BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Pole sitter Jeff Gordon finished first in the Michigan 400 Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. Gordon finished in front of Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano for his third win of the year, and his first at Michigan since 2001. Tony Stewart skipped the event, in the wake of the accident last week that took the life of dirt track racer Kevin Ward Jr.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Inbee Park has successfully defended her title in the LPGA Championship by rallying to beat Brittany Lincicome (LIHN’-sih-kohm). Park parred the first playoff hole after shooting a 2-under 70 for an 11-under total. Lincicome owned a three-shot lead on the back nine before faltering.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — First round leader Camilo Villegas (kuh-MIHL’-oh vih-JAY’-guhs) fought back to win the Wyndham Championship, his first PGA victory since 2010. He shot a final round 7-under-63 to finish 17-under-par, one shot in front of Bill Haas and Freddie Jacobson. Heath Slocum was two shots back.
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) — Bernhard Langer (LAHN’-gur) closed with a 6-under-par 66 for a one-shot win over Woody Austin and Mark O’Meara at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in New York. Langer never had a round worse than 67 in finishing 16-under for his fifth Champions Tour win of the year. Second-round leader Kevin Sutherland fell into a tie for seventh following a 74, one day after setting a Champions Tour record with a 59.
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Serena Williams won her elusive Cincinnati title on her sixth try, beating Ana Ivanovic (ee-VAH’-noh-vich) 6-4, 6-1 in just 62 minutes at the Western & Southern Open near Cincinnati. Second seed Roger Federer won his unprecedented sixth title in Cincinnati by beating David Ferrer 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the men’s final.
