but did we mention this was rory mcilroy's day?mcilroy all week and it wasn't going to start on this hole. his tee-shot will role much closer than yang's. another birdie by mcilroy to go 17 under par for the tournament and he said later at this point he was beginning to think he had the thing won. mcilroy would take bogey on 12 and 17, but fellow northern irishman and last year's championship graeme mcdowell along with mcilroy's father on father's day knew where it was headed when he tapped in for par at 1. a 16 under par tournament total after his 69, fourth straight sub70 round. first major for this young man is assuredly not his last and he actually thought he could have been better. >> i could have held a couple more putts today. [ laughter ]." overall the whole week has been incredible. i couldn't have asked for much more and i'm just so happy to be holding this trophism happy father's day dad. [ applause ] this one is for you! i know a few of my friends will be out partying and i can't wait to get home and join them. >> the f

an unreal performance from rory mcilroy. >> reporter: golf had been anything but easy for mcilroy.wo months prior, when he suffered an equally stunning implosion. a final day failure at this april's masters so brutal that many feared the impact on a career barely begun. >> rory mcilroy was at absolutely rock bottom. it was embarrassing. it was -- it was just so stunning to see the leader of the masters in this trouble. >> reporter: but that's the thing with resilience. it demands that failure, however gutting, be a part of its calculus. that was evident just moments after his masters collapse, when his poise hinted at redemption, still unseen. >> it was a character building day. put it that way. and i'll come out stronger for it. >> reporter: just two weeks ago, mcilroy did something few athletes in his presumably fragile state might have, forgoing preparation for the open to visit earthquake-ravaged haiti. a tacit agreement that golf, even at its most unforgiving, was still just a game. >> i felt like i got over the masters pretty quickly. i kept telling you guys that and i don't

mcilroy's first major championship. >> i could have held a couple more putts today.for much more, just so happy to be holding this trophy. >> rick: last month, the giants swept a three-game series from the a's at at&t park. today oakland had the chance to return the favor. going a ball game with dad is a great way to celebrate father's day. rowand with a double-down the line off cahill. sheer holes scores. that would be the only run cahill would give up. got help from the defense in the third, weeks robs aubrey huff of an rbi. matt cain was pitching a shutout until the 6th. coco crisp scores weeks. the game is tied. affeldt gives up a no-doubter to landon powell, his first home run of the season, proves to be the difference as the a's completely sweep. it's oakland's fifth straight victory. >> just playing with a lot of energy, and guys are throwing and the b.p. has been dog a -- doing a great job, and the starters are hanging in there. >> a great series at home here, won five straight. sometimes it's your pitching or your hitting. >> definitely not playing -- swingi

shoots a 77 and is seven over. 21 shots. 21 shots behind rory mcilroy. the 10th but take a look at this. knows how to read them. bingo. worth a little fist pump. gets that one. yesterday he became the first golfer to get the 13 under at the u.s. open today. firstever to reach 14 under. he is 14 under through 54 holes. rory mcilroy. >> it is phenomenal. hard to describe what he is doing this week. s is decimating a field. >> let's go, rory. let's go, rory. let's go. >> it is nice when you get a standing ovation you walk up onto, you know. hopefully i can just give them something else to cheer about tomorrow. >> rory mcilroy leads by eight strokes heading into the final 18 holes. he has been so good that 68 was his worst round of the tournament. not bad to have 68 for your worst. yang remains in second. he will be paired with rory mcilroy again tomorrow. >>> more sports on the way. don't go anywhere. a moment captured in boston that you just have to see. a sea of black and yellow at the bruins parade and one guy doing his best. we will be right back. ,,,,,

tell that to rory mcilroy. only question was will he collapse like he did that sunday at the masters where he lost. this is him on the practice range. he hit the cart that collects range balls no. harm done. don't tell that to the golf cart guy there. mcilroy jars his birdie put to go 15 under. any nerves were settled there. his iron play has been sparkling all week. no different story today. he makes another birdie to increase his lead to ten strokes and time to get the history books ready. mcilroy put on a vir cho so performance. his tee shot at ten just fine when where it lands, but when you're hot, you're hot. the ball stops inches from the cup. he's 17 under par and loving it. so we go to 18. the drama is all gone, folks. he taps in for par. final score, a u.s. open record, 16 under. 268. the 22-year-old wins his first major championship. how about that for a father's day present for pops. mcilroy finishes eight shots better than jason day. >> there were 20 golfers under par at this open. make it two strai

then on the 214-yard par-3 10th, mcilroy with a 6-iron so accurate. his ball lands above the hole.p. it will stop just a few inches from being a hole-in-one. he would shoot a final round 2-under par 69. no one could mount a challenge but self played -- several played well. garcia tied for seventh. mcilroy would complete his wire-to-wire victory with this tap-in. his 16-under par breaks the u.s. record by a whopping four. it's macill's first major championship. >> i could have held a couple more putts today. overall the whole week has been incredible. i could not ask for much more, and just so happy to be holding this trophy. >> last month the giants swept a three-game series from the a's at at that time at that -- at&t. today oakland got a a chance to return the favor. it's 1-0. that would be the only run cahill would give up. got some help from the difference. the third, huff is robbed. matt cain was pitching a shutout until the sixth. coco crisp with the base hit. the game is tied. then in the 8th. a no-doubter, his first home run of the season, the difference, as the a's complet

open by rory mcilroy is doing his best tiger impression by dominating the field.he making congressional look like a walk in the park. look at him go. he sinks the first birdie of the round, his first on the 5th hole to get to 12 under par. lee westwood made a charge in the back nine with three straight birdies and eagles finishing with a 65 lowest round ever at a major to get to five under. phil mickelson's u.s. open drought won't end this year. shoots a 77 and is seven over. 21 shots. i said 21 shots behind rory mcilroy. how about that? a great shot right there. birdie on the 11th. yesterday rory mcilroy became the first golfer to get to 13 under at a u.s. open. he reached 14 under. 14 under through 54 holes. he now leads by eight strokes. he has been so good the 68 was his worst round of the tournament. wow. yang remains in second and will be paired with rory mcilroy tomorrow. >>> the olympic club will get plenty of attention as it gets ready to host next year's u.s. open but there is another city core celebrating its 60th anniversary and kim coyle reports golde

mcilroy's play has been -- all week.e would make another birdie to increase his lead to ten strokes. time to get the history books ready. mcilroy put on a performance reminiscent of tiger at pebble beach where he won by 15 strokes. mcilroy's tee shot at ten, but when you're hot, you're hot. the ball goes down the slope, stopping inches from the hole at 17 under he's enjoying life. at 18, the drama far removed, he taps taps in for par. final score, a u.s. open record, 16 under par, 268, the 22-year-old wins his first major championship and celebrates with dad. mcilroy finished 8 shots better than jason day. they were the top americans, making two straight opens now for northern ireland. >> a lot of pints of guinness going down. >> he said they kept the pubs open late last year, they will probably do it this year. >> i hope so. i know my friends will be partying and i can't wait to get back and join them. >> so the debate on the radio is is he going to be the next tiger woods. from an american perspective, he's not going t

yang was mcilroy's playing partner and losing ground.th a birdie at 14 would shoot a 70, but mcilroy finished with a 68. he will have an eight-stroke cushion to take into tomorrow's final round, in his attempt to win his first major, something mcilroy couldn't do with a four- stroke lead in the masters in april. today he felt the support of the crowd. >> it was incredible. i mean, the support that our group got out there was fantastic. >> let's go! >> i am having a little bit of attitude and killer instinct and i think that is what you need on the golf course, especially in the position i find myself in. you know i found my rhythm and started to play some really good golf. >> well, here is how they stack up going into tomorrow's final round. it's mcilroy by eight strokes over yang and a three-way tie forked their consisting of the day, westwood and the highest- ranking american in the tournament, garrigus. >>> last year the giants won all three the bay bridge series in san francisco and the a's won all three in oakland. again that form i

rory mcilroy. great, great kid. we'll show you more of that coming up. >>> rick perry, texas governor we're talking about, a strong reception at the conference of gop conservatives. he did not say he was running, but he sure sounded like he will. we'll talk to our political correspondent jane crawford this morning and also ron fournier covering campaign 2012. >>> we want to begin this morning with the growing refugee crisis across the border in turkey and the crisis in syria. the president al assad claims that protests -- promises reform by the end of the year. wyatt andrews is in yayladagi, turkey, this morning. >> reporter: very vague reforms al assad is promising, including something he calls the national dialogue authority to hear the concerns of the syrian people. he is also justifying this violent crackdown he has been undertaken against the prodemocracy movement and calling the protesters themselves vandals and even murderers. in parts of his speech assad conceded that his government is too corrupt and not ve

no stopping rory mcilroy. the only drama was how low rory mcilroy would go. he finished sixteen under par which is a new record. he blew a four streak lead on the final day of the masters, but this time there is no meltdown. rory birdied the first hole and never looked back. check out his approach on four. he sticks it just above the hole. it will spin back to within a couple feet. then on the par 310th, mcilroy with a six iron and it appears to come to a stop, but then it starts to roll and winds up inches from a hole in one. on 18 he taps in for the record setting victory and is the youngest open champ since bobbie jones in 1923. jason day came in a distant second. it is mcilroy's first major title. >> i got over the masters quickly. i kept telling you guys, and i don't know if you believe me or not. it is nice to prove some people wrong. >> last month the giants swept a three-game series from the a's at at&t park. today oakland had a chance to return the favor. going to a ballgame with dad is a great way to celebrate father's day. he was trying to get his

if i was to play two holes i could rory mcilroy i the story at the u.s.pen, and the a's are surging and the giants are >> after 13 losses in 14 games to fall 1 12 games under .500, the a's have turned things around. sellout crowd, 36,000 plus. chris stewart scores, oakland's nine straight game with an error. a's get to sanchez in the bottom half. barton, big hit here. doubles to the gap. sizemore scores. a's down 2-1. pennington with a big two-out hit. game tied at. still two outs. matsui with a base hit. cocoa kris -- coco crisp and pennington come home. the a's bull pen showing darts. in the sixth, rowan strikes out. and then sandoval, grounds into the double play, bailey the save, a's have won four straight, giants have loss three in a year. the series tomorrow at 1:00. >>> to golf in april, rory mcilroy took a four shot sleet into the final round of the masters and blew it. tomorrow, mcilroy has an opportunity to ease the misery of that meltup, all he has to do is not blow an eight shot lead. the 22 year from northern ireland has been so good, even he

and then they watched as mcilroy sank the final putt. [cheers and applause] >> this is the start of a global phenomenon. he is just so good. you have only seen the tip of the iceberg, i believe. >> he didn't just win the "open exchange," he won it by eight shots. he dedicated his victory to his dad, geri. >> it is really hard to put into words, but what he has done has been fantastic. after the masters, and he worked hard over last couple of months. >> he started playing as soon as he could walk. even in the early days he was a crowd pleaser, and he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his golfing gift. >> to turn pro and to win all the majors. >> and would you like to win them all in one year? >> yes. >> he was a small boy from a small town with big ambitions. this is where he lived. neighbors used to watch him practicing his putting on the front line night after night. now he is a multi-millionaire and a global sports star. [cheers and applause] >> he is being tipped as the next tiger woods, a young man who could now dominate the spo

golf may have a new tiger woods. 22-year-old rory mcilroy from northern ireland won the u.s. he finished at 16 under par, a remarkable 8 strokes ahead of his nearest challenger and best score in the history of the tournament. mcilroy is also the youngest open champion since bobby jones won as an amateur in 1923. >> it's a great feeling. i got my first major championship out of the way quite early on in my career especially after what's happened over the last couple of months. feels great. just looking forward to putting myself in the picture for hopefully many more. >> in all mcilroy set a dozen u.s. open records along with the trophy. he takes home a cool $1.4 million. >>> to baseball now, wrigley field, the yankees pulled out the big bats against the cubs. brett gardner got it going with his first career lead-off homer, in the eighth, nick swisher crushed a three-run bomb to right field. new york win it 10-4. >>> in boston stanley cup champions bruins, the whole team threw out the first ceremonial pitch at fenway park. the red sox easy 12-3 victory. >>> when we come back an

open was something, we have rory mcilroy's first swing at fame. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. mayors know their cities and today the u.s. conference of mayors told us there are 48 metropolitan areas-- 48-- that won't get back the jobs they've lost until 2020-- nine years away. the mayors meeting in baltimore voted today to ask the president to end the war in afghanistan and to spend that money on jobs. have a look at how unemployment has spread across the country since the beginnin recession in 2007. this is a county-by-county map. brown is unemployment over 6%. the purple, that's unemployment of 7%. but now look at the black growing across the country. that is unemployment over 10% as it stood in february of this year. we have two reports tonight, first john blackstone with the people behind the numbers in san francisco. >> reporter: on a busy city street, it can be hard to guess who is unemployed. lock bingham, 32 years old with an m.b.a., has been searching for a job for a

rory mcilroy is 11 under after 2 rounds of the u.s. open. score in the history of the event. mcilroy shot a 7-under 65. in his opening round. op fire yesterday. here is his second shot on the par four 8. mcilroy lands it high above the hole. looks like it will settle there. but back spin and working its way closer and closer. this is going in for eagle. dropping him to 10 under. then on 17, mcilroy, the birdie putt to get to 13 under. lowest anybody has ever been at any open. double bogey 18 and finishes high us in 11 at 66. who is chasing him? well, everybody. y.e. yang is the closest follower. 69 for yang, five under. the putt of the day belongs to ryan palmer on 17. this is taking the scenic route along the fringe. perfect line, perfect speed and perfect result. birdie. palmer at 1 under 17. look at the leaderboard. mcilroy with a six-stroke lead. cluster of five tied at two-under. mickelson is 1 over. this open is mcilroy's to lose. >> it's been two good days of golf and i put myself in a great position going into the weekend. but i know

garrigus and jason day, nine strokes back, this is mcilroy's tournament. monte ellis has been offered to orlando in exchange for dwight howard in a rumor. i said, dwight howard. larry riley flat out told us he is not shopping monte. howard in yellow and blue, a fun thought but as likely as me cleaning the house tomorrow on father's day. that's not going to happen. new head coach mark jackson, taking in his first predraft workout at warriors practice facility. on hand, mickey mcconnell, the 6'0" point guard isn't expected to be drafted on thursday. height and speed his main issues. if the nba doesn't come calling, maybe baseball is the way to go. he was drafted in the 31st 31st round by the dodgers ten days ago. >> it's a cool opportunity i have so i'm just going to take it for what it is and obviously i'm out here trying to make it in basketball, but definitely an authorize get drafted. >> i want to see him in the nba. cal bert cheney and the assist ant under keith marks has been hired as the new director of basketball operations in indiana. >> battling th

see why rory mcilroy's winning. he's got a hard name to say. rory mcilroy. rory mcilroy. has a winning attitude. it's also par for the course for him even when he's not playing golf. >>> the 125th wimbledon tennis tournament is under way in jolly olde england. keeping with tradition the defending men's champion rafael nadal got things started. he easily beat michael russell in straight sets at the all england club. on the women's side, venus williams returned to action from a hip injury and won her match in straight sets as well. the williams sisters are getting so old, aren't they? >> they are incredible. >> in their 30s. >> they both had injuries lately, doesn't even matter. >> they're still going. >> they're amazing. >>> golfer rory mcilroy became the youngest u.s. open champ in almost 90 years over the weekend. it was not an easy climb to the top. >> no, in a time where golf fans are looking for a new hero, the 22-year-old has definitely given many of them a reason to believe. here's josh elliot. >> reporter: by most every statistical measure, rory mcilroy's u.s. open

>> the 22-year-old mcilroy has carved up congressional.the 17th to become the first player. he stumbled on the 18th and finished with a double bogey leaving him 11-under for 36 holes. his six stroke lead is the largest in u.s. open history through two rounds. 2009 pga champ y.e. yang is all alone in second but is clearly mcilroy's to lose at this point. >> if he keeps playing the way he is playing we'll keep playing for second place. it's going to be impossible to be catch him. >> the pressure is off. i'm not the one that's supposed to win. so, you know, i don't -- i'm not saying i don't want the lead but, you know, i don't know how many shots he is winning by. it has to be at least 7, 8, 9? >> i felt very much at ease today. you are going to be at ease when you're hitting so many great shots. every time i get myself into this position, it just feels a little more comfortable each time. >>> as for the anchor pick, my guy phil mickelson shot 69 but is still one over. our director wayne kuchar the only one of 6-under par. while allen, dana a

a 77 and 20 shots behind rory mcilroy. the 22-year-old bogeyed the tenth but got the strike back with a birdie on 11. a fist pump there. he will take it. yesterday he became the first golfer to get a 13 under at the u.s. open. today he became the first to reach 14 under after the beautiful approach right there on 14 set up another birdie. he is 14 under through 54 holes. he now leads by eight strokes. you see it there. he has been so good. 68 was his worst round of the tournament. yang remains in second and will be paired with rory mcilroy again tomorrow. >>> next year's u.s. open will be right here at the olympic club in our backyard. another course celebrating its 60th anniversary. kim coyle saying it is looking better italian ever. >> about four to six more weeks and i'll have this green playable. it looks terrible now but it will come back. >> reporter: and the greens did as well as the golfers. >> pretty close. >> reporter: to what they were before vandals turned three holes into their own private infineon raceway. le

open next year. >> could you feel the presence rory mcilroy?ople were ready for him to do something. he almost won the masters. he came first after three rounds in the blue up. he is a wonderful player i think people are expecting him. >> gary: 21 years of age is still a child or wise beyond his years. >> is still a kid but still a great guy, he won this on father's day it was a huge deal. for >> gary: everybody speaks about tiger woods. and with your hosts,,, 7 and next year. and the you keeping your fingers crossed that tiger woods is ready? >> absolutely! it is great to have him out there. >> gary: people might laugh at this but if he comes back and he might be bigger than ever! non-sports fans even like him, he tam, phil stofeel sorry for him. >> the opening was so much bickering that we had from 1998 because from dashed the opening was des -ash some much better-some much better >> gary: how much does the city make of this? >> the average economic impact, 150-170 million it is huge! and it is a big number. the >> gary: the u.s. open olympic

packed with northern ireland's rory mcilroy stretches his lead to six strokes following another blistering run on day two of the u.s. open. and off to a flyer petter solberg races to a fifty one second lead over championship leader sebastian loeb after the opening stages of rally craig's. pole first then run fourteen in the russian premier league kicks off a little later on saturday interest aplenty including two regional authorities on the best team in the league first the worst the latter seeing system also trouble to now chick she called rock bottom. cisco also with a game in hand over second seeded sneak the champions themselves take on new boys nizhny novgorod could possibly leapfrogs meet with victory wait car you know moscow will be seeking their first win in three up expense of f.c. some relegation scrap is probably the best way to describe it was it to grozny

mcilroy would two-putt from there. birdie.t a 6 under 65 and he got himself a three-stroke lead. >>> to baseball now. if you like home runs, we had a few in the cardinals/nationals game jayson werth, starting it off. seven home runs hit total in this game. not the most in a single game this season. the royals/angels actually combined for eight. but the biggest home run of the game came late in extra innings, bottom 10. espinosa, his first career walkoff home run and nationals win it, 7-4. he was 3 for 5 with 4 rbis. that'll do it for this sports update. i'm mike yam. >> our hats off now to a 25-year-old motivational speaker this morning. austin szelkowski arrived in santa monica, california, yesterday, get this, after a 3,400-mile coast-to-coast journey on skates. >> all the way he carried that american flag starting in new york last october. szelkowski said he did it to inspire kids. >> this is the best way to end it all, to finish it up he went right into the ocean, skates on and all. >> to cool off. >> i bet. that is a long

open champion rory mcilroy this was the moment of the twenty two year old sank the winning pots lang's his first major title and complete a fairytale story once upon a time this is where it all began for him at his local hollywood golf course back

. >>> in sports 22-year-old rory mcilroy is atop the leaderboard.g into today's second round of the u.s. open golf tournament. mcilroy's approach at 4 bounced on the green and spun back to within five feet of the hole. it led to one of his six birdies. he shot a 65 and has a three-stroke lead, the biggest first round lead in the open since 1976. mcilroy is hoping to make up for an epic meltdown earlier this year at the masters. >>> in baseball a rematch of last year's american league championship series. in the 12th inning here in new york, the yankees' brent gardner grounded a single to right, and curtis granderson scored easily. new york's 3-2 walkoff win completed a three-game squeeze of texas. gardner got a cream pie in the face to celebrate. that's some celebration. >>> dallas celebrated its first nba championship with a victory parade worthy of big "d." a quarter million fans filled the streets. to cheer the mavericks. team owner mark cuban held the trophy high as the fans applauded finals mvp dirk nowitski and the rest of the team. during the

open they were northern ireland rory mcilroy will take an eight shot lead into the final day he finished saturday with a three under par round of sixty eight to keep himself well ahead of closest rival chang at the twenty two year old is after his first major and started the day with a six shot labor since all that grow he had to say at the with this short next to the pain then hit for birdies to finish. and overall the lowest ever score at the u.s. open after three rounds will form a p.g.a. champion why young is in second place eight shots back one of his shots of the day saw him blast this approach sixty. and then just a shot behind him jason de. westwood he carded a blistering sixty five and was in great form with his eye but it is down with an eight shot lead with one round to go twice the size of the one he blew on the last day at the masters two months ago. i.

way across the gulf now and rory mcilroy is off to a roaring style to the u.s. open where the second day's action is starting as we speak meanwhile on the openings a the northern irishman shot a stunning round of sixty five piling up a three stroke usha now the top that result was in the twenty two year old slow will score in a major though he got a sixty three ad break to show he can boast a bogey free around this time around at the tough congressional course securing a three stroke advantage you had of these nearest rivals one of them in south africa charles also who has most this crowd off the overnight we the mcilroy famously fell apart in the last round to carry on why the other man can't be sharing second place. you know i didn't really put a foot wrong and any mistake i made was. fourteen and i held a nice sort of fifteen footer for par there so you know apart from that it was you know it was pretty much stress for you. it was nice you know. i feel like i'm driving it well myron shots could. hold a few putts so you know it's a nice combination of brings u

. >>> 22-year-old golfer rory mcilroy finished his second round of the u.s. open early today.o relax, going to it a movie, see hangover 2. sunday night rory hopes to star in hangover 3. yes, rory mcilroy is the same kid from northern ireland who blew a big lead in the final round of this years masters, but roy is calm, cool and collected here. he birdies the fourth hole. mcilroy becomes the first player in the 111 year history of the u.s. open to shoot 131 in 36 holes. this is his approach, 113 yards. rory plans on rolling it back and that's ridiculous, an eagle. rory's last birdie was on this 17 hole. despite a double bogey on no. 18 rory mcilroy is 11-under par, six strokes better than second place y.e. yang. >>> it's major league soccer in kansas city. tonight the san jose earthquake lost for the first time in seven games, kansas city with a free kick. first loss since april 30th, now 5-5-4 overall. >>> a's win over the giants. they're 43-41 in interleague against the giants. >> really? wow. >> thank you, fred. be sure to join ktvu morning news tomorrow beginning at 7 a.m.

rory mcilroy is 11 under after two rounds of the u.s. open.tory of the event. he shot # under 65 in the opening round. on fire yesterday. here is his second shot on par four 8. he lands it high above the hole. it has a little back spin and working its way closer and closer and closer. this is going in for eagle. dropping him to ten under. then on 17, mcilroy, birdie putt. 13 under. the lowest anybody has ever been at any open. double bogeys 18 and finishes minus 11 with a 66. who is chasing him? everybody. ye yang is the closest followers. 69 for yang. five under. the putt of the day belongs to ryan palmer on 17. this is taking the scenic route along the fringe. perfect line, perfect speed, perfect results. birdie. palmer at one under through 17. when play was suspended. a look at the leaderboard. mcilroy with a six-stroke lead. off cluster of five -- off cluster of five tied at two under. this open is mcilroy's to lose. >> it's been two very good days of golf. i put nyst a great position going into the weekend. i know more than anyone else, y

. >>> 22-year-old golfer rory mcilroy finished his second round of the u.s. open early today.x, going to it a movie, see hangover 2. sunday night rory hopes to star in hangover 3. yes, rory mcilroy is the same kid from northern ireland who blew a big lead in the final round of this years masters, but roy is calm, cool and collected here. he birdies the fourth hole. mcilroy becomes the first player in the 111 year history of the u.s. open to shoot 131 in 36 holes. this is his approach, 113 yards. rory plans on rolling it back and that's ridiculous, an eagle. rory's last birdie was on this 17 hole. despite a double bogey on no. 18 rory mcilroy is 11-under par, six strokes better than second place y.e. yang. >>> it's major league soccer in kansas city. tonight the san jose earthquake lost for the first time in seven games, kansas city with a free kick. first loss since april 30th, now 5-5-4 overall. >>> a's win over the giants. they're 43-41 in interleague against the giants. >> really? wow. >> thank you, fred. be sure to join ktvu morning news tomorrow beginning at 7 a.m. [ man

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roar yeah mcilroy has shot the lowest in 36 holes. he followed yesterday's 6 under 65 with a 66 today. check out this approach on the 8th hole. he has a little radar love on this ball. i mean, yeah, close is nice, but that's an eagle. you have to like that. rory birdies the 17th as well. right here and despite a double bogey on the final hole, mcilroy is 11 under par, six shots ahead of second place y. e. yang. that is sports as we see it. a's and giants highlights, of course, tonight. >> that was an incredible shot. >> he has been hot. >> thank you. >>> coming up, filling up for less. welcome news for drivers but what's behind the dip and will the downward trend continue? our live coverage continues in 30 minutes on bay area news at 7:00 on news 36. >> if you can't wait until 7, go to ktvu.com. we have new information about a brutal attack on a jogger this afternoon. we have the latest information on the search for michele le and what's happened so far in that baffling case. and we'll take a closer look at what the sticking point are

golf now in northern ireland's rory mcilroy has won the u.s. open is the first major for the twenty two year old who won by a whopping eight shots to. in the youngest winner since bobby jones in one thousand nine hundred twenty three michael roy had led from the very first round and was eight shots clear at the beginning of the final day and he started it with a birdie and never looks like crumbling under the pressure of topping the leaderboard as he famously did on the final day of the masters two months ago. and to prove the point he almost hold to this tee shot on the tenth the ball rolling back to within inches of the cup and from that point no one got close australia's jason day finished second producing a lovely bunker shot on the eighteenth to save par as he carded a sixty eight. but it was mcelroy who took the plaudits and the records sinking this spot for a final round of sixty nine to finish on sixteen on the par overall that smashed the previous low school at u.s. open by four shots and also ensured the trophy goes back to northern i

know the islands rory mcilroy stretches these lead to massive six strokes to today's set in the u.s. open all time records in the process. and in the world rally championship at the seoul books accuse a comprehensive advantage of us about clocking the best times on the opening day of acropolis in greece. first and round food scene in the russian crimea is now in progress with all much is taking place on saturday interest plans including to see if the dog is and the best team in the league versus the west the last to see to travel to take on golf bottom sparked. also with a game in hand of a second seeded xin neat as the champions themselves stake on the new boys. of those two matches are getting started as we speak in the meantime two games have finished a novel have finally ended their three game losing streak vibrating f.c. to i'm three male final schools they. failed to leapfrog sinitta as they managed an away goal this jewel to on car elsewhere i really geishas script was probably the best way to describe. it to terry gross in a while local bragging rights are up for grabs as. ha

but rory mcilroy changed all of that.oming into the final day at congressional, holding an member, he blew that lead at the masters. this would be a different story. first hole sends a message, buries the putt. moves to 15 under. he's got a nine-stroke lead. 10th hole, tee shot. he was doing this all weekend. unflappable. that's going to have a little movement on it and will end up two feet away from the flag. he would birdie that. moves to 17 under. still eight shots ahead of the field and the field would try to reel in this man, but there was no reeling in runaway rory. look at what he does on the 16th. three feet away, birdies that. 17 under. nine-shot lead. two shots to go. he's going to win it. 18th hole, the second northern irishman to win a u.s. open, he does it by eight strokes. breaking the record box. >>> yankees and cubs, top of the 8th, nick swisher at the plate. three-run shot, seventh home run for swisher. the yankees win it, 10-4. >>> royals and cardinals. albert pujols, historically great on father's day.

rory mcilroy set the record for the best 36 hole score.d 5 under par 66 to put his score at 11 under par headed into the weekend. he was also at 13 under par coming down to the final hole and that set a record for the lowest score at any point ever in u.s. open history. mcilroy has never won a major golf tournament. >>> boston is preparing for something it has not done in 39 years, a victory parade for it hockey team. the bruins captured their first stanley cup since september 11th 72 on wednesday night. the parade is set for tomorrow. the bruins parade is affecting another boston team, the red sox. the team had to change its start time in order to accommodate celebrations. >>> a ceremony in washington, d.c. recognized a bay area woman for outstanding work helping others. it was for her long time service with the contra costa county tax aid program. she offers assistance to help low-income families with taxes to ensure they get the proper tax credits. >> i think more of us probably, more or less, always want to make people happy and comfor

in the mood to rory mcilroy braces clear after day warm up the u.s. open moving three strokes in front. big in russia n.b.a. stars twice hard on kurylenko pay a visit to moscow giving their fans a chance to step on the court put the fear. bass. dominance of russian basketball shows no signs of waning any time soon the army men forcing him key to weight the white flag in their final series clinching on precedent an eighteenth domestic championship the home team scoring the first five points in the game but the army men could be fun the rhythm after that jr holding on fire in what could be as last ever game the american contemplating retirement thirty five year old holden notching up twenty five points for assists in what was an all round excellent display of shooting by the visitors the muscovites also with the age from done in making an impressive fifty percent of three point efforts seventy four sixty three the final score c s i won every domestic title since over three playoff m.v.p. victor three out but the perfect man to offer some words of the ch

the daily herald editor says john mcilroy wins u.s.f current for charity, keen a turner hosted it. i asked him about the work stoppage earlier today. >> i do the preseason games. should i be ready to do all four preseason games. >> get the suit cleaned, get it cleaned, be ready to go. >> and memorize the names. >> i love his optimism but in the nfl meetings they are not optimistic tonight, let me tell you. >> yeah, they are not gonna burn that money. >> yeah. >> they will be ready. >> t,, droid ! i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today.

both now and northern ireland's rory mcilroy has won the u.s. open is the first major for the twenty two year old who won by a whopping eight shots to make him the youngest winner since bobby jones in one thousand twenty three michael roy had led from the very first round with eight shots clear at the beginning of the final day he started it with a birdie he never looked like crumbling under the pressure of topping the leaderboard as he famously did final day of the last two months ago to prove the point he almost told this tee shot on the tenth. running back to we can choose a pickup and i'm not going to have one got close astray is jason day finished second but you see. the often run for shelter on the eighteenth to save paul as he called it the sixty eight. but it was not the one who took the court and the record stinking this final round sixty nine to finish and sixteen under par overall that smashed the previous lowest score at the u.s. open for shots their special the fight against back to northern ireland to play in success last week. you

while record breaker rory mcilroy can choose his first major title move in a truck victory in the u.s. open to come youngest winner today here is under fans reach the world cup trophy touches down in moscow today a whirlwind tour. but first a tennis player has been interrupted by rain at wimbledon as we heard but before that rafael nadal made a successful start in the defense of his title after brushing aside america's michael russell in straight sets on center court but also in how he'd always own way though especially in the first set as he trailed four to the spine and then found his ball to win six four six two six two in one hour and fifty eight minutes the world number one next by another american lives reaching in ranchi. the other because the other games in the men's draw for seed andy murray is up against spain's daniele cumulus cloud that's also on center court is runner up almost thirty six feet east part of the laundry. and you brought it. back to the scene made light work of fueling the netherlands in straight says six three six four six two and in the women's game number

the daily herald editor says john mcilroy wins u.s.>> the golf current for charity, keen a turner hosted it. i asked him about the work stoppage earlier today. >> i do the preseason games. should i be ready to do all four preseason games. >> get the suit cleaned, get it cleaned, be ready to go. >> and memorize the names. >> i love his optimism but in the nfl meetings they are not optimistic tonight, let me tell you. >> yeah, they are not gonna burn that money. >> yeah. >> they will be ready. >> they will be back. we'll see. we'll be right back. >> yeah. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. >> all right. going to be a scorcher tomorrow. >> scorcher tonight. >> go to the pool. >> going to spread it today. >> cameron diaz is coming up. >> oh. >> yes. look in the tv guide. >> all right.

today mcilroy has an opportunity to ease the misery of that meltdown. all he has to do is not blow an 8-shot lead this time. 292-year-old from northern iowa has been so good even he was amazed watching highlights of his first two rounds on the practice range yesterday. the field, trying to cut into a six stroke lead, heading into that third round. and westwood runs into him and finishes at minus 5. 15th sole, garcia getting crafty. punch shot and the moving the stick is his friend. knocks it down. knocks in the putt for birdie. he's 4-under. and robert garrigus, 5 under. the story is rory, and he is rolling on 111. big bender and 13 under. second on the par 4, 14th. look at this approach. he will stick it to within five feet. he would birdie could go to 14-under par. that's where he finished. 14-under. the lowest ever in an open through 54 holes. playing partner y. e. yang alone in second. and westwood, garrigus and jason day all nine strokes back. for mcilroy, it's about staying aggressive. >> the attitude and the killer instinct. that's what you need

in the mud rory mcilroy races clear also day one of the u.s. open moving three strokes in front the maryland. and big in russia and a style dwight howard and andre kirilenko pay a visit to moscow giving their pals a chance to step on course with the very best. so it's come all schools dominance of russian basketball shows no signs of waning any time soon the imam clenching and unprecedented eighty of domestic championship after winning yet another final against team kate scoring the first five points in the game but so it's got quickly found their groove off the bat j.r. holden on fire in what could be his last ever again the russian they contemplating retirement thirty five year old phil not you know twenty five once and for a serious thing but was an old excellent display of shooting by the visit says seventy four to sixty three to final school tim scott have now won every domestic title since two thousand and three player found to be big to help the perfect man to all for sunburn as a championship was the most. ever of the ball it would look

. >> time for sports and rory mcilroy. nicholas never did it or hog onor palmer or tiger. under . lowest 30 year score in the history of the open. he was on fire again today. lands it above the hole and as if a magnet drawed it back. he finished minus 18. everybody is chasing him . 69 for yang who is five under. the put of the day belongs to palmer on 17. scenic route on the fringe and up and down and perfect pede and palmer one under through 17 and play was suspended. mcilroy has a stroke stroke lead x. commil mickleson. this is his to lose . i have to stay focused. second installment of the bay area bridge and they are looking at revenge after being swept by the giants . of the last outing he had aly hit shot out. it is noror 95 again. meanwhile the giants roll in town in first place. they are working out prospects. head coach . as you know. they are desperate for size. morris twins are an option. clay thotcheson shooting guard who can't wait to hear his name called. nba is a dream and i thought i was one of the best to come out it is a right opportunity. i will have to

mcilroy after the halfway mark. victory is not guaranteed. phil is one over. h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h

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. >> 22-year-old rory mcilroy from northern ireland won the u.s. open at congressional country club in washington, d.c., with a stunning performance. the kid is awfully good. it's too bad the same can't be said about nbc, the network that televised our national championship. at the beginning of yesterday's telecast, nbc aired a patriotic montage, that featured video clips of national monuments, soldiers raising an american flag. it was all cut around a group of school aged kids reciting the pledge of allegiance. only during the pledge the words under god and indivisible were edited out twice. the piece was supposed to play up the patriotism theme with the golf course hosting the championship so close to the nation's capital. a lot of people couldn't get past the missing line. who does this? angry viewers immediately took to twitter bashing nbc, suggesting a boycott of the network. others called into nbc affiliates and complained. before the broadcast ended, one of the announcers dan hicks issued an on air apology of sorts, saying the omission was n

forget about it because mcilroy was masterful at the u.s.ing round and that is what cnn's patrick snell is following today. what do you think? he is keeping up the momentum? >> reporter: talk about a comeback, kyra. fantastic stuff from the 22-year-old from hollywood, northern ireland, producing a blockbuster of an opening round shooting a sizzling 65, 6 below par. he is already on the course to my left here and a short time ago he was at 7 under par is he is putting that masters misery behind him. he went out and shot 08 on the final day and blew a four-shot lead and the green jacket promptly went to a close and fear rival. let's say schwarz will benefit from this. mcilroy recently taking a trip to haiti and he has been talking about that really has kind of restored him and given him a fresh sense of perspective. he saw things there firsthand which he said, look, it doesn't matter if i go and blow a lead at the masters. i saw a nation rebuilding itself and i think it has helped him immensely. >> we have to keep our eye on the 16-year-old th

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