justin rose, matthew fitzpatrick, thomas pieters, all in the co—lead.ive under through ten and then came to grief around amen corner. very positive from a european standpoint but still rather uncertain from the point of view of the world number one, ken brown. it's going to be interesting. his early warm up shots we re interesting. his early warm up shots were floating wedges. he wasn't putting much into them. he chatted to his physio and is warming up with a few longer clubs now. it looks like he is going to go but it was all a bit gingerly. the bookmakers have downgraded his status as favourite and have installed jordan spieth as hot favourites with rory mcilroy just below him. spieth as hot favourites with rory mcilroyjust below him. rory is just a few minutes from teeing off. many people are saying that a wet golf course, very damp, it's been raining, this could suit him. remember his us open win six years ago. certainly it will help his length. this course plays very long into the breeze. it is extremely gusty. suddenly, a large buffet of wind can

pieter taselaar. >> thank you very much. >> how do you like the risk/reward? i totally agree with that. the only thing i worry about is what happens when there's news out about tax cuts, or tax plan that gets put into place. what then happens to the u.s. trade. the u.s. trade -- >> you mean, in terms of flows, so the u.s. -- >> yeah, in general. you will see if there's an announcement at some point in time, what will happen in the trump agenda. if they can come to some sort of agreement on the tax cuts. the u.s. market -- we're talking an additional $10 in earnings in the s&p 500 if that comes together. the market, the money will continue to flow to the u.s. aggressively under that scenario for a period of time. i think you'll see weakening, you know, abroad. that will give you a binding opportunity. >> german dax traded up to about 12,400. that's what i would watch if you want to -- if this whole trade continues to work. if the dax can get through 12.5, and 14 when pieter was here is now back at 16 1/2. there's something going on with deutsche bank, i believe

three—way tie for the lead with american‘s charley hoffman and rickie fowler, and belgium's thomas pietersbriton so far, on two—under for the tournament. and rory mcilroy is one over. conditions much calmer there today, but the wind is still causing a few problems, and still only ten players are under par from the first two rounds. i enjoy when courses play tough, and i enjoy when the masters plays difficult, because it means that the high—quality shots are going to be rewarded, and you have to hit the ball the right way. so usually, if i am in good form, i can do that. onto football, and after leading celtic to the scottish premiership title, manager brendan rodgers has agreed a new four—year contract at parkhead. he has been on a rolling i2—month deal sincejoining celtic last summer, but after leading them to a sixth consecutive league title, and still on for the treble, rodgers has committed his future to the club, calling them the greatest in the world. liverpool's top scorer, sadio mane, will miss the rest of the season. he suffered a knee injury in last week's victory over everton, a

pieters currently four under par. billy hurley is his nearest challenger.e he has to decide whether he'll compete in augusta. he's due to tee off atjust after 7pm our time. rory mcilroy has moved ahead of him to second favourite. and he tees off in just over an hour's time. it's been a relatively quiet build—up to the masters for me which has been nice. it's made a bit of a change from the last couple of yea rs, change from the last couple of years, especially, 15 coming off the back of two major wins in a row and going for the career grand slam. even last year, last year i felt like the spotlight was shared among a few guys but this year with dustin winning a few times, he's the form player right now. there's a lot of storyli nes player right now. there's a lot of storylines but i feel i kitzbuehel relatively quiet which has been quite nice. not like i can fly under the radar any war but at the same time it has felt that way to me and it's been nice to prepare and just go about my business and try to get ready for this tournament. at aintree jockey lizzie

americans phil mickelson and rickie fowler in the group of four behind thomas pieters.ustin johnson will tee off later, he is due to, but he failed on the stairs in his rented home last night in during his back. johnson was favoured to win the green jacket johnson was favoured to win the greenjacket on johnson was favoured to win the green jacket on sunday, and johnson was favoured to win the greenjacket on sunday, and his johnson was favoured to win the green jacket on sunday, and his team have revealed he is up and moving around at the very least, even taking a couple of gentle practice swings today. rory mcilroy has moved up swings today. rory mcilroy has moved up to second favourite in the betting. he tees off at 20 to seven. it has been a relatively quiet build—up to the masters for me, which has been quite quiet. it has made a bit of a change from the last couple of years, especially 15, coming off the back of two major wins ina coming off the back of two major wins in a row, going for the career grand slam, and even last year. i mean, last year i felt that the sp

he will tee off shortly alongside thomas pieters., over the creek and rising up the leaderboard. will one of these four push on or can the chasing pack including ryder cup player ryan moore catch up? who likes the look of that green jacket the most? great britain are out of the davis cup, beaten by france in the quarterfinals. after losing both singles matches in rouen yesterday it was left to doubles partners jamie murray and dom inglot to keep the tie alive. opponents nicolas mahut and julien benneteau made the best start. taking the first set on a tie—break. murray and inglot did manage to win the next set — keeping their slim hopes alive. however, it proved to be britain's only set of the weekend. as the french then made their dominance count — winning the next two sets to take the tie. and reach the semi—finals in september. lewis hamilton will start tomorrow's chinese grand prix on pole after a record breaking lap in qualifying today. having watched the ferrari of sebastien vettel win the first race of the season two weeks ago,

he will tee off shortly alongside thomas pieters.e leaderboard. will one of these four push on or can the chasing pack including american ryder cup player ryan moore catch up? who likes the look of that green jacket the most? lewis hamilton will start tomorrow's chinese grand prix on pole after a record breaking lap in qualifying today. having watched the ferrari of sebastien vettel win the first race of the season two weeks ago, the mercedes driver will be hoping to hit back in shanghai. qualifying proved once and for all that we have a battle royale on our hands this year. lewis hamilton was just ahead of his archrival sebastian vettel. the sunshine in shanghai is a most welcome sight. the fog lifted. the delight at that was fairly clear. the threat from above wasn't entirely gone but this low flying bird wasjust a entirely gone but this low flying bird was just a distraction. entirely gone but this low flying bird wasjust a distraction. first app and's red bull was eliminated. a delayed to clear the track but what followed was was

you got a four-way tie at the top, hoffman and sergio and pieters all at minus four.reat weekend, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argent. >> good morning, everyone, heavy rain last night. check it out within the next hour, not only some showers we could have thunderstorms with hail. in sierra, nevada, winter will not give up here. temperatures around 30, a winter storm warning. looking at those thunderstorms. so once again we have a system that is still hanging on the main event moved through. we have another piece of energy off shore. it will arrive within the next hour. so the sierra snow continues through 6:00 tonight. three-to-six inches, above 4,000 fee. an additional foot above 6,000 feet. looking at gusty winds, not able to make it to the mountains. a better bet would be in the beginning of the week. we are looking at not only temperatures in the 40s here, so it's cool. we got 30s in the north bay. >> that will be the rule into tomorrow, really cool temperatures head our way. >> that cool air prompted a frost advisory for t

he got a four-way tie at the top with fowler, hoffman, sergio garcia and thomas pieters at minus 4.d, everybody, i'm larry biel. >> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argent. >> more showers on the coast. check out, stop at half moon bay, see heavier downhills in the valley. san mateo, red wood city. so some light scattered activity. further to the north, tomorrow, also this all pushes to the east. it will move across the bay and allow for a wet morning. take a look at this move. you can see the activity t. mountain snow right now. more energy right here offshore. so the wenter storm warning minutes until 6:00. 4,000 feet, gusty winds. it's tranquil here, a pretty shot. 50 degrees, 52 in oakland. delays at sfo. 48 in the mountain, halfmoon bay, with showers, 50 degrees, look at the sky here the golden gate bridge, it looks nice, showers around, a cold wind the north bay from santa rosa to napa. finally from santa cruz, not quite a beach day. it looks cold. so cold showers, low snow levels a. possibly of a slight chance of thunderstorms. sunny, cool tomorrow. more rain the middl

on 14 thomas pieters sticks his approach setting up for a birdie to tie for the lead and sergio garcia still seeking his first major title lands a second shot on the par 5, 15th hole on the green. he had a birdie 3-under 69 and is tied for the lead at 4- under. on 16 riki fowler joins the four under club with a birdie putt with the low round of the day a 67 to join hoffman peters and garcia in a tie for the lead going into tomorrow's third round. 15 golfers are within 5 shots of the lead. >>> to basketball now. while kevin durant is expected to play tomorrow against the pelicans in his first game back, steph curry is now listed as doubtful with an injury. the warriors are officially calling it a left knee contusion which means a bruise. durant will be back on the court after missing the last 19 games with a knee injury. he will start and steve kerr says he was not limit his minutes. despite not playing for over 6 weeks, durant isn't really worried about missing a chance to reestablish that chemistry he has with curry. >> i played 59, 58 games with steph. so that's a lot of games. i did

current leaderboard, justin rose tied for first, william mcgirth and matthew fitzpatrick and thomas pietersise of amazon and online shopping it has been a doward spiral for ick-d-moar stores for payless and sears, jcpenney has been so sad and macy's, j. crew and radioshack. golf smith, bankruptcy, and plus more, our next guest's retail brand is actually benefiting from this ugly business at the moment in retail. in a fox business exclusive, we welcome president and ceo of pga super tour dick sullivan. good to see you, dick. i need to get to the dustin johnson situation. can you shed any light on that? >> i heard the same thing couple hours ago. i know he was on the practice range. i know he was warming up. i don't think he could put a tee in the browned. i heard a couple different stories. he fell downstairs as you said. this is tough game for backs or tiger woods or jason day. there are 96 golfers this weekend playing for the you super bowl of golf. liz: he is a young gun. everybody from jordan spieth, very famous at the moment, these guys tend to inspire younger kids to become golfers. we

he will tee off shortly alongside thomas pieters.oard. will one of these for push on arquin the chasing pack including ryder cup player ryan moore catch up? who likes the look of that green jacket the most? premier league leaders chelsea have just kicked off against bournemouth but the gap is down to four points temporarily after tottenham beat watford 4—0 in the lunchtime kick—off at white hart lane. six league wins in a row now for spurs as drew savage reports. spurs‘ job for the rest of the seasonis spurs‘ job for the rest of the season is to keep chelsea looking over their shoulders with harry kane ready to return from injury. the £17 million striker hasn‘t scored an open goal —— call from open play. when you are dele alli, that anything doesn‘t matter. 13 league goals in 15 games for him. eric dier has scored twice in seven days. you never know when goal difference could come in handy. some human made it three and then have to have time again. watford boss could only hope that was it. harry kane came on for the last half—hour an