WELLSVILLE SEEKS AD

WELLSVILLE — Wellsville High School is seeking an athletic director.

The athletic director is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the school’s athletic programs for grades 9-12.

Current athletic director Kyle Exline was named the new superintendent on Monday.

Interested applicants can send a cover letter, resume and credentials to Kyle Exline, Superintendent, 472 14th St, Wellsville, OH 43968 or kexline@wellsville.k12.oh.us.

SALEM X-TRA MILE CLUB

SALEM — The Salem X-Tra Mile Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the girls locker room at Sebo Stadium.

The club will be planning for its annual Star Trax race on Aug. 1. If interested in volunteering and can’t make the meeting, email cara_stephens@hotmail.com or talk to one of the coaches.

GARCIA SHORT AGAIN

(AP) — Sergio Garcia will miss the British Open for the third time in four years after the Master champion failed to get among the 20 spots on four courses during 36-hole qualifying Tuesday. For Matthew Baldwin, it’s a major championship on his home course at Royal Birkdale.

Baldwin was among five qualifiers at Dundonald Links in the west of Scotland, joining medalist Jake McDonald, amateurs David Howard and Nevill Ruiter, and West Point graduate Marcus Plunkett, who served five years in the Army.

“I get emotional just thinking about it. It will be incredible,” Baldwin said. “Fortunately I have done it a couple of times before in the northwest at Hoylake and at Lytham so it will be a dream come true to do it in front of my family. It will be amazing.”

The British Open is July 16-19 at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England.

A trio of Americans — Peter Uihlein, Caleb Surratt and James Nicholas — qualified for both of golf’s oldest championships. They also made it through 36-hole qualifiers for the U.S. Open.

DEERE HUNTING

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Jordan Spieth altered his schedule with one eye toward his return to Royal Birkdale and another on his standing in the FedEx Cup.

For only the second time in the 11 years since he last won the John Deere Classic, Spieth is returning to the Deere and will skip the Scottish Open the following week.

“I wanted to add an event,” Spieth said Sunday after the Travelers Championship. “I thought unless I went to Birkdale before the Scottish, I’m not going to get in until Sunday night. The majors this year, I’ve liked the ones I’ve been to early and played prior to the week, just because the practice rounds are brutal. So the plan was to do that early.”

Instead of the Scottish Open — he has missed the cut his past two times — he plans to arrive at Royal Birkdale on the weekend. The Lancashire links where he delivered a dynamic finish to win in 2017 is slightly different. The fifth hole has been reshaped. Plus, the par-5 15th is now the 14th hole, and a new par-3 15th hole follows.

BRITISH WELCOME

(AP) — Golfer Xander Schauffele might be able to relate to Bobby Jones in one aspect.

Jones famously tore up his scorecard at St. Andrews in his British Open debut in 1921, withdrawing from the championship in the third round. Schauffele made his debut at Royal Birkdale in 2017. It apparently did not start well.

Schauffele and his caddie, Austin Kaiser, recall having a 1-iron in the bag.

“I shanked it twice,” Schauffele said. “And then I shanked it again on the next hole. I said (to Kaiser), ‘I’ve never broke a club.’ Kaiser grabs it and breaks it over his knee and says, ‘We’re not using this anymore.'”

Schauffele finished the story and Kaiser shrugged and said, “We had to keep the streak going.”

$50 MILLION

(AP) — Collin Morikawa, who turned pro in 2019, crossed the $50 million mark in career PGA Tour earnings with this third-place finish in the Travelers Championship.