3 months ago
PORTLAND, Ore. — Jeeno Thitikul ran off five straight birdies early and closed with an 8-under 64 for a one-shot victory Sunday in The Standard Portland Classic, her third LPGA Tour **** le of the season.
Thitikul led an all-Thailand finish, with Arpichaya Yubol (67) and Chanettee Wannasaen (63) tying for second at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.
Sophia Schubert, the 54-hole leader, had to settle for a 71 and finished fourth.
The 23-year-old Thitikul won for the 10th time in her LPGA career, making her the eighth player to reach 10 wins or more before turning 24. She also joined Nelly Korda as three-time winners this year on the LPGA.
Thitikul finished at 22-under 266 and won $300,000, moving her closer to $20 million in career earnings.
#portland #finished #sunday
Thitikul led an all-Thailand finish, with Arpichaya Yubol (67) and Chanettee Wannasaen (63) tying for second at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.
Sophia Schubert, the 54-hole leader, had to settle for a 71 and finished fourth.
The 23-year-old Thitikul won for the 10th time in her LPGA career, making her the eighth player to reach 10 wins or more before turning 24. She also joined Nelly Korda as three-time winners this year on the LPGA.
Thitikul finished at 22-under 266 and won $300,000, moving her closer to $20 million in career earnings.
#portland #finished #sunday
3 months ago
Jeeno Thitikul won what turned into a Thai shootout in Portland to collect her 10th LPGA ******* le. The world No. 2 carded a final-round 64 at Columbia Edgewater to finish at 22 under for the tournament and hold off compatriots Chanettee Wannasean (63) and Arpichaya Yubol (67) at The Standard Portland Classic.
Thitikul, now a three-time winner this season, earned $300,000 for her efforts. "I would say every win, it means a lot [because of] the sacrifice that we put in, the work we put in," she said.
Finishing solo fourth was Sophia Schubert, who'd earned only $55,000 the whole season. The 30-year-old made $105,866 for the week and picked valuable CME points needed to keep her card.
Rookie Anne Chen had made only one cut on the LPGA this season prior to this week and a grand total of $7,097. Chen closed with a 66 in Portland thanks to playing her last five holes in 5 under, including an ace on the par-3 eighth. She earned $29,230 for the week.
CME donates $20,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for every ace made on tour.
#chen
Thitikul, now a three-time winner this season, earned $300,000 for her efforts. "I would say every win, it means a lot [because of] the sacrifice that we put in, the work we put in," she said.
Finishing solo fourth was Sophia Schubert, who'd earned only $55,000 the whole season. The 30-year-old made $105,866 for the week and picked valuable CME points needed to keep her card.
Rookie Anne Chen had made only one cut on the LPGA this season prior to this week and a grand total of $7,097. Chen closed with a 66 in Portland thanks to playing her last five holes in 5 under, including an ace on the par-3 eighth. She earned $29,230 for the week.
CME donates $20,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for every ace made on tour.
#chen
3 months ago
PORTLAND, Ore. — Sophia Schubert birdied two of the final three holes for a 5-under 67 and a share of the lead with Arpichaya Yubol on Saturday in The Standard Portland Classic.
Yubol, the second-round leader, had a 68 to match Schubert at 16-under 200 with a round left on the tree-lined Columbia Edgewater Country Club layout.
The leaders are winless on the LPGA Tour, with the 30-year-old Schubert back on the big tour after finishing 10th in the Epson Tour standings last year. The American — the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur winner — is ranked 295th in the world and is 125th in the tour's points race.
"I love the Epson Tour. It's great. I loved playing out there," Schubert said. "I think it was a great boost for my confidence. Competition is great and you get the sense of winning."
The 24-year-old Yubol, from Thailand, is ranked 112th in the world and is 28th in the tour's season standings. She finished second this year at Mayakoba and the ShopRite LPGA.
#great
Yubol, the second-round leader, had a 68 to match Schubert at 16-under 200 with a round left on the tree-lined Columbia Edgewater Country Club layout.
The leaders are winless on the LPGA Tour, with the 30-year-old Schubert back on the big tour after finishing 10th in the Epson Tour standings last year. The American — the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur winner — is ranked 295th in the world and is 125th in the tour's points race.
"I love the Epson Tour. It's great. I loved playing out there," Schubert said. "I think it was a great boost for my confidence. Competition is great and you get the sense of winning."
The 24-year-old Yubol, from Thailand, is ranked 112th in the world and is 28th in the tour's season standings. She finished second this year at Mayakoba and the ShopRite LPGA.
#great
3 months ago
Ireland's Kate O'Connor is in pole position for heptathlon gold with one event remaining at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, but Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson finds herself out of contention.
Newry-born O'Connor entered Saturday morning in third place after four events on Friday, 42 points behind overnight leader Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, but her personal best form continued in the long jump with an initial effort of 6.55m.
The 25-year-old Commonwealth Games' gold medallist followed up with 50.16 in the javelin to take her overall total to 5812 points, 51 ahead of Netherlands' Emma Oosterwegel [5761] with another Dutch athlete, Sofie Dokter [5741] in third.
Poland's Sulek-Schubert dropped to seventh after a disappointment start to Saturday.
Johnson-Thompson's struggles continued following an injury-hit build-up.
#Gold
Newry-born O'Connor entered Saturday morning in third place after four events on Friday, 42 points behind overnight leader Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, but her personal best form continued in the long jump with an initial effort of 6.55m.
The 25-year-old Commonwealth Games' gold medallist followed up with 50.16 in the javelin to take her overall total to 5812 points, 51 ahead of Netherlands' Emma Oosterwegel [5761] with another Dutch athlete, Sofie Dokter [5741] in third.
Poland's Sulek-Schubert dropped to seventh after a disappointment start to Saturday.
Johnson-Thompson's struggles continued following an injury-hit build-up.
#Gold
3 months ago
Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson said injuries have held her back as she struggled on day one of the heptathlon at the European Championships.
Two-time world champion Johnson-Thompson has never won a European heptathlon ***** le, taking silver in 2018 behind Belgian great Nafissatou Thiam.
While three-time Olympic champion Thiam is absent, Johnson-Thompson's own injury issues meant her form leading into the championships was unknown.
The 33-year-old had competed just once - in the shot put at an event in Loughborough in May - since winning world bronze in Tokyo last September.
And a lack of competition time was evident as she finished the first day of the heptathlon in 16th place - 324 points behind leader Adrianna Sulek-Schubert of Poland.
#heptathlon #great
Two-time world champion Johnson-Thompson has never won a European heptathlon ***** le, taking silver in 2018 behind Belgian great Nafissatou Thiam.
While three-time Olympic champion Thiam is absent, Johnson-Thompson's own injury issues meant her form leading into the championships was unknown.
The 33-year-old had competed just once - in the shot put at an event in Loughborough in May - since winning world bronze in Tokyo last September.
And a lack of competition time was evident as she finished the first day of the heptathlon in 16th place - 324 points behind leader Adrianna Sulek-Schubert of Poland.
#heptathlon #great
3 months ago
Ireland's Kate O'Connor had "mixed emotions" after day one of the women's heptathlon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
The 25-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medallist trailed leader Adrianna Sulek-Schubert by one point after the morning session that saw her record a personal best in the 100m hurdles and equal her PB in the high jump, but dropped to third after the evening events.
A 10th-place finish saw O'Connor drop back, but a third PB of the day in the 200m saw her narrow the gap to 42 points on Poland's Sulek-Schubert on 3968 points with Sofie Dokter of the Netherlands now in second, 24 points behind the leader.
The heptathlon continues on Saturday morning with the long jump and javelin, while the event concludes in the evening with the 800m.
"This is really stiff competition and I let myself down again in the shot put, so I had to put my head down and work really hard out there [in the 200m]," Newry-born O'Connor told BBC Sport after the 200m.
#points #sulek #schubert #Third
The 25-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medallist trailed leader Adrianna Sulek-Schubert by one point after the morning session that saw her record a personal best in the 100m hurdles and equal her PB in the high jump, but dropped to third after the evening events.
A 10th-place finish saw O'Connor drop back, but a third PB of the day in the 200m saw her narrow the gap to 42 points on Poland's Sulek-Schubert on 3968 points with Sofie Dokter of the Netherlands now in second, 24 points behind the leader.
The heptathlon continues on Saturday morning with the long jump and javelin, while the event concludes in the evening with the 800m.
"This is really stiff competition and I let myself down again in the shot put, so I had to put my head down and work really hard out there [in the 200m]," Newry-born O'Connor told BBC Sport after the 200m.
#points #sulek #schubert #Third
3 months ago
Schubert North America is building a new headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, to support its operations in the US and Canada.
Set on a 7.36-acre site, the 45,000ft² building is intended to house customer training, engineering, sales and service, as well as final **** embly work for Schubert packaging machinery.
The site has been planned to strengthen customer support and to allow for later expansion.
After completion, customers will be able to carry out final machine acceptance testing, operator training and service-related activities in Charlotte instead of travelling overseas.
The headquarters has been planned under Schubert's global Mission Blue sustainability programme and includes features linked to LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] standards.
#building #customer #service
Set on a 7.36-acre site, the 45,000ft² building is intended to house customer training, engineering, sales and service, as well as final **** embly work for Schubert packaging machinery.
The site has been planned to strengthen customer support and to allow for later expansion.
After completion, customers will be able to carry out final machine acceptance testing, operator training and service-related activities in Charlotte instead of travelling overseas.
The headquarters has been planned under Schubert's global Mission Blue sustainability programme and includes features linked to LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] standards.
#building #customer #service
4 months ago
Schubert BMW driver Kelvin van der Linde was incredibly lucky during his horror crash in Saturday's DTM race at the Norisring. Former DTM champion Rene Rast believes that if his BMW M4 GT3 Evo had been further into the Grundig-Hairpin, the impact from Maximilian Paul's unbraked Lamborghini would have had much worse consequences.
"Of course Kelvin was extremely unlucky to get hit, but on the other hand, he was also extremely lucky because if he had been five meters further into the corner, the angle would have been completely different," Rast told ran.de. "He could have been hit much more from the side."
In fact, the South African had just turned in when the Lamborghini hit the area of the left front wheel and the left door at high speed. Had he been at the apex, the impact would have occurred at a right angle, meaning the chassis would have taken the full force of the hit.
Rast also sees the fact that the Lamborghini Temerario GT3, which weighs around 1,400 kilograms including the driver, is a mid-engine car as a positive factor. "If the car had been a Mercedes or a Ford, for example, with the engine in the front and where the nose is much higher than the Lamborghini, it would have ended very differently."
The low Lamborghini hit the BMW at a more favorable spot, and furthermore, the front of the Italian sports car gave way, which would have been completely different with an engine in the front of the car.
"Of course Kelvin was extremely unlucky to get hit, but on the other hand, he was also extremely lucky because if he had been five meters further into the corner, the angle would have been completely different," Rast told ran.de. "He could have been hit much more from the side."
In fact, the South African had just turned in when the Lamborghini hit the area of the left front wheel and the left door at high speed. Had he been at the apex, the impact would have occurred at a right angle, meaning the chassis would have taken the full force of the hit.
Rast also sees the fact that the Lamborghini Temerario GT3, which weighs around 1,400 kilograms including the driver, is a mid-engine car as a positive factor. "If the car had been a Mercedes or a Ford, for example, with the engine in the front and where the nose is much higher than the Lamborghini, it would have ended very differently."
The low Lamborghini hit the BMW at a more favorable spot, and furthermore, the front of the Italian sports car gave way, which would have been completely different with an engine in the front of the car.
5 months ago
In its second year with the Ford Mustang, the US manufacturer has reason to celebrate its first DTM pole position. Arjun Maini delivered a 1:19.750 for HRT and Ford to secure the top spot on the grid after already starting from second on Saturday. The Indian driver was 0.128 seconds faster than Ferrari pilot Matteo Cairoli from Emil Frey Racing.
"I cannot thank the team enough, really", said a delighted Maini, who secured the second DTM pole of his career after his 2024 success at Spielberg, which he achieved back then in an HRT Mercedes. "Considering where we were last year and the progress we have made: to have such good qualifyings in a row now, strong race results, and strong pace."
Nicki Thiim is lurking in third place, having set a qualifying record of 1:19.463 on Saturday. However, the times on Sunday were significantly slower, possibly due to the rain the previous day. Thiim was 0.157 seconds off pole in his Comtoyou Aston Martin. Fourth place went to rookie Finn Wiebelhaus in the second HRT Ford.
Both the Ford and the Aston Martin were slowed down slightly by the first Balance of Performance adjustment at the Lausitzring, but the result justifies the decisions made by the BoP officials, as seven different manufacturers will start from the first eight positions.
Fifth place went to Abt driver Luca Engstler (+0.243), the best-placed pilot in the new Lamborghini Temerario, followed by Thomas Preining as the strongest Porsche driver in sixth. The top representative for the brand with the star was Maro Engel (+0.258), who put his Winward Mercedes in seventh. This means he will start directly behind his arch-rival Preining following their Saturday duel.
The best BMW driver was Marco Wittmann, who was 0.330 seconds short in the Schubert BMW. "Finally starting from the top 10 again," said the Franconian with relief, who is in a good fourth place in the overall standings despite very consistent results. Qualifying is also only rarely a strength of the BMW M4 GT3 Evo this season.
"I cannot thank the team enough, really", said a delighted Maini, who secured the second DTM pole of his career after his 2024 success at Spielberg, which he achieved back then in an HRT Mercedes. "Considering where we were last year and the progress we have made: to have such good qualifyings in a row now, strong race results, and strong pace."
Nicki Thiim is lurking in third place, having set a qualifying record of 1:19.463 on Saturday. However, the times on Sunday were significantly slower, possibly due to the rain the previous day. Thiim was 0.157 seconds off pole in his Comtoyou Aston Martin. Fourth place went to rookie Finn Wiebelhaus in the second HRT Ford.
Both the Ford and the Aston Martin were slowed down slightly by the first Balance of Performance adjustment at the Lausitzring, but the result justifies the decisions made by the BoP officials, as seven different manufacturers will start from the first eight positions.
Fifth place went to Abt driver Luca Engstler (+0.243), the best-placed pilot in the new Lamborghini Temerario, followed by Thomas Preining as the strongest Porsche driver in sixth. The top representative for the brand with the star was Maro Engel (+0.258), who put his Winward Mercedes in seventh. This means he will start directly behind his arch-rival Preining following their Saturday duel.
The best BMW driver was Marco Wittmann, who was 0.330 seconds short in the Schubert BMW. "Finally starting from the top 10 again," said the Franconian with relief, who is in a good fourth place in the overall standings despite very consistent results. Qualifying is also only rarely a strength of the BMW M4 GT3 Evo this season.
