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SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- For some professional golfers this year, there are five majors.Emiliano Grillo certainly wants to win his first this week at the PGA Championship. Failing that, taking the first Olympic gold medal in the sport in 112 years would do just fine -- especially for an Argentine playing in Brazil.That Grillo is playing some of the best golf of his career right now might make him more of a factor in Rio. His 4-under-par 66 Thursday at Baltusrol had him one stroke behind Jimmy Walkers early lead.Grillo has built a nice little string of finishes the last two months, starting with an 11th at the Memorial. He was 14th at Firestone and tied for 12th at the British Open. Now, hes off to a strong start in the PGA, with the Olympic golf tournament beginning in two weeks.Id rather do that one week, one week and one week, Grillo said of the compact schedule. Because if you play good the week before, you can carry that on into the next week. Thats what Ive been doing. I played well in Troon. I played well last week (Canadian Open), and you know, Im carrying that into this week, which is very important. Its not like the past two weeks werent important.But were playing this week here and this is the important one. And were going to do the same, carrying on to Rio, and hopefully we can carry on into the playoffs and so on and so on.Ranked 37th in the world, Grillo has made the cut in his previous four majors. Clearly, the big stage doesnt bother him, and no stage is bigger for someone from Argentina than a prestigious event in Brazil.Playing anywhere in the world, it helps your confidence, Grillo said. It doesnt matter if its here, Argentina or China, it doesnt matter.It definitely helps, especially last week we play in Canada with very tough conditions, and that really helps going into a major. Its great playing good anywhere ... and to bring that momentum into a major, its very good.Grillo, 23, has been quite good for a while on the PGA Tour, even if he is anything but a household name. He won the Web.com Tour championship in 2015 and, two weeks later, won the Frys.com, which opened the current season.He will team with Fabian Gomez for Argentina at the Olympics, and hell be thinking about the biggest hero in Argentina golf, Angel Cabrera, who owns a Masters and U.S. Open title.I mean, he just keeps pretty simple, just play your own ball and you dont have to care what everybody else is doing, Grillo said. Thats what Ive been trying to do the last year and its been so far working.So Im going to continue with that.He won two majors when I was just a little kid. Watching him win the Masters -- well, the U.S. Open and then the Masters -- was unbelievable. Watching him win the green jacket back in Argentina, its a lot of motivation.Grillo was in position to tie or surpass Walker, but couldnt birdie the only two par-5 holes, the 17th and 18th. Walker birdied 18,Making par out here, its not a bad score, Grillo said. On 18, I was a bit unlucky. I was in a little divot on the second shot and so I had to hit kind of a low show instead of a high one, which kind of lands soft on the green. Its a shame I cannot make a birdie on 18, especially such a short par-5.Early Thursday, there were two eagles and 20 birdies on 18.Still, Grillo is in prime position after one round played in brutal heat.This is one of the biggest tournaments in the world, he said, and its nice to post a good score in these kind of conditions. Cheap Brewers Jerseys . Gather a group of friends, or find a league to join online, draft your team, set your lineup and compete in a number of different formats. Paul Molitor Jersey Large . 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Blaine Gabbert made big throws, the running game was productive and the team converted third downs with ease.After jumping out to a quick 14-point lead, everything seemed to stall and the Niners stumbled to their third straight loss, falling 24-17 to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.We just couldnt keep that momentum going, left tackle Joe Staley said. It was very frustrating. It was just one of those games.The performance over the final three quarters is becoming all too familiar to the 49ers, who have struggled to generate much consistent offense in their first year running Kellys up-tempo, spread system.After gaining 143 yards, scoring two touchdowns and all six third-down opportunities in the first two drives, San Francisco was held to 152 yards, three points and just two third-down conversions over the final 43:55.We started fast like we wanted to all week, Gabbert said. Got the run game going. Got some passes in there. Jumped up to 14-0 and just stalled there a little bit. We got to watch the film to really see the reasons why.The Niners (1-3) made third downs a priority after failing to convert the first 10 opportunities in a loss at Seattle last week. That seemed to pay off when ran for one on the first drive and then followed up with two long conversions through the air.He hit Quinton Patton on a 13-yard pass on third-and-12 and then found Jeremy Kerley alone for a 33-yard touchdown on a third-and-7 play.Gabbert converted another third down with a keeper on the next drive and added a 13-yard pass to Garrett Celek to convert a third-and-9 before Carlos Hyde capped the drive with a 3-yard run on third-and-1 to make it 14-0.Thats about all the offense did all game as San Francisco converted its next third down on thhe following drive before going 1-for-7 the rest of the way, a big factor in another loss.ddddddddddddThe offensive woes could be summed up by the final drives in the fourth quarter. With San Francisco trailing 21-17, the offense took over near midfield with a chance to take the lead.Gabbert then took a rare deep shot down the field. Torrey Smith got behind the Dallas defense and Gabbert launched a pass his way that could have been a go-ahead touchdown if he had thrown it well. Instead, the pass was well behind Smith and Morris Claiborne managed to recover in time to make the interception .We were both frustrated, Gabbert said. That was a huge play in the game. Every game in the league comes down to one or two plays that change the outcome and that definitely had an impact on it and thats on me. I got to throw that ball to the middle of the field and let him go get it.Smith, who hadnt been targeted all game before that point, slammed his helmet in frustration as he went to the sideline.The Cowboys drove down for a field goal but San Francisco still had a chance to tie it on the next possession. 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