Burgoon has 1st-round lead at CIMB Classic, Thomas 3 behind

Nasa Hataoka of Japan fires a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the KEB Hana Bank Championship in South Korea

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Like “Linsanity” in the NBA, “Beefsanity” in golf didn't quite last the way fans hoped it would. After a maiden European Tour win in 2016 prompted an instant classic interview in which he said he just wanted to “get hammered,” Andrew “Beef” Johnston was a breakout star at the British Open a few months later. His popularity traveled to the U.S. when he played in the PGA Championship the following month and he earned his PGA Tour card for the next season, but hasn't quite stayed in the limelight.
That doesn't mean he's not still beloved, especially in his home country. Playing at this week's British Masters, the affable Englishman won the pre-tournament Hero Challenge on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday, the man known for enjoying a pint or three signed a fan's beer belly. Have a look:
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We're guessing the fan will eventually wash the “BEEEEEEF” off, but guarantee he'll be screaming that the rest of the week.
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(Photo by Paul Lakatos/Asian Tour/Asian Tour via Getty Images)The 18th hole at TPC Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.If last week is any indication, we might’ve assembled the right crew. One of our staff writers (Christopher Powers) set the standard for our golf betting advice column by predicting Kevin Tway’s win at the Safeway Open at 55-1 odds, a heavy longshot in the PGA Tour opener. One of our other experts (Brandon Gdula, Fanduel) picked Ryan Moore as his winner, so we had the final two players in the playoff covered. The pressure is on the rest of us to keep up.
Below you'll find comprehensive betting analysis and daily-fantasy picks for this week’s CIMB Classic in Malaysia—a no-cut, 78-player event with a handful of pros who play predominantly on the Asian Tour, so you might not be familiar with their names. Scott Vincent? Who is that exactly? Someone who has played consistently lately over in Asia, and who's worth a look as a play this week, according to one of our experts.
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For the most part, NBA preseason games — like preseason games in any pro sport — are worthless. Heck, Steve Kerr practically begged refs to eject him the other night so he wouldn't have to sit through watching his Warriors play one of their final tuneups for the regular season. But Tuesday's game involving the Houston Rockets and the Shanghai Sharks was different.
The contest itself, as expected, wasn't close. But there were a record* number of 3-pointers made, Jimmer Fredette did Jimmer Fredette things, and James Harden created a controversial move that had everyone talking.
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Let's start with the barrage of 3-pointers. That a Mike D'Antoni squad likes to fire from deep is nothing new. The Rockets went down to the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals in May by famously missing 27(!) 3s in a row. That did not happen on Wednesday when Houston hit 28 shots from long range i..

I never saw Air Bud, I never had interest in seeing Air Bud, and now there's an even better chance that I'll never see Air Bud. Why? Because there's no way he's got anything on a dog named Koa.
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Check out this video posted by former college basketball player Maxwell Pearce, who played at Purchase College and was a semifinalist in the 2018 ESPN College Basketball Slam Dunk Contest, in which he throws down a windmill jam off a perfect alley-oop pass from this German sheperd with exquisite court vision. After the two exchanged high fives/paws before and after, of course.
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Look at that touch! Chris Paul couldn't have set up Pearce any better.
If you're an NBA player planning on participating in February's Slam Dunk Contest, how do you not contact Koa? Talk about a surefire way to win over the judges. Even that stingy Dr. J.
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Jamie SquireCelebrity golfers are all the rage right now. Tony Romo, Stephen Curry and John Smoltz have all teed it up in professional tournaments in the last year, each one impressing the golf world with their games. The latest to join them was former All-Star pitcher Mark Mulder, who made his debut in the Safeway Open last week, missing the cut with rounds of 75 and 74, giving him a five-over total that was good enough to beat out Ollie Schniederjans and Wesley Bryan.
Could former NHL All Star Jeremy Roenick be the next pro athlete from another sport to get a crack in a PGA Tour or Web.com Tour event? On this week's edition of the Golf Digest Podcast, Roenick discussed his desire to do just that, and his play in the American Century Championship over the years would suggest he might be able to hang around with the big boys. While he's never won, Roenick has finished seventh, fifth and fourth in his last three appearances in Tahoe, beating out the likes of Romo, Curry and Sm..

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