Briefly: Justin Rose takes lead in Dell Technologies Championship

September 1, 2018 at 2:47AM
Justin Rose, of England, hits off the third tee during the first round of the Dell Technologies Championship golf tournament at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass., Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
Justin Rose studied his work on the third tee Friday at the Dell Technologies Championship. Rose shot a 65 and takes a one-shot lead into a long weekend. The tournament ends Monday. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Justin Rose made his birdies mean something by keeping bogeys off his card for a 6-under 65 and a one-shot lead Friday in the PGA Tour's Dell Technologies Championship in Norton, Mass.

Rose was rarely out of position on a breezy day at TPC Boston that kept scores higher than usual. He putted for birdie on all but two holes and finished with three birdies over his last four holes, leaving Russell Knox and Abraham Ancer tied for second.

"To birdie three of the last four made a good day a very good day," Rose said

Tiger Woods struggled with iron shots but rallied on improved putting to salvage a 72.

Hall leads LPGA tournament

• Georgia Hall shot a 9-under 63 to take a three-stroke lead in the LPGA's Cambia Portland (Ore.) Classic.

• Miguel Angel Jimenez and Kirk Triplett shot 6-under 64 to share the lead in the PGA Tour Champion's Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary, Alberta.

NBA

Rockets, Suns deal

Phoenix and Houston completed a trade that sends guard Brandon Knight and forward Marquese Chriss to the Rockets for forward Ryan Anderson and guard De'Anthony Melton.

Knight had been in line to start at point guard for the Suns. Now, Anderson figures to start at power forward.

Cleveland's Smith charged

• Cleveland guard J.R. Smith turned himself in to face charges that he broke the cellphone of a fan who tried to videotape him in the middle of the night on a New York City street on July 29. A 20-year-old man said Smith snatched away his phone and threw it after he recognized Smith and started videotaping him.

AROUND THE HORN

Track and field: Christian Coleman of the United States won the 100 meters in 9.79 seconds, the fastest time of the season, at the Diamond League's Van Damme Memorial meet in Brussels. Croatian discus thrower Sandra Perkovic lost her hold on the Diamond League trophy after six years when she lost to Yaime Perez on the Cuban's final throw of the yearlong competition.

Doping: American long jumper Jarrion Lawson, silver medalist at last year's world championships, was suspended after failing a doping test.

Women's college basketball: Tennessee dismissed guard Anastasia Hayes, the SEC's sixth woman of the year as a freshman last season, from the team for breaking team rules.

Soccer: Track and field star Usain Bolt made his soccer debut for the Central Coast (Australia) Mariners against an amateur team, drawing a crowd of 10,000. He took one shot, which was blocked.

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