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CARMEL, Ind. -- Rory McIlroy suddenly has new life in what had been a drab season.All it took was a phone call to British putting coach Phil Kenyon, a little work and a little patience, and a victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship that reminded McIlroy what had been sorely missing in his game.He doesnt need to putt great. He just needs to avoid putting poorly.I was looking at the stats from my win here in 2012, McIlroy said Wednesday at Crooked Stick for the BMW Championship. And I think out of 70 players, I finished 49th in strokes gained putting and won by two, shot 20-under par. So you dont have to putt great, but you cant putt poorly, either. If you have a great ball-striking week, if youre sort of just average in putting, you can have a great chance to win.McIlroy ended another season without a major, though that victory at the TPC Boston on Monday moved him to No. 4 in the FedEx Cup and gave him a clear shot at the $10 million bonus, which he has never won. McIlroy was the best player in golf in 2012 (when he won at the TPC Boston and Crooked Stick in successive weeks) and in 2014 (when he won the last two majors). Both times, someone else played better and won the FedEx Cup.And theres one other cup at the end that could turn a major-less year into a sweet one.If I can play the way I am playing through the next two events of this FedEx Cup playoffs and into the Ryder Cup, I still wont have achieved what I wanted to achieve this season, but its a nice way to finish the season off, he said. Its not a bad way to finish the year.On the other side of this is Jason Day.He surged to No. 1 in the world by playing better than anyone the first half of the year, winning at the Arnold Palmer Invitation and the Dell Match Play, and then adding The Players Championship. But he didnt win a major, losing by one shot to Jimmy Walker at the PGA Championship. In fact, he hasnt won since May.Even so, Day finds himself in a remarkably tight race with U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson for player of the year.The PGA Tours award is a vote of the players. The PGA of America award is based on points. Day leads 80-76 in the points race, mainly because he has an ultra slim lead on Johnson in adjusted scoring average (0.008 difference) and a $507,527 lead on the money list.More troublesome to Day is this minor drought hes in.The worlds No. 1 player has had his chances, losing a late lead in the Bridgestone Invitational and failing to catch up to Walker at the PGA Championship. He wasnt a serious contender at either of the two FedEx Cup playoff events.But its a fine line, and Day could only laugh when it was mentioned that he had gone nearly four months without a victory.Of my goodness. I should start another profession then, right? he said.The only difference he can detect is missing a few more fairways, which he figures will lead to more birdie chances, better scoring and more trophies. He made it sound so simple, and for a short burst in the spring, he made winning look simple.I want to get back to that, Day said.A victory in either of the last two events might be enough for him to win the FedEx Cup -- if he wins the Tour Championship, hes assured of that -- and make this year as good as it can be without having a major.For everyone else, its a matter of getting to the Tour Championship.The top 70 in the FedEx Cup advanced to the BMW Championship, though Henrik Stenson at No. 24 took the week off to rest. 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NEW YORK -- The United States will open its World Baseball Classic schedule against Colombia on March 10, play the defending champion Dominican Republic the following day and close Group C of the first round against Canada on March 12.Major League Baseball and the players association announced the schedule Tuesday. The Americans first-round games will be in Miami.Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles had been announced in August as site of the March 22 final of the 16-nation tournament.Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea and Taiwan will play GGroup A games in Seoul from March 6-10, and Australia, China, Cuba and Japan will play Group B in Tokyo from March 7-11.ddddddddddddItaly, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will play Group D in Guadalajara from March 9-12. The top two nations in each group advance to the second round, to be played in Tokyo from March 12-15 and San Diego from March 14-19. Dodger Stadium will host semifinals on March 20 and 21. ' ' '