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Baltimore Orioles Chris Davis Jersey . ANDREWS, Scotland - Rory McIlroy found himself nine shots off the lead after a
1-over-par 73 in the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on
Thursday.Four days after celebrating a third straight European Ryder Cup
victory, McIlroy could manage just one birdie against two bogeys at Carnoustie,
one of the three courses.A 73 isnt disastrous, McIlroy said.Oliver Wilson of
England, ranked 791 places below the top-ranked McIlroy, equaled the Carnoustie
course record with an 8-under 64. Its the second straight year hes shot an
opening 64 to lead the Dunhill Links. Last year, he finished tied for
59th.Wilson was in the Ryder Cup in 2008, the last time Europe lost to the U.S,
but since 2011 has been competing on the secondary Challenge Tour. He received
an invite for this week and sank nine birdie putts, finishing
birdie-birdie-birdie-bogey-birdie.I shot a 63 a fortnight ago in the Kazakhstan
Open, which is our major on the Challenge Tour, so to shoot a 64 here at
Carnoustie is very pleasing, Wilson said.I only dropped one shot, which was
disappointing at 17, but then to birdie the last makes up for that. Im so
delighted to get Carnoustie and the tougher of the three courses out of the
way.Raphael Jacquelin of France, also at Carnoustie, was one shot behind in
second after a 65 which included an eagle on the par-5 14th, his fifth hole.The
Irish pair of Padraig Harrington and Shane Lowry shared third with 66s.
Harrington, at Carnoustie where he captured the 2007 British Open, bogeyed his
closing two holes.The 55th-ranked Lowry, desperate to earn a maiden Masters
invitation by being inside the top-50 at years end, birdied six of his opening
10 holes at Kingsbarns course.McIlroy sent his opening tee shot at Carnoustie
way left after hitting the ground about four inches (10 centimetres) behind the
ball, but then managed to save par on the course where he won the low amateur
medal in the 2007 Open won by Harrington.I just felt a little flat coming here
after the crowds and everything that we were playing in front of last week, he
said.Ive got Kingsbarns tomorrow, so I will try and post a better number and try
and hang in there, and then go to St. Andrews over the weekend, a golf course
Ive played well on before.Of the three other Ryder Cup winners in the field,
Stephen Gallacher fared best with two eagles in a 68, followed by Victor
Dubuisson (71), and Martin Kaymer (74). Their captain, Paul McGinley, was 2 over
after four holes before ending with a par 72.
Detroit Tigers Daniel Norris Jersey . It was the start of one nice night for the goalie and the Minnesota Wild. Backstrom
made 33 saves in his first win of the season and the Wild defeated the Chicago
Blackhawks 5-3 on Saturday in a rematch of their first-round playoff series.
Los Angeles Dodgers Corey Seager Jersey . Torres scored the first goal by an English team in the knockout phase of the
Champions League this season when he met Cezar Azpilicuetas cutback in the ninth
minute of their first leg match in the last 16. But Chelsea failed to make the
most of its counterattacks and the Turkish champions equalized in the second
half after gaining in confidence and cutting out their defensive mistakes.West
Ham manager Sam Allardyce will not be joining the growing list of coaches to
lose their jobs in the Premier League -- for the time being, at least. The clubs
co-chairmen published an open letter on West Hams website on Monday, expressing
their confidence that Allardyce is the man to save the team from relegation from
the Premier League. West Ham is currently next-to-last in the league after more
than half the campaign, and the pressure grew on Allardyce following an
embarrassing 5-0 loss to second-tier club Nottingham Forest in the third round
of the FA Cup on Sunday. However, David Sullivan and David Gold said in their
letter that Allardyce "has not lost his ambition or desire and is committed to
making West Ham United a great Premier League club." "We have experienced
difficult times before and we know what will get us results -- hard work,
determination and perseverance," the letter read. "To that end, we are all
working round the clock to do everything in our powers to help arrest our slump
in form." Of the current bottom five teams in the Premier League, only West Ham
hasnt changed managers so far this season. A total of six managers in the top
division have been fired or have resigned since September. Allardyces squad is
beset by injury, with leading striker Andy Carroll yet to play this season.
Texas Rangers Prince Fielder Jersey. West Hams squad and style of play is built around Carroll, who joined from Liverpool
for 15.5 million pounds (then $24.25 million) in June after a successful loan
spell last season. Allardyce is also currently without a fit centre back and was
forced to field a team full of reserves and youth-team players at Forest. He has
only 14 fit and available senior players for Wednesdays League Cup semifinal
match against Manchester City. "Like all West Ham supporters, we feel frustrated
and hurt by our recent results," Sullivan and Gold said in the letter. "We are
under no illusions as to the seriousness of the predicament in the Premier
League," they continued. "But on the board, we have a combined talent of running
football clubs and we will draw on all of our nous to get West Ham United out of
this situation." West Ham is scheduled to move into the Olympic Stadium from
2016 after agreeing on a 99-year lease to rent the revamped 486 million pound
($781 million) venue. The 80,000-seat stadium, which hosted the opening and
closing ceremonies and the track and field competition at the 2012 London Games,
will be downsized to 54,000 seats and reconfigured with a new roof and
retractable seats. West Ham will be desperate to usher in the new era with
Premier League football.
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