GOLF

Henry, Cink share the lead at Texas Open, but player’s 16 on par-4 hole grabs spotlight

J.J. Henry and former British Open champion Stewart Cink shot 5-under-par 67s Thursday to share the lead in the first round of the Texas Open at San Antonio, but the spotlight belonged to South Korean Kevin Na during a historic meltdown on No. 9.

Na set a PGA Tour record with a 16 on the par-4 ninth, chopping his way through a nightmarish hole during an otherwise solid first round. He was a combined 4 under on the other 17 holes to finish at 8-over 80.

Adam Scott, the defending champion, was a stroke back in his first round since his runner-up finish at the Masters.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Alexander Noren shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead in the weather-shortened first round of the Malaysian Open at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Masters champion Charl Schwartzel struggled to a 73 after arriving in the country just a day earlier.

SOCCER

U.S. WOMEN: The U.S. women’s team will play Mexico in a June 5 exhibition at Harrison, N.J., its final game before leaving for the women’s World Cup in Germany.

Kristine Lilly, whose 352 appearances is an international record, will be honored before the game. Lilly, who retired in January, is the only player to play in all five women’s World Cups.

HORSE RACING

UNCLE MO UPDATE: Uncle Mo has a gastrointestinal infection and may be held out of the Kentucky Derby on May 7.

The early Derby favorite lost for the first time in the Wood Memorial on Saturday at Aqueduct, finishing third as the prohibitive 1-10 betting choice.

BASKETBALL

WNBA: The Minnesota Lynx signed Connecticut All-American Maya Moore, the first pick in this year’s draft. Terms were not disclosed.

Moore, who won two national championships at UConn, averaged 22.8 points this season. She was the only collegian to play on the U.S. women’s national team that won a gold medal at the world championships in October.

TENNIS

MONTE CARLO MASTERS: Six-time defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain and Swiss star Roger Federer coasted into the quarterfinals with straight-set victories at Monaco.

Third-seeded Andy Murray and fourth-seeded David Ferrer also had easy wins.

FOOTBALL

NFL: The NFL and its locked-out players launched a second round of mediation, this time under a court order, as they try to figure out a solution to their labor dispute.

It was the first time the sides have sat down to talk since March 11, when the old collective bargaining agreement expired, the union was dissolved to clear the way for a court fight and the NFL wound up with its first work stoppage since the monthlong strike in 1987.