Short Sport, February 25, 2013

Final-hole heartbreak for Thai teenager

Park In-bee won the Honda LPGA Thailand yesterday in a day of high drama as local teen star Ariya Jutanugarn suffered heartbreak after fluffing a two-shot lead at the final hole. The Korean world No 4, who made a final-round 67 to finish the tournament 12-under at 276, looked on in shock from the locker room as 17-year-old Ariya triple-bogeyed the last to lose by a single shot. Ariya finished 11-under. It was the cruellest of outcomes for the young Thai who captured hearts with courageous golf - even making a hole-in-one on the 12th - before tears as she left the final green to be consoled by her older sister and fellow pro golfer Moriya. "I don't know what to say... I'm still shocked," said Park, who watched stunned as Ariya's misery unfolded. AFP

Schilling's bloody sock sells for US$92,613

A bloody sock worn by Curt Schilling while pitching for the Boston Red Sox in game two of the 2004 baseball World Series against the St Louis Cardinals was sold for US$92,613 at auction in New York. Schilling had loaned his sock to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum, but when his Rhode Island-based video game company "38 Studios" went bankrupt, he decided to sell the item, which was bloodied as he had pitched on an injured ankle. Bidding began at US$25,000. Texas-based Heritage Auctions expected it would get more than US$100,000. Schilling helped end Boston's 86-year championship drought - the "Curse of the Bambino" - by pitching on an ankle that had been sutured more than once through the post-season. AP