Russian languages, leverages 100 billion parameters and is reportedly the largest GPT-like model for… Source link
Read More »Novak Djokovic to skip U.S. Open, still unvaccinated
Unless something unexpected happens, Novak Djokovic isn’t planning to participate in the U.S. Open next month. Djokovic, just after on Sunday, said he is not planning to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in time to participate in the final Grand Slam of the season. “I’m not vaccinated and I’m not planning to get vaccinated so the only good news I can have is them removing the mandated green vaccine card or whatever you call it to enter United States or exemption,” Djokovic said, . “I don’t know…. Source link
Read More »Trey Mullinax earns first PGA Tour win at 2022 Barbasol Championship, punches ticket to Open Championship
Low scores set up for a close shave in the final round of the 2022 Barbasol Championship with the tournament being decided with a clutch, late putt. Trey Mullinax made a 14-footerfor birdie on the final hole to take a one-shot lead at 25 under and earn not only his first PGA Tour win, but the final spot in the field for next week’s 150th playing of the Open Championship at St. Andrews. The 30-year-old shot a 6-under 66 on Sunday to follow rounds of 65-65-67 and hold off a charging Kevin… Source link
Read More »Greg Norman not invited to British Open celebration at St. Andrews
Greg Norman is one of the British Open’s great champions. When the revered golf tournament celebrates its 150th anniversary next week, he won’t be welcome. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews released a statement on Saturday announcing that it had reached out to Norman to tell him not to show up to festivities leading up to next weekend’s championship. “In response to enquiries regarding The R&A Celebration of Champions field and the Champions’ Dinner, we can confirm that we… Source link
Read More »Stocks open lower after jobs data tops estimates
Stocks opened Friday’s trading session lower after the June jobs report topped expectations. The US economy created 372,000 jobs in June while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6% last month, data published Friday morning showed. Following this report, stocks fell with the Nasdaq losing 1% at the market open, the benchmark S&P 500 down about 0.5%, and the Dow off around 0.2%. Treasury yields were higher following this report, with two-year yields rising to 3.13%, further inverting the… Source link
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