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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, August 8, 2017 BRIEFLY Golf PGA Championship moving to May in 2019 By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Players are allowed to wear shorts during practice rounds at the PGA Cham- pionship. That won’t be necessary in two years when it moves to May. The PGA of America is moving its major championship to May for the first time in 70 years when it goes to Bethpage Black on New York’s Long Island in 2019 as part of a long-term plan that involves a major shift in the golf calendar, including The Players Champion- ship going back to its March date, The Associated Press has learned. Two officials involved in the discussions say the PGA of America and PGA Tour will discuss details of the move as early as Tuesday at Quail Hollow Club, site of this year’s PGA Champi- onship. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move has not been announced. The change has been in the works for four years, one official said. The catalyst behind the movement was golf’s return to the Olympics, along with the PGA Tour’s desire to wrap up its FedEx Cup before the NFL begins. The move to May also puts the PGA Championship in the middle of the major championship season — after the Masters, before the U.S. Open — instead of being stuck at the end in August when courses typically are softer because of the summer heat and sports fans have one eye turned toward football. Still to be determined is the how the rest of the PGA Tour schedule is constricted to finish around Labor Day. One official said the playoff event in Boston is likely to go away after 2018. Another official said one plan is for the Greenbrier Classic, typically held in July, to move to the fall. The PGA Championship has been in August since 1969 with two exceptions. Jack Nicklaus won in February 1971 when it was held at PGA National in South Florida, and last year it was held the final weekend in July at Baltusrol ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The PGA is scheduled for Harding Park in San Francisco in 2020, so there was always the possibility of moving to May during the next Olympic year. However, that would mean the PGA gets bounced around the calendar every four years. The PGA of America was inter- ested in building continuity, and a move to May could energize what has been looked upon as the last of the four majors. That also would allow it to go to some areas that were deemed too hot for August, such as Texas, Florida and parts of the Southeast. It already has said the PGA Championship would return to Southern Hills in Tulsa before 2030. The last time it was held at Southern Hills, in 2007, temperatures topped 100 degrees. The move also could serve as a boost to golf courses around the country — the PGA of America has some 27,000 golf professionals — going into the heart of the season. But it also eliminates other parts of the country from hosting the PGA. One official said two tradi- tional sites — Whistling Straits in Wisconsin and Hazeltine in Minnesota — would not be able to host the PGA Championship in May. Officials feel comfortable with the weather and agronomy for Bethpage Black, and they are hopeful for good weather in 2023 for Oak Hill in Rochester, New York. The Players Championship, traditionally held in March two weeks before the Masters, moved to May in 2007 to get away from the biggest major of the year and create a sequence of big events through the summer. By going back to March, and creating space for the PGA Cham- pionship in May, it allows the tour to end its season around Labor Day instead of late September when the NFL is in full swing, and it keeps a strong sequence of events leading into the FedEx Cup playoffs. The PGA Championship cele- brates its 100th anniversary next year, and it has a long history of moving around the calendar. The first one was played in October in New York. Since then, it has been held in every month except for January, March and April. The last time it was played in May was 1949, when Sam Snead won at Hermitage Country Club in Virginia. SHRINE GAME: Locals help East to 29-23 victory Continued from 1B championship game it didn’t feel too good and ending on a win in the Shrine game feels pretty good.” All five players were key contributors to their East team that ground out a 29-23 victory in the game. Murray, Grogan and Chester all got the majority of the snaps on defense, with Monkus and Grieb playing almost exclusively on offense. Murray was perhaps the defen- sive MVP of the game, as he picked up nine tackles with two sacks and one fumble recovery, along with numerous QB hurries. His fumble recovery came early in the third quarter which set up a touchdown for the East, and his second sack came on a third down play late in the fourth quarter which helped seal the East’s victory. “I knew it would happen,” Grieb said of his friend’s performance. “Kevin is such a great player, especially defensively and it’s been awesome playing with him for the past few years. He always made me look good back at (defensive back).” Grogan registered four tackles from his hybrid linebacker/safety spot, including a chase-down tackle that surely saved a touchdown in the second quarter. He also played three snaps at quarterback where he ran the ball twice for 13 yards before losing a fumble. “This week was better than what I expected because of the people I was with,” said Grogan. “All of my teammates are just awesome and honestly and I would rather stay Staff photo by Eric Singer Stanfield’s Dylan Grogan runs a QB keeper during the first half of Saturday’s 65th annual Oregon East West Shrine All-Star football game in Baker City. Grogan’s East team won 29-23. and hang out with them more, we created a family with all these guys. I’m glad I got to end with a win now, especially with this team.” Monkus was one of two primary offensive weapons that East deployed, lining up in his familiar slot receiver spot and doing a lot of damage off of jet sweeps where he picked up 73 yards on 10 carries. He also caught two passes for 45 yards, one of which was a 42 yard touchdown reception for the East’s first points of the game early in the third quarter. “It felt good to be back out here,” said Monkus. “I really missed it and I’m really going to miss playing under these lights and playing with my brothers.” Chester got a lot of playing time at corner back and on the kickoff coverage unit, where he registered three total tackles. He said being able to play in the atmosphere of the Shrine Game is something he’ll never forget. “The crowd was awesome, the players were awesome, it felt like a state championship win,” he said. “I’ll never play football again and one last chance to play with all these awesome people, the best of Oregon, it was awesome.” And aside from the game, the players were all happy to help out the Oregon Shriners who put on the game to help raise money for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Portland. According to the game Staff photo by Eric Singer Staff photo by Eric Singer Mac-Hi’s Riley Chester drops back at his cornerback position during Saturday’s 65th annual Oregon East West Shrine All-Star football game in Baker City. Stanfield’s Thyler Monkus gets tackled during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 65th annu- al Oregon East West Shrine All-Star football game in Baker City. Staff photo by Eric Singer Heppner’s Logan Grieb peers toward the sideline for instruc- tion during the fourth quarter of the 65th annual Oregon East West Shrine All-Star football game on Saturday in Baker City. website, it is the No. 1 fundraiser of its kind in North America for the Shriners Hospitals where they raised approximately $2.5 million through the first 64 years. “It was an unbelievable experi- ence and to see what the Shriners do for no pay just out of their goodness of their heart,” said Murray. “And to be able to come in and help them do something so good is unbelievable.” ———— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966- 0839. Follow him on Twitter @ ByEricSinger. Staff photo by Eric Singer Heppner’s Kevin Murray finishes off a QB sack during of Saturday’s 65th annual Or- egon East West Shrine All-Star football game in Baker City. SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 63 49 .563 — New York 59 51 .536 3 Tampa Bay 58 55 .513 5½ Baltimore 56 56 .500 7 Toronto 52 59 .468 10½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 59 50 .541 — Kansas City 57 54 .514 3 Minnesota 54 56 .491 5½ Detroit 51 60 .459 9 Chicago 41 68 .376 18 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 71 40 .640 — Seattle 57 56 .504 15 Los Angeles 55 58 .487 17 Texas 53 58 .477 18 Oakland 50 62 .446 21½ ———— Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 0 Minnesota 5, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 11, Kansas City 3 Baltimore 6, L.A. Angels 2 Tuesday’s Games Detroit (Boyd 5-5) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 4-7), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-4) at Toronto (Happ 4-8), 4:07 p.m. Boston (Sale 13-4) at Tampa Bay (Pruitt 6-2), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 9-4) at Cleveland (Kluber 9-3), 4:10 p.m. Texas (Cashner 7-8) at N.Y. Mets (Flexen 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 9-1) at Chicago White Sox (Holland 5-11), 5:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 5-5) at Minnesota (Mejia 4-5), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 8-4) at Kansas City (Vargas 13-5), 5:15 p.m. Seattle (Miranda 7-5) at Oakland (Grave- man 2-3), 7:05 p.m. Baltimore (Hellickson 7-5) at L.A. Angels (Bridwell 5-1), 7:07 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Washington 66 Miami 52 L Pct GB 44 .600 — 58 .473 14 Atlanta 51 59 .464 15 New York 49 60 .450 16½ Philadelphia 40 69 .367 25½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 59 52 .532 — Milwaukee 59 55 .518 1½ St. Louis 56 56 .500 3½ Pittsburgh 55 57 .491 4½ Cincinnati 46 66 .411 13½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 79 32 .712 — Colorado 64 48 .571 15½ Arizona 63 48 .568 16 San Diego 49 62 .441 30 San Francisco 44 70 .386 36½ ———— Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 0 Washington 3, Miami 2 Cincinnati 11, San Diego 3 Minnesota 5, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 11, Kansas City 3 Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 3 Tuesday’s Games Detroit (Boyd 5-5) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 4-7), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Worley 1-2) at Washington (Cole 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 9-4) at Cleveland (Kluber 9-3), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Perdomo 5-6) at Cincinnati (Romano 2-3), 4:10 p.m. Texas (Cashner 7-8) at N.Y. Mets (Flexen 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Leiter Jr. 1-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 7-9), 4:35 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 5-5) at Minnesota (Mejia 4-5), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 8-4) at Kansas City (Vargas 13-5), 5:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 10-4) at Arizona (Godley 5-4), 6:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Quintana 6-9) at San Francisco (Blach 7-7), 7:15 p.m. MiLB Northwest League North Division W Spokane 9 Tri-City 7 x-Vancouver 6 Everett 5 L 3 5 6 7 Pct GB .750 — .583 2 .500 3 .417 4 South Division W L Pct GB Eugene 6 6 .500 — x-Hillsboro 6 6 .500 — Salem-Keizer 5 7 .417 1 Boise 4 8 .333 2 x-first-half champions ———— Monday’s Games Spokane 6, Eugene 5 Everett 7, Salem-Keizer 6 Vancouver 10, Hillsboro 6 Tri-City 7, Boise 3 Tuesday’s Games Eugene at Boise, 6:15 p.m. Salem-Keizer at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Tri-City at Vancouver, 7:05 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Toronto FC 12 3 8 44 Chicago 12 5 5 41 NYC FC 12 7 4 40 Atl. Untd. FC 10 7 5 35 New York 11 9 2 35 Columbus 10 12 2 32 Orlando City 8 9 6 30 Philadelphia 8 10 5 29 Montreal 7 8 6 27 New England 7 10 5 26 D.C. United 5 14 4 19 GF 42 44 43 42 34 34 24 32 32 37 19 GA 23 25 33 29 29 39 33 28 37 38 43 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Sporting K.C. 9 4 10 37 29 18 Houston 9 7 7 34 39 32 FC Dallas 9 5 7 34 33 26 Seattle 9 7 7 34 36 31 Portland 9 8 7 34 42 39 San Jose 9 9 5 32 26 35 Vancouver 9 8 4 31 32 31 Real Salt Lake 7 12 5 26 30 44 Los Angeles 6 11 5 23 32 40 Minn. United 6 13 4 22 29 49 Colorado 6 12 3 21 22 31 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Sunday’s Games Portland 3, Los Angeles 1 New York City FC 3, New York 2 Atlanta United FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 1 Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 15 9 .625 — Washington 15 10 .600 ½ New York 12 12 .500 3 Atlanta 10 15 .400 5½ Chicago 10 16 .385 6 Indiana 9 17 .346 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 20 3 .870 — Los Angeles 18 7 .720 3 Phoenix 13 12 .520 8 Dallas 13 14 .481 9 Seattle 10 15 .400 11 San Antonio 6 21 .222 16 x-clinched playoff spot ———— Sunday’s Games Washington 85, Phoenix 80 Dallas 85, Los Angeles 79 Indiana 84, Minnesota 82 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Seattle at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Indiana at New York, 4 p.m. Golf PGA Tour Bridgestone Invitational Sunday At Firestone Country Club (South Course) Akron, Ohio Purse: $9.75 million Yardage: 7,400; Par 70 Final Leaderboard Hideki Matsuyama 264 -16 Zach Johnson 269 -11 Charley Hoffman 270 -10 Thomas Pieters 272 -8 Paul Casey 273 -7 Adam Hadwin 273 -7 Russell Knox 273 -7 Rory McIlroy 273 -7 Rickie Fowler 274 -6 Thorbjørn Olesen 275 -5 Others Jordan Spieth 276 -4 Dustin Johnson 277 -3 Brooks Koepka 277 -3 Matt Kuchar Bubba Watson Jason Day Sergio Garcia 277 277 278 282 -3 -3 -2 +2 Auto Racing NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at The Glen Sunday At Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, N.Y. Lap length: 2.45 miles Final Results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota 2. (15) Matt Kenseth, Toyota 3. (5) Daniel Suarez, Toyota 4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 5. (12) Clint Bowyer, Ford 6. (18) Kurt Busch, Ford 7. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota 8. (16) Ryan Blaney, Ford 9. (7) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet 10. (6) Erik Jones, Toyota 11. (17) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet 12. (14) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet 13. (4) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet 14. (9) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet 15. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford 16. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet 17. (20) Kevin Harvick, Ford 18. (21) Paul Menard, Chevrolet 19. (24) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 20. (22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford 21. (29) Aric Almirola, Ford 22. (25) Danica Patrick, Ford 23. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet 24. (13) Joey Logano, Ford 25. (23) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 26. (27) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet 27. (31) David Ragan, Ford 28. (37) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford 29. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet 30. (35) Boris Said, Chevrolet 31. (34) Gary Klutt, Chevrolet 32. (33) Brett Moffitt, Toyota 33. (36) Corey Lajoie, Toyota 34. (26) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet 35. (30) Trevor Bayne, Ford 36. (32) Landon Cassill, Ford 37. (28) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet ——— Race Statistics Time of Race: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 3 seconds. Caution Flags: 3 for 8 laps. Corley wins PCC Club Championship PENDLETON — Matt Corley continued his streak of dominance at the Pendleton Country Club’s Club Championship over the weekend, though he needed a late surge to do so. After a first round 70, Corley shot a second round 67 for a 137 overall to capture his eighth men’s championship in 11 years of competing at the club, including his fourth straight. Tom Smith was the men’s net champion with a 136 and Craig Christianson was the senior champion. Heather Reyes (179) took home the ladies championship. The club’s next event is on Aug. 27 when it hosts the Patriot best ball tournament. It is open to the public and all proceeds will go to the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides scholarships to families of fallen US soldiers. SOLO: Continued from 1B should I walk away from the game today, but I’m not one to retire. I have not retired.” Even before her Olympic outburst, Solo was at odds with American soccer leadership as she lobbied for women’s players to earn equitable salaries to the male national team players. “My contract got terminated because of my fight for equal pay with the United States Soccer Federation,” Solo said. “I’m not sure until the lawsuit is over, that anything will change that. In the meantime I’ve had great opportunities and great contract offers to go back over- seas and play. Possibly you’ll see me overseas next year.” Especially as Solo, who played in Sweden and France in 2004 and 2005, said her “shoulder is doing great.” “I have a completely metal arm now — I’m bionic,” she said. “I’m better now than I have been in the last 10 years so I’m pain free and I have more range of motion. I’m very happy with my health right now and I’m very happy with my fitness. I’m ready to get back.” Solo, who was voted into the World XI team by fellow players in March, still hopes to be back in the United States side for the World Cup title defense in France. “I’ve always wanted to play in the 2019 World Cup,” Solo said. “I’m in the best shape of my life in terms of my shoulder. I feel great. Should they (the United States) welcome me back then I will be in the goal competing and hopefully bringing back another World Cup trophy, but it’s highly unlikely they are going to ask for me to come back. But I’m here guys.” MARINERS: Alonso could platoon with Valencia Continued from 1B looking ahead, we’ve got quite a stretch of right-handed starters that we are seeing over the next three weeks. “This is something we discussed for a length of time heading into the July 31 dead- line. We felt like we were at the goal line to get a deal done. And through the August trade period, we were able to complete it.” Alfonso is eligible for free agency after this season. “He’s had an excellent year to this point, an All-Star season, real breakout year for him,” Dipoto said. “We are acquiring a bat that makes us a difference in the middle of our lineup.” Alonso, a left-handed hitter, could platoon at first base with Danny Valencia. Alonso has 18 home runs, 40 RBIs and a .948 OPS against right-handed pitching this year. Powell hit .194 in 23 games in three stints with Seattle this year. He has spent most of the season with Triple-A Tacoma, hitting .340 in 58 games. In another trade, the Mari- ners acquired right-handed pitcher Ryan Garton and catcher Mike Marjama from the Tampa Bay Rays for Double-A pitcher Anthony Misiewicz, low-A infielder Luis Rengifo and a player to be named later.
