Ariya Jutanugarn is coming round reluctantly to the quirky nature of links golf and that makes the world's No. 1 player an even more dangerous prospect heading into the Women's British Open this week.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) Hideki Matsuyama shot 61 on the final day at Firestone last year to win the Bridgestone Invitational, his sixth victory worldwide in 20 starts. He was among the favorites to win the PGA Championship the following week and nearly pulled it off until Justin Thomas overtook him on the back nine.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) Deemed to be too young and too small for work, Paul Lazoran turned to walk away when the Firestone Country Club pro told him he could sit in a corner of the golf shop and clean clubs for $2 a day.

NurPhotoOver in the Twitterverse, two things have become popular: posting hideously racist/sexist/homophobic tweets as a teenager and then developing into a major league pitcher, and using emojis. That second one makes sense because only 19% of Twitter is actual words; the rest of it is made up of froth-mouthed shrieking, Russian AI and famous people talking very enthusiastically about their preferred brand of face cream.
Yet these days everything is tracked, and for every exceedingly popular emoji — such as tears-of-joy-faces and sentient poops — there’s a sad counterpoint, an unloved, unwanted little icon moping down there in your keyboard tray, neglected. (There is even a Twitter account for the least-used emoji of the day, because of course there is.) As such, here are Twitter’s least-used emojis, as reported by Twitter and the BBC.
FacebookPinterest1. Picture of ABCD
What is it? The input symbol for “Latin capital letters,” which you only need if you’re tweeting grammatically accu..

People will do anything for a free shit. And it doesn't have to be good free shit. People still eat Cracker Jacks for a sticker of a snake wearing a crown or whatever, and Cracker Jacks are just 1,000 calories of cardboard. But you know what, don't take our word for it. Just turn your attention to beautiful Battle Creek, Michigan, where the Battle Creek Bombers—12 year veterans of the independent Northwoods League—just offered the first dozen fans dumb enough to get their logo permanently tattooed on their body free tickets for life. If this sounds slightly irresponsible to you, just wait until you see the logo:
FacebookPinterestYep. It's a freaking mosquito—literally the most despised sentient being on earth. This is no zany minor-league promotion. This is a sick social experiment. This is class warfare. If you think Brian Cashman is a monster, just imagine this front office brainstorm:
“I say, Rufus, what do think these disgusting peasants would do for a
$12 ticket?”
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Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we're about as excited as we can be for a non-major week. Fresh off that thrilling charge (and not-so-thrilling tumble) at the Open Championship, Tiger Woods returns to Firestone for one final time. Well, unless he goes back to the newest Champions Tour major venue when he's on the senior circuit. Man, imagine Tiger playing against fellow 50-plus golfers with that fused back of his? It's not even a fair fight. Heck, he might be more dominant than he was at his peak. Anyway, that's a long ways off. For now, here's what else has us talking.
WE'RE BUYING
Dustin Johnson: DJ cruised to his 19th career PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open. The victory matched Bubba Watson for the most on tour this season (three) and made Johnson the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win three or more times on the PGA Tour in three consecutive seasons. And boy, did he look thrilled about it after:
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'400-pound rats' leave golf courses wallowing in devastation. In Texas, and in spots throughout the South, one can see the coming aporkalypse.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle has opted not to seek further treatment in his long fight against leukemia and will receive palliative care at home, his family announced late Tuesday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle has opted not to seek further treatment in his long fight against leukemia and will receive palliative care at home, his family announced late Tuesday.