kevin chappell finished on 12 under to win the valero texas open by one stroke from brooks koepka.kfully slithered away. i hate those things. but the american, who has six runners—up finishes to his name, finally went one better to take victory. he had a slight wobble at the 15th when this shot came up short, but got the better of his nerves and went on to win with this putt on the 18th. honda rider, marc marquez, took his first win of the 2017 season with victory at motogp‘s grand prix of the americas in austin, texas on sunday. yamaha's valentino rossi finished second and has taken the championship lead with three races completed. that's after his teammate maverick vinales crashed out on just the second lap leaving him pointless for the first time since last season's race in argentina allowing his spanish compatriot marquez to win his fifth consecutive race at this venue. 38—year—old rossi has seven career motogp championships but none since 2009. alejandro valverde dedicated his victory in the final ardennes classic, liege bastogne liege, to mick—ayley scarponi who was killed in