BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) Australian Minjee Lee shot a 6-under 67 to take a three-stroke lead Friday after two rounds of the Vic Open, the first tournament of the year on the Ladies European Tour.

Lee, who had a two-round total of 9-under 137, has played all 36 holes without a bogey – 18 holes Thursday on the Creek Course and 18 Friday on the Beach Course at the 13th Beach Golf Links.

Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall and Jenny Haglund, who both shot 69, amateur Lin Tze-han of Taiwan (68) and Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord (69) were tied for second.

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Cheyenne Woods, niece of Tiger Woods, dropped well off the pace after shooting a second-round 80, bogeying seven of her first nine holes. Woods, who was a stroke out of the lead after the opening round, trails Lee by 11 shots.

At a PGA of Australia Tour men’s event held alongside the women’s tournament, Anthony Quayle held a one-stroke lead after a 66 and a two-round total of 9-under 135.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Bill Haas’ 9-iron landed to the right of the pin and spun left, settling 3 feet away for a birdie on the par-3 16th in the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

”I just tried to play the hole like I would any other hole, even though it’s not like any other hole,” Haas said about the stadium hole that was packed with 20,000 fans on the warm Thursday afternoon.

Haas shot a 7-under 64 at TPC Scottsdale to take a two-stroke lead. The birdie on 16 capped a five-hole stretch he played in 5 under, with birdies on Nos. 12 and 13 and a 20-footer for eagle on the par-5 15th.

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”Once you get a cushion like that, you can free your swing up a little bit,” Haas said.

The 16th, playing 151 yards to a front pin, tripped up Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas. Fowler bogeyed it in a 66 that left him tied with Billy Horschel, Bryson DeChambeau, Chris Kirk and Chesson Hadley. Thomas made a double bogey in a 68.

Fowler hit short into the right bunker and tw..

Today in awesome Aussie exports (Margot Robbie, SHOUTOUT), we have this video of an unsuspecting cyclist getting obliterated by a kangaroo mid-joyride because animals, like people, are sometimes assholes for no particular reason. Drink in the brutality, you bloodthirsty monsters:
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Here's the part where we say “we're glad no one was seriously hurt in the making of this hilarious viral video we encourage you to click over and over again until your eyeholes are satiated.” According to The Courier-Mail, the woman in question received a few stitches to her knee and a sling for a sore shoulder from the flying roo, but had no serious injuries to report, presumably pressing an Outback sirloin to her black eye while cracking a Foster's and relaxing with a weekly viewing of Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles mere hours after her collision.
In other news, this writer has clearly never been to Australia.

Justin Leonard won 12 times during his PGA Tour career, highlighted by his triumph at the 1997 Open Championship. For his efforts, Leonard pulled in a whopping $33.8 million in earnings. While that's quite the haul, he may earn half of that with a house sale.
Leonard, who now works for NBC Sports/Golf Channel, has put up his Aspen property for a cool $15.9 million. According to Realtor.com, Leonard—who is an avid skier—purchased the home in 2015 for $9.45 million. The listing says the 5,500-square-foot abode “has been remodeled to perfection.”
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Peter FoxGrid girls are as much a part of Formula 1 as carbon fiber and champagne baths. Europe’s answer to the Cowboys cheerleaders, grid girls have been a fixture in the F1 pits for decades, repping sponsors, revving metaphorical engines, and adding some much-needed glitter to the grease-monkey grit. But on Wednesday, the age of the grid girl officially came to an end, when F1—in a move that absolutely screams “THIS IS 2018 AND WE ARE ALL MAKING THIS UP AS WE GO”— announced they would be eliminating their second most-famous curves for the upcoming season.
“While the practice of employing grid girls has been a staple of Formula 1 Grands Prix for decades,” Sean Bratches, Managing Director of Commercial Operations at Formula 1, said in the brand’s official statement, “we feel this custom does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms. We don’t believe the practice is appropriate or relevant to Formula 1 and its fans, old and new, across the..

Compared to its sporting brethren, golf is not considered a hazardous game. At least, that was the consensus.

BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) Cheyenne Woods, niece of Tiger Woods, is one stroke off the lead at the Ladies European Tour opener despite not practicing because an airline problem delayed the arrival of her clubs.

Beth Allen, a Scotland-based American, is in front at the Vic Allen after a 6-under 67 Thursday in the first round.

Woods was unable to fit in a practice round on the Beach or Creek layouts. Her clubs missed a connection in Los Angeles and did not get to the clubhouse until Wednesday afternoon.

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The winner of the 2014 Australian Ladies Masters says she napped and relaxed, adding that after the long travel day the mix-up ”forced me to rest.”

Camilla Lennarth of Sweden shot a 69 and Laura Davies a 71.

At a PGA of Australia Tour men’s event held alongside the women’s tournament, New Zealand’s James Anstiss and Australia’s David Bransdon lead by a stroke after shooting 64s.

Forget the commercials, halftime show or, you know, the actual game. The most important part of Super Bowl Sunday is gambling. An activity that takes the shape in your usual money wagers or “If the Eagles win, you have to get a tattoo of Benjamin Franklin.” Although the stakes aren't quite as high, one of the more popular ancillary games is bingo.
However, while most bingo cards feature lame, trite squares like, “Touchdown!” or “Penalty,” we decided to up the ante. To add to your gameday party experience, here is our inaugural Loop Super Bowl Bingo sheet.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Chris Paisley shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot clubhouse lead over David Horsey after a weather-interrupted first round at the Maybank Championship on Thursday.

Play was suspended for almost two hours due to the threat of storms and 40 players will need to return on Friday morning to complete their rounds.

Paisley, who already has a European Tour title to his name this year after winning last month’s South African Open, posted seven birdies at the Saujana Golf and Country Club.

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”I hit it well off the tee so I gave myself a lot of wedges and short irons into the greens,” Paisley said. ”It’s very hot and there’s not much wind so scoring-wise it is quite easy but to keep your focus is quite difficult with how tiring the heat is.”

Henrik Stenson, the 2016 British Open champion, was well down the field on 72. Haotong Li, who won the Dubai Desert Classic last Sunday, fared even worse as he slumped to a 74.

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There will be booze. And there will be lots and lots of fans. We know this is always the case at the wild Waste Management Phoenix Open, but this year, the party could be extra large — and it appears to have started a bit early.
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On Wednesday, a male streaker ran onto TPC Scottsdale's drivable par 4, and, well, put on quite the show. Here's a clip (don't worry, it's taken from far away and the NSFW stuff is blurred out) from AZCentral.com, which also shared a few other videos taken from people in the crowd who decided to stay in the stands and keep their clothes on.
Obviously, we don't condone this type of thing, but the break dancing and the fake golf shot were particularly entertaining. We hope it was worth it, though, because the young man identified as 24-year-old Adam Stalmach by Scottsdale police was (eventually) arrested. He's facing charges of indecent exposure and disord..