Winners and losers from the weekend..

What a Sunday.. just beautiful, sunny and warm in this part of the world and indeed in the hearts of everyone from Portugal who will cherish forever their historic 1-0 win over France in Paris for the Euro2016 championship.

I was happy to be the host for the International Sports Report on TSN1050 at the Bollocks Bar and Kitchen in Pickering, great crowd of football fans and a good time for everyone.

There was much more, so here are my winners and losers from the weekend.

Winners

* Milos Raonic had a great fortnight at Wimbledon, made history as first Canadian man to reach the gentlemen's singles final. Even though he was beaten by an in form Andy Murray in 3 sets he fought hard and will be better for the experience


* Canada Post for withdrawing their 72 hour notice which would have locked all postal workers out as of midnight last night. Now the unions concerned need to find someone they both trust to arbitrate if in fact as it appears,they are so far apart they can't manage it themselves. How about someone like Paul Beeston...


* Alex Noren put a new shaft in his driver this week, drove the ball beautifully hitting fairway after fairway to win the Scottish Open with a score of -14 274, move into the top 50 and head off to Troon this week, full of confidence. Also Tyrrell Hatton, Nicholas Colsaerts, Matteo Manassero and Richie Ramsay took the final four qualification places for next week’s Open Championship
http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016052/leaderboard/index.html


* Dan McCarthy took his record-breaking season to new heights capturing the Players Cup to become the first player in the PGA TOUR-era on the Mackenzie Tour to win three times in a season with a final-round -7 64 at Niakwa Country Club to win by seven shots and guaranteeing himself a spot in The Five and Web.com Tour status for 2016.
http://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us/tournaments/the-players-cup/leaderboard.html


* Paul Goydos shot a bogey-free 69 on Sunday to beat Wes Short Jr. (69) by two shots on a tricky day at En-Joie buffeted by gusting winds, finishing at 14-under 202 for his third career victory on the Champions Tour, the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. Stephen Ames finished T23rd at -4. Jim Rutledge posted a -3 T39th, Rod Spittle finished T66.
http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/dick-s-sporting-goods-open/leaderboard.html


* Monday qualifier Rick Lamb chipped in for birdie on the second hole of a four-man playoff Sunday to win the LECOM Health Challenge for his first Web.com Tour title.
http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/lecom-health-challenge/leaderboard.html


* Brittany Lang shot a -1 71 to finish with a -6 282 for the US Women's Open at CordeValle for her second win in 287 tournaments on the LPGA Tour. She survived a bogey on the 17th hole that led to the playoff before recovering in the playoff for a breakthrough win at age 30.

Canadians:  Alena Sharp shot E72 to finish T21 for her best career result at a major championship. Maude-Aimée Leblanc T26th with a +2 290 score.  Brooke Henderson finished 64th, while Sue Kim T65th


Losers

* The USGA.  Anna Nordqvist was given a two-stroke penalty for touching the sand with her club in a fairway bunker on the second playoff hole helping deliver Lang the title but here is the problem.

The players were not told of the penalty until they were in the middle of playing the final hole after officials reviewed replays. Anna however was told after she played here 3rd shot safely to the centre of the green. Brittany was told before she played her 3rd shot, changing the way she played her approach.

Both players had to be told at the same time to ensure a level playing field. Also their was absolutely no intent or carelessness on Anna's part, the USGA had to go to super super slow motion to see one grain of sand move.

Also not every player has a TV camera on them on every shot. If this had of been on the 4th hole of the second round, there would be no controversy because nobody including the player could know there was an infraction.

The rule is fine, it was the way it was applied that make the USGA a loser this weekend.

Bryan Angus