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ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- A great start to the week got even better for Stewart Cink on Thursday.Three days after his wife, Lisa, received a good report on her Stage 4 breast cancer, she was in the gallery at Sea Island as he posted a career-low 62 to finish one shot behind in the RSM Classic.Huge blessing, Cink said.It showed in his easy smile and the peaceful walk on a gorgeous day in the Golden Isles, a happy day in a year filled with unimaginable trials.Cink, winless since his British Open victory at Turnberry in 2009, stepped away from the PGA Tour in May when his wife was diagnosed with cancer. After nine rounds of chemotherapy, doctors at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston switched her over to what Cink described as a maintenance program.I am just really encouraged by the way shes been able to fight and handle it, Cink said. Shes had definitely a lot of ups and downs and she feels pretty well, and she got a good report Monday -- real good. Shes really like an inspiration for me.Mackenzie Hughes, the Canadian rookie, flirted with a sub-60 round until pars on the final three holes on the Seaside course for a 61 and a one-shot lead over Cink and Jonathan Byrd. All of them were at Seaside in ideal conditions for scoring.Cink was a strong presence, especially with his wife in the gallery.She has only missed one tournament since a sporadic return to golf, usually walking 18 holes. The exception was the St. Jude Classic at Memphis this summer, when she only managed nine holes each round.Cink, with six PGA Tour victories, five Ryder Cup teams and a claret jug from his British Open playoff victory over Tom Watson, was jolted when his wife was diagnosed in the spring. His primary concern was her health, and over time, he worked on his own state of mind.CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPNAPLES, Fla. -- Shanshan Feng was right back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard, shooting a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead over So Yeon Ryu and Charley Hull after the first round of the CME Group Tour Championship.Coming off consecutive victories in Malaysia and Japan, Feng is one of nine players who entered the season finale with a chance to win the Race to the CME Globe season title and $1 million bonus. The Chinese star won in 2013 at Tiburon Golf Club.Ha Na Jang, Sei Young Kim, In Gee Chun, Amy Yang, Lizette Salas, Beatriz Recari, Ryann OToole and Mo Martin all shot 68.Top-ranked Lydia Ko had a 70. She needs a win this week to secure player of the year honors, Ariya Jutanugarn and Brooke Henderson, who like Ko are guaranteed the points crown if they prevail this week, each shot 72.Feng has finished no worse than a tie for fourth in her last seven events. She started the run with the Olympic bronze medal in Rio, tied for fourth at Evian in France, opened the Asia trip at home in China with a fourth-place tie, was second in Taiwan and tied for third in South Korea before winning in Malaysia and Japan. She took last week off, practicing only three days in Orlando.DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Lee Westwood shot a 6-under 66 in swirling wind to take a one-stroke lead in the DP World Tour Championship, the European Tours season finale.Danny Willett and Alex Noren were best-placed of the four players bidding to win the Race to Dubai?title after 71s on the Earth Course at Jumeirah. Henrik Stenson, the points leader, shot 72. Rory McIlroy opened with a 75, ending a run of 28 straight rounds of par or lower in the event.Should Stenson win, he will be No. 1 for the second time in four years. He could even finish atop the standings with a top-eight finish, provided Willett doesnt win or finish second and Noren doesnt win.Nicolas Colsaerts and Julien Quesne were second at 67, and Sergio Garcia, Joost Luiten and Francesco Molinari shot 68.AUSTRALIAN OPENSYDNEY -- U.S. amateur champion Curtis Luck and rookie professional Lucas Herbert each shot 5-under 67 to share the Australian Open lead, leading American star Jordan Spieth two strokes back.Fifty-one-year-old Peter OMalley was a shot back at Royal Sydney along with David Klein, Adam Burdett, Ryan Fox and Benjamin Clementson. Australian star Adam Scott opened with a 73. Cheap Air Max 90 China . Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers. Balenciaga Triple s Wholesale . The 18th player to shoot 60 on the tour, Jamieson settled for par on the final hole when his 15-foot birdie chip grazed the edge of the hole and stayed out. 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The Barrie Colts defenceman, who impressed many with his play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship, is the top-ranked skater in the February rankings. He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season. IOWA CITY, Iowa -- It took freshman Cordell Pemsl six games to crack the starting lineup for the Iowa Hawkeyes this season, but it looks like he might stay there for a long time.Pemsl muscled in 21 points Monday night as Iowa (4-5) snapped a four-game losing streak with a 95-68 victory over Stetson.Pemsl, a powerful 6-foot-8, 249-pound forward, has averaged 19 points since making the starting lineup three games ago with outputs of 18, 18 and now 21 points.Most impressive of all, Pemsl has made 23 of 27 shots as a member of the starting lineup with a series of strong moves around the basket.Ive just been taking shots that I know I can make, he said. Ive been working on sealing and getting good positioning. And when Ive gotten the ball Ive been effective, so I try to take shots I know I can make or kick it out to my teammates.Iowa coach Fran McCaffery likes the way Pemsl has been playing.The thing about it, he knows whats a good shot and whats not a good shot, said McCaffery. He has great hands, great touch. Hes crafty around the basket.Well keep throwing him the ball, because good things happen.He knows when to go and when not to go, and thats not often the case with young players.Pemsls teammates did a good job of feeding him near the basket.They know that Im going to hustle down and Im going to fight for good positioning, he said, and once I get there they know where to pass it and where I want it.Isaiah Moss, a redshirt freshman, pumped in five 3-pointers and also scored 21 points for the Hawkeyes, while Peter Jok collected 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.Leo Goodman led Stetson (4-6) with 14 points.The Hawkeyes got off to a fast start and had a 14-2 lead a little more than four minnutes in.dddddddddddd. Iowa led 44-28 at halftime and raised the margin to 30 points at 90-60 on another 3-pointer by Moss, who finished with a career high in 3-pointers and points.Iowa had surrendered 100, 92 and 98 points in its last three games, including a stunning 98-89 loss to Nebraska-Omaha, but the Hawkeyes played a much tighter game against the visitors from Florida.BIG PICTUREIowa: The Hawkeyes had allowed an average of 96.7 points in their last three games before holding Stetson to 68, but Iowa will be tested again Thursday night when it hosts the high-scoring Iowa State Cyclones ... The Hawkeyes played their third straight game without freshman Tyler Cook, who is sidelined with a broken finger after averaging 13.7 points in the first six games ...Stetson: The Hatters lost for the fifth time in their last six games and fell to 1-11 against Big Ten teams in school history ... Stetson has made at least one 3-pointer in 370 straight games, a streak that began in 2004 ... Head coach Corey Williams has a 32-74 record in four years at Stetson.NUMBERSEleven players scored for the Hawkeyes and 11 grabbed at least one rebound.PIVOTAL PLAYPemsl scored the first two baskets for Iowa in the opening minute and the Hawkeyes cruised from there.HE SAID ITWe have smart, intelligent guys with character, McCaffery said after Iowa snapped its four-game losing streak with the 27-point victory. They know what they have to do.UP NEXTIowa will be idle for nine days for final exams after hosting Iowa State.Stetson travels to Illinois for a Wednesday matchup against SIU Edwardsville. ' ' '