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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Koepka holds off Woods to win PGA Championship By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The roars were unlike anything Brooks Koepka had ever heard, and he knew exactly what they meant. They got louder for each birdie by Tiger Woods that moved him closer to the lead Sunday in the PGA Cham- pionship, and Koepka could hear a ripple effect of noise. First, real time. Seconds later, another burst from patrons watching on TV in chalets. Then, distant cheers from every corner of Bel- lerive when the score was posted. “We knew what was going on,” he said. “It’s pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. Everybody on the golf course cheers for him.” Koepka knew exactly what to do. Amid relentless pande- monium, Koepka ran off three straight birdies to end the front nine and seize con- trol. When he was tied with Adam Scott through 14 holes, with Woods one shot behind, he delivered back-to- back birdies. The last one was a laser of a 4-iron from 248 yards that settled 6 feet away, send- ing him to a dream finish of a year that began with the 28-year-old Floridian won- dering if a wrist injury that kept him out for four months would ever allow him to compete again. “That will probably go down as probably one of the best shots I’ve ever hit under pressure,” he said. He closed with a 4-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Woods and took his place among the elite in golf. Koepka became the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and PGA Champion- ship in the same year, joining Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen. It will be impossible to overlook him now, not with the Wanamaker Trophy to go with his back-to-back U.S. Open titles. Koepka won two of the three majors he played this year, and three of his last six. Not since Woods won four in a row through the 2001 Masters has anyone won majors at such an alarm- ing rate. And yet it still felt — and certainly sounded — as though he played second bill- ing to Woods. The crowd was enormous, louder than anything in golf this side of Augusta National or a Ryder Cup, and Woods looked closer than ever to capping his comeback fol- lowing four back surgeries with another major. Even with two bogeys, Woods shot 64 for his lowest final round in a major. He fin- ished at 266, beating by three shots his best 72-hole score in a major. At this major, it wasn’t enough. “I played hard,” Woods said. “I made a bit of a run. It looks like I’m going to come up a little short.” Koepka was responsible for that. After wasting one chance to put it away by missing consecutive birdie chances AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Brooks Koepka lifts the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship. from 7 feet, Koepka kept attacking flags and ran in birdie putts of 10 feet on No. 15 and 7 feet on No. 16 to end the drama. He tapped in for par on the final hole to set the PGA Championship scoring record at 264. It also tied the major championship record that Henrik Stenson set at Royal Troon two years ago in the British Open. He joined Jordan Spieth, Woods, Nicklaus and Tom Watson as the only Ameri- can players with three majors before turning 30 since World War II. “Three majors at 28 — it’s a cool feeling,” said Koepka, who five years ago was toiling in Europe’s minor leagues. Scott hung around by making big putts, just like he hoped, and was tied for the lead until Koepka’s bird- ies. Scott missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-5 17th that would have pulled him to within one shot — right after Koepka missed from the same range — and then made bogey on the 18th for a 67 to finish alone in third. The only knock on Koepka is that he doesn’t win enough elsewhere — the Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour, the Turkish Air- lines Open on the European Tour, and two victories at the Dunlop Phoenix on the Japan Golf Tour. “He’s won three majors now, so he’s definitely win- ning the right ones,” Scott said. “If I was him, I wouldn’t change much at the moment. I’d just keep doing what he’s doing because he’s showing up at the right moments in the biggest events. There’s something inside his brain that makes him believe that that’s what he’s destined to do.” The St. Louis fans waited 17 years to see Woods — he last was at Bellerive when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks can- celed a World Golf Champi- onship — and he delivered a performance that took golf back in time. Woods was relentless, pumping fists, raising the putter in his left hand, mak- ing birdies and charging toward a finish that caused pure pandemonium among one of the largest and noisi- est crowds at a major. Without hitting a fairway on the front nine, Woods cut the four-shot deficit to two. Dialed in on the back nine, he dropped an approach into 4 feet on No. 12, got within one shot with a 10-foot birdie on the par-3 13th and, after a bad drive led to bogey, he answered with another approach that hit a foot from the hole. That was as good as it got. Facing the most important drive of the day on the par-5 17th, Woods sent it sailing to the right and it embedded in a hazard along the banks of a creek. He did well to advance it but had to save par from a bunker. Behind him, Koepka holed his two birdie putts. Woods and Koepka played nine holes of a prac- tice round Wednesday, and the 14-time major cham- pion knew what he was up against. “It’s tough to beat when the guy hits it 340 down the middle,” Woods said. “What he did at Shinnecock, just bombing it, and then he’s doing the same thing here. ... And when a guy’s doing that and hitting it straight, and as good a putter as he is, it’s tough to beat.” Koepka never imagined a year like this. He missed four months at the start of the year with a partially torn ten- don in his left wrist, causing him to sit out the Masters. He outlasted good friend Dustin Johnson at Shinnecock Hills to become the first back-to- back U.S. Open champion in 29 years. And now this. The only downer is hav- ing to wait eight months for the Masters. SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 85 35 .708 — New York 74 44 .627 10 Tampa Bay 60 58 .508 24 Toronto 53 65 .449 31 Baltimore 35 84 .294 49½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 67 51 .568 — Minnesota 54 63 .462 12½ Detroit 50 69 .420 17½ Chicago 42 76 .356 25 Kansas City 36 82 .305 31 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 73 46 .613 — Oakland 71 48 .596 2 Seattle 69 51 .575 4½ Los Angeles 60 60 .500 13½ Texas 53 68 .438 21 ——— Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 8, N.Y. Yankees 5 Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 3 Detroit 9, Chicago White Sox 5 Texas 5, Arizona 3 Kansas City 3, Toronto 1 Oakland 7, Seattle 6 L.A. Angels 6, San Diego 3, 10 innings Tuesday’s Games Boston (Johnson 3-3) at Philadelphia (Pivetta 7-9), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Vargas 2-8) at Baltimore (Cash- ner 3-10), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees (Happ 12-6), 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Giolito 7-9) at Detroit (Hardy 4-4), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 14-6) at Cincinnati (Romano 7-9), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 9-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-1), 5:05 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 9-9) at Houston (Verlander 11-7), 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Taillon 9-8) at Minnesota (Odorizzi 4-7), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Borucki 2-2) at Kansas City (Fillmyer 1-1), 5:15 p.m. Seattle (Paxton 10-5) at Oakland (Fiers 7-6), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Barria 7-7) at San Diego (Kennedy 0-1), 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Atlanta 66 Philadelphia 65 Washington 60 New York 50 Miami 48 Central Division W Chicago 68 Milwaukee 67 St. Louis 64 Pittsburgh 61 Cincinnati 52 West Division W Arizona 65 L 51 52 59 66 73 Pct GB .564 — .556 1 .504 7 .431 15½ .397 20 L 49 54 55 58 67 Pct GB .581 — .554 3 .538 5 .513 8 .437 17 L Pct GB 55 .542 — Colorado 63 55 .534 1 Los Angeles 64 56 .533 1 San Francisco 60 60 .500 5 San Diego 48 73 .397 17½ ——— Monday’s Games Atlanta 9, Miami 1, 1st game N.Y. Mets 8, N.Y. Yankees 5 Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 6, Miami 1, 2nd game Texas 5, Arizona 3 St. Louis 7, Washington 6 L.A. Angels 6, San Diego 3, 10 innings San Francisco 5, L.A. Dodgers 2 Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee (Chacin 11-4) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 10-8), 11:20 a.m. Boston (Johnson 3-3) at Philadelphia (Pivetta 7-9), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Vargas 2-8) at Baltimore (Cash- ner 3-10), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 14-6) at Cincinnati (Romano 7-9), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Richards 3-7) at Atlanta (Sanchez 6-3), 4:35 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 9-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-1), 5:05 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 9-9) at Houston (Verlander 11-7), 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Taillon 9-8) at Minnesota (Odorizzi 4-7), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Gonzalez 7-8) at St. Louis (Gant 4-4), 5:15 p.m. L.A. Angels (Barria 7-7) at San Diego (Kennedy 0-1), 7:10 p.m. San Francisco (Suarez 4-8) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Wood 7-6), 7:10 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Atlanta United FC 14 4 6 48 50 28 New York 15 6 2 47 45 23 New York City FC 14 5 5 47 48 31 Columbus 11 7 6 39 31 29 Philadelphia 9 11 3 30 32 39 Montreal 9 13 3 30 31 41 New England 7 8 8 29 38 38 Orlando City 7 15 2 23 37 57 Toronto FC 6 12 5 23 39 44 Chicago 6 14 5 23 35 49 D.C. United 5 9 6 21 33 38 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 12 5 6 42 37 30 Sporting K.C. 11 6 6 39 42 30 Portland 10 4 7 37 34 27 LA Galaxy 10 8 6 36 46 40 Los Angeles FC 10 7 6 36 45 39 Real Salt Lake 10 9 5 35 34 41 Vancouver 9 9 6 33 38 47 Seattle 9 9 5 32 26 26 Minnesota United 9 13 2 29 38 48 Houston 7 10 6 27 39 34 Colorado 6 12 5 23 29 38 San Jose 3 13 7 16 33 43 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Saturday, August 11 Columbus 1, Houston 0 Philadelphia 3, New England 2 New York 1, Chicago 0 Colorado 2, San Jose 1 Montreal 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie Minnesota United 2, LA Galaxy 2, tie Sporting Kansas City 2, Los Angeles FC 0 Vancouver 2, Portland 1 Sunday, August 12 New York City FC 3, Toronto FC 2 D.C. United 3, Orlando City 2 Seattle 2, FC Dallas 1 Tuesday, August 14 Colorado at LA Galaxy, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 15 Portland at D.C. United, 5 p.m. Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 22 10 .688 — x-Washington 20 11 .645 1½ x-Connecticut 18 13 .581 3½ Chicago 11 20 .355 10½ New York 7 23 .233 14 Indiana 5 26 .161 16½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Seattle 24 8 .750 — x-Los Angeles 18 13 .581 5½ x-Phoenix 18 14 .563 6 x-Minnesota 17 14 .548 6½ Dallas 14 17 .452 9½ Las Vegas 13 18 .419 10½ x-clinched playoff spot ———— Sunday’s Games Atlanta 86, New York 77 Washington 93, Dallas 80 Connecticut 82, Chicago 75 Seattle 81, Minnesota 72 Phoenix 86, Los Angeles 78 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Dallas at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. New York at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday At Bellerive CC; St. Louis Purse: $11 million Yardage: 7,316; Par: 70 Final Leaderboard Brooks Koepka 69-63-66-66—264 Tiger Woods 70-66-66-64—266 Adam Scott 70-65-65-67—267 Stewart Cink 67-69-66-67—269 Jon Rahm 68-67-66-68—269 Francesco Molinari 68-67-68-67—270 Thomas Pieters 67-66-71-66—270 Justin Thomas 69-65-68-68—270 Gary Woodland 64-66-71-69—270 Rafa Cabrera Bello 70-68-69-64—271 Tyrrell Hatton 71-67-69-64—271 Daniel Berger 73-65-66-68—272 Rickie Fowler 65-67-69-71—272 Kevin Kisner 67-64-72-69—272 Shane Lowry 69-64-69-70—272 Chez Reavie 71-68-67-66—272 Jordan Spieth 71-66-69-66—272 Brandon Stone 66-68-70-68—272 Jason Day 67-68-67-71—273 Zach Johnson 66-70-71-66—273 Notables Auto Racing NASCAR CUP SERIES Consumers Energy 400 Results Sunday At Michigan International Speedway (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 200 laps. 2. (18) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200. 3. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200. 4. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200. 5. (8) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200. 6. (12) Kurt Busch, Ford, 200. 7. (11) Aric Almirola, Ford, 200. 8. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200. 9. (21) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200. 10. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, 200. 11. (40) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 200. 12. (16) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 200. 13. (4) Erik Jones, Toyota, 200. 14. (7) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 200. 15. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200. 16. (14) Paul Menard, Ford, 200. 17. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200. 18. (13) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 200. 19. (10) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 200. 20. (23) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 200. 21. (15) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 200. 22. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 199. 23. (22) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 199. 24. (30) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 199. 25. (29) Michael McDowell, Ford, 199. 26. (28) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 199. 27. (24) David Ragan, Ford, 199. 28. (19) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 198. 29. (31) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 197. 30. (39) Blake Jones, Toyota, 194. 31. (33) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 194. 32. (36) Garrett Smithley, Toyota, 193. 33. (34) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 191. 34. (26) Trevor Bayne, Ford, engine, 189. 35. (35) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, axle, 187. 36. (20) William Byron, Chevrolet, 187. 37. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, electrical, 138. 38. (27) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 131. 39. (38) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Toyota, engine. 40. (32) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, engine, Designed to prepare students in grades 6-8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting. The Instructor-led class is filled with fun games and role-playing exercises. 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