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TROON, Scotland --?Steve Stricker made the most of his first Open in four years, shooting a final-round 69 to finish fourth and earn an invitation to next years Masters, among other perks.Stricker, 49, who plays a limited schedule these days and had not played on the PGA Tour in more than a month, had his best performance at The Open in 14 appearances.Thats the great thing about playing golf out here professionally, said Stricker, who has won 12 times on the PGA Tour in his career. There are a lot of carrots dangling. When youre playing well, youre rewarded and you get to do some pretty cool things. If thats the case, getting back to Augusta is pretty cool. Well see after it all shakes out.Another trip to the Masters is assured, as is a spot in the field at next years Open at Royal Birkdale; The Open extends invites to the top 10 finishers from the previous year.Still in doubt is qualifying for the PGA Championship in two weeks. Results at the Barbasol Championship, which ends Sunday, will affect that.Including last weeks Scottish Open, which he decided to play when the Greenbrier Classic was canceled on the PGA Tour, Stricker has played just 12 times in 2016.But thats part of the reason I think Im still playing well, he said. Ive cut down. Im still really excited to come out and play. I enjoyed my two weeks over here a lot. Scottish Open last week was really fun, and hanging with Phil [Mickelson] last week made the week go by real quick. It was good for my game, getting over here and experiencing all that weather, so it was a good decision to come over here.Stricker shot rounds of 67-75-68-69 to finish at 5-under 279, 15 strokes behind winner?Henrik Stenson.Nolan Patrick Jersey . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. 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Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011.PHOENIX -- The Los Angeles Dodgers close out their seasons longest road trip, 10 games, Sunday against NL West rival Arizona.As always, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will be mixing and matching, calculating who is healthy enough to play and who has the best chance to be effective. The Dodgers have placed 28 players on the disabled list this year, most in MLB history.How has he done it?Roberts fumbled for an answer Saturday. I think its just a matter of not trying to, uh, I dont know. Its a good question.Then, after thinking the matter through, he said, I think a lot of it is the players just understanding that there are certain circumstances were presented with and weve got to find a way to make it work.So I think its not ideal or traditional some of the things thats weve done. But weve had to make it work.Saturdays 6-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks was a great example.In addition to such high-profile youngsters as Corey Seager and Joc Pederson, Roberts started a pitcher, Brock Stewart, who began the season at Class A Rancho Cucamonga.Stewart proceeded to outpitch the D-backs Shelby Miller, giving the Dodgers five solid innings in his fifth MLB start.Then there was another rookie, Andrew Toles, who made a perfect throw from left field to home to save a run and choke off a Diamondbacks rally.A huge play, Roberts said.Next rookie up for the Dodgers is right-hander Jose De Leon (2-0), who will make just the third start of his major league career.dddddddddddd In 11 innings pitched for Los Angeles, he has given up six runs (five earned) on eight hits, including three home runs. He has 12 strikeouts and two walks in his first two starts.It will be the 65th game started by a rookie this year for the Dodgers.Roberts was asked to reflect back to spring training, and if he would have been scared to see some of these names in the lineup in a pennant chase.Probably so, he replied.There were some games where, you look at the lineups weve run out there in September, it kind of looks like a split-squad (spring training) game. But these are major league players playing on a playoff-contending team.You look at our roster and you project. This is not the way obviously we would have seen it playing out.Roberts praised the Dodgers scouts and player-development staff.The common factor with these young players is the pulse and the head. They dont scare off. Theyre really unshaken.The Diamondbacks will counter with Robbie Ray, who is 8-13 with a 4.55 ERA this season. He became one of just four pitchers in franchise history to record a 200-strikeout season when he beat the Rockies on Tuesday, allowing four runs over five innings with seven strikeouts.Ray is 3-3 in seven career starts against the Dodgers. ' ' '