Some of the biggest golf names on the planet return to action this week as the 2014 HSBC Champions is contested in Shanghai, China and the Shanghai Sheehan International Golf Club. The par 72 Sheehan International Golf Club measures 7,266 yards and boasts four par 5s (two measuring nearly 600 yards) – big hitters should be on your radar this week.
The Boston Red Sox will debut the newest member of their starting rotation when they play host to the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .
Event of the day . . .
An injury to Tim Wakefield left a hole in Boston’s rotation – and they’re hoping that Paul Byrd can plug it through the end of the season. The righthander was picked up from the Indians in a deal on Tuesday afternoon, and he’s going to take Clay Buchholz’s start at Fenway Park on Friday. Buchholz, though, will probably remain in the rotation, since the team’s Charlie Zink experiment didn’t turn out well in that slugfest on Tuesday night.
Byrd (7-10, 4.53 ERA) had earned the victory in each of his last four starts as a member of the Indians, giving up just four earned runs over 29 innings of work in that span. As well, Byrd’s last outing actually came against Toronto on August 9, and he surrendered only two earned runs on six hits over a full nine innings in that game. Byrd hasn’t given up a home run since July 4 in a loss to the Twins.
1t China 8
1t United States 8
3 South Korea 5
4t Italy 4
4t Russia 4
6t Japan 3
6t France 3
6t North Korea 3
9t Czech Republic 2
9t Australia 2
9t Netherlands 2
9t Spain 2
9t Cuba 2
Standings as of 1pm Central Time
