brooks koepka got off to a good start. knocked it close on 14. 4 under 66. just one shot off the lead. jason day got out in the morning and was the leader for most of the day. settle up a birdie finish for 5 under 65 for the 2015 pga champion. late in the round, he was joined by brendan todd. he found his swagger after three straight top ten finishes heading into this week. >> every day i am excited to go and play. before i was to get up. and to be honest, i am excited to get out and play every week. >> i was able to do it. i didn't -- i didn't think there would be that many guys. >> baseball, the a's have been slow starters over the last three years, not 20 the hottest bunch in the american league right now. nobody hotter than matt olsen. goes yard. the a's jump out to a 5-0 lead against the rangers. top 8, 6-4, texas had the bases juice but a's win 6-4. they won six straight games. giants looking to get out of colorado with a split. rockies starter had a shut out into the 7th but then a three- run shot and the giants have a 3-1 lead. but the bullpen couldn

i am not adhered to compete, i am here to win —— brooks koepka.ins impossible to talk of a couple of major without mentioning tiger woods, but this will be a championship unlike any other. most of the time, when you go toa tee, other. most of the time, when you go to a tee, people yelling, that part is different. that is the new world we live in and we just have to get use we live in and we just have to get use to it. dissident the longest gap between majors since the second world war. the tournament promises much, even if they will be no one there to see it. adam wild, bbc news. still to come on sportsday: a decade after a life—changing accident, we speak to wheelchair basketballer sophie carrigill about looking adversity in the eye and aiming for paralympic gold. and we'll have all the latest for you from the world snooker championships at the crucible. when team gb‘s hockey players travelled to rio for the last olympic games, there was just one non—white player in the squad — that's men and women. now, four years on, english hockey is being acc

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without spectators, brooks koepka is aiming for historic three pete. meanwhile, tiger woods arrived to tee off and show off. he nailed it. he has won four times. be sure to check out the kpix 5 special tonight at 7:30. >>> you can watch the 2020 pga championship live all weekend long at the website, kpix.com. >>> time for a check of the weather. >> we were hearing from the golfers, tiger, and the rest of the guys, and they were so taken by how great it was out there yesterday for practice. they were worried about the marine layer. we are going to have to deal with it. yesterday was an exception. it was an exceptionally bad. now, the course sits right on the coast. even today and the weekend, there will be some clouds. it's not going to be as bad as yesterday. by 3:00, sunny with temperatures in the mid-60s. the big issue is going to be ng win 20 les per is the view gate bridge. this is the only camera i've got right now where i can show everywhere else it is sunny. there is just one little patch of marine layer from the golden gate and working north up

today is the day the players getting ready to tee off brooks koepka and tiger woods getting ready to hit the green. 150 golfers total but something you won't see on the green are those fans or journalists. that's because they're wanting to keep everyone safe. now, all eyes will be on historic harding park this week. crews have spent days prepping the public course for competition and with safety in mind, the pga has been focused on keeping the players and the caddies isolated like so many other sports. they're living and enforcing social distancing. as i mentioned, you won't see as many journalists because they limited the amount of press to 50 writers and photographers. take a listen to what former stanford golfer tiger woods has to say about the upcoming event. >> still a major championship and still the best players in the world. we all understand that and going into it and plenty of energy. >> and we've seen so many of those marked pga cars coming in and dropping off players and assistants. restaurants in the nearby area i'm sure excited about this event being held. i'm sure they

now brooks koepka is going through the threepeat and he is one of 10 golfers tied for second place at 4 under par and we will have highlight and reaction tonight on the par 5 show at 7:30 with john. tiger, is in the hunt. >> we always want to know what tiger is doing, obviously, but which performance today surprised you the most? >> reporter: there is a guy named bud cawley who joined the tour in 2011 and he is one of 10 players one-stroke off the le7"nd weighs 150 pounds and, everybody is infatuated with bryson and all you little folks at home, you can contend in a major golf tournament standing 5'7" and weighing 150 pounds. >> right. all shapes and sizes can be good at golf. all right. thank you. wilson walker continue the coverage. while a crowd has been canceled because of the pandemteis is i hear and this puts me just off the 12th tee but determined. >> we came out to walk around the lake and we knew the pj was here so we are trying to see sp through. >> reporter: anybody who came to catch a glimpse of this rwhe >> we came for a lick peek to see what we could see and it is a sham

and then brooks koepka is going for his third championship. he got up to good start and knocked it close on 14. use for under 68. just one shot off the lead. jason day got out in the morning and was the leader for most of the day. his approach was set up with a birdie to finish off 565 for the 2015 pga champion. later in the round, he was joined at the top of the leaderboard by brendan todd, who was not won since 2018 but has found a little swagger after three straight top 10 finishes into this week. >> every day i'm excited to go back and play whereas before i was struggling to get up and going and do i want to pull myself through this again? to be honest, i'm excited to get out and play every week. we are going to the guys and i was able to do it. i did not think there would be that many guys. >> the oakland a's have been notoriously slow starters over the last few years. not too bad. right now, they are the hottest bunch in the american league. no one is hotter than the man with the stash. he will not be shaping that mustache every time soo

pga championship four times but he will have serious competition from two- time defending champ brooks koepkawho is aiming for the historic threepeat this year. join dennis o'donnell for highlights and analysis tonight at 7:30 at our par five special and you can watch the 2020 pga championship live all weekend from harding park and headweara tour of the course. >>>'s begin a big bay area competitions, half moon bay pumpkins are not entirely can for this year. farmers will still get a chance to haul in their hefty us for chance of a two $30,000 in prize money. the annual pumpkin way off will be held october 12 at a private location and as for the pumpkin festival it draws tens of thousands every year and that is set to return in the fall of 2021. >>> more local neat5:30 including the original series project home, a bay area landlord cuts the tenant a break on rent to find a home listed airbnb >> it is crazy every which way you look at it. >> a san francisco gym owner struggling to survive during the shutdown and how they plan to flood social media to get the >>> right now on kpix 5 and

coming up, tiger woods reaction on brooks koepka. >> exciting to watch. thank you. we will check in with you in a few minutes and don't forget to tune in tomorrow night, 7:30 p.m. for our par 5 special. we will have full second round highlights and analysis and a look ahead to the weekend. >>> there was no gallery lining the fairway at harding park today so some fans tried to look through the fences around the course. pga officials are aware of what happened so expect more fencing tomorrow. >>> tonight, the family of a 22- year-old man shot and killed by police are taking their search for justice one step further. kpix 5's joe vazquez explains how they are trying to help other families who say they have been affected by police brutality. >> reporter: it has been a busy day for the family. >> every day we live, we spend reliving what happened to our brother. >> reporter: he was a young man shot to death by a police officer. today his family joined community leaders and politicians to talk about ab767. legislation for victim compensation that would help victims and fa

unfamiliar names atop the leaderboard, mike lorenzo barra, is a shot back of lee brooks koepka and five other golfers are to back, tiger is nowhere near the top of the leaderboard, he is 7th back late in his round, even par, tiger, two over for the day, he left his putter at home, actually bought a new putter with him that is not served him well, par five post game show coming up, at 7:30. >> the old putter excuse, thank you. >>> golf fans are lining the fences tonight, trying to catch a glimpse of the tournament, live, we went back out there today, you can see a lot of folks there who wanted to see if the crews had repaired any of the holes of the fans cut into the screens yesterday, so they could get that view, none of the holes were repaired, and the makeshift gallery was bigger today, then it was yesterday. but, ask yourself this, why watch it through a fence when you can see the action up close, on tv, kpix five, the only place to watch the action, from the pga championship, from harding park, it is live this weekend, and as we mentioned, dennis told you par five, the gulf special,

if you take a look behind me, some of those folks are hoping to get a peek at names like brooks koepka and tiger woods. they are looking on the other side of the fence, that's because of the coronavirus they aren't allowed in. they are looking through the fence for a sneak peek. we have another vanity annual point for you. take a look from above at that gorgeous green. all eyes on the crews have spent days preparing the public course for competition. and with safety in mind pga keeping players and caddies isolated. like many professional sports, these athletes are living in a bubble. the pga made mask requirements and enforcing social distancing. this will look even different with some of the fans because they are not there. i spoke with one who said he was pretty disappointed he won't see his favorite golfer play the course he knows so well. >> you know what, i actually had tickets for this. i paid for three days and they gave me the full refund, which is really disappointing because i'd rather be in there. if i could just get a little glimpse of tiger, that's fine. i'm fine with that

two time pga champ, brooks koepka meeting and adjust . i carry my personal chiropractor with at all times. koepka at 13, long putt, not happening. he did finish two under 68. and everybody is changing chasing this guy, your leader, li haotong. is first hole, nice. approach laid him up there for a birdie. he finishes 565, eight under for two rounds and at 6:00 p.m. he was spotted still working on his game, even though he is finished this round at about 12:30 in the afternoon. in the east bay the oakland a's have developed a specialty in the early season called the walkoff win. they have got three of them already and they wind up beating the astros, who had zach cranky throwing six shutout innings. but he is relieved by josh james, who is taking deep by rossi grossman, his first of the year. it was 1- 1 until the 13th, astros for one in the top of the inning, but two outs, two strakes, austin allen on the pitch, comes through with a clean shot the left-center field. that ties it after a tony kemp walk, load the bases, markets simeon, who ha

open champion brooks koepka sees off after that. look how beautiful harding park looks. let's chibring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we should go up in the sky ranger tomorrow to get an aerial view of the course, if there's no fog. >> we're going to have the fog and low clouds and drizzle. maybe we'll just take separate trips another time when it clears out. might not be as fun, but you have to love that sky ranger. let's bring you to that morning forecast, and for the golfers, for everyone tomorrow morning. we have widespread low cloud cover here, from the north bay to the south bay. we had the clouds with us today. it's just not going to budge for the morning, with even a chance of a spotty drizzle. once we hit the average, we'll start to clear out. we'll get that sunshine away from the beaches. so we have a nice day setting up for us. temperatures will be cool to start. you need that jacket if you're headed out around 6:00, 7:00, or 8:00 in the morning. 58 for the south bay. trivalley at 56. my coolest weather right here in san francisco at 54 and the north bay

brooks koepka, who's won the last two is out at 4:11, along with open champion shane lowry and us open, dustin johnson and justin rose go next. and rory and tiger go out together, along with world number one justin thomas at 4:33 this afternoon. john higgins hit a maximum 147 break at the crucible this morning. it was the first at the world championship for eight years and it gave the four time winner a crucialframe in his second round match against norway's kurt maflin. they are 8—8 going into tonight's final session. no crowd allowed but still some fake applause for the tv cameras. and a potential prize of fifty five thousand pounds if no one matches his effort. wolves and rangers are aiming to join manchester united in the quarter—finals of the europa league tonight. wolves are 1—1 with olympiakos, while rangers are 3—1 down to bayer leverkusen, ahead of the delayed second legs. united completed a 7—1 aggregate win over austrian side lask to make it through to the one—off knockouts in germany, where they will face fc copenhagen on monday. they are favourites, closely followed by int

he holds a two-shot lead over six golfers including the two defending pga champen yoship game, brooks koepkaad was so good today, he even surprised himself. >> yeah, he didn't even see it that i could play like this. and especially, you know, like you said with no content. that's the kind of golf that they would apply. they would need to apply all guns blazing. when it comes off, it's really good. >> i have no expectations, actually. because you know over the last few months, i would stay at that home doing nothing. and i just wanted to have fun out here. >>> round three of this tomorrow. on kpix and baseball, my own line will apply with nine innings. and not enough to settle that red hot oakland a's with the houston astros in shot and they are known as the cheaters and the sign starters to win the world series. bottom of the 13th, down 2-1. and austin allen, brand spanking new oakland a. singled in. chapman to tie up the game. two the batters later marcus semien. the a's win their 7th straight game, 10-4 overall. theyen who tonight 3-2 and they lead the astros by 3½ games in the al west. i

the crowd of course the other big name that we're keeping an eye on his back to back pj champ brooks koepka he's tied for 3rd right now at 4 under par. today he tees off at one 36 this afternoon, tiger is scheduled to tee off at one 58. and it looks through that video the weather was pretty good. if kept the winds he's going to become the 3rd. golfer now to win that >>3 straight pga championship joining walter hagen who won 4 in a row from 1924 through 27. so let's find out if the weather is going to be just as nice today for the tournament we have john trouble in the weather center hey john hey there james yeah, all of us got a good dose of sunshine across the bay yesterday except through those just right along the coastline and at harding park little bit closer to the coast you can see skies were a bit on the gray side. but hey it actually did make for some rather comfortable conditions for those golfers out there i guess not so much for any spectators though as you mentioned looking outside this morning from berkeley i showed you this view a second ago, it's one of our clear views this m

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brooks koepka had a chance several times. chip looks great.n golf happens, keeps rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling. bogeys 16, doubles 18. thomas's third win of the year. won the pga championship in 2017, comes to harding park with momentum. watch on sister network starting thursday. >>> 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo in a george kittle shirt. if that looks familiar, he's poking fun of the shirt kittle wore at championship presser. niners hosting the cardinals in week one, six weeks from today, all fingers crossed it will happen. nfl around the corner, abc7 sports report sponsored by river rock casino. can you believe that? football? >> chris will be even more excited. >> jump off the screen. >> that's it for tonight. i'm dion lim. >> eric thomas. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30, an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right co

by the way, keep your eyes on brooks koepka.ill see you later. >>> do not forget you can watch the 2020 pga championship all weekend from the park on kpix 5 and go to kpix.com/pgachampionship for extended coverage. >>> let's check in with gianna. she has look at the roads. >>> i do and we have a traffic alert that has been issued by chp for your ride towards 680 in pleasanton towards the dublin interchange. there is an injury crash. also we have word of an oil spill. one cruiser is going to the scene it will take about 60 minutes comes almost about an hour to get the tow cruiser there and they will call transit to clean up the mess. this is west on 580 towards 680 and traffic alerts are there with the delays we are seeing with speeds down to 12 miles an hour. it is a slow spot and it is a busy ride. east of there, we have brake lights away from the 205/580 connector. it extends to about north flynn and a wind advisory is still in effect for the allatoona pass. that is a heads up if you're taking 580. because of that crash, 40 mi

brooks koepka, two-time defending pga champ. he had the lead today in tennessee, but then justin thomas had a pretty wedge to take a two-shot lead on him. koepka. and just when you thought koepka was out of it, he pulls you right back in. a bomb on 17 for birdie to pull within one of thomas. koepka on the 18th tee needs at least a par 3 to have a shot. that's game, set and match. i thought that was tennis. it's thomas' 13th pga tour win. >>> kpix 5 is excited to bring you the 2020pga champion. it's live all next weekend from haring park in san francisco. just head to kpix.com/pgachampionship to check out how cbs sports will be deploying a squadron of drones to actually cover this event from a distance. >>> beautifully done. >> thank you. >> coming up in the next half- hour, florida catches a break as it battles a storm of covid- 19 cases. it appears that isaias is easing off. >>> what we're seeing today is different from march and april. it is extraordinarily widespread. >> plus a bleak outlook from dr. birx. what the head of th

six players tied for second, just two strokes back including two-time defending champion, brooks koepkak you, chris. we will check with our bay area forecast with my friend, frances. >> hi, jobina. temperatures warming up. we had clouds off the coast and parts of the bay. it's already bright blue in some areas. live shot of the camera looking out on the bay bridge. san francisco 58 degrees, oakland, 67, mountain view, 70 degrees already, san jose, 64 and half moon bay, 57 where we're seeing fog at the beaches. downtown san jose, it is bright out there, and we will get sunshine for almost everyone except some coastline communities. santa rosa, 61, petaluma, 65 and almost 70 in fairfield, concord, 69, and livermore. this will dissipate as well. there is a fog advisory for the robin williams tunnel. we have limited morning fog. lots of sunshine this arch and warmer temperatures. it will be hot inland mid-atlantic 90s this weekend and minor cooling next week, which will be more noticeable in the inland community. our fog animation shows even at 10:00 this morning, we still have fog along th

brooks koepka, who is trying to be the first person since walter hague machine 1926 to win the pga three can't talk about majors without talking about tiger woods, who is second only to jack nicklaus in career majors. and then there's justin thomas who is now number one in the world for the first time in two years. all three of those players will be starting between 8:00 and 8:30 on the 10th tee in tomorrow's first round. they'll see a wooded course, likely shrouded in fog that is a reclamation story. the public course was named for the late president warren haring who died in office while visiting san francisco two years earlier. it fell out of repair and was used pennsylvania a parking lot in 1998, when the nearby olympic club was being used for the u.s. open. the two-dime defending champion on the mindset needed to win against the best in the world. >> the whole goal is to be the best player. if you're not trying to do that, i don't know what you're doing. winning means being the best, and being number 1, so that's the goal. >> in a normal year, all four majors would have all been pla

the biggest stars are here, two-time defending champion brooks koepka who's trying to be the first person since walter hagan in 1926 to win the pga three straight times. can't talk about majors without talking about tiger woods who's second only to jack nicklaus in career majors. then there's justin thomas, the winner last week in memphis who's now number one in the world rankings for the first time in two years. all three of those players will be starting between 8:00 and 8:30 on the 10th tee in tomorrow's first round. they'll see a wood ed course, likely shrouded in fog that's a reclamation story. the public was established in 1925, named for the late president warren harding who died in office while visiting san francisco two years earlier. it fell out of repair and suffered the indignity of being used as a parking lot in 1998 when nearby olympic club was being used for the u.s. open. the two-time defending champion on the mindset necessary to win against the best in the world. >> the whole goal is to be the best player. if you're not trying to do that, then i don't know what you're do

brendan time they shot 5 under par yesterday and then tiger woods well he was 2 under par and brooks koepka he's 4 under par. brooks keopka support because he's favored to win after winning 2 consecutive pga championships, let's talk about tiger. he had the tee off early yesterday. daria and let's face it, i know it's going to be a warm day but track it was cold starting off yesterday and a lot of people worried about his back 44 years old he has creaky knees isa rebuilds man they were word that under san francisco, whether he would do well and at one point they were right we missed the fairway 5 consecutive times but he is a legend he got his game back together and he shot actually in the 60's which is the first time for the first around that he's done that since 2014 so, i'm sure the other properties are not feeling too well about their chances at least on day 2 because tiger is tiger leader, let's talk about brooks keopka yeah, he is sitting in the top 5. he feels really well as well because he says on the need to do is tidy up his game just a little bit and he's actually looking forward

all the best are here including tiger woods, brooks koepka and the one's number one golfer, justin thomas. it is very different. no fan this year. something that will be very missed. >> it will be very different. but it's still a major championship. still the best players in the world. we all understand that. there will be plenty of energy from the competitive side. >> i think you draw some energy from the fans. you really do. even if you play poorly, that comment, come on. go get them, whatever it might be. >> it might wake you up a bit. there continues to be a lot of firsts. i think the world is starting for a major sporting event. >> reporter: this should be a lot of fun. tiger woodsmajor. it will feel the pressure of a major. a lot of fun. our sister network espn has it thursday and friday and of course we'll have the highlights all week long. it should be a fun week here in san francisco. >> yeah. bundle up. >> you've got all the big names. it will be fun. chris, enjoy the. thanks so much. >> the former stanford swimmer and five-time olympian is working on an unusual combination, swi

this is brooks koepka. never seen this before. apparently his own personal choir row producter there giving an adjustment. big long putt. not happening for him. a bogey. but on the day, two under 68. he's in contention. here is your leader, alton lee. first shot, nestles up to the hole, and the birdie will ensue from there. and his third birdie of the round here at number 5. he finishes the day 5 under, 65. a total of 8 under for his first two rounds, and look at this guy. this is about an hour ago. he's still working and figuring he's got to be long and hard to get at it and make it happen over the weekend. he talked after his round about his expectation level. >> i have no expectation, actually, because, you know, last few months, staying at home, doing nothing, so just want to go out here and have fun. still have two rounds left. a long way to go. so still want to play my best. if it happens, it happens. >> good attitude. >> meantime, if there is ever a guy cut out to be a television commentator, particularly with the nba, dray

major golf tournament of the year tees off in san francisco tomorrow morning with defending champ brooks koepka is without a second thought to fathers said they jumped into the delta to say 3 people who is a tv had crashed into the water quick thinking karma dickerson has all the details now from stockton. >>it was just a normal sunday on the lake for jason buffalo. he and his friend of taking their sons wakeboarding july 26 when jason's teenagers started yelling and he screamed saying something went over the ravine or over the levee road. something was 3 people who had fallen off their atv into the water. jason says he simply reacted i just don't win. the friend jason as wet. but stanislaw county sheriff's deputy kevin mccarthy grab life jackets and followed the 2 were able to pull the young people from the water literally at that moment, kevin took. louise. >>and i went to work on on the 2 ways to get them to breathe and get there. security belt off. >>a go fund me identifies the atv riders as luis ramos his fiance and her 12 year-old sister, the 2 women were not badly injured, however, deput

together tomorrow morning, the biggest storyline maybe involves that guy who likes to kiss trophies brooks koepka he's going for a three-peat of the pga championship is trying to win his 5th overall major and the back to back pga champ definitely isn't lacking confidence heading into tomorrow's opening round. >>so if i do what i'm supposed to then then yeah should not think that's why. you know i played so well as and break things down very easily. i think for some reason. people make off a lot more complicated than it should warning about. you know where shots go results. and you know put more emphasis on this week and the major weeks. to me it almost seems. the most relaxing week. >>got is a feel pressure must be nice if kept the winds will become just the 3rd golfer to win 3 straight pga championships joining. vicki, i know you know this walter hagen who won 4 in a row from 1924 to 1927. and lose. >>first first never swim across san luis reservoir. >>that's an impressive title for a 13 year-old boy california but he now has another one to crow about his latest a co >>ali michael phelps ever di

six players are tied for second two strokes back including two time defending champion brooks koepka. to you. >> all right we're going to get a check on this weekend's forecast. >> you notice the marine layer is more compressed. ouds spiing into pts of ill theay now. ay bdg you see some gra ski e winds are light, so you can see the ripples on the bay right now but not as strong as they have especially compared to last week. in san francisco it's currently 56 degrees. san jose, 59, and half moon bay one of the cooler spots at 55 degrees. and this time we're looking at the downtown san jose area. just clear blue skies right now. things are going to warm unin the south bay and interior areas, but in the north bay low 50s in santa rosa, near 60 at fairfield, concord and also in livermore. and this time we're looking at the golden gate bridge where we do see some fog as well. and there's also fog across the robin williams tunnel but this will dissipate a little bit earlier on today. wave limited f this morning but because it'ssi see sunnier, and that will allow temperatures to warm up as w

two years ago and began four shots behind leader brendon todd but won by three in the end from brooks koepka under 65. meanwhile danielle kang endured a nervy finish before winning the first ever lpga drive—on championship in ohio for her fourth tour title, this putt at the 18th would have given her victory. celine boutier of france could have forced a play—off with this at the 18th. it wasn't to be and the miss gave kang the win. the world snooker championship continues in sheffield, ronnie o'sullivan will resume later on monday with a seven frame lead over thailand's thepchaiya un—nooh at the crucible. it had been billed as the pick of the first—round ties but the rocket knocked in two centuries in a quick fire session on sunday. he needs just two more frames to go through to the second round. in the nba, the la lakers will be looking to bounce back from their defeat to the toronto rapters on saturday night when they take on the utahjazz. lebronjames led the lakers with 20 points in that defeat and left the court and then the stadium before the match was finished with the playoffs just six

are here, including 15-time major winner tiger woods, two-time defending pga championship winner brooks koepkaolfer justin thomas. as with all sports these days, things are very different, and that means no fans at this year's tournament, something that is definitely missed. >> it's going to be very different, but it's still a major championship. it's still the best players in the world. we all understand that, and going into it, there's going to be plenty of energy from the competitive side. but as far as energy outside the ropes, that is an unknown. >> i think you draw some energy from the fans. i really do. even if you're playing poorly, that comment, come on, go get 'em or whatever it might be might wake you up a little bit. >> there continues to be a lot of firsts, and i think the world is starving for a major sporting event. so i think we're seeing that already in the interest. >> reporter: it will be a fun week of golf right here in san francisco. our sister network, espn, has the first two rounds crse we'll coverage on abc7 news throughout the week and on championship sunday. send it b

this is brooks koepka going for his 3rd straight pga title run into some problems on the back 9 but the16th there birdied 18 as well he's 2 shots back they're all chasing that guy dustin johnson, 8 birdies for him shot a 65 and dj has a one shot lead going into the final round at 9 under par, he has one major victory in his career trying to make it to look at those circles on the screens 30 birdie-birdie birdie-birdie i baseball now and the a's hey, there are about a quarter of the way through this covid shorten major league baseball season already hottest team in the base is in oakland, some of the a's right there yet chill and team looking for its 8th straight win second in a row over the astro's first batter the game for oakland marcus semien the leadoff homer that's a good start right solo shot first of the year for him. it is one nothing a's. frankie montas has a 1, 5, 7, tiara and he gave up just 2 hits. no runs over 7 innings today, 5 strikeouts his best outing of the year we moved out. >>to the bottom of the 8th 2 nothing a's. matt chapman says could use another run office of fi

they will have to stop brooks koepka claiming third title in a row.e, to have a good time, i am out here to win, it means being the best, being number one. that is the goal. even now, more than 20 years since his first us pga title, it remains impossible to talk ofa title, it remains impossible to talk of a golf major without mentioning tiger woods. this will be a championship unlike any other. lots of times when you go from green to the day, people yelling, trying to touch you, that part is different. that is the world we live in. we just have to get used to it. this has been the longest gap between major since the second world war. the tournament promises much, even if there will be no one there to see it. adam wilde, bbc news. looks beautiful, doesn't it. wolves and rangers are aiming to join manchester united in the quarter—finals of the europa league tonight. wolves are one—all with 0lympiakos, while rangers are 3—1 down to bayer leverkusen, ahead of the delayed second legs. united completed what they needed to do last night, 7—1 against lask on

winningest player in tour history, with 83 wins koepka, looking for his third st meanwhile, this guy, brooks koepkahampionship, a feat that has not been accomplished since the 1920s >>> speaking of sports, there are some worrisome signs for fans of college athletics. on wednesday, the university of connecticut, uconn, became the first school at football's highest level to cancel its season because of the pandemic. >> meanwhile, a decision to made to cancel the championships for all ncaa division ii and iii fall sports. we're going to talk about that with the president of the ncaa, mark emmert, in a moment first, nbc's stephanie gosk joins us with the latest steph, good morning. news for college sports fans. multiple signs of trouble. as you mentioned, you have university of connecticut cancelling its season before it even starts. smaller divisions cancelling their championships. now, players at some of the biggest football programs across the nation are sounding the alarm. they are worried about their safety it may already be game over for college sports this fall uconn is now the first major schoo

among those chasing him our two- time pga chant brooks koepka tied for second, and help out tiger? just not working. is tied for 44th place and he's a back but never count him out. they tee off at 10:00 this morning. >>> at the coliseum, the oakland a's are going for their eighth straight win. they had to go extra to win lucky number seven. they tied with a solo bomb and neither team could score until the 14th. houston takes a one run lead and the a's were down but the catcher clutch the single and later with them loaded up they threw in the ball and the a's went 3-2. they are now 10-4 and riding on top of the al west. the giants are in l.a. tonight and it is her 16th game of the year. they already played the dodgers six times. last night they went up 1-0 but then l.a. scored the next six including a solo home run. and they win 7-2. >>> the outside lands music festival will not happen this year in golden gate park. organizers have announced a new virtual festival and they are calling it inside lands. it is scheduled to run august 28th and 12 august 29th. it will be free and teacher

brooks koepka, who's won the last two is out at 4:11, along with open champion shane lowry and us openrory and tiger go out together, along with world number one justin thomas at 4:33 this afternoon. just the 11th maximum 147 break in world snooker championship history was made byjohn higgins at the crucible this morning. it was the first at the event for eight years and it gave no crowd allowed but still some fake applause for the tv cameras. and a potential prize of £55,000 if no one matches his effort. you can watch all of that on bbc two this afternoon. that's all the sport for now. more now on our top story this afternoon: the economic slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic won't be as deep as first feared, but, the recovery will take longer than anticipated, according to the bank of england. the bank expects the economy to shrink by 9.5% this year. while this would be the biggest annual decline in a century, it had predicted the economy would shrink by 14%. the governor of the bank of england has warned that recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will take longer than first tho