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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,
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