Dein erstes Forum » n said. A lot of moments, it just kept

It was only two years ago that Stacy Lewis won the LPGA Tour player of the year and captured the money title. That same year, Lexi Thompson won the Kraft Nabisco at age 19, and Michelle Wie finally broke through with her first major at the U.S. Womens Open at Pinehurst No. 2.This year, only two Americans have won tournaments -- Thompson in Thailand, and Brittany Lang in the U.S. Womens Open. With two tournaments left on the schedule, no Americans will be in the running for the $1 million bonus as part of the Race to the CME Globe.Lang is the only American in the top 10 on the money list, although 65 percent of her earnings ($810,000) came from the Womens Open.The Americans are out-motivated, out-focused and out-driven, and its showing up, said Dottie Pepper, a 17-time winner on the LPGA and now a television analyst. Nobody wants to hear that. But all you have to do is look at the results.What surprises Pepper the most is that the United States won the International Crown this summer, a team event against powerful golfing nations from Asia that are not eligible for the Solheim Cup. England was the only European team in the International Crown.As for the Solheim Cup? The Americans rallied to beat Europe last September.The momentum didnt transfer to individual golf, the same way it didnt coming out of the Solheim Cup, Pepper said.Also concerned is Juli Inkster, who returns as Solheim Cup captain for next years matches in Iowa, although Europe isnt faring much better.Europeans have won only twice this year, Caroline Masson of Germany and Carlota Ciganda of Spain, while only two Europeans -- Anna Nordqvist and Ciganda -- are among the top 20 on the money list.Its always great, especially in the U.S., when we have Americans winning, Inkster said. In the overall concept of the LPGA Tour worldwide, Im not sure it does matter. But for our TV ratings and fan base over these last six tournaments, it killed it.The LPGA Tour is coming off a six-week swing through Asia in which Americans finished in the top five in only two tournaments -- Alison Lee lost in a playoff in South Korea, and Jessica Korda was runner-up in China.---GO TEAM: The PGA Tour is bringing a team event back to the official schedule next year for the first time since 1981 at Disney.The policy board has approved making the Zurich Classic a two-man team competition starting next year, according to two officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because an announcement is not expected until next week.Still to be determined is how to assign world ranking points in a team competition, and how to dole out FedEx Cup points. The prize money is likely to be shared.The last official team event was won by Vance Heafner and Mike Holland in the Walt Disney World National Team Championship. Other team events include the World Cup and Franklin Templeton Shootout, though they are not official PGA Tour tournaments.---DJ TO MIDDLE EAST: U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson is the latest American to head to the Middle East for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.Johnson was confirmed for the European Tour event on Jan. 19-22, which is opposite the CareerBuilder Challenge in the California desert, and means he likely will skip Torrey Pines the following week. Rickie Fowler also returns as defending champion.Over the last seven years, Abu Dhabi has attracted Tiger Woods (twice), Phil Mickelson (twice) Fowler, Jason Dufner and Anthony Kim.Next years field is one of its strongest with Johnson, Fowler, Rory McIlroy, British Open champion Henrik Stenson and Masters champion Danny Willett.---LOW BALL: Rod Pampling became the ninth player to open a PGA Tour event at 60 or better, but only the fourth player who went on to win.Mike Souchak opened with a 60 in the 1955 Texas Open and sailed to a seven-shot victory.Phil Mickelson shot 60 in the first round at Phoenix and won by four over Brandt Snedeker. The other player to open with 60 and win was Steve Stricker in the 2010 John Deere Classic -- and Stricker wasnt even leading after the first round. Paul Goydos shot 59 that day and was runner-up by two shots to Stricker.Pampling shot 60 in Las Vegas, but he had only a two-shot lead over Brooks Koepka, which turned out to be the margin of victory.No one ever wasted a good start like Pat Perez in the 2006 Bob Hope Classic when he shot 60 in the first round. Perez never broke 70 the rest of the week, posting scores of 73-70-75-78, and he finished 73rd, 21 shots behind Chad Campbell.---ANSER ANNIVERSARY: Ping is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of its Anser putter by making a limited-edition version made from the original molds with components made in the U.S. that vendors supplied in 1966. Chairman and CEO John Solheim is grinding each sole by hand, just as he once did in the family garage. It also has a modern touch of tungsten in the heel and toe.If it sounds like a lot of work, it comes with a steep price. Suggested retail price is $900.The original concept for the Anser putter was drawn on a 78 rpm record sleeve by Ping founder Karsten Solheim in early 1966. The name was inspired by his desire to find an answer to the popular putter at the time. His wife, Louise, suggested he call it Answer but he thought that wouldnt fit on the toe. The w was dropped.---ROAD TO ROYAL BIRKDALE: The R&A is adding qualifying sites at the Singapore Open in January and the Ho Tram Players Championship in Vietnam in April. That brings to 44 the number of players who can earn spots in the British Open at Royal Birkdale.Singapore and Vietnam will offer spots to the leading two players not already eligible provided they finish in the top 10.Qualifying spots start next week at the Australian Open, where the leading three players from the top 10 will be exempt to golfs oldest championship. Three spots will be offered at Joburg Open in February and the Mizuno Open in Japan in May.The European Tour and PGA Tour will each get nine spots -- three each at the French, Irish and Scottish Opens, along with four spots at the Quicken Loans National and Greenbrier Classic, and one spot at the John Deere Classic.As usual, 12 spots will be awarded at local final qualifying.---DIVOTS: Brooke Henderson is playing her 31st tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule this week in Mexico. She has missed only two tournaments for which he was eligible, including last week in Japan. The other was in Thailand in February. ... Keegan Bradley has back-to-back finishes in the top 10 (tie for sixth in Malaysia, tie for seventh in Las Vegas) for the first time since March 2013. ... Jon Rahm has shot par or better in his last 22 rounds dating to the final round of the British Open. Thats the longest active streak on the PGA Tour.---STAT OF THE WEEK: Lydia Ko has finished out of the top 10 in her last five tournaments dating to the Evian Championship. Before that, she had only five tournaments all year out of the top 10.---FINAL WORD: Even if you miss 20 cuts and won a major in a year, would you class it as a good year? There would be varying opinions on that answer, but you would still say its a good season. -- Masters champion Danny Willett.Red Sox Jerseys 2019 . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. Boston Red Sox Shirts . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. https://www.cheapredsox.com/ . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. Boston Red Sox Pro Shop .com) - The women will also have a new champion at the Australian Open. Boston Red Sox Gear . The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Lions have not announced the hiring, which was first reported by ESPN. Lombardi, the grandson of former Green Bay Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi, has been an offensive assistant on Sean Paytons New Orleans staff since 2007.LAS VEGAS -- Jimmie Johnson didnt need to see highlights of his seventh Sprint Cup championship celebration at Homestead-Miami Speedway to tug at his heart during the 2016 awards banquet Friday night.He has a pretty good idea of all that happened.In a certain way I guess I kind of lived it, so I have the fond memories, Johnson said. But I will go back and look at that stuff at some point. I really havent had any time to.For Johnson, it was more about what was said than what he saw during the ceremony at the Wynn Las Vegas that celebrated his record-tying seventh Cup title and a season where he notched his 80th career win. With his name now alongside Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt as far as number of championships, Johnson is a pro at giving the speeches and hearing people talk about him.But it seems that each year, the inflection in the voices of other drivers more and more show their deep respect.The respect that was paid to me through competitors -- theyve got to be tired to see my ass up on the stage, Johnson said after the ceremony. To have them say nice things and to know it was really coming from the heart and not just lip service was really cool.Driver after driver talked about Johnsons greatness. The lauding came from even others, including 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.This isnt just another night for our seven-time champion, Phelps said. He set records and now stands alongside two legends. But for him, its more than that. Its a personal glory and the reward for a lifetime of hard work. And for the rest of us, its the knowledge that we just watched the greatest driver that ever lived.Johnson didnt know Phelps -- a Gatorade endorser along with Johnson -- would come. Just 11 days earlier, Johnson had presented Phelps with an award at USA Swimmings annual event.That was a complete and total shock, Johnson said.If anyone should be used to pleasurable shocks, its Johnson. He got one nearly two weeks earlier at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In some ways, his victory in the season finale at Homestead was a shock as Johnson didnt have the strongest car but took advantage of a Carl Edwards-Joey Logano wreck and then a great restart in the waniing laps.ddddddddddddefore the banquet, Johnson had said he had not seen many highlights because he was just so busy. Through social media, he did have an idea of how it all went down.Obviously, I watched the first half of the crash [from behind], Johnson said. I saw a clip on Twitter where the 78 [of Martin Truex Jr.] was just raging on fire, which I didnt think was possible in todays world with our cars but thats really about all I saw.Johnson had seen - on Twitter - that Edwards had gone up on the Logano pit box to wish the team luck.I want to see -- I imagine Carl did an interview, Johnson said. I saw some footage where he walked up on the 22 box and shook their hand, the message being delivered to Joey himself.I thought that was really cool. It was so cool I sent Carl a text and just like, Man, way to handle yourself. Ive seen bits and pieces. I guess I havent been dying to see it because Ive seen enough through 140 characters and 18 seconds of Vine or whatever it ends up being, youve got to piece it together.After the banquet, Johnson said he was surprised to see just how hard a hit Edwards had in that accident.But the other highlights? It was soaking in the words, not the photos.That was insane, Johnson said. A lot of moments, it just kept building. ... It was a great experience.If there was any disappointment for Johnson, it was that host and Johnson friend Jay Mohr didnt rip on him. Mohr just gave Johnson a hug and said how much he liked him.As your friend, Im so proud of you, Mohr said.Johnson said he tried to egg on Mohr, but Mohr kept to the script.He can be really funny and is really funny, Johnson said. He chose a more emotional route and paid me a ton of respect, and I was like, You [wuss]. Tough it up and come after me. It is likely few will blame Mohr as much as Johnson. They know Johnson earned that hug.I just think its so refreshing to see someone that humble that thats good and doesnt have to be cocky, doesnt have to prove anything, team owner Rick Hendrick said of Johnson. He just goes out and does his job. ' ' '