Johnson dominant at Indy, wins 4th Brickyard 400
INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson stamped another exclamation point on his racing resume, winning his fourth career Brickyard 400 with a dominant drive at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.
With the victory, Johnson joined Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon as the only NASCAR drivers to win four times at the historic 2.5-mile track, which has hosted stock car racing since 1994.
Kyle Busch finished second, followed by Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Gordon. Polesitter Denny Hamlin was sixth.
Piercy wins Canadian Open with big par shot
ANCASTER, Ontario — Four straight birdies put Scott Piercy into the mix early. One big par at the end made him a winner Sunday at the Canadian Open.
Piercy won for the second time in his career when he closed with a 3-under 67, and William McGirt and Robert Garrigus stumbled on the closing stretch at Hamilton Golf & Country Club to finish a stroke back.
McGirt, atop the leaderboard for much of the final round, had his first three-putt bogey of the week on the 15th hole when he ran a 45-foot putt some 15 feet by the hole. Tied for the lead playing the 18th, he put his approach into the bunker and blasted out to 18 feet, missing the par putt that would have forced a playoff. McGirt closed with a 69.
Couples claims
Senior British Open
TURNBERRY, Scotland — Fred Couples won the Senior British Open, birdieing the final two holes for a two-stroke victory over Gary Hallberg on Turnberry’s Ailsa Course.
Couples, making his first start in the event, closed with a 3-under 67 for a 9-under 271 total.
Hallberg finished with a 66.
Park places herself atop Evian Masters
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — South Korea’s Inbee Park won the Evian Masters, closing with a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over third-round leader Stacy Lewis and Karrie Webb.
Park, also the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open winner, had a 17-under 271 total.
Webb shot a 68, and Lewis finished with a 68.
China’s Shanshan Feng eagled the 18th for a 66 to tie for fourth at 14 under with 17-year-old South Korean amateur Hyo Joo Kim (68) and Natalie Gulbis (68).
Sam Querrey wins 3rd Farmers Classic title
LOS ANGELES — Sam Querrey won the Farmers Classic for the third time in four years, routing Ricardas Berankis 6-0, 6-2 on Sunday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
The second-seeded Querrey has won 13 straight matches in the event on UCLA’s campus. He won the tournament in 2009 and 2010, then missed the event missed last year because of a right elbow injury.
The final was shortest on the ATP Tour at 51 minutes and 14 games. Querrey also broke the tournament record for fewest games lost of three set by Jimmy Connors against Mel Purcell in 1982.
Texans WR Johnson hurts groin, out a week
HOUSTON — Houston Texans receiver Andre Johnson says he’ll miss “a week or so” after a minor groin injury in the team’s second morning practice.
Johnson fell awkwardly running a route on Sunday morning and had an MRI exam later in the day that showed a “mild strain.”
By wire sources
