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TROON, Scotland -- Even during a week when the USGA didnt have a championship, it still came under scrutiny by way of comparisons.With a forecast of gusts topping 30 mph for the third round Saturday, the R&A finished its morning preparation of Royal Troon and decided not to cut or roll the putting surfaces in case the wind got out of hand. The greens were slower, though links putting surfaces typically are not fast.The result was low scoring and quick pace of play. Henrik Stenson, who has a recent history of being put on the clock, and Phil Mickelson finished the final round in just under four hours. The threesomes during the opening two rounds were finishing well under five hours.Mickelson, the runner-up a record six times in the U.S. Open, was asked to explain the difference between how the USGA and R&A sets up the golf course.I think that R&A sets the golf course up to be as fair as possible and to try to kind of identify who the best player is regardless of what the score is given the conditions and so forth, Mickelson said. Sometimes its 20 under. Sometimes people dont want that many under par. But the fact is if somebody plays some incredible golf, thats what it should do. You shouldnt have to mess with the course too much to try to control the score.John Daly won at St. Andrews in a playoff at 282 in windy conditions. Tiger Woods won at St. Andrews in dry and relatively calm conditions at 269.The message was the same on the large scoreboard over the 18th green: Well done, see you next year.Stenson set a major championship record at 264, three shots better than Mickelson. Take away those incredible performances and the winning score would have been 278 by J.B. Holmes.The USGA has it in their mind that the score needs to be par, so no matter what lines they have to cross to get there, thats got to be the standard, and it kind of disregards and doesnt take into account the difference in talent level and abilities that the players of today now have, Mickelson said.He believes the British Open is more fair. He also conceded he was biased.Ive won this one and I havent won the other one, Mickelson said. So Ive got that working against me.---THE GLOBAL GAME: More than being the first Swede to win a major, Henrik Stenson remembers those days when just about every European player was asked about ending the drought. Paul Lawrie of Scotland won the British Open at Carnoustie in 1999, it was another eight years and 31 majors before Padraig Harrington won his first major, also in the British Open at Carnoustie.Golf goes in cycles, and thats where the game is now.Starting with Harringtons first major in the British Open, there have been 37 majors won by players from all six continents on which golf is played.The Americans have won 15: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Jordan Spieth each with two, followed by Lucas Glover, Stewart Cink, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Jason Dufner, Zach Johnson and Dustin Johnson.Europeans have won 14: Rory McIlroy has four, Harrington has three, Martin Kaymer has two and the rest are Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke, Justin Rose, Danny Willett and Henrik Stenson.Africa has won four: Trevor Immelman, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els.Australian has won two: Adam Scott and Jason Day.South America has Angel Cabrera.---PGA CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD: Steve Stricker and Andrew Johnston played their way into the PGA Championship with high finishes in the British Open that pushed them into the top 100 in the world ranking.The PGA Championship tries to get the top 100 in the world ranking, even though that is not a specific category. This year, it went all the way down to Nicolas Colsaerts at No. 120. Others just outside the top 100 include Gregory Bourdy of France (No. 115), James Morrison of England (No. 106), Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden (No. 110), Shingo Katayama of Japan (No. 112) and Younghan Song of South Korea (No. 111).Another category is 2014 Ryder Cup members provided theyre among the top 100 in the world. Hunter Mahan (No. 186) and Stephen Gallacher (No. 311) did not qualify and were not offered exemptions.To fill the 156-man, the PGA of America goes back to its PGA Points list, which is a PGA Tour money list that starts at the 2015 Bridgestone Invitational and ended last week with the British Open and Barbasol Championship. Two players got in that way -- Freddie Jacobson and Cameron Tringale.By going beyond the top 100, the PGA of America opted not to go to its points list. The first alternate is Zac Blair, Harold Varner III, Jonas Blixt, Alex Cejka, Scott Brown and Brian Harman. One spot remained open for the Canadian Open winner if he is not already eligible.Still listed as part of the field is Tiger Woods, who has not played since last August and has not left many indications he is ready to return.---OLYMPIC FORTUNE: David Lingmerth of Sweden is going to the Olympics, and he has Victor Dubuisson to thank for that.Henrik Stenson secured the first spot for the Swedish team long before his record-breaking performance at Royal Troon. The other spot came down to Lingmerth and Alex Noren going into the final week of qualifying. Both were at the Scottish Open.Noren was coming off an eighth-place finish in the French Open to reach No. 99. Lingmerth was at No. 47. Going into the final week, it appeared the only way Noren could pass him was to win the Scottish Open and for Lingmerth to miss the cut.Noren won. Lingmerth missed the cut.One problem.Dubuisson decided to pull out of the Scottish Open on Wednesday, and it affected the strength-of-field just enough that the winner (Noren) received 46 points instead of 48. If the Frenchman had played, Noren would have gone past Lingmerth by the narrowest of margins and headed for Rio.---DIVOTS: Zach Johnsons tie for 12th in the British Open made him the 11th player to surpass $40 million on the PGA Tours career money list. ... A year ago, five of the top 10 players in the world had never won a major. Now only Rickie Fowler (7) and Sergio Garcia (10) from the top 10 have not won a major. ... Jason Day has not missed the cut in a major since the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, the longest active streak. ... No one had a lower score than Henrik Stenson over the final three rounds at Royal Troon. The last time that happened was the 1900 British Open at St. Andrews, when J.H. Taylor had the low score all four rounds. ... The world ranking of the players who won opposite-field events this season was No. 350 (Peter Malnati), No. 103 (Tony Finau), No. 490 (Greg Chalmers) and No. 245 (Aaron Baddeley). ... Jordan Spieth is a collective 9-over par going into the final major. A year ago, he was 37-under par.---STAT OF THE WEEK: Phil Mickelson completed a Grand Slam of runner-up finishes in the last four years -- second at the U.S. Open in 2013, second at the PGA Championship in 2014, second at the Masters in 2015, second at the British Open in 2016.---FINAL WORD: Everyone calls him `The Ice Man. I can tell you sometimes hes not. But he certainly was today. -- Gareth Lord, caddie for Henrik Stenson. Nike Air Max Pas Cher Femme . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. Air Max 95 Pas Cher Chine . 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EUGENE, Ore. -- The joyful tears in Colorado coach Mike MacIntyres eyes summed up what the victory over Oregon meant for the Buffaloes.Everything.Our goal is to win a Pac-12 championship. I know a lot of people still laugh about it, but thats what those young men believe and if we cant believe it than we can never achieve it, he said.Colorado (3-1) had not been able to defeat the Ducks since joining the Pac-12 in 2011 until Saturday, when Steven Montez threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-38 victory.Ahkello Witherspoon intercepted Dakota Prukops pass to Darren Carrington in the end zone on Oregons final drive to preserve the win.Afterward MacIntyre hugged his son Jay, a sophomore receiver, and wiped away tears as the team celebrated.The Ducks were stunned.I havent been through something like this before. It sucks, Prukop said. Youve just got to eat it, learn from it. Cant let it happen again. Just move on.The Buffaloes had retaken the lead following a controversial 31-yard touchdown from Montez to Bryce Bobo. After review, the officials ruled Bobo had control of the ball in his right hand when his right foot came down in the end zone -- but the crowd at Autzen Stadium booed in disagreement.Im never confident on anything that goes to review, and I dont mean that negatively. You just dont know, MacIntyre said. But the way he caught it and his was foot was in, I thought theyd give it to him. You could see he had possession and he didnt bobble it.The Buffaloes led from the start and went up 33-17 following Montezs 48-yard TD pass to Devin Ross to open the second half.But Kani Benoit scored on a 3-yard touchdown to pull Oregon (2-2) within 33-31. Troy Dyes interception on Colorados subsequent possession led to Prukups 18-yard go-ahead TD pass to Carrington late in the third quarter.The Buffaloes led 21-7 against Michigan last weekend but fell behind to lose 45-28. Oregon was coming off a 35-32 loss at Nebraska last weekend.Both teams were without key playmakers.Oregon running back Royce Freeman, who left the game against the Huskers after five carries with a leg injury, watched from sidelines although he warmed up in pads with the team. Kani Benoit made his first career start in Freemans place.The Buffaloes didnt have senior quarterback Sefo Liufau, who left the game at the Big House with an ankle injury after throwing for 246 yards and three touchdowns.Montez, who also rushed for 135 yards, was the first CColorado quarterback ever to throw for more than 300 yards and rush for more than 100 in a single game.dddddddddddd sensed the momentum change but I knew it wasnt going to slip away because we are a different Colorado team. Were mentally tough, were mentally strong and were confident, Montez said. I knew the game wasnt going to slip out of our hands.THE TAKEAWAYColorado: The Buffaloes showed surprising toughness on defense despite missing one of their top defensive players, linebacker Derek McCartney, who tore his right ACL and is out for the season. They also were resilient on offense in the absence of Liufau. Ross finished with seven catches for 153 yards.Oregon: It was anticipated that the Ducks would come out with zeal following the disappointing loss to the Huskers but they sputtered from the start, allowing Colorado to jump out to an early 22-7 lead in the opening half. The Ducks appeared to gain some momentum when Danny Mattingly ran 29 yards on a fake punt and Oregon went on to score on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Prukop to Carrington but still struggled against the Buffaloes.ABOUT THOSE TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS: After Colorado took a 10-0 lead early, Taj Griffin scored on a 1-yard run for Oregon. The Ducks looked as though they were lining up for a two-point conversion, drawing strident boos from the crowd at Autzen. But Aidan Schneider ran out to kick the PAT.Last weekend against Nebraska the Ducks went for the two-point conversion five times, and were successful just once. The tactic was questioned in the aftermath of the loss.UP NEXTColorado: After two straight on the road, the Buffaloes return home to host Oregon State. The Beavers (1-2) hold a 5-3 advantage in the all-time series, but Colorado won the last one, 17-13. Oregon State fell 38-24 at home to Boise State earlier Saturday.Oregon: The Ducks head north for a game against Washington State in Pullman. The Cougars (1-2) have a bye this weekend. While Oregon has a 47-34-6 advantage in the all-time series, Washington State pulled off a 45-38 upset in double overtime last year in Eugene.QUOTABLE:Crazy up and down game but we ended up pulling it out. Thats definitely the most crazy atmosphere Ive ever been in. I think that surpasses the Big House in my opinion. Thats the most fun Ive had in football in a while, Montez said. ' ' '