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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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.