after beating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5. You’ve seen the sights and heard the sounds by now. New York City went nuts in celebration. Less than a day later guard Josh Hart was already on social media declaring that it was now time for him to play golf. He even asked where he should think about getting a membership, as if he’d have a problem finding a place. The Knicks parade will be on Thursday, the first day of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. However, the USGA wasted little time inviting Hart and “the boys” out to the U.S. Open any of the other days they wish.

The 22-year-old is playing for the U.S. at the Curtis Cup at Bel-Air, but the Sunday singles matches have fallen on the same day as Stanford University’s commencement. During her college career, Xu won two team NCAA titles with the Cardinal. She didn’t completely miss out on graduation, however. She received her diploma in her own ceremony at Bel-Air. Xu is playing Patience Rhodes in her singles match and is off to a quick lead.

Playing in the team event with Angel Yin, Inkster became the oldest player to make the cut at an LPGA event. She’s a week-and-a-half from turning 66, and broke Joanne Carner’s record of making a cut when she was 64 in 2004. But Inkster didn’t just make the cut. She and Yin finished with a 64 on Sunday to tie for 12th place.

“We had an amazing time out there. Angel played amazing today,” Inkster said on Sunday. “I was just glad to be by her side and be her partner.”

Inkster said she does not plan to play in LPGA events in the near future.

in his bid to win his first tournament in eight years. Watson, 47, took a one-shot lead over Taichi Kho and Jazz Janewattananond into the final round of the Asian Tour’s International Series event in Morocco.

He made birdie on the par-4 17th hole at the Red Course at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, which put him into a tie with Kho, a 25-year-old from Hong Kong. But Kho birdied the par-5 18th hole and when Watson made par there Kho clipped him by one. Watson has not won a LIV Golf event in his time there. His last victory remains the 2018 Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour, where shot a final-round 63 to win by three.

“I played great," Watson said. "I played as well as I could. Taichi beat me by one, and it was great to see a young player like that perform so well. It shows the game of golf is in a great spot, and it was fun to watch how well he played today."

J.T. Poston has claims to one; anybody ranked in the top 60 of the World Ranking after Sunday’s RBC Canadian Open who isn’t already exempt gets in, and Poston's win last week at Memorial bumped him to top 40. The only other player right now who might also benefit from this late exemption is Bud Cauley; he’s one shot back in second place entering the final round at TPC Toronto. At 68th in the OWGR to start the week, he needs a fifth-place finish or better to move into the top 60. Any remaining spots not filled will go to alternates in Final Qualifying, which is why Adam Svensson’s mental lapse to pick up his marker on the green in a playoff on Golf’s Longest Day could prove so costly. Those alternate spots are valuable. Also on the line Sunday: the top three finishes in Canada not already in the British Open field get exemptions.

The World No. 1 and her German teammate, Oliva Cowan, were in great shape heading into the weekend of the Dow Championship. But, a week after Korda’s U.S. Women’s Open triumph, the self-named team “Legally Blonde” lost their case against the course in the third round by shooting 76. They’re now T-13 and six shots off the lead of South Koreans Hye-Jin Choi and Hyo Joo Kim (69). As for the pair in second place, Yana Wilson and Gina Kim, we can’t figure out if their team name is really clever or just plain scary: “Weapons of Grass Destruction.”

After opening the RBC Canadian Open strongly at eight under through 36, Koepka began having trouble gripping the club on the driving range with his ring and pinky finger. He double bogeyed the second hole and made two more bogeys before getting the hand looked at on the 11th tee. Koepka made two birdies coming in, but still shot two-over 72 and dropped 25 spots into T-32.

“The club is kind of just … my fingers would come loose, it was kind of numb. I don't know what the deal was, but hopefully we'll figure it out,” Koepka said. Most concerning: He’s never experienced it before and we're less than a week away from the start of the U.S. Open, which the major beast has won twice.