Claims extracted
32
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
3%
1 of 32 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Sports
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler didn’t feel like talking about the most memorable part of his singles victory over Nico Echavarria in the Presidents Cup.
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Scheffler → feel → Cup
His actions said plenty Sunday.
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actions → say → plenty
Scheffler conceded a 30-foot par putt from off the back of the 14th green, all because of a fan who disrupted Echavarria in the middle of his tee shot.
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who → concede → shot
“(It) shows the character of the No. 1 in the world,” Echavarria said.
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Echavarria → show → world
“He’s just different.
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He → ’ → ?
Even how good he is, he’s a truly amazing guy.”
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he → ’ → ?
Scheffler was comfortably ahead of Echavarria, a Colombian making his Presidents Cup debut who was left out of matches the previous two days.
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who → make → matches
He was 3 up on the 14th tee when a fan yelled as Echavarria was in the middle of his swing.
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Echavarria → yell → swing
He dropped his driver as the tee shot sailed well to the right.
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shot → drop → right
Scheffler stepped in and barked at the fan, “There’s no place for that!”
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Scheffler → step → that
And they played on.
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they → play → ?
Scheffler had a birdie putt from 18 feet.
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Scheffler → have → feet
Echavarria could only advance his shot to some 60 yards short of the green, and his pitch was too strong and rolled just over the back.
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pitch → advance → back
Scheffler conceded the par putt, and then missed his birdie putt.
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Scheffler → concede → putt
The hole was halved.
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hole → halve → ?
It was more reminiscent of Payne Stewart conceding a long par putt to Colin Montgomerie on the 18th green at Brookline after the Ryder Cup had been won by the Americans.
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Cup → concede → Americans
Asked about it in a television interview after Scheffler’s 2-and-1 victory, he said, “To be honest with you, I don’t even really want to talk about it.
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I → ask → it
I think there’s no real place for that in our game.
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I → think → game
I think we just leave it at that.”
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we → think → that
It was honestly a big distraction just because we compete and work so hard to put ourselves in these moments,” Scheffler said.
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Scheffler → compete → moments
“When you have some fan who decides to insert himself into the tournament ... you can say whatever you want to players, but I think there’s an amount of respect there.”
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I → have → respect
Scheffler said players deserve at least 30 seconds of quiet as they prepare and hit their shots.
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they → say → shots
“It just didn’t really sit well with me,” Scheffler said.
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Scheffler → sit → me
“He would never hit a shot as poorly as he hit off the 14th if there wasn’t a fan yelling in his swing.
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he → hit → swing
I don’t really want to talk about it all that much.”
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I → want → it
Echavarria said that wasn’t the only moment.
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that → say → ?
Chicago fans were loud and for the most part cheered as much for missed shots by the Internationals as good shots for the Americans.
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fans → cheer → Americans
That’s been the way these team competitions have gone the last decade.
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competitions → go → ?
“It was a tough environment,” he said.
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he → say → ?
“Yeah, it’s unfortunate that in some way the crowds can affect performance like that.
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crowds → ’ → that
But we have the No. 1 player in the world who’s a class act.
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who → have → world
I wasn’t expecting for him to give me that putt for par, and he did, and we tied the hole.”
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we → expect → hole
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