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McIlroy and family after winning the 2021 Wells Fargo Championship.

 

The Wells Fargo Championship, considered one of the major tournaments on the PGA Tour, will end next year.

 

Wells Fargo, a financial company that hosts the Wells Fargo Championship, announced on the 11th (Korean time), "We have decided to stop hosting the tournament starting in 2025."

 

This competition began in 2003 under the name of the Wachovia Championship, and has been held as the Wells Fargo Championship since 2011, when Wells Fargo took over as sponsor.

 

Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, where the tournament is held, is a prestigious golf course that has hosted the PGA Championship and the Presidents Cup, and is famous for its high level of difficulty among courses where PGA Tour tournaments are held.

 

Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) won the championship three times (2010, 2015, 2021) and is called ‘Rory’s Garden.’

 

Wells Fargo"s decision to stop hosting the Wells Fargo Championship is not unrelated to the special designated tournament system that the PGA Tour introduced last year to compete with LIV Golf.

 

The specially designated competition increases the total prize money to $20 million and guarantees the participation of top players.

 

In particular, starting next year, only around 78 players will participate in the eight specially designated competitions without a cut, and the Wells Fargo Championship is also included in the specially designated competitions without a cut.

 

However, Wells Fargo reportedly wanted to hold the event as a regular tournament rather than a specially designated tournament, causing friction with the PGA Tour"s new policy.

 

The PGA Tour announced that it will begin looking for a new sponsor to host the tournament starting in 2025.Once a new sponsor comes forward, the competition will be held at the Quail Hollow Club as before.

‘Former Tottenham’ Newcastle fullback Trippier just looks at Son Heung-min’s 2 assists

 

Son Heung-min

 

"Captain" Son Heung-min, who played a big role with 1 goal and 2 assists to help his team Tottenham (England) escape without a win in 6 games, is close to his former teammate Kieran Trippier (Newcastle). He also won the match against .

 

Son Heung-min recorded a penalty kick goal and 2 assists in the 16th round home game of the 2023-2024 English Professional Football Premier League (EPL) held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 11th (Korean time), helping Tottenham defeat Newcastle 4-1. He contributed greatly to this.

 

On this day, Son Heung-min, who started as a second-line left wing attacker in a 4-2-3-1 formation rather than as a "one-top player", stirred up the left flank.

 

Newcastle"s fullback Trippier was unable to properly block Son Heung-min on this day and had to watch both assists.

 

In the 26th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min, who drove the ball deep into the left penalty area, stabbed a low, strong pass from near the goal line towards Destiny Udogi in front of the goal, but Trippier failed to block it properly, which became an excuse for conceding the first goal.

 

In the 38th minute of the first half, in a one-on-one situation with Son Heung-min, who dribbled slowly along the left goal line, he failed to respond at all to the cutback pass to Richarlison following Son Heung-min"s breakthrough, which ultimately led to an additional goal.

 

Trippier wore a Tottenham uniform from 2015 to 2019 and shared a meal with Son Heung-min.

 

Trippier, who joined Atletico Madrid (Spain) in 2019, returned to the EPL through Newcastle last year.

 

Son Heung-min against Trippier

 

In an interview with Sky Sports after the game, Son Heung-min simultaneously expressed his joy for Trippier and his competitive spirit as a soccer player.

 

Son Heung-min said, "Trippier is one of my close friends. We had a good time at Tottenham," but added, "There are no friends during the game. I tried to beat Trippier."

 

Son Heung-min, who praised Trippier as “a great defender,” resolutely said, “It was a difficult time (matching Trippier), but I am ready to play in any position the team needs at any time.”

 

Son Heung-min also emphasized that Tottenham, which escaped from a swamp of 5 games without a win (1 draw, 4 losses), should use this game as an opportunity to rebound.

 

He said, "I don"t want to repeat the mistakes of the past two weeks," and added, "Today was a fantastic game. I want to continue showing off this kind of performance."

 

“After losing to West Ham in the previous game, I told the players that we needed to be more ruthless and cool-headed in the penalty area,” he said. “That’s how we created opportunities today and won against a strong opponent, Newcastle.” I looked back.

 

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South Korea"s national soccer team. 

 

The Korean Football Association (KFA) has set a reward for winning the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. It"s unusual for a reward to be set before the tournament has even begun, but it"s a sign of how badly the team wants the trophy.

 

The KFA held a board meeting on Thursday morning at the Jongno Football Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and decided to pay out 50 million won per player if they win the Asian Cup.

 

This is the first time since the 2011 tournament in Qatar that the KFA has confirmed the amount of the prize money ahead of the Asian Cup.

 

Since Chung Mong-kyu took over as president in 2013, the KFA has determined the reward based on the team"s performance at major tournaments and other circumstances. Both the 2015 World Cup, where Korea finished runners-up, and the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where Korea defeated Germany, were finalized after the tournament.

 

In contrast, the payout ahead of the Asian Cup is an example of how desperate Korean soccer is to win the Asian Cup.

 

South Korea won the inaugural tournament in 1956, and four years later, in 1960, they won back-to-back titles. Since then, however, South Korea hasn"t won the title, finishing as runner-up four times. A win in Qatar next year would mark their first Asian Cup title in 64 years.

 

Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korean Football Association (KFA), speaks with the national team players. 

 

"We had a good result at the World Cup in Qatar, where we decided on the rewards in advance, so I think we decided on the rewards ahead of the tournament as well," said a KFA official.

 

The KFA finalized the rewards about six months before the World Cup in Qatar last year. The players responded to the carrot of the reward by reaching the round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, their first away World Cup in 12 years.

 

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Schumaker recognized for leadership in first season at the helm

Hyde surpasses Bochy as Texas manager who led team to WS title

Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker has been named Manager of the Year after leading his team to the postseason in his first year at the helm.

 

The Baseball Writers" Association of America (BBWAA) announced its Manager of the Year awards on Friday.

 

Schumaker won the National League (NL) manager of the year award with 72 points, including eight first-, second-, and third-place votes. Craig Counsell, who recently left the Milwaukee Brewers to manage the Chicago Cubs this year, finished second with 51 points.

 

In his first year, Schumaker took Miami to fall ball. It was the first time in 20 years since 2003 that Miami reached the postseason in a 162-game format, excluding shortened seasons.

 

He is the fourth Miami manager to win Manager of the Year honors, joining Jack McKeon (2003), Joe Girardi (2006) and Don Mattingly (2020). He is the seventh NL manager to win the award in his first season as a full-time manager.

 

Schumaker, who spent time as a utility player with the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cincinnati Reds during his playing days, was also a teammate of Ryu Hyun-jin (Toronto Blue Jays) in 2013.

 

In the American League (AL), Baltimore Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was named Manager of the Year.

 

Hyde received an overwhelming 144 points, including 27 first-place votes and three second-place votes. Bruce Bochy, who led the Texas Rangers to a World Series title, finished second with 61 points.

 

After going 52-110 in 2021, Baltimore went 101-61 this year to win the AL East. It"s the first time since 1980 that the Orioles have won more than 100 games. Since joining the Orioles in December 2018, Hyde has transformed a team that was labeled a perennial underdog.

 

Hyde is the fourth Baltimore manager to be named Manager of the Year, joining Buck Showalter (2014), Davey Johnson (1997) and Frank Robinson (1989).

Park Ji-won wins lightly in 1,500 meters Women"s Park Ji-won takes second in 500 meters

 

Park Ji-won celebrates her victory.

 

Men"s short track athlete Park Ji-won (Seoul Metropolitan Government) and women"s athlete Park Ji-won (Jeonbuk-do Province) won gold and silver medals, respectively, at the Four Continents Championships.

 

Park won the men"s 1,500-meter final at the International Ice Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Quadrennial Championships in Laval, Quebec, Canada, on Friday (June 5) with a time of 2 minutes, 33.158 seconds.

 

After lingering in the back of the field until midway through the race, Park Ji-won broke away to take the lead with seven laps to go.

 

From there, she gradually increased her pace, sapping the energy from her competitors and crossing the line first with plenty of time to spare.

 

In the final lap, she pulled away from the second-place group.

 

Park is a fixture on the Korean short track scene, ranked No. 1 in the World Cup Series for the 2022-2023 season.

 

At the Four Continents Championships, where athletes from Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania compete, she started her gold medal hunt on day one.

 

His compatriot Kim Gun-woo (Sportsnet) took bronze in 2 minutes, 33.324 seconds.

 

Men"s Park Ji-won and Women"s Park Ji-won pose for a photo.

 

Park Ji-won (left) and Park Ji-won, the men"s and women"s national short track teams for the 2023-2024 season [Yonhap].

 

Her eponymous teammate, Park Ji-won (Jeonbuk-do), won a silver medal in the women"s 500 meters, one of South Korea"s weakest events.

 

Park finished with a time of 44.192 seconds, just ahead of Christine Santos-Grizewald of the United States (42.760 seconds). Shim Seok-hee (Seoul Metropolitan Government - 45.873) took bronze.

 

The women"s team was disappointed not to win a medal in their strongest event, the women"s 1,500 meters.

 

Park Ji-won and Shim Seok-hee failed to qualify for the final, while Lee So-yeon (Sportoto) finished fourth.

 

No medals were won in the men"s 500 meters either. All South Korean athletes failed to qualify for the final.

 

The men"s and women"s relays punched their tickets to the final.

 

Park Ji-won, Seo Ira (Hwaseong City Hall), Lee Jung-min (Korea Gymnastics University) and Jang Jang-woo (Korea University) finished first in the men"s 5,000-meter relay semifinals, while Kim A-rang (Goyang City Hall), Lee So-yeon, Park Ji-yoon and Shim Seok-hee finished first in the women"s 3,000-meter relay semifinals.

 

The men"s and mixed 3,000-meter relay and the men"s and women"s 1,000-meter finals will be held at the same venue on Saturday. ??