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LAS VEGAS -- Rod Pampling followed an opening 11-under 60 with a 68 on Friday to keep the lead in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.The 47-year-old Australian rebounded from two early bogeys to get to 14-under 128 at TPC Summerlin. He won the last of his two PGA Tour titles in 2006 at Bay Hill.Brooks Koepka had two eagles in a 67 to pull within a stroke. He won the Phoenix Open last year for his first tour title and was 3-1 in the United States Ryder Cup victory over Europe.Aaron Wise, the NCAA champion last season for Oregon, was two shot back at 12 under with four holes left when play was suspended because of darkness. He eagled the par-5 13th and 16th on his front nine.Pampling bogeyed two of his first five holes, failing to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker on the par-4 11th and from the rough over the green on the par-3 14th. He rebounded with birdies on four of the next seven holes, birdied the par-4 seventh, three-putted the par-3 eighth for bogey and two-putted for a closing birdie on the par-5 ninth.Koepka eagled the par-5 ninth and 16th, and had five birdies and five bogeys -- the last a three-putt from the fringe on the par-4 18th to drop out of the lead.Chez Reavie had the round of the day to make the cut, shooting a 61 after opening with a 76. He had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch that ended on the par-4 10th, added birdies on 13 and 15 and chipped in from 60 feet for eagle on 16.DOMINION CHARITY CLASSICRICHMOND, Va. -- Bernhard Langer shot a 5-under 67 in his return from a left knee injury, and Tom Byrum had a 65 to take the Dominion Charity Classic lead.Langer missed the PGA Tour Champions playoff opener last week in California after re-aggravating the injury at home doing routine spinning.The 59-year-old German star leads the 50-and-over tour with four victories and has wrapped up the season money title with $2,697,459. He tops the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs standings, 1,038,941 points ahead of second-place Colin Montgomerie.Byrum birdied three of the final four holes on The Country Club of Virginias James River Course. He had a one-stroke lead over Miguel Angel Jimenez.Jay Haas, Rocco Mediate and Scott McCarron matched Langer at 67. The 62-year-old Haas won a month ago in Newport Beach, California, to become the second-oldest winner in tour history.TOTO JAPAN CLASSICIBARAKI, Japan -- Ariya Jutanugarn chipped in for birdie on the final hole for a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead in the TOTO Japan Classic, the LPGA Tours first event in the Tokyo area since 1991.Jutanugarn birdied six of the last 11 holes in a bogey-free round at fan-packed Taiheiyo Club, holing out from 35 feet on the par-4 18th to join Soo-Yun Kang atop the first-round leaderboard. The 20-year-old Thai star also chipped in on the par-4 10th.She leads the LPGA Tour with five victories and has a 13-point lead over Lydia Ko in the player of the year standings, not that shes looking that far ahead.Kang birdied three of her final four holes. The 40-year-old South Korean player won the LPGA Tours 2005 Safeway Classic and is now a regular on the Japan LPGA.Stacy Lewis and Jenny Shin shot 67. Lewis won the 2012 event at Kintetsu KashikojimaThe top-ranked Ko had a 74, making two birdies and four bogeys.TURKISH AIRLINES OPENANTALYA, Turkey -- Denmarks Thorbjorn Olesen shot a course-record 9-under 62 to take a six-stroke lead after the second round of the Turkish Airlines Open.Adrian Otaegui had earlier shot a 63, but Olesen went one better to enter the weekend at 15-under 127 and open up the largest 36-hole lead on the European Tour this season. The 26-year-old Olesen had an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey at Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort.Otaegui and Thailands Thongchai Jaidee (66) were tied for second. Air Max 97 For Sale Australia . The nimble-footed quarterback got his wish, dashing through the snow and a weary defence all the way into the NCAA record book. Cheap Air Max 97 Australia . Each of Houstons starters scored in double figures as the Rockets improved to 2-0 against the Spurs this season, with both victories coming on the road. 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After becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown in 37 years, there wasnt any doubt whatsoever, even with so many important races yet to be decided, that American Pharoah had clinched Horse of the Year honors.In truth, 2015 was an aberration, because youre just not supposed to know the Horse of the Year that early. This, not surprisingly, is a very different year.(American Pharoah, of course, also accomplished very important things after his Triple Crown, romping in the Haskell and Breeders Cup Classic.)This 2016 racing season, while different, is actually unfolding in a totally conventional manner. At this point, some divisions seem crystal clear, while others are there for the taking. And Horse of the Year is far from settled, which adds an extra layer of intrigue to each weekends major stakes events.Last week, Songbird shipped all the way east for the first time to compete in Saratogas Coaching Club American Oaks and crushed Carina Mia, arguably the second-best 3-year-old filly in the country, to extend her unbeaten streak to nine. In the process, Songbirds lead for the championship of her division, already very large, likely became insurmountable.Also last week, California Chrome made a successful return to U.S. racing at Del Mar with a thrilling victory in the San Diego Handicap. California Chrome is arguably the current leader for Horse of the Year and top older dirt male on the strength of his powerful victory in the Dubai World Cup.However, the Dubai Cup was run half a world away, and California Chromes two victories this year on these shores came in Grade 2 races. So while merely winning last week means he lost nothing in terms of Eclipse Award position, the above combined with the fact that Dortmund gave him everything he wanted in the San Diego says California Chrome hasnt clinched anything yet.There are major championship considerations at stake this weekend, too. The amazing Beholder, already a three-time Eclipse Award winner, again meets last years champion 3-year-old filly, Stellar Wind, in Saturdays Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar. Beholder toyed with Stellar Wind in last months Grade 1 Vanity, and if she wins again (shes going for her ninth straight score), Beholder will make it only more difficult to overtake her in the older female division while enhancing her very live Horse of the Year candidacy.On Saturday at Saratoga, Flintshire -- whose victory in the Grade 1 Manhattan on the Belmont Stakes undercard in his only start this year was so impressive that it made him the clear leader in the male turf division -- goes in the Grade 2 Bowling Green Stakes. Flintshire is in a tricky spot. He is an absolute layover on paper, and if he doesnt win, and win big, it could hurt his title position, even if the Bowling Green is only a bridge to bigger and better races.ddddddddddddBut perhaps the biggest Eclipse Award implications this weekend involve the 3-year-old male division, in the Grade 1 Haskell Sunday at Monmouth Park and in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy, also Saturday at Saratoga and the local springboard to the critical Travers Stakes on Aug. 27.The Jim Dandy came up very salty with Creator and Destin, just a nose apart when first and second in the Belmont Stakes, and Mohaymen, who was the favorite for the Kentucky Derby until Nyquist handed him his first defeat in the Grade 1 Florida Derby.However, as solid as the Jim Dandy is, the Haskell carries greater importance. This Haskell is being billed as a renewal of the rivalry between Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and Preakness winner Exaggerator, a meeting made possible by the surprising and abrupt rerouting of Exaggerator from Saratoga to Monmouth. But Im not sure it is as much of a rivalry right now as the public relations folks would have you think.Exaggerator was 0-for-3 against Nyquist before finally getting the best of him in the Preakness, but an ugly 11th as the favorite in the Belmont Stakes (a race Nyquist missed due to illness) served to refocus the spotlight on the questions Exaggerator must address.Simply put, Exaggerator must prove he is not a creation of wet tracks and incredibly favorable pace setups. The three best races Nyquist ever ran, and by a long way, were his wins in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby and Preakness and his second to Nyquist in the Kentucky Derby. The thing is, Exaggerator caught wet tracks in those outings -- the official track condition for the Kentucky Derby was fast, but a heavy rainstorm right before the race left standing water in spots. And perhaps even more important, all three of those races featured scorching early paces that favored Exaggerators late kick. Exaggerator got neither a wet track nor a fast pace in the Belmont, and the result was not pretty.Nyquist has no such questions to address. Even though last years champion 2-year-old male lost for the first time in the Preakness after winning the first eight starts of his career, people are wisely not holding that defeat against him. Handicappers know that the outcome of the Preakness might have been very different had Nyquist not foolishly and needlessly been involved in a senseless early speed duel, and they give him credit for finishing as well as third. Moreover, Nyquists game try was certainly no surprise because he was on top of that very fast early pace in the Kentucky Derby -- the pace that set up so well for Exaggerator -- and still won decisively.The 3-year-old male division still goes through Nyquist, and he could take a huge step toward locking up another divisional title with a win in the Haskell. ' ' '