IN BRIEF
CROMWELL, Conn. — Stewart Cink held off Tommy Armour III and defending champion Hunter Mahan to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke. With his fifth career victory, Cink was projected to go to a career-high No. 6 in the world ranking.
Armour (65) and Mahan (65) tied for second.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eun-Hee Ji won the Wegmans LPGA for her first LPGA Tour title, rallying to beat Suzann Pettersen by two strokes.The South Korean shot a 5-under 67 to finish at 16-under 272 on the tricky Locust Hill course.
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. — Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.The NHRA said the 46-year-old Kalitta — the 1994 and 1995 Top Fuel season champion who had 18 career victories, 17 in Top Fuel and one in Funny Car — was taken to a hospital, where he died a short time later.
NEWTON, Iowa — Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday by winning the Iowa Corn Indy 250 on Sunday, his second victory of the season.Wheldon took the lead out of a caution flag with 60 laps to go. and held off drivers Hideki Mutoh and Marco Andretti down the stretch.