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TROON, Scotland -- Even during a week when the USGA didnt have a championship, it still came under scrutiny by way of comparisons.With a forecast of gusts topping 30 mph for the third round Saturday, the R&A finished its morning preparation of Royal Troon and decided not to cut or roll the putting surfaces in case the wind got out of hand. The greens were slower, though links putting surfaces typically are not fast.The result was low scoring and quick pace of play. Henrik Stenson, who has a recent history of being put on the clock, and Phil Mickelson finished the final round in just under four hours. The threesomes during the opening two rounds were finishing well under five hours.Mickelson, the runner-up a record six times in the U.S. Open, was asked to explain the difference between how the USGA and R&A sets up the golf course.I think that R&A sets the golf course up to be as fair as possible and to try to kind of identify who the best player is regardless of what the score is given the conditions and so forth, Mickelson said. Sometimes its 20 under. Sometimes people dont want that many under par. But the fact is if somebody plays some incredible golf, thats what it should do. You shouldnt have to mess with the course too much to try to control the score.John Daly won at St. Andrews in a playoff at 282 in windy conditions. Tiger Woods won at St. Andrews in dry and relatively calm conditions at 269.The message was the same on the large scoreboard over the 18th green: Well done, see you next year.Stenson set a major championship record at 264, three shots better than Mickelson. Take away those incredible performances and the winning score would have been 278 by J.B. Holmes.The USGA has it in their mind that the score needs to be par, so no matter what lines they have to cross to get there, thats got to be the standard, and it kind of disregards and doesnt take into account the difference in talent level and abilities that the players of today now have, Mickelson said.He believes the British Open is more fair. He also conceded he was biased.Ive won this one and I havent won the other one, Mickelson said. So Ive got that working against me.---THE GLOBAL GAME: More than being the first Swede to win a major, Henrik Stenson remembers those days when just about every European player was asked about ending the drought. Paul Lawrie of Scotland won the British Open at Carnoustie in 1999, it was another eight years and 31 majors before Padraig Harrington won his first major, also in the British Open at Carnoustie.Golf goes in cycles, and thats where the game is now.Starting with Harringtons first major in the British Open, there have been 37 majors won by players from all six continents on which golf is played.The Americans have won 15: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Jordan Spieth each with two, followed by Lucas Glover, Stewart Cink, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Jason Dufner, Zach Johnson and Dustin Johnson.Europeans have won 14: Rory McIlroy has four, Harrington has three, Martin Kaymer has two and the rest are Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke, Justin Rose, Danny Willett and Henrik Stenson.Africa has won four: Trevor Immelman, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els.Australian has won two: Adam Scott and Jason Day.South America has Angel Cabrera.---PGA CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD: Steve Stricker and Andrew Johnston played their way into the PGA Championship with high finishes in the British Open that pushed them into the top 100 in the world ranking.The PGA Championship tries to get the top 100 in the world ranking, even though that is not a specific category. This year, it went all the way down to Nicolas Colsaerts at No. 120. Others just outside the top 100 include Gregory Bourdy of France (No. 115), James Morrison of England (No. 106), Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden (No. 110), Shingo Katayama of Japan (No. 112) and Younghan Song of South Korea (No. 111).Another category is 2014 Ryder Cup members provided theyre among the top 100 in the world. Hunter Mahan (No. 186) and Stephen Gallacher (No. 311) did not qualify and were not offered exemptions.To fill the 156-man, the PGA of America goes back to its PGA Points list, which is a PGA Tour money list that starts at the 2015 Bridgestone Invitational and ended last week with the British Open and Barbasol Championship. Two players got in that way -- Freddie Jacobson and Cameron Tringale.By going beyond the top 100, the PGA of America opted not to go to its points list. The first alternate is Zac Blair, Harold Varner III, Jonas Blixt, Alex Cejka, Scott Brown and Brian Harman. One spot remained open for the Canadian Open winner if he is not already eligible.Still listed as part of the field is Tiger Woods, who has not played since last August and has not left many indications he is ready to return.---OLYMPIC FORTUNE: David Lingmerth of Sweden is going to the Olympics, and he has Victor Dubuisson to thank for that.Henrik Stenson secured the first spot for the Swedish team long before his record-breaking performance at Royal Troon. The other spot came down to Lingmerth and Alex Noren going into the final week of qualifying. Both were at the Scottish Open.Noren was coming off an eighth-place finish in the French Open to reach No. 99. Lingmerth was at No. 47. Going into the final week, it appeared the only way Noren could pass him was to win the Scottish Open and for Lingmerth to miss the cut.Noren won. Lingmerth missed the cut.One problem.Dubuisson decided to pull out of the Scottish Open on Wednesday, and it affected the strength-of-field just enough that the winner (Noren) received 46 points instead of 48. If the Frenchman had played, Noren would have gone past Lingmerth by the narrowest of margins and headed for Rio.---DIVOTS: Zach Johnsons tie for 12th in the British Open made him the 11th player to surpass $40 million on the PGA Tours career money list. ... A year ago, five of the top 10 players in the world had never won a major. Now only Rickie Fowler (7) and Sergio Garcia (10) from the top 10 have not won a major. ... Jason Day has not missed the cut in a major since the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, the longest active streak. ... No one had a lower score than Henrik Stenson over the final three rounds at Royal Troon. The last time that happened was the 1900 British Open at St. Andrews, when J.H. Taylor had the low score all four rounds. ... 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Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat. From having his position as head coach under scrutiny seven months ago, Russell Domingo has now been given the safety of a contract extension until the end of South Africas England tour next August. Domingo, whose contract was due to expire at the end of April 2017, will be in charge for the next 13 Test matches and the Champions Trophy in June 2017. Team manager Mohammed Moosajee has been given the same extension.As part of the domestic cricket review, we are currently evaluating the entire coaching framework in South Africa and the Board believed the best approach at present was to extend the tenure of Mr Domingo until the end of the England tour in 2017, Haroon Lorgat, the CSA CEO said.Naturally the performances of the Proteas was a key factor in the Boards unanimous decision. The recent 1-0 Sunfoil Test Series win against New Zealand and the impressive 5-0 win in the Momentum ODI Series against world champions Australia, resulting in us being the first nation to achieve a clean sweep against them, were noted. In addition, the excellent Proteas discipline and the positive culture throughout the coaching team, the player leadership group and the rest of the players were viewed as exemplary.The domestic review is separate from the abandoned but soon-to-be resurrected national team review, which was due to take place after South Africas World T20 exit. Former national rugby captain Francois Pienaar was the highest-profile person on the four-man panel that was due to begin work in May. When they failed to agree terms with CSA, the committee disbanded and the review was abandoned. However, another process is now underway, which will review the performances of all national teams, which is unconnected from the domestic review that was concluded earlier in the year.Among the domestic reviews recommendations was the formation of an eight--team T20 premier league to revamp the format in the country but, if that suggestion is implemented, it will only happen in the 2017-18 season.dddddddddddd It was not known that Domingos position was also part of the domestic review panels scope; however, there was a pressing need for certainty over Domingos future because of the timing of the Champions Trophy.If Domingos contract was not going to be renewed at the end of April, South Africas new coach would not have enjoyed any game time with the team ahead of the ICC event in England. South Africa do not have any fixtures scheduled between the end of March, when they tour New Zealand, and the England tour in May. As a result, a decision on Domingo had to be made at the earliest opportunity and after South Africa failed to make the final of the Caribbean triangular tournament in June, it was being speculated his time was up.However, Domingo enjoyed the support of Test and ODI captain AB de Villiers and was given the chance to redeem himself in the home series against New Zealand and Australia. A team culture camp preceded those series in which South Africa plotted what they call a new path.Stand-in captain Faf du Plessis also revealed that the coaching staff had been a major part of the discussions over changing the direction and credited them with South Africas turnaround. Although they have only climbed to No. 5 on the Test rankings from slumping to No.7 at the end of last summer, they are up to No. 2 in ODIs and have managed that without de Villiers, who is out injured. Importantly, Domingo has embraced the transformation targets and South Africa have unearthed some depth, which has seen them get back on track and earned Domingo a contract extension. ' ' '