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PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

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Jun 26, 2023
Yin Ruoning wins Women's PGA Championship to collect first major title
Yuka Saso finished one stroke back in second after a bogey on the par-3 16th undermined a final round that was otherwise free from blemishes.
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Jun 22, 2023
Rose Zhang managing newfound fame ahead of first major as pro
The days of working silently on her golf game for hours without distraction is a thing of the past for sensation Rose Zhang.
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May 24, 2023
Michael Block gets text from Michael Jordan after magical PGA Championship
In a magical run that captivated golf fans, the 46-year-old recorded the best finish by a club professional in a PGA Championship since 1986.
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May 22, 2023
Brooks Koepka savors return to top after winning PGA Championship
Koepka's two-shot victory over world No. 2 Scottie Scheffler and Norway's Viktor Hovland was a landmark win for LIV Golf and also showed he can still close out a major.
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May 19, 2023
Eric Cole surges to top of PGA Championship leaderboard before darkness stops play
Eric Cole, still chasing his first career win, charged to the top of the PGA Championship first-round leaderboard ahead of a pack of major winners before play was halted due to darkness, bringing the curtain down on a wild Thursday at Oak Hill.
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May 18, 2023
Brooks Koepka not dwelling on Masters 'choke' ahead of PGA Championship
I'm not dwelling on it,' Koepka said. 'I'm not perfect. As long as I can learn from it, I'll be better off from it.'
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May 16, 2023
Top exec rebukes LIV but seeks civility at PGA Championship
LIV Golf and the PGA Tour have taken their fight to court, but a trial is at least a year away.
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Sep 7, 2022
Billy Horschel calls LIV players at BMW PGA event ‘hypocritical’
Horschel, an outspoken critic of the Saudi-backed LIV circuit, was peeved that some LIV players who had never previously played in Europe were on hand at Wentworth Club outside London.
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Jun 27, 2022
Nasa Hataoka finishes fifth at Women's PGA Championship
Hataoka logged the day's best score and finished above 10th for the first time in this season's majors.
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Jun 24, 2022
Nasa Hataoka seven strokes back after first round of Women's PGA Championship
Nasa Hataoka shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round of the Women's PGA Championship on Thursday to sit seven shots off the lead in her quest for her first major title.
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May 23, 2022
Justin Thomas rallies from seven shots down to win PGA Championship
Thomas began the day seven strokes behind leader Mito Pereira. He tied the largest 54-hole comeback in PGA Championship history.
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May 22, 2022
Mito Pereira grabs PGA Championship lead as Tiger Woods withdraws
Playing in just his second major, Pereira has refused to surrender to pressure carding a one-under 69 to get to nine-under 201 and a three-shot advantage going into Sunday's final round.
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May 18, 2022
Better-prepared Tiger Woods says he can win PGA Championship
Very few athletes, especially ones returning from career-threatening injuries, can get away with such bravado, but Woods — as he has proven time and again — is no ordinary athlete.
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May 10, 2022
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods entered in PGA Championship
Mickelson has not competed since his controversial comments about Saudi Arabia came to light earlier this year, while Woods made his return from a horrific leg injury at the Masters.
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Apr 15, 2022
Bryson DeChambeau likely to miss PGA Championship after surgery
The American fractured the bone in his wrist when he slipped on marble floors while playing ping pong in Saudi Arabia, also injuring his hip in the fall.
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Jun 25, 2021
Confident Lizette Salas grabs lead at Women's PGA Championship
Lizette Salas shot a 5-under-par 67 to take sole possession of the lead after the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Thursday.
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Jun 24, 2021
Yuka Saso heading into Women's PGA Championship with new mindset
'I don't really expect anything. I'm just more focusing on what I have to do with my game.'
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May 24, 2021
Phil Mickelson wins PGA Championship to become oldest to win major title
Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama shot an even-par 72 in the final round to finish at 1-over, seven strokes behind Mickelson.
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May 22, 2021
Hideki Matsuyama two strokes off lead at PGA Championship
Starting six strokes off the lead after an opening-round 73, Matsuyama shot six birdies against two bogeys to sit at 3-under through two days at Kiawah Island Resort's Ocean Course.
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May 21, 2021
Hideki Matsuyama six shots off lead after first round of PGA
Matsuyama had three birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey and sits in a tie for 41st.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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