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And the dangerous par-5 was absolute misery for Perry, the Kentucky native who stumbled through the thick bluegrass rough twice Sunday for bogeys to give away a tournament he seemed to have wrapped up. “It was just a week of come backs,” Brooks said after he rolled in a 5-foot birdie putt to claim his first major champi onship and third victory of the year. “I was over par every day and came back. The end was just kind of a fairytale.” As his final putt fell Brooks thrust his hand in the air, ac cepted congratulations from Per ry and hugged his wife and chil dren. Then he accepted the champion’s trophy, stared at it admiringly as he held it over his head and then brought it down for a gentle kiss. “It was kind of a week of streaks for me,” said Brooks, who made six birdies in a row Thursday, four in a row Friday and three in a row Sunday. “I felt really lucky to stand on the 17th tee and know I still had an opportunity. My caddie in formed me that 11-under was then leading and I guess it gave me a little bit of life. I hit my two best drives of the week in regula tion and in the playoff’ on No. 18. Brooks shot a solid 70 in the final round to finish at 11-under- par 277 while Perry leaped past such big names as Greg Nor man, Steve Elkington, Nick Price and Phil Mickelson with a 68 to get to 277. It was the second consecutive year the PGA was decided in a playoff. Last year Steve Elking ton defeated Colin Montgomerie, also with a birdie on the first playoff hole. Brooks joins golf legends Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson as Fort Worth, Texas, golfers who have won the PGA. And his victory meant that the last 16 major championships have been won by 15 different people. Perry, who is from Franklin, Ky., just 120 miles from Valhal la, was carried along all day by a wildly supportive gallery. When he walked off the 14th green following a 16-foot birdie putt to get to 12-under his name sat alone on topi leader board. j B MOSA And when he strode iif ■ j n g, but i 18th fairway on his way .member's shaky bogey he was cat An aoi along by wild, whoopingst for Staff i from the home folks, respor; ; SAIC, is with a wave of his hatanda: gram U JS satisfied smile. ; itural When he missed the 12 The p> par putt that would havey to any <d him a more comfortablecus available? he waved his hat agai:.. Resource? walked an aisle of hight , Diver's from delirious fans as Schmidt., trudged off to sign his score; , and trai n But it was way too early to; 1 before tHe brate and Perry knew it. || spring of “It’s a tough way toeni; “I star-1 day when you’ve playedsoi; ally move Perry said. “I had that puttto; program , but I played it too high. Ik “The k>< fabulous round for 17 holes’ die wortes Perry, however, walked;- group of 1 from his disappointingfi: Facilit; with his head held high. “This was a great exper; for me,” he said. ‘Tve neve::! • in this situation before. I| that I lost it for myself act the fans of Kentucky who< rooting so hard for me thin? But this is good for myci’i It’ll help me down the roi: learned a good lesson, but a hard one." vice pres3 Sc StudG A&M’s Sanders continues to impress By James The BatTj SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Houston Oilers coach Jeff Fisher plans to get serious about the running game, which has been a weak point in the team’s first two exhibition games. The Oilers have averaged just 3.5 yards a rush, including 2.6 in Saturday’s 16-12 victory over In dianapolis. They had just 69 yards on 27 carries against the Colts, including 6 for 17 by first- round draft pick Eddie George. ‘‘We didn’t gameplan the Colts, but we will Detroit (Fri day, Astrodome) this week, al though not to the extent we will in the regular season,” Fisher said. “We’re going to line up and see if we can run the ball. It will be our focus in practice.” “It’s a combination of things, but we haven’t been knocking people off the line of scrimmage like we need to.” Free agent rookies continue to be impressive. H-Back Chris Sanders from Texas A&M caught three passes while defensive end Mike Halipan from Pittsburgh was dominant despite wearing a cast on his thumb. Sanders has starred ink preseason games. “He’s one of those guys? sees the whole picture,” Flip said. "A lot of guystakeb; three weeks to learn their pos: “We switched him from* receiver and the next da; knew everything we wank: his new positions (H-back,t:i end). The question Uis physically up to the challeti Can he be a lead-type bloclj But he continues to show hi serves to play.” “Dirt around H< a student ing Labor cultural e 1 Pay di I scribes t ; and job-r ;; student v * It process age samp ‘ come droi f tifying pi ’ nitrate st Dr. To professor v Soil and ( ratory dir vides ana TEXAS TWO-STEP Astro's win fourth straight with offensive help of Bagwell, Biggie tomers, c environme "It can i sure job b( ! can be so PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Craig Biggio went 4-for-5 and Jeff Bagwell hit a two-run homer Sunday as the Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of Philadelphia with a 10-6 win over the Phillies. Biggio scored three runs and drove in two as NL West-leading Houston fin ished off its first sweep at Vet erans Stadium since Aug. 1992 with its fourth straight win. Darryl Kile (10-6) allowed five runs and eight hits over seven-plus innings for his 50th career victory. Houston jumped on Phillies' starter Mike Williams (4-10) for three runs in the first, Brian Hunter led off with his third homer of the season before Biggio singled and Bagwt walked. Both runners moved up on a wild pit: and Derek May hit an RBI groundout. Toil Eusebio’s RBI single made it 3-0. The Astros chased Williams in the second!!' ning. Hunter singled with one out and s on Biggie’s triple. Bagwell hit Williams'nei: pitch off the facade of the upper deck in left to his 25th homer. Houston made it 7-0 in the fourth inning wit! an unearned run, and added three more runs! the fifth on RBI doubles by James Moutonaii Hunter, and Biggie’s run-scoring single. Kile left with a 10-4 lead in the eighth aftergi' ing up an RBI single to Mickey Morandini, Kevin Stocker and pinch hitter Ruben Amar: also drove in runs for the Phillies. Burkett wins first AL game as Rangers defeat Blue Jays, 6- TORONTO (AP) — John Burkett pitched a six-hitter in his American League debut Sunday as the Texas Rangers completed their first road sweep this season with a 6-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Burkett (1-0), acquired from the Flori da Marlins last Thursday, struck out eight and walked one in his second shutout this season and fourth of his ca- The Rangers have beaten the Blue Jays six straight times and are 8-1 against Toronto this year. Juan Qonsales drove in two runs for AL West Jeadlng Texas, which despite the win is still a sub-.BOO road team (28-29). Texas scored an unearned in the fourth off Erik Hanson (10-14). Blue Jays shortstop Alei Gonzalez deflected Darryl Hamilton's ground!! into right-center for a two-base fielding error and Ivan Rodriguez followed with a single Hamilton scored when Rusty Greer grounded into a double play. 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