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8:27 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – For a few hours Saturday afternoon, it appeared this PGA Championship might be an unlikely coronation. Phil Mickelson was on cruise control, hitting fairways, rolling in birdie putts, thumbs-upping everyone in sight. He walked to the 11th tee with a five-shot lead. Could this really be happening? Could

Phil Mickelson smiles and celebrates with a fist pump after making a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Keyur Khamar/PGA TOUR via Getty Images) Don’t let nostalgia influence your betting habits

Looking for back-to-back major wins, Hideki Matsuyama is just two shots back halfway through the PGA Championship. (Darren Carroll/PGA of America/Getty Images Fresh off his win at Augusta National, Hideki Matsuyama has put himself right in the mix at another major championship. Matsuyama sits just two shots back halfway through the PGA Championship, thanks to

Getty Images Every day of a major championship is enthralling for different reasons. Round 1 always offers hope. With 156 golfers walking onto a golf course for the first time in competition, anything can happen. Twelve hours later, hope is dashed for most of them, but that reality constitutes a buzz that’s unique to the

4:32 PM ET Associated Press Sam Burns has withdrawn from the PGA Championship with a back injury. The 24-year-old Burns came in as one of the hottest players in golf. He won the Valspar Championship three weeks ago, then finished second at the AT&T Byron Nelson last week ahead of the year’s second major. Burns

It’s win or go home for the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers. The NBA’s play-in tournament has added a heavy layer of drama to what would ordinarily be an underwhelming matchup between two mediocre teams. Instead, the winner of Thursday night’s game will move on to the NBA playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s No. 8

The PGA Championship is upon us, and that means we’re back to kick around the prospects of the game’s best and brightest. Yahoo Sports senior writer Jay Busbee and lead fantasy analyst Scott Pianowski are here to give you the insights you need heading into the year’s second major … as well as some tips

Jordan Spieth will enter this week’s 2021 PGA Championship needing a win to complete his career grand slam. The three-time major champion has made a remarkable turnaround after bottoming out at No. 92 in the Official World Golf Ranking earlier this year. Spieth ended a nearly four-year winless drought at the Valero Texas Open and

7:19 AM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The pudgy face is gone. So too is the curly hair sticking out from beneath an odd-looking cap. Now, the look is more mature, one of a husband and father, someone whose priorities have evolved. After all these years, Rory McIlroy returns to the same place, but he

Kiawah Island is a beautiful setting for this year’s PGA Championship. (Gary Kellner/The PGA of America via Getty Images) The season’s second major is upon us, the latest in a COVID-initiated seven majors in 12 months. After a one-year delay, the PGA Championship returns to its new spot on the sports calendar. Here’s all you

The 2021 PGA Championship starts Thursday from Kiawah Island, and the top golfers in the world will be in attendance. The 2021 PGA Championship field features former winners like Rory McIlroy, who fired a bogey-free Sunday and won by eight strokes at this very same venue nine years ago. Also among the top 2021 PGA

Kyoung-Hoon Lee’s first career win on the PGA Tour couldn’t have come at a better time. After enduring a wet and delayed final round to win the AT&T Byron Nelson on Sunday, Lee earned the final spot in next weeks’ PGA Championship. “[It was a] long day for me, I think [for] everybody,” Lee said,

6:43 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Sam Burns still has the lead going into the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson despite more magic on the 18th green from local favorite Jordan Spieth. Now it’s a race to beat the weather in Texas in the final round with a good number of

For Stephan Jaeger, promotion to the PGA Tour is just 18 holes away. Looking for his third win of the season, which would earn him automatic promotion to the big leagues, Jaeger kept his foot on the gas and extended his lead at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Visit Knoxville Open on Saturday. The 31-year-old fired

Getty Images McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Now that Sam Burns has figured out how to turn an early lead into a victory, it’s already time to try again. Burns birdied six of his last eight holes Friday for a 10-under 62 and a two-stroke lead over Alex Noren at 17 under after the second round

Phil Mickelson is assured at least one more crack at the major that has given him the most heartache. He accepted a special exemption Friday to play the U.S. Open. Mickelson becomes the first player since Vijay Singh in 2010 to receive an exemption without having won the U.S. Open, and he’s not without merit.

6:41 AM ET Omar Uresti has gone from an obscure, little-known PGA Tour player to a full controversial PGA Professional in a very short amount of time. But through everything that’s happened to him, Uresti’s just a guy who wants to play golf for a living. Full disclosure: My journey into the professional golf world

Getty Images Following a month off and a short recovery after testing positive for COVID-19, nobody really knew what to expect from Jordan Spieth in Round 1 of the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch. So of course, he delivered the full Jordan Spieth Experience. There were chunked chips, thinned irons, insane recovery