Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Justin Thomas. Down 7 strokes at the beginning of Round 4, Thomas posted a final round 67 to win the 2022 PGA Championship in a playoff. It’s Thomas’ second career major championship, and the 15th career PGA Tour win.
Runner-up this week is Abbas Qali. Qali won 4 gold medals at the Gulf State Games in Kuwait (2 individual and 2 relays) in what turned out to be the final meet of his career. Qali announced his retirement from competitive swimming following the Games.
Others of note:
Davis Riley finished T-13th at the PGA Championship.
Catharina Weiss and Jannik Blair won the German Wheelchair Basketball League championship with RSV Lahn-Dill.
Michael Kessens scored 11 points and added 11 rebounds in Bonn’s win to advance to the German semifinals.
Alana Gonçalo Da Silva had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists in Sampaio’s win.
Daniel Giddens scored 12 points in Neuchâtel’s semifinals series-clinching win.
Levi Randolph scored 20 points for Oostende in the first game of its finals series.
Cierra Johnson had games of 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 22 points, 8 rebounds to lead Riva Basket to a 3rd place finish in the Swiss NBL2 league.
Bo Scarbrough ran for 105 yards and a touchdown to help the Birmingham Stallions stay undefeated.
Daniel Haugh won the Men’s Hammer Throw at the Tucson Elite Classic, and finished 3rd in the same event at the USATF Throws Festival.
Portious Warren finished 3rd in the Women’s Shot Put at the Tucson Elite Classic.
Remona Burchell finished 2nd in the Women’s 100m at the Jubilee Series event in Jamaica.
Dylan Smith won his 3rd straight start, pitching 5 scoreless innings for West Michigan.
Chase Lee pitched 3.2 scoreless innings to stretch his scoreless streak to 17 innings on the year.
Matt Foster pitched 3 scoreless innings for the Chicago White Sox.
Tyler Gentry hit .300 for the week with a home run and 4 RBI.
Morgan McCullough had a 3-for-3 game, with a home run, a triple, and 4 RBI.
Sam Gardner struck out 9 batters in a 6-inning start in his season debut.
