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SCHUYLER DIXON The Associated Press
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CASE OF STREB: Robert Streb watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship Friday at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield,
N.J. Streb fired a record-tying 63, becoming the third to shoot that number in a major this month, to tie first-round leader Jimmy Walker at 9 under par.
Streb shoots 63, joins Walker in PGA lead DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Robert Streb became the latest player to shoot 63 in a major, and hardly anyone noticed in a PGA Championship with endless action across Baltusrol on Friday. Streb was on the far end of the rain-soaked course when he hit 6-iron into 20 feet on his last hole, the par-3 ninth, and made the putt to become the 28th player with a 63 in a major. It was the third round of 63 in a major in the last 16 days, following Phil Mickelson (first round) and Henrik Stenson (fourth round) at the British Open. “Happy to join the club that seems to be ever growing,” Streb said. Equally thrilling was to be tied for the lead with Jimmy Walker, who shot a 4-under 66. They were at 131, matching the 36-hole record at the PGA Championship first set in 1983 by Hal Sutton at Riviera and last done by Jason Dufner in 2013 at Oak Hill. Streb badly missed a 15-foot birdie putt on the eighth hole, and he was determined to at least give himself a chance
on the ninth. He knew was at stake, and so did the small gallery that gathered around the ninth green. “It was pretty noisy for the 15 people that were out there,” he said. Most of the crowd was at the par-5 closing holes at Baltusrol, and there was no shortage of entertainment. In a summer of scoring records at the majors, Walker looked as though he would set the 36-hole mark when he was at 10 under with two par 5s remaining. But he hit into the hospitality area well left of the 17th and scrambled for par, and then his tee shot narrowly missed its mark and found the water on the 18th, leading to bogey. Even so, he was tied at the halfway point of a major. “It’s going to be a new experience, and it will be fun,” Walker said. “You still have to go perform. Doesn’t matter what tournament it is.” Defending champion Jason Day dropped to even par with a double bogey on No. 7, and that appeared to wake up the world’s No. 1 player. Day went on a tear with seven birdies over his next eight holes, two of them from 18 feet, one of
them from 35 feet. Suddenly, he was on the verge of a shot at 63 until he hooked his tee shot to the base of the hospitality area on the 17th, and pushed a driving iron into the right rough on the 18th.
on Friday for doping for what the international federation called “extremely shocking” results that brought the sport into “disrepute.”
The eight competition spots have been offered to other countries. The International Weightlifting Federation said the
He settled for pars at both for a 65. Day was right where he wanted to be, three shots behind going into the weekend, his name high on the leaderboard for everyone to see. At
stake is a chance to join Tiger Woods as the only back-toback PGA champions since the stroke-play era began in 1958. Day was joined at 7-under 133 by Emiliano Grillo, the tal-
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Mickelson rallies, makes cut; McIlroy bogeys 18 to miss BARRY WILNER
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Phil Mickelson walked off the first green with a disgusted look on his face, as if he’d thrown away any shot at making the cut in the PGA Championship. A 7 on the opening par-4 hole will do that to you. “I think in the history of the PGA Championship, that’s the worst start of any player’s round,” Mickelson said. “I’d have to look that up.” The five-time major winner set about steadying himself, writing the triple bogey on the scorecard and leaving it behind. With four birdies the rest of the way and only a slip-up on 16, Mickelson managed an even-par 70 to advance to the weekend. “I was able to fight back and be patient from
there on out, start to make a birdie here or there,” he said. As usual, Lefty’s gallery was massive — he played with defending champion Jason Day, who is tied for third at 7-under, and Rory McIlroy, who bogeyed the relatively easy par-5 18th to miss the cut. Those thousands of fans were as stunned with the way Mickelson began as he was. After a 1-over 71 on Thursday, the PGA winner when the tournament last was held at Baltusrol in 2005 hit his drive so far left on No. 1 that its first bounce was on Shunpike Road. It appeared to hang a left on Baltusrol Drive, possibly on its way to the Hudson River. Playing a provisional on the 478-yard hole, Mickelson messed up once more, the ball landing far from the fairway, nestling near a path. His next shot almost landed in the backyard of a
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Russian weightlifters banned from Rio for doping PABLO GORONDI The Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary — All of Russia’s weightlifters were banned from the Rio Olympics
“integrity of the weightlifting sport has been seriously damaged on multiple times and levels by the Russians.” It said the punishment was an “appropri-
ate sanction” to “preserve the status of the sport.” The IWF described the dop-
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OXNARD, Calif. — Jerry Jones says he learned a lesson last year building his hopes around the return of missing stars when the Cowboys tumbled to 4-12 in a season marred by injuries to Tony Romo and Dez Bryant. That doesn’t mean the Dallas owner is ready to dump Rolando McClain even though the enigmatic linebacker will be suspended the first 10 games on a substance-abuse violation, stayed away from the team most of the offseason and hasn’t reported to training camp in California. “There are many nuances that, basically, would mitigate that clean a shot, right there,” Jones said Friday on the eve of the first practice of camp. “I don’t even want to start down them because some of them compromise our team or compromise other aspects of it.” Jones figures he helped compromise the Cowboys last year when they were defending NFC East champions before losing Romo to a fractured left collarbone a week after his star receiver, Bryant, broke his right foot in the opener. Dallas didn’t win a game without the injured duo — losing seven straight minus Romo — yet still believed it had a shot after winning in Romo’s return. A blowout loss to Carolina on Thanksgiving, when Romo broke the same collarbone again, ended most of those hopes. And Jones says he won’t harbor such dreams again. “We got a doctor’s degree in it. We went to Harvard Business School over it,” Jones said at his annual pre-game news conference. “Living in ‘They’re coming back next week or next month’ doesn’t work. You don’t win but four games doing that in the NFL, so we’re not going there.” Jones maintains that the Cowboys were prepared for the offseason suspensions that claimed three projected starters in McClain and young defensive ends Randy Gregory and DeMarcus Lawrence, who got matching fourgame bans. All three were disciplined under the substance-abuse policy, and Gregory is facing a longer suspension over another failed test. So Jones emphasized the positive as much as he could before yielding to what he knew would be a wave of questions that weren’t. “We are not going to let a few setbacks, a few notable setbacks, deter the fact that we are fortunate,” Jones said. “We have many assets and we’re going to put them on the playing field and win ballgames with them.” McClain and Gregory were headed for the reserve-did not report list, with Gregory skipping camp while in drug rehab. Jones has said he doesn’t expect Gregory to be in California. Lawrence reported for camp but is likely to be limited early after offseason back surgery. All three are eligible for preseason work, including games. The suspensions don’t start until the first week of the regular season. Meantime, the Cowboys aren’t too keen on suggestions that they’ve become oblivious to issues of character. “Are we always right? No,” coach Jason Garrett said. “One of the jobs we have is to provide the right structure, the right assistance to bring out the best out in guys. It’s always a work in progress. But I love the culture of our team. I love the character of our team.” Besides Romo and Bryant, the Cowboys are expecting a boost from cornerback Orlando Scandrick, who sat out last season after tearing two ligaments in his right knee late in camp. A defense that struggled to make game-changing plays missed his edgy persona as much as his playmaking. But the pass rush was a question even before the Cowboys lost Gregory and Lawrence to suspensions. They didn’t address the rush end spot until the third round in the draft (Oklahoma’s Charles Tapper), but did lure Benson Mayowa away from Oakland on an offer sheet. Dallas also tried to shore up its interior defensive line by signing Cedric Thornton away from division rival Philadelphia. “The whole defensive line is going to be, to me, very interesting to watch,” executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said. “We like what we see there and we think we have some good young players who have a chance to step up.”