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TUESDAY JUNE 15 2021 1BFACEBOOK.COM/STARTELEGRAM TWITTER.COM/STARTELEGRAMSTAR-TELEGRAM.COM 1 Sports TCU golf coach Bill Montigel believe ever happened. Neither do other longtime staffers within athletic department. This U.S. Open will feature three former Horned Frogs, the most the school has ever had in a major champion- ship field. Tom Hoge punched his ticket by advancing in a playoff at a final qualifying event in Columbus, Ohio, last week, while Paul Barjon and Hayden Springer both made it through a final qualifying event at Dallas Athletic Club on May 24.

Hoge, Barjon and Springer hope to play a practice round together this week ahead of the event that starts Thursday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. really excited for all three and huge for our pro- said Montigel, who has coached the program since 1987. the tournament guys on my team want to play in one day. To see guys who have played in this program make it there is great for us. feel reasonably comfortable which is about sure that this has never happened before.

Maybe some- thing missing, but I believe this is the first time had GOLF 3 former TCU players in field for US Open BY DREWDAVISON SEE TCU, 5B KATIE LEDECKY LOOKS TO PUNCH HER TICKET TO TOKYO AT THE U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS. Go to and click on the section called MAKING A SPLASH The first batch of voting re- sults for the American League All-Star team is out, and not all bad news for the Texas Rangers. Center fielder Adolis Garcia is fourth in voting for outfielders, only 20,000 votes out of third, and if that holds he would make the cut for second phase of vot- ing in which starters are select- ed. The rest of the news, though, is pretty terrible.

No Rangers player is ranked in the top 10 at the other nine positions, including designated hitter (pitchers are not on the ballot). That sitting well with one Rangers player in par- ticular. Shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa took to Twitter to express his sentiments, calling the results The shortstop 10th in votes is Elvis Andrus, the former Kiner-Falefa peeved by All-Star vote BY JEFFWILSON RANGERS SEE RANGERS, 3B Built as the largest racetrack in the United States, and second only to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speed- way will now resume its down- sizing plans. Outgoing TMS president Eddie Gossage said the track still plans to undergo a series of upgrades that was delayed be- cause of the COVID-19 pandem- ic. Additional plans now include further reducing the number of suites, and seats.

The demand is simply no longer there for a facility virtually anywhere in the world. want to say 50,000 because I think too low but think the sweet spot for us is about TMS assist- ant general manager Kenton Nelson said Monday. of this as a re-modernization of Texas Motor unofficial seating capac- ity is just over 100,000. It also has 204 suites. think what see is taking out a row of seats and replacing it with a drink and food rail in front of Nelson said.

could expand the size of the seat from 18 inches wide to 22 inches wide, so more comfortable. want to be comfortable, and we will offer something that is a hell of a lot more comfort- able than (current grandstand When TMS was under con- struction in the mid-1990s, the original plans were for a facility. But Gossage kept selling more COMMENTARY TMS hopes to offer more with less as sport enters new era BY MAC ENGEL SEE ENGEL, 3B All-Star Race was completed with a Texas-sized ceremony. Texas Motor Speed- way president Eddie Gossage hyped up the event hosted at the Fort Worth track for the first time, and delivered the showmanship on Sunday. Pre-race ceremonies included pyrotechnics, cowboy hats and an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

Post- race celebrations were complete with race winner Kyle Larson in Victory Lane holding two pistols and firing blank shots into the air with a smile that recognized just won a million dollars. always wanted one of Larson said admiring his prizes. got a lot of these dang Larson dominate most laps of the six-round race for- mat like he has the past two races. He said he surprised himself after starting on the pole through a random draw, then falling to the back due to the invert in the second round and struggling with his car. But Larson credited crew chief Cliff Daniels with making the neces- sary adjustments on his Chev- rolet to get back in a top-three position to start the final three TONY GUTIERREZ AP Kyle Larson celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

With the win, Larson earned the $1 million prize. Larson comes out on top at TMS in entertaining All-Star Race ANALYSIS BY ALEX ANDREJEV SEE LARSON, 3B LARRY PAPKE AP Kyle Larson celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race. Larson held off Brad Keselowski in the final 10-lap shootout to earn the victory..