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4B Friday, November 30, 2018 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com SPORTS NFL Rivers’ record performance impressed Brady Associated Press GOLF Reed off to fast start at Hero World Challenge Patrick Reed and Tiger Woods are about as far apart as can be on the lead- erboard after one round of the Hero World Challenge. Only they know how close they are after the Ryder Cup fallout. Reed showed no sign of fatigue in his travels from Dubai to Hong Kong to the Bahamas in successive weeks, making birdie on three of his last five holes Thursday for a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with late-entry Patrick Cantlay. Woods was never under par at any point and opened with a 73, eight shots behind, tied for 16th in an 18-man field. Reed’s comments after Europe won the Ryder Cup still follow him. In a phone interview with The New York Times hours after the loss, Reed blamed Jordan Spieth for them not playing together, U.S. captain Jim Furyk for twice leaving him on the bench and he made it sound as though he was SHAYE ■ Continued from 1B Gainesville’s House, who serves as the American Canoe Association’s direc tor of high performance and competition, and was also on hand in Colorado to represent the US Olympic Committee to pick the most qualified athlete for the paddle sports. According to Hatchette, the evaluation was intense in Colorado. She ran sprints. Completed timed races on an indoor-rowing machine. Did lots of agility work. Hatchette even tested her merit in the ring with boxing. When it was all said and done, Hatchette had proved she was an elite athlete. Before going to Colorado, Hatchette worked to fine- tune her conditioning for six weeks with the high school track coach of her mother, Cherita, in Oklahoma. On the final day, House took to the stage and announced Hatchette as his selection for the sprint kayak spot to train with Team USA, which was all part of the final episode of the show that aired last Sunday. Once her name was called, Hatchette took to the stage and was gifted a Team USA jacket. “She was a really good competitor, but it was her mental attitude that tipped my decision in her favor,” stuck with Woods as a part ner in Paris. “We spoke after the Ryder Cup for a long period of time,” Woods said. “We talked among us and it will stay between us.” This is one time Reed held his tongue. After his eighth and final birdie in balmy weather at Albany Golf Club, he acknowledged nothing more than they had talked. “Whatever I talk about with other players and other guys stays between the guys,” Reed said. He also said he hasn’t spoken to Furyk, and Reed told the New York Post on Tuesday that he hasn’t spo ken to Spieth, but that Spi eth has his number. “It’s been I don’t know how many weeks (since the Ryder Cup), but in the golf world, it’s been a long time,” Reed said. “All of us on our side have moved past that. Basically, when the tournament was over, all of us moved past it and we’re just kind of getting ready for hopefully two years.” But there’s a Presidents Cup in between, next December in Australia, and while the intensity is not the said House. “I could tell she wanted it.” Once filming and training was complete, Hatchette had to keep from telling anyone that she was picked, due to television disclosure rules. When the show aired, she was able to share in her suc cess with everyone. “It (was) a big secret for a couple months now,” Hatchette said. “It’s a relief to have that over.” Once House made his decision, it set the wheels in motion for the reality show winner to move to Gaines ville. First, they talked and hammered out the details same, the team concept is intact. And it could get even more awkward considering Woods is the captain. “I don’t think anything needs to be resolved,” Reed said. Reed is used to going about life is own way, and he’s not about to made any apologies. He just wants to play good golf, and there was plenty of that on a day that allowed for low scor ing. All but three players were at par or better. Woods was not one of them. His return to tourna ment competition didn’t start nearly as well as his last one ended. The World Challenge is his first 72-hole event since he won the Tour Champion ship at East Lake on Sept. 23, the end of a remarkable comeback season from a fourth back surgery that signaled Woods was capa ble of winning again. Woods has been battling a fever. He says his ankles were sore from wear and tear, an issue he says has been around for a few months. On the golf course, he didn’t hit it close enough or make enough putts, leading to only his third round over par in his last of their coach-athlete partnership. Hatchette decided on her own that she wanted to relo cate to Gainesville, where she trains on the water twice daily and works a part-time job to offset living expenses with a host family. Teaching Hatchette how to paddle started with the basics of learning how to balance in a boat, which is extremely unstable for a novice, she said. House started his pupil in a boat with a wider base to get used to the strokes and body positioning. Once she got the hang of that, she moved into a boat Par scores Thursday’s scores At Albany Golf Club New Providence, Bahamas Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,309; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Patrick Cantlay 34-31—65 -7 Patrick Reed 33-32—65 -7 Henrik Stenson 35-33—68 -4 Dustin Johnson 35-33—68 -4 Alex Noren 36-33—69 -3 Bubba Watson 32-37—69 -3 Justin Rose 35-35—70 -2 Justin Thomas 35-35—70 -2 Bryson DeChambeau 36-34—70 -2 Keegan Bradley 33-38—71 -1 Jon Rahm 36-35—71 -1 Jason Day 37-34—71 -1 Tony Finau 39-33—72 E Gary Woodland 37-35—72 E Rickie Fowler 37-35—72 E Xander Schauffele 36-37—73 +1 Tiger Woods 36-37—73 +1 Hideki Matsuyama 38-36—74 +2 Associated Press 21 rounds. Woods made consecu tive birdies to get back to even par, and then it came undone on the par-3 12th when his tee shot went left, just inside a hazard line but still in play. But the chip came out short, rolled down the bank and past his feet into the water. He took a penalty drop, got it on the green and missed the putt to take triple bogey. “I had a little patch right behind the golf ball and I tried to toe it in there in try ing to make sure I actually hit it long,” Woods said. Associated Press similar to one she will com pete in. Right now, Hatchette does training with the Mas ters program, comprised of 50-and-over paddlers with the LCKC. “The good thing is that she’s had no bad habits to break,” House said. “Shaye’s a great person who is really dedicated to being the best she can be. “She’s come so far.” Making the move easier for Shaye has been having such a close family back at home. “My parents have been so supportive,” she said. Philip Rivers awed Tom Brady with a record-setting display of precision and accuracy. Rivers earned high praise from the only quarterback to win five Super Bowl titles after he tied the NFL mark for consecutive completions and broke records for the most to start a game and the high est completion per centage during the Los Angeles Char gers’ 45-10 rout over Arizona on Sunday. The almost 37-year-old Rivers connected on his first 25 passes to surpass Mark Brunell’s mark of 22 in 2006, and finished 28 of 29. His 96.6 percent accuracy sur passed Kurt Warner’s 92.3 percent set in 2009. Marcus Mariota also topped Warner by going 22 of 23 in Tennes see’s loss to Houston on Mon day night for a 95.7 percent clip. Rivers tied Ryan Tanne- hill, who needed two games to complete 25 straight passes for Miami in 2015. “Philip made incredible throws. I watched the game. Obviously, when someone has a record-break ing performance, I want to go figure out what the heck they’re doing,” Brady said Monday in his weekly inter view on Westwood One. “And the real ity is there is a high level of difficulty on a lot of those throws. He made great throws where the receivers could get their hands on the ball and make the catch. The receivers made some good catches. Really, the incompletion came where he got a little hit as he was getting ready to pass. That probably would have been a completion. That’s just remarkable.” Brady made history, too. He moved ahead of Pey ton Manning for most yards passing, including postsea son, in league history. Brady has 79,416. Here’s a look inside some more interesting numbers heading into Week 13: BROWNIE POINTS: Nick Chubb is the first Browns running back to have at least one touchdown rushing and receiving in two straight games since 1950. SPREADING IT AROUND: Drew Brees has thrown a touchdown pass to 13 different Saints players, tied for the most in a season since 1970. Matt Ryan is the other quarterback to accomplish the feat during his MVP season two years ago. SACK, SACK, SACK: Baltimore’s Matt Judon sacked Derek Carr on three straight offensive plays, becoming the second player to do that since sacks became an official stat in 1982. DE JA VU: Jake Elliott kicked a decisive field goal in the final minute of regula tion to give the Eagles a vic tory over the Giants for the second straight season. He booted one from 61 yards out in Week 3 last year and this time nailed a 43-yarder. LONG DISTANCE: Jets kicker Jason Myers has five field goals of at least 55 yards this season, most ever in a single season. NOT JUST A KICKER: Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell became the first player to throw a touchdown pass and kick a field goal in the same game since David Akers in 2012. Offensive lineman Alejandro Villanueva was on the receiving end of Boswell’s pass. OPPOSITE EFFECT: Amari Cooper has three TDs receiving in four games with the Cowboys after he was acquired from Oakland. Golden Tate has just 11 catches for 97 yards and no scores in three games for Philadelphia following a trade with Detroit. JULIO’S 100: Julio Jones has 100 yards receiving six straight games, longest streak in Falcons history. RUNNING RAVENS: The Ravens have rushed for more than 200 yards in con secutive games for the first time since 2012. They are 24-2-1 when doing so. SELECT COMPANY: Tampa’s Mike Evans has joined Hall of Famer Randy Moss (six) and A.J. Green (five) as the only players with 1,000 yards receiving in each of their first five seasons. SCOTT ROGERS I The Times Shaye Hatchette won the NBC Sports show “Scouting Combine: The Next Olympic Hopeful” and was pick to train in the kayak. 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