FacebookPinterestTracy Wilcox/PGA TourJordan Spieth sinks a birdie putt at the ninth hole during the final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club. (Photo by Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR)

AKRON, Ohio – When Jordan Spieth missed his birdie putt on the first hole at Firestone CC Sunday afternoon, John Wood, who caddies for Matt Kuchar, couldn’t contain himself walking down the second fairway, turning to Spieth’s caddie Michael Greller and asking playfully, “Where was that two weeks ago?”
Spieth and Kuchar, the main protagonists in the British Open at Royal Birkdale won by Spieth after a breathtaking scoring run down the stretch, were paired together in Sunday’s final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. The stakes weren’t quite as high as they began the day well behind 54-hole co-leaders Zach Johnson and Thomas Pieters.
It was the second time in as many years the two were paired together the last day at Firestone, and each man carded a two-under 68, with Spiet..

Matthew Lewis/Getty ImagesIn-Kyung Kim of Korea poses with the trophy following her victory during the final round of the 2017 Ricoh Women's British Open at Kingsbarns Golf Links.ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Call it redemption. Or at least cathartic. More than five years after missing a 14-inch putt that would have won her the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, In-Kyung Kim has her first major championship victory, the Ricoh Women’s British Open. At last, the specter of that horrifyingly inexplicable lapse has been banished. At last, the diminutive Kim can move on, her career now defined by something other than a moment of golfing madness.
It has taken her a while though. Before “the putt,” Kim racked up as many as eight top-10 finishes in the five majors that constitute the female Grand Slam. Since then, and before this week, she has been in similar contention on only three occasions. Twice as often, the 29-year-old South Korean missed the halfway cut.
Now though, all the close misses a..