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Cantlay lived up to the “Patty Ice” moniker. He slipped in a birdie putt of 21 feet, 9 inches on the par-4, 476-yard 18th hole to tie DeChambeau and force a playoff. Cantlay dropped par putts of 5 feet, 5 inches and 6 feet, 11 inches on No. 18 in the first two playoff holes. After DeChambeau nailed his tee shot on the par-3, 186-yard 17th hole to within 6 feet, 1 inch of the cup, Cantlay calmly placed his within 2 feet, 4 inches.

“Everybody on this team knows that we can do what we did today,” Robert said through an interpreter. “We tried to do it (in Saturday’s 7-0 loss) too, but that’s something that you can’t do every day. But that’s our goal and our mindset, just go out there and do our best and do what we did today.”

The Mets (63-67) on Sunday won just their eighth game of August. The club has gone 16-27 since the All-Star break, a free fall that included dropping out of first place, a position it held for 90 days, and into third, 7.5 games behind the Braves. The Mets have not sniffed the playoffs in half a decade, and they haven’t won a championship in 35 years.

The grandchildren of legendary Chicago gangster Al Capone will sell 174 family heirlooms at an Oct. 8 auction titled “A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone” in Sacramento, California. The family heirlooms include his favorite gun that he called “Sweetheart” (estimated value $150K), his diamond-monogrammed watch ($50K), engraved jewelry, furniture from the Palm Island home, family photos and more. Aug 26, 2021

The Life Time Chicago Triathlon returned on Aug. 28-29, 2021, after a year hiatus. (Antonio Perez) Athletes take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 on Aug. 29, 2021, after a year hiatus. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Hundred of athletes take part in the swim portion of the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 in Lake Michigan near Randolph Street on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Athletes come out of the water and run along a red carpet-like path as they head for their bikes to take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021, Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Athletes grab their bikes to take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021, on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Athletes take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021, on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Hundred of athletes take part in the swim portion of the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 in Lake Michigan near Randolph Street on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Bystanders watch as hundreds of athletes take part in the swim portion of the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 in Lake Michigan near Randolph Street on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

Patrick Wisdom’s spur-of-the-moment mustache won’t be going away for now. Wisdom sported the new look when he arrived at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday and then clobbered two home runs that night on his 30th birthday. He followed those birthday bashes with another multi-homer game Saturday in the Cubs’ 7-0 win against the White Sox. (John J. Kim)

“I thought it was good for them,” Nagy said. “That’s why we wanted to do that, to be able to let them get out there. Not even so much schematically as it was just them working together, them being in the huddle, them knowing what it’s like together sitting on the bench with (line coach) Juan (Castillo) looking at the video. That’s what it’s all about. Now, we’ve got time to put it all together, get into where we’re at and they get to see themselves on tape. I thought it was very important, regardless of results of what really happened, I thought it was important to get that cohesion of them being together.”