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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2026 • 3 Travis Poole - Club Champion Rusty Wilson - Low Round Mark Fairchild - Senior Champion Lynn Bailey Kallen Nichols Kaleb Keith Jonathan Gore Joe Wynn Jeff Rule Gabe Edney Corbin Dyson Local Golf By Alex Alvarez much tougher. To our knowledge, been lengthened. In short, anyone Travis along with his father David, who wins the club championship is LOCAL CLUB CHAMPION- are the only father-son combina- a very deserved champion. Kaleb SHIP tion to have won the Club Cham- Keith came in 3rd at 151 and An- The Elk City Golf & Country pionship in Elk City. drew Albert in fourth at 152. Club hosted their annual Club Holes like the par 5 #4, which is In the Senior Championship Championship with a field of over usually a “pushover” from the old Flight, Mark Fairchild, who was at Brian Daly Robert Gore Greg Dodson 50 players into several flights. Tra- tees, is no longer reachable in two least four times runner-up in the The ladies flight was won by land shot 167 to beat Brett Davis by five over Robert Gore. vis Poole fought a great fight and shots; and #13, a 245 yards par 3 to championship flight before turning Jackie Stone, who had rounds of by three after his rounds added to “Super Seniors” was won by won his first championship ever a small green which was originally 50 years old, won the flight with 89-80 while Aubrey Edwards shot 172. In the net category, Josh Mo- Greg Dodson with 80-75 while the with rounds of 73 & 75 beating Jor- designed in the 50’s to be a short rounds of 75-72; he was followed 101-112 for second place. ran won with 139 and Cody Crow net was won by Lynn Baily with a dan Williamson who continues to par 4 before adding nine holes and by Rusty Wilson who had the best In the “A” flight Jonathan Gore came in 2nd with 143. total of 148. “knock on the door” by two shots changing the routing, is no longer a round of the tournament when he won 1st Gross with 81-74 with The Seniors “A/B” was won by Coming up at the Club, is the after rounds of 74-76. Both of them fairly easy par, just as hole #7, also at followed a weak 81 with a 67 to end Corbin Dyson in second with Kallen Nichols with rounds of 73- Elk City Alumni Tournament on have been close and it was Travis’ over 240 yards at an uncomfortable one shot behind. In third place was rounds of 77-80. In net, Clint Clark 74, the most consistent of all se- Saturday, August 1. This tourna- time. Playing the black tees, which angle over a pond that guards the Gabe Edney, who after shooting an won with 134 beating Chris Cope- niors, followed by Jeff Rule. In the ment is held every three years. In now have several holes with tees whole left side; and holes #’s 12, #14 opening 71, closed with a disap- land by 13 shots. net category Brian Daly, who had charge of the tournament is Basil 40-70 yards back, make the course and #16, all par 4’s who have also pointing (for him) round of 78. In the “B” flight, Mickey Cope- his best round ever with a 78 to win Weatherly. Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez in the major leagues is historically in speed. You won’t see any scouts NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAD- Ben Rice (NYY) 31; James Wood 23.4, Breanna Stewart (NY) 22.1, high: 0.43 batters hit per game, or checking pitchers who cannot get a ERS: (WSH) 30. Marina Mabrey (Tor) 21.1, Paige MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL three times as much as in 1980. 95mph fast ball or faster. Anyway, East: Atlanta Braves (62-44), Games Won: Christopher San- Buckers (Dal) 21.0 and Caitlin STANDINGS: Some players feel there is no time all teams and all players are better Philadelphia Phillies (57-50); Cen- chez (PHI) 13; Foster Griffin Clark (Ind) 20.9. Aja Wilson also According to statistics, there are to get out of the way when a ball is athletes than they were 30-60 years tral: Milwaukee Brewers (66-40), (WSH) 12; Chase Burns (CIN) 12; leads in points per minute played more hitters being hit by pitches coming at 100 mph or more. Think ago, so, that is the new “normal.” Chicago Cubs (60-46); West: Los Sonny Gray (BOS) 12, Aaron Ash- with .81. than ever. It has been a season of of this, at less than 60 feet and a half Here are the standings: Angeles Dodgers (67-39), Arizona by (MIL) 12, EASTERN CONFERENCE: overpowering pitching, great ve- (the distance from the mound, but AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAD- Diamondbacks (55-52). ERA: Jacob Misiorowski (MIL) Indiana Fever 17-10, Atlanta locity that have become a space the pitcher releases the ball at about ERS: PLAYER STATS: 1.58, Cam Schlittler (NYY) 2.07, Dream 16-10, New York Liberty impossibility to get out of the way. 54 feet from the mound: at 100 East: Tampa Bay Rays (62-43); Batting Percentage: Otto Lopez Chris Sale (ATL) 2.19; Charles 15-12. A season that took, among oth- mph, it takes less than a second to New York Yankees (60-46); Cen- (MIA) .331; Luis Arraez (SF) .326; Burns (CIN) 2.42; Nick Martinez WESTERN CONFERENCE: ers, Jacob Misiorowski, Cristopher reach the batter who will spend .25 tral: Chicago White Sox (55-50), Yordan Alvarez (HOU) .323; Nick (TB) 2.45. Minnesota Lynx 22-6, Golden Sanchez and Mason Miller, to leg- seconds to see the ball coming, so Cleveland Guardians (54-53); Gonzalez (PIT) .315; Yandi Diaz State Valkyries 19-8, Las Vegas endary levels. And then there is in reality, he only has half a second West: Texas Rangers (54-52), (TB) .303. WNBA STATS & STANDINGS: Aces 18-8. Dodgers pitcher Kyle Hurt, whose to react and move out of the way. Houston Astros (53-55). Note: Se- Homeruns: Jordan Alvarez Aja Wilson from Las Vegas has name personifies another trend Pitching has become very im- attle Mariners went from first in (HOU) 34; Kyle Schwarber (PHI) the most points per game with 25.2, Sources: ESPN, GOOGLE, in the game: The hit-by-pitch rate portant (it always was), but more their division to third. 33; Hunter Goodman (COL) 31; followed by Kelsey Mitchell (Ind) SPORTS CHANNELS. Professional Golf By Alex Alvarez last weekend (in one he was top 10 or more events: Jason Day, Keegan Carthy and Emiliano Grillo who old an is making a mark on both and the other one missed the cut), Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Brooks three-putter the last two holes to tours); and two tied for 8th at -18, LPGA: SCOTTISH OPEN This last weekend we had histor- shot rounds of 64-68-61-66 to win Koepka, Tony Finau, Lucas Glover, miss a solo 3rd. Ben Kholes was 9th Austin Hitt and Ian Gilligan. The bad news is that Nelly Kor- ical results in different tours: PGA his first PGA Tour event, with Scot- among others. at 18 under and three players tied da did not finish on the top 10, the Tour, PGA Seniors, Korn Ferry tie Scheffler, the #1 player in the Let’s see how he does in the last for third at 17 under. SENIOR TOUR: SENIOR good news is that the fifth and last Tour and LPGA. All tours had world on his heels. It didn’t matter two regular season events before OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (AKA major of the year is next week, and something special. to him, Jackson won by three shots the playoffs, and if he does well, KORN FERRY TOUR: EVANS SENIOR BRITISH OPEN) we would be surprised if Nelly is and gave the men who control the maybe Brandt Snedeker should SCHOLARS INVITATIONAL Jerry Kelly won his fourth ma- not part of the story coming Sun- PGA TOUR: 3M CHAMPION- world of golf, something to ponder consider him a pick for his team in Tommy Morrison, another col- jor championship by winning the day August 2. SHIP IN WISCONSIN about. September for the President’s Cup. lege PGA Tour graduate won the 2026 Senior Open Championship This was a tournament in prepa- With only three PGA Tour tour- With his win, Jackson climbed Who knows, if he does well, he may Evans Scholars Invitational on his at the King’s Gleneagles, in En- ration for the Women’s Open naments to finish the regular sea- to #70 in the FedEx Cup points not need to play as a “pick.” Top 70 fourt professional tournament. His gland. Jerry, who had not played to Championship which finishes this son, a young man by the name of list, almost assuring him a spot in make the playoffs. finishes in the first three tourna- his standards in 2026, opened with weekend as you read this column. Jackson Koivun, who was the #1 the playoffs, ahead of many players Second, as we said, was Scot- ments were 10th, 4th and 2nd, be- a 66 which he followed with three The winner was Jenny Shin at 9 un- player in the University of Auburn, who have played 15 or more events tie Scheffler at 22 under par; next fore shooting 29 under par to win 68’s to finish at 10 under par and der par. She was followed by A-Lim twice National Champion, #1 Am- during the year. This kid came to were four players tied for third at by three shots over Dylan Menante. two ahead of Matt Gogel, Darren Kim at -7, Pajaree Anannarukarn ateur in the USA (or world for that “play to win”, not to merely make 20 under par: Hideki Matsuyama, Next were Russ Steelman (-21), Fichardt and Cameron Percy. In at -5, Esther Henseleit at -4 at Miyu matter), and who turned pro just a weekly check. Let’s see who he is Brian Harman, Chandler Phillips 4th Luke Potter (-20), Tie 5th at 5th was Stephen Gallacher at 6 un- Yamashita and Lauren Coghlin at after the U.S. Open and had entered ahead of in the FedEx standings, and Denny McCarthy; in a tie for -19 were Davis Shore and Blades der, next were Tad Ridings at -5 and -1 (Lauren was the low American only two PGA Tour events before players who have played a dozen 7th at 19 under were Denny Mc- Brown (who just turned 19 years four players at -4. in the Tournament). Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez network. Ryan is known for his his mind on the team he will play with four championships, James left by his shoes, so he went bare- Championship. Miles, the No. 7 strong comments and views on for his record 24th NBA season: would have been labeled a ring footed to retrieve his ball, before player in WAGR who was recent- MLB BASEBALL race and sports. the Philadelphia 76ers! You can chaser no matter what franchise pointing out that the rules allow ly named to the 2026 USA Walk- Key storylines focus on the say what you want, but the man he signed with simply based on players to tap spike marks down! er Cup Team, will have to wait to Boston Red Sox hunting for a NBA & WNBA was born to play! Good luck! his age and the fact that he’s on The week of the young guns: win the one title missing from his shortstop and mixed signals sur- Kathy Engelbert, WNBA Com- Lu Dort Trade: Sent to the the tail end of his career. Jackson Koivun (21) wins on remarkable résumé. rounding Detroit Tigers ace Tarik missioner vows to crack down Atlanta Hawks from Oklahoma PGA Tour, Tommy Morrison Skubal. on “racism and misogyny”, but City in a three-team deal that GOLF (21) wins on Korn Ferry Tour, FIFA WORLD CUP: According to reports from The avoids to answer big questions at rerouted Zaccharie Risacher to Lucas Glover took his shoes Blades Brown (19) closes with a According to records, there Athletic, USA Today and ESPN All Star Press Conference. Is she Dallas. Khris Middleton Deal: Set off to walk to the hole to retrieve 61 to get to 4th place in Korn Fer- were 46 fouls during the World in recent days, Boston is looking trying to playi both sides? to join the Washington Wizards his ball. Media and internet went ry Tour event, Cup Final between Spain (21) to upgrade at shortstop. WNBA All Star game draws via a multi-team sign-and-trade “ballistic” saying implying that When the next World Amateur and Argentina (25), setting a re- record crowd as Caitlin Clark’s agreement. his actions were to protest “Aim Golf Ranking comes out in four cord by at least 20 altogether. ESPN: team “Spoon” holds off team Shaquille O’Neal offers rebut- Point” putting, it wasn’t that. days, Noah Maclauchlan won’t ESPN is parting ways with “Coop” by a score of 129-122. tal for NBA fans claiming LeB- Lucas had been informed by an see the number 2,047 next to his Sources ESPN , Google, MSN longtime NFL analyst Ryan Clark Clark had 17 points. ron James is ‘ring chasing’ by official than some players were name as he beat #7 Miles Rus- Sports, On-Line, local following an 11-year run at the LeBron James finally made up joining Sixers: if we were honest, complaining about spike marks sell in the final of the U.S. Junior