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WORLD CITIES

ATLANTA CHARLOTTE DENVER HOUSTON

MIAMI NEW YORK PHOENIX SAN FRANCISCO

BALTIMORE CHICAGO DETROIT LAS VEGAS

MPLS-ST. PAUL ORLANDO SALT LAKE CITY SEATTLE

BOSTON DALLAS/FT. WORTH HONOLULU LOS ANGELES

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Washington 63

Cheyenne 50

Casper 41

Jackson Hole 35

Milwaukee 47 Madison 44

Charleston 61

Seattle Olympia 53 53 Spokane 53

Richmond 67

Burlington

(^46) Montpelier
46
Salt Lake City
47
St. George
63
Dallas/Ft. Worth
66
Brownsville
83
Lubbock
57
Midland-
Odessa
60
El Paso
52 Austin 74
San Antonio
77 Houston
80
Nashville
66
Memphis
64
Knoxville
66
Rapid City
(^50) Pierre
50
Sioux Falls
47
Charleston
72
Columbia
68
Harrisburg
57
Philadelphia
62
Pittsburgh
55
Burns
57
Bend
56
Portland
Salem 56
56
Oklahoma
City
66
Tulsa
67
Cincinnati
57
Cleveland
50
Columbus
55
Fargo
36
Bismarck
42
Raleigh
Charlotte^68
65
Buffalo
46 Albany
54
New York
60
Albuquerque
61
Santa Fe
57
Reno
59 Elko 51
Carson City
55
Las Vegas
71
Omaha
59
North Platte
61
Billings
57
Miles City
52
Helena
54
Kansas City
62
Jefferson City
60
St. Louis
61
Jackson
74
Mpls-St. Paul
41
Duluth
36
Detroit
49
Marquette
37
Lansing
47
Grand
Rapids
45
Boston
60
Annapolis
59
Bangor
50
Augusta
52
Baton Rouge
79
Shreveport
69
NewOrleans
79
Louisville
62
Topeka
63
Wichita
Dodge City 61 63
Des Moines
55
Indianapolis
55
Chicago
Springfield^51
55
Boise
57
Idaho Falls
33
Atlanta
67
Savannah
75
Tallahassee
77
Jacksonville
82
Tampa
79
Miami
83
Hartford
58
Denver
Aspen 44 56
San Francisco
69
Palm Springs
84
Los Angeles
78
Sacramento
75
Fresno
73
Eureka
54
San Diego
71
Little Rock
Phoenix 73 67
Flagstaff
52
Birmingham
71
Montgomery
73
Mobile
Honolulu^76
83
San Juan
83
Anchorage
14
Juneau
39
Fairbanks

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Hawaii

Alaska

Akron, Ohio 53/32r 47/27sh Albany, N.Y. 54/39sh 47/34w Albuquerque 61/35c 63/36s Allentown, Pa. 60/41sh 54/34pc Amarillo, Texas 60/36c 59/37s Anaheim, Calif. 80/49w 74/49s Anchorage, Alaska 14/1pc 12/-2sf Aspen, Colo. 44/15s 47/19s Atlantic City, N.J. 54/47sh 55/40pc Augusta, Ga. 70/56sh 65/49r Austin, Texas 74/59sh 69/45r Bakersfi eld, Calif. 75/45s 81/50s Baton Rouge, La. 79/66r 69/53r Billings, Mont. 57/36w 56/27w Birmingham, Ala. 71/53t 56/48r Bismarck, N.D. 42/27sn 52/31pc Boise, Idaho 57/35pc 59/35c Buffalo, N.Y. 46/34c 40/28sn Burlington, Vt. 46/33c 42/32w Cedar Rapids, Iowa 49/31pc 48/33s Charleston, S.C. 72/58sh 68/52r Charleston, W.Va. 61/38r 59/33pc Cheyenne, Wyo. 50/27s 54/28s

Beijing 50/23s 47/24s Buenos Aires 84/73s 85/72s Cancun, Mexico 85/78s 85/78s Dubai, UAE 78/67w 78/64s Frankfurt 48/34pc 49/35pc Hong Kong 75/66pc 74/63pc Istanbul 64/50h 64/50h Jerusalem 63/49s 70/48s Johannesburg 73/55pc 79/57h London 49/32pc 49/40r Mexico City 80/53s 81/53s Montreal 40/31pc 41/28sf Moscow 40/37r 46/40c Mumbai, India 88/68h 86/68h Paris 47/34pc 48/41r Rio de Janeiro 80/73t 80/72t Rome 57/40sh 59/37pc Seoul 51/34pc 42/24pc Singapore 89/78pc 89/78pc Sydney 73/69sh 77/72r Toronto 38/31c 40/28c Tokyo 59/46pc 52/44r

Cincinnati 57/35c 57/31pc Cleveland 50/33r 46/28r Colorado Springs 54/29s 58/35s Columbia, S.C. 68/54sh 64/48r Columbus, Ohio 55/32r 50/27c Corpus Christi, Texas 79/67c 82/52r Dayton, Ohio 55/35r 52/29pc Daytona Beach, Fla. 82/62pc 82/66pc Des Moines, Iowa 55/36w 54/41s Duluth, Minn. 36/18sn 37/28pc Durham, N.C. 67/50sh 62/45c El Paso, Texas 52/43r 61/40s Fairbanks, Alaska -2/-22c -6/-30pc Flagstaff, Ariz. 52/24s 57/26s Fargo, N.D. 36/18c 38/28pc Fort Myers, Fla. 84/68s 87/71s Fort Smith, Ark. 69/47c 61/40sh Fort Wayne, Ind. 51/30c 47/26s Fresno, Calif. 73/45s 79/50s Grand Rapids, Mich. 45/31c 43/26c Green Bay, Wis. 41/27sn 40/25pc Greensboro, N.C. 63/45sh 63/42c Greenville, S.C. 64/48r 64/44r Harrisburg, Pa. 57/42sh 56/37pc

Hartford, Conn. 58/42c 53/33pc Indianapolis 55/33pc 53/30s Islip, N.Y. 55/43sh 53/37pc Jackson, Miss. 74/56r 59/48r Jacksonville, Fla. 82/64pc 77/61c Jefferson City, Mo. 60/40s 61/39s Kansas City 62/40s 62/42s Key West, Fla. 82/75pc 83/76s Knoxville, Tenn. 66/44r 61/45sh Laredo, Texas 83/62c 80/51w Lexington, Ky. 60/36r 59/33pc Lincoln, Neb. 61/32s 63/42s Little Rock, Ark. 67/49c 59/45r Long Beach, Calif. 75/53s 68/51s Louisville, Ky. 62/40r 62/38pc Lubbock, Texas 57/39r 53/35r Madison, Wis. 44/28pc 43/28c Manchester, N.H. 58/41c 50/36c Memphis, Tenn. 64/51r 62/47c Milwaukee 47/32pc 43/32c Mobile, Ala. 76/61t 68/56r Modesto, Calif. 72/44s 78/45s Montgomery, Ala. 73/57t 62/52r Myrtle Beach, S.C. 66/56sh 63/50r

Nags Head, N.C. 61/51sh 58/48c Nashville, Tenn. 66/42r 65/44c Newark, N.J. 59/44sh 56/37pc New Haven, Conn. 53/44sh 52/36pc Norfolk, Va. 70/51sh 65/46c Oakland, Calif. 72/48s 74/50pc Oklahoma City 66/44c 61/36pc Omaha, Neb. 59/35s 61/42s Palm Springs, Calif. 84/53s 83/55s Pensacola, Fla. 76/64t 71/61r Pierre, S.D. 50/28pc 59/33s Pittsburgh 55/35r 48/29r Portland, Maine 53/41c 50/35r Portland, Ore. 56/42sh 56/36c Providence, R.I. 59/43c 54/35pc Raleigh, N.C. 68/49sh 65/45c Rapid City, S.D. 50/25s 57/28s Reno, Nev. 59/30s 69/34s Richmond, Va. 67/47sh 64/40c Rochester, N.Y. 46/35r 41/30sf Sacramento, Calif. 75/43s 77/47s San Antonio 77/58sh 72/48r San Jose, Calif. 74/46s 78/46s Santa Fe, N.M. 57/27c 58/30s

Sarasota, Fla. 79/66s 82/70pc Savannah, Ga. 75/62sh 68/54r Scottsdale, Ariz. 72/49s 71/50s Shreveport, La. 69/54c 59/48r Sioux Falls, S.D. 47/32c 53/37s South Bend, Ind. 51/30c 44/28sn Spokane, Wash. 53/37w 48/29w Springfi eld, Mo. 60/38pc 60/36s Springfi eld, Ill. 55/37s 54/36s St. Louis 61/41s 61/38s St. Petersburg, Fla. 81/65s 84/68pc Syracuse, N.Y. 47/36r 42/31sf Tallahassee, Fla. 77/64pc 73/64r Tampa, Fla. 79/68s 82/70pc Toledo, Ohio 51/31c 47/26pc Topeka, Kan. 63/39s 64/39s Tucson, Ariz. 59/41r 68/46s Tupelo, Miss. 70/51t 59/47r Tulsa, Okla. 67/41c 65/38s Virginia Beach, Va. 63/51sh 61/45c Wichita, Kan. 63/38s 64/37s Wilmington, Del. 59/44sh 58/38pc Winston-Salem, N.C. 63/45sh 63/43c Worcester, Mass. 55/38c 46/31pc

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TUE A few showers 67/ WED Rain at times 58/ THU Rain53/ Good AQI

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TUE Mostly sunny 56/ WED Mostly sunny 61/ THU Cooler54/ Moderate AQI

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WED Rain73/

THU Mostly sunny 69/ Moderate

TUE Partly sunny 83/ WED Partly sunny 87/ THU Mostly sunny 89/ Good

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TUE Sunny, nice 73/ WED Sunny, nice 73/ THU Partly sunny 82/ Moderate

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TUE Mostly cloudy 49/ WED Partly sunny 45/ THU Incr. clouds 47/ Good AQI

TUE Sunny71/

WED Sunny72/

THU Partly sunny 74/ Good

TUE Mostly cloudy 41/ WED Mostly sunny 43/ THU Windy44/ Good

TUE Turning sunny 85/ WED Some sun 89/ THU Windy90/ Good

TUE Partly sunny 47/ WED Partly sunny 55/ THU Mostly sunny 62/ Good

TUE Shower53/

WED A stray shower 53/ THU High clouds 57/ Good

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TUE Not as cool 60/ WED Cooler54/

THU Sunny52/ Good AQI

TUE Cloudy66/

WED Heavy rain 56/ THU Sunny69/ Good AQI

TUE Partly sunny 83/ WED T-storms82/

THU Shower81/ Good AQI

TUE Sunny78/

WED Mostly sunny 73/ THU Mainly cloudy 76/ Good

TUE T-storms79/

WED Rain73/

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TUE Showers around 62/ WED Partly sunny 57/ THU Mostly sunny 54/ Good

TUE Sunny71/

WED Mostly sunny 68/ THU Partly sunny 70/ Unhealthy s/g

TUE A few showers 63/ WED Partly sunny 61/ THU Partly sunny 56/ Good

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A storm will send a dose of rain from the Ohio Valley to the central Appalachians and part of the mid-Atlantic region today. Some dry air will hold over much of New England. A swath of moisture will linger over the South. Showers and thunderstorms will extend from the Carolinas and Georgia to central and western Texas. Within this zone will be pockets of heavy rain and locally severe thunderstorms. An Alberta clipper storm is forecast to send snow showers across the upper Great Lakes region, while much of the central and northern Plains will be dry.

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Tom-
my Fleetwood was feeling pretty good as
he stepped up to his second shot on the
par-5 18th hole of PGA National’s chal-
lenging Champion course.
His previous two shots not only got
him back into the Honda Classic, a tour-
nament he led by three shots after start-
ing his final round with two birdies, but
gave him a chance to walk away with his
first PGA Tour victory Sunday.
Fleetwood rolled in a 24-foot birdie
putt on the par-3 No. 17, the rowdiest
hole on the course, sending the legions
of his followers into a celebration as he
pulled within a shot of Sungjae Im.
He smacked a 305-yard drive on the
par-5 18th right down the middle with a
chance to get up and down for the win.
“Seventeen was massive,” Fleetwood
said. “Felt great walking to the 18th,
ripped a tee shot, felt really good and ...
“You know, the game switches pretty
quickly.”
In one swing of the club.
Fleetwood, 29, has won in seven
countries and entered the weekend
ranked No. 12 in the world. But he has
never won in the United States. Now,
standing 239 yards from the pin on No.
18, the Englishman was looking for at
least a birdie, which would have forced a
playoff with Im, or better yet carding
that eagle for the outright victory.
The decision: Go left, where it was
wide open, and then try to get up and
down for the birdie.
Or go for the win.
Fleetwood, who has five wins on the
European Tour, is one of the game’s best
ball strikers. He needed one more strike.
“There was only one shot, really,” he
said. “Maybe at the time you’re looking,
‘I had the world left and I could have got-
ten up and down.’ You’re not playing for
that. I could have easily bailed left and
not got up and down and I would say,
‘Why did I bail out left?’ You pick your
shot and you hit and that’s it.”
Fleetwood sliced the ball and it never

reached land, splashing down a few yards from the embankment in front of the hole. “I think we picked the right shot 100%. I just didn’t pull it off.” Fleetwood bogeyed the hole after taking his one-stroke penalty, finishing with a 71 for the round (his only round over par for the tournament) for a total of 4-under 276. He was third, his best finish on the PGA Tour since finishing runner-up to Shane Lowry in last year’s British Open. Fleetwood made the right decision. You don’t get into the top 10 – he moved to No. 10 in the world Monday, bump- ing Tiger Woods to No. 11 – by playing conservative golf. This time it didn’t work out. But it has in the past and will in the future. Fleetwood is close to that break- through win in the States. It could come this week at Bay Hill or the week after at The Players. He has four second-place finishes – two in majors, in- cluding last year’s British and the 2018 U.S. Open – and three thirds. “I’ve just got to keep pushing,” he said. “Absolutely, I want to be a regular winner, but there’s no point in moan- ing and groaning about it now. It didn’t happen. I’ve just got to keep going. And if I keep getting this close, it’ll happen.”

Fleetwood doesn’t

second-guess shots

Tom D’Angelo
The Palm Beach Post

Tommy Fleetwood on the 18th, “You know, the game switches pretty quickly.” REINHOLD MATAY/USA TODAY

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Be- fore this past week, Albin Choi had never served as a caddie on the PGA Tour. No problem. The 27-year-old guided Sungjae Im to victory in the Honda Classic at PGA National. A regular on the Korn Ferry Tour for the last four years, Choi is figuring out what he wants to do next after a dis- appointing 2019. For the last four months, he’s been working at Old Palm Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens. So when Im called after the Genesis Invitational to ask if he could be on his bag for the Honda, Choi accepted. “I know he’s had some language barriers with other caddies in the past,” Choi said. “I just felt like we communicate better, and being a player myself and having played the golf course a lot of times, he wanted someone on the bag with a little bit of experience.” Although Choi was born in Surrey, British Columbia, and grew up in To- ronto, he speaks Korean and served as Im’s interpreter Sunday. Around the time Choi moved to Ju- piter, Florida, three years ago, he got to know Im. Im was also playing on the Korn Ferry Tour, with the two meeting at the final stage of qualifying in Arizo- na. “As the year progressed, we kind of became closer and closer and when he moved on to the PGA Tour, we kind of just kept in touch,” said Choi, who won the 2010 Canadian Men’s Amateur. Choi has appeared in five PGA Tour events, all at the RBC Canadian Open, and attended the 2018 Honda Classic as a spectator. He’s played PGA Na- tional numerous times; it was where he earned his Korn Ferry playing card. “I know how hard it is to kind of navigate your way through this golf course, just with the pressure of the tournament on the line and just playing here a bunch,” Choi said. “I just felt like the experience kind of helped me out today. And just from a player standpoint, I kind of knew what he

was feeling at certain times. “I felt like I could draw upon my expe- riences to help him out today and kind of keep his head in the right place.” Im wasn’t the only familiar face Choi saw on the course Sunday. Im’s playing partner was Mackenzie Hughes, the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Men’s Amateur champion. Choi was a groomsman in Hughes’ wedding and the two roomed together when playing on the Korn Ferry Tour. So Choi was rooting for both players down the stretch Sunday, even when Hughes made a birdie on 17th to tempo- rarily tie Im for the lead at 5 under. Im then birdied 17 to take the lead for good. Hughes finished second. With Choi sporting a perfect record as a caddie on the Tour, will this rela- tionship continue going forward? “I told him as long as (it’s during) this time that I’m not playing, I would love to,” Choi said. “I know he’s been bounc- ing around doing a few (caddies), so we’ll see. It’s kind of up in the air.” Choi certainly will cherish Sunday’s experience. While he was the caddie, he learned plenty from watching Im play. “I definitely noticed more things from the outside, of how guys compose them- selves and certain things here and there, just in general. ... Getting a front- row seat to what it takes to win a PGA Tour event. It’s not something you come across every day.”

On Im’s bag, Choi 1-for-

in PGA Tour caddie gigs

Phillip Suitts The Palm Beach Post

Sungjae Im hands his driver to caddie Albin Choi en route to victory Sunday in the Honda Classic. REINHOLD MATAY/USA TODAY SPORTS

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