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Travelers Championship: Scottie Scheffler in play-off with Viktor Hovland

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Travelers Championship final round

-21 S Scheffler (US), V Hovland (Nor); -20 C Morikawa (US); -19 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -18 W Clark (US), A Bhatia (US)

Selected others: -17 A Fitzpatrick (Eng); -16 R MacIntyre (Sco); -14 T Fleetwood (Eng); -13 S Lowry (Ire); -12 J Rose (Eng); -11 A Rai (Eng)

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Norway’s ‘viking row’ made an appearance on the golf course this weekend as Viktor Hovland played his way into a Monday play-off with Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship.

Norway football fans at the World Cup have made the tribute to their viking ancestors famous this summer, performing it at games and around the United States.

Their country played France on Friday near Boston, which is a two-hour drive from the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut and led to a Norwegian contingent making the trip to cheer on Hovland.

Hovland had a one-shot lead going into the fourth round and was close to clinching victory on the 18th, but his birdie attempt from 25 feet narrowly missed as he carded a one-under 69.

Scheffler then had to save par from inside nine feet and fist-pumped when the putt dropped for a 68 that meant the world number one and Hovland finished on 21 under.

Organisers deemed there was not enough daylight for the play-off as a result of the earlier 90-minute delay because of a storm.

So Hovland, the world number 30, and Scheffler will return on Monday for a sudden-death play-off at 09:00 local time (14:00 BST).

“So close to getting it done on 18, but I’ll take the play-off,” Hovland said.

“I played a lot of great golf this week, so I’m feeling pretty good. Obviously, I would have liked to have got it done in regulation, but have a chance again to win.”

Hovland dropped back after a fourth bogey at the start of the back nine but he bridged the suspension with three consecutive birdies from the 13th to pull level with Scheffler.

“For a while there, I wasn’t even in second place, so really happy that I still have a shot,” said the 28-year-old.

Collin Morikawa began the day nine strokes off the lead but shot a nine-under 61 to set a clubhouse target of 20 under, with Hovland and Scheffler having six holes to play.

Morikawa finished third, with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick a shot further back after a 64 – the same score as his brother Alex, who was tied for seventh on 17 under.

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Blue Jays vs. Phillies odds

Favorite Moneyline: Phillies -175
Underdog Moneyline: Blue Jays +145
Total: 9.5
Total Over Odds: -102
Total Under Odds: -118

Injury reports

Phillies

Rafael Marchan: 10 Day IL (Knee), Johan Rojas: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Brad Keller: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Adolis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Lat), Tanner Banks: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Derek Hill: day-to-day (Shoulder), Andrew Painter: day-to-day (Hamstring)

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Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper is slashing .257/.366/.500 this season with 24 home runs (16th in MLB), 70 RBIs (17th in MLB) and an OPS of .866 (16th in MLB). He has a 21.1% strikeout rate and a 15% walk rate in 494 plate appearances, and he has scored 71 total runs. Harper has recorded six steals on 11 attempts.
In 482 plate appearances, Luis Arraez has hit five long balls, tallied 47 RBIs and scored 54 runs. He is batting .323/.359/.446 and has posted a 4.6% strikeout rate and a 5.4% walk rate. Arraez has recorded 10 steals on 10 attempts.
Ernie Clement has hit nine home runs this season. He has also tallied 38 RBIs and has scored 48 runs. In 461 plate appearances, he has recorded a .284 BA, .308 OBP and .411 SLG with a 3.3% walk rate and a 9.5% strikeout rate.
In 456 plate appearances, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has hit six long balls, tallied 44 RBIs and scored 56 runs. He is batting .259/.338/.349 and has posted a 13.6% strikeout rate and a 10.1% walk rate. Guerrero has recorded seven steals on 10 attempts.

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