Kansas City, Kan.
Busch won for the third time this season, and now only needs to win at Charlotte and Pocono to knock off every track in the series. Twice he had crashed out of the Chase race at Kansas, and he had failed to finish four times on the vexing 1½-mile tri-oval.
All of which made his bow along the front straightaway feel so much better.
Harvick finished second after making major changes to his car following a poor qualifying effort, and Kurt Busch was third. Matt Kenseth finished fourth and Ryan Blaney was fifth.
Charlotte, n.c.
Fowler, the 2012 winner for his first PGA Tour victory, birdied Nos. 14-17 and closed with two pars to reach 9-under 207. Roberto Castro was a stroke back, and Justin Rose and James Hahn were 7 under. Castro had a 71, Hahn shot 68, and Rose 69.
Phil Mickelson and defending champion Rory McIlroy struggled, dropping eight shots behind Fowler.
Mickelson, looking for his first win at the Quail Hollow Club in 13 starts, was in contention until a quadruple-bogey 8 on his old nemesis, the 18th hole. He finished with a 76.
McIlroy, the tournament’s only two-time winner, had two bogeys in the first four holes and shot 73.
Scott Langley (71) and Andrew Loupe (74) were 6 under.
At Prattville, Ala., Ariya Jutanugarn birdied eight of the final nine holes to match the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic record at 9-under 63 and take a three-stroke lead.
Seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, the 20-year-old Thai player had a 14-under 202 total.
Ryann O’Toole and Australia’s Minjee Lee were tied for second. They each shot 68.
Jutanugarn parred No. 15, the only blemish in her back-nine birdie run on the links-style Senator Course at Capitol Hill. She pulled her approach left on No. 17 and still knocked it within a couple of feet of the hole, and closed with a 5-footer on the final hole for yet another birdie.
At The Woodlands, Texas, lLocal favorite Jeff Maggert and Jesper Parnevik shared the Insperity Invitational lead at 7 under, leaving John Daly six strokes back in his PGA Tour Champions debut.
Maggert birdied the par-4 18th for a 3-under 69, and playing partner Parnevik had a bogey on the par-4 17th in a 68 at The Woodlands Country Club.
Daly followed his opening 70 with a 73 to drop into a tie for 21st at 1 under. The two-time major champion made four straight bogeys in the middle of the round and rebounded with birdies on 15 and 18. He turned 50 on April 28.
Madrid
Murray, who saved 11 break points to win a rematch of last year’s final, will play the decider against top-ranked Novak Djokovic, who defeated No. 6 Kei Nishikori 6-3-7-6 (4) in the other semifinal.
Djokovic broke Nishikori’s serve once in each set and hit 22 winners to secure his tour-leading 32nd win of the year on his fifth match point. The Serb will try to win his fifth title of the season, with a chance to become the first player to clinch 29 Masters titles, one more than Nadal.
Michael Phelps is a first-time father.
The 18-time Olympic gold medalist and fiancé Nicole Johnson welcomed Boomer Robert Phelps on Thursday night in Arizona, where Phelps has been training in preparation for the upcoming Rio Olympics.
“Healthy and happy!!! Best feeling I have ever felt in my life!!!” Phelps posted on Instagram on Saturday in announcing his son’s name and arrival date and time. A black-and-white photo showed a shirtless Phelps cradling his son and planting a kiss on his head while Johnson looked on from her hospital bed.
Phelps also had been training at high altitude in Colorado and left the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to return to Johnson’s side.
St. Petersburg, Russia
Coming off a 5-1 loss to Canada on Friday, the U.S. showcased its young talent, leading 5-1 at one point.
In addition to the two goals from the 18-year-old Matthews, who is widely predicted to be the No. 1 NHL draft pick, three more U.S. goals were scored by players aged 20 or younger.
Berlin
The Poland striker opened the scoring with a penalty in the 15th minute, after Franck Ribery was brought down by Marvin Matip, and he claimed his 29th goal of the season not long after with a precise strike inside the far post after a brilliant through ball from Xabi Alonso.
Moritz Hartmann pulled one back with another penalty — conceded by Alonso — before the break but Bayern never looked in danger of missing out on its record 25th Bundesliga title, and its 26th German championship overall.