Woods stands alone. Woods makes shots when he needs to and others fall away at PGA

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods is the sole leader going into the final round of the PGA Championship, two shots ahead of defending champion Padraig Harrington and Y.E. Yang.

Something’s in the wind: Woods’ lead shrinks as rivals make run in 3rd round at PGA

CHASKA, Minn. — Well, this has a familiar feel.

Something’s in the wind: Other players making a run at Woods in 3rd round at PGA

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods is feeling some heat at the PGA Championship. And no, it’s not because of the weather.

An early birdie keeps Tiger Woods ahead of field at PGA Championship at humid Hazeltine

CHASKA, Minn. — Fans took off at a run, and there was finally a buzz at the PGA Championship on Saturday morning. Was someone making a move? Had Phil Mickelson found his putting stroke?

An early birdie keeps Woods ahead of the field at PGA Championship at humid Hazeltine

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods’ ball dropped halfway into the cup and rolled around the rim. Instead of falling, though, it popped back out.

Woods ahead by 4 strokes at PGA Championship for largest halfway lead at major in 4 years

CHASKA, Minn. — Fans took off at a run, and there was finally a buzz at the PGA Championship on Saturday morning.

From typewriter to Twitter: Jenkins takes great technological leap forward at golf’s majors

CHASKA, Minn. — The literary contributions of Dan Jenkins go well beyond the 201 major championships he has covered in a career that spans Ben Hogan to Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods.

Woods up by 4 strokes at PGA Championship for largest halfway lead at major in 4 years

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods is exactly where he wants to be as he tries to win his first major of the season and 15th of his career. The world’s number-one golfer has a four-shot lead after two rounds of the 91st PGA Championship at Hazeltine outside Minneapolis. Woods is 8-0 in his career when he has the lead in a major after 36 holes. He never has lost a pro tournament when entering the weekend with a four-shot advantage

Jeev makes cut at PGA Championship

HAZELTINE - India’s Jeev Milkha Singh crossed the first hurdle as he successfully made the weekend rounds with a second round 73 despite a late bogey in the 91st PGA Championships at the Hazeltine National Golf Club.

Brief look at second round of PGA Championship

CHASKA, Minn. — A brief look at Friday’s second round of the 91st PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club (all times EDT):

Everyone likes a good rivalry, but Tiger Woods seems intent on not having any

CHASKA, Minn. — Padraig Harrington had his moment, like they all have their moments. The only difference was his came early, too early for any real drama to unfold in the impending blowout that is the PGA Championship.

Woods’ run might leave Harrington _ and everyone else _ out at PGA, but he’s not down

CHASKA, Minn. — At least Padraig Harrington still has his sense of humor.

Woods leads by 4 at PGA, largest halfway lead at major in 4 years

CHASKA, Minn. — Whether it was the annihilation at the ‘97 Masters or the rout at Pebble Beach, Tiger Woods’ highlight reel at the majors is well known. Ditto for when he just didn’t have it, like that British Open last month.

Teaching pro takes a star turn on golf’s stage at PGA and shows he can play with the big boys

CHASKA, Minn. — Grant Sturgeon knows what it’s like to play difficult golf courses. For the last 16 months, he has been an assistant pro at Oakmont Country Club, reputed to be the toughest course in America.

After putting problems in another rough round, Mickelson wonders if he’ll return for weekend

CHASKA, Minn. — Phil Mickelson walked off the wind-blown Hazeltine course, unsure whether he would be back for the weekend.

Key hole in first round of PGA Championship

CHASKA, Minn. — A look at the key hole in the first round of the PGA Championship:

Poor putting hurts Mickelson at the first round of PGA Championship

CHASKA, Minn. — Phil Mickelson spent time in the rough and the sand, and one tee shot was so deep in the gallery he could have grabbed a snack from a corporate tent.

Big hitter: Quiros startles Tiger’s trio on 11th green, Spaniard finishes with 69

CHASKA, Minn. — The wind blew toward the tee box, and Hazeltine’s imposing 11th hole was 606 yards away from Alvaro Quiros while the rock-star group playing in front of him finished on the green.

Woods looking his best in the last major of the year, leads PGA by 1

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods smiled and gave a thumbs-up sign, although it wasn’t for anything he did at the PGA Championship.

A great frontrunner in front early makes this PGA Championship easy to handicap

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods barely had a chance to down a post-round bottle of Gatorade Tiger, and already he was thinking ahead. The weather report for Friday’s second round in the PGA Championship was in, and it was clear Woods liked the idea of strong winds raking Hazeltine Country Club while others try to catch him from behind.

Daly double: After a bad finish, Daly calls it quits

CHASKA, Minn. — John Daly withdrew from the PGA Championship after finishing with consecutive double bogeys for a 78. He cited a back injury.

Royals beat Twins 5-4, take 2 of 3 to keep Twins from gaining ground in AL Central

MINNEAPOLIS — Gil Meche was victorious in his return from the disabled list and the Kansas City Royals dealt the Minnesota Twins a major setback in the AL Central with a 5-4 series-clinching victory Thursday.

Still looking for his first major title of the year, Woods has the early lead at the PGA

CHASKA, Minn. — Missing the cut shouldn’t be a problem for Tiger Woods at this major.

Woods, other top players could tee it up at 2016 Games after IOC board recommends golf

CHASKA, Minn. — Tiger Woods is a step closer to adding another major title to his name: Olympian.

Woods on leaderboard at PGA, where birdies a plenty to be had at lengthy Hazeltine

CHASKA, Minn. — Missing the cut shouldn’t be a problem for Tiger Woods at this major.

John Mallinger has 3 straight birdies to land atop the PGA Championship leaderboard at turn

CHASKA, Minn. — Three straight birdies put John Mallinger atop the leaderboard at the PGA Championship.

PGA Championship TV Schedule: 2009

PGA championship is among the world’s top class golf tournaments, it is an annual tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour, and it is already on at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, so if anybody is not in a position to visit the field  they can easily glued up themselves to the TV screen and can relish the action of the Great Tiger Woods and other favorites.

Play gets under way at year’s final major under perfect conditions

CHASKA, Minn. — The year’s final major is under way at Hazeltine National. D.J. Trahan, Keith Dicciani and Briny Baird got the PGA Championship started Thursday morning, teeing off at the first hole under perfect conditions: cool temperatures and clear skies.

Tiger Woods suffers back injury scare ahead of USPGA

WASHINGTON - American golfer Tiger Woods’ pursuit to win his third consecutive tournament and his first major of 2009 was hit by an injury scare while practicing at Hazeltine.

PGA set for Hazeltine’s monstrous 7,674 yards, longest course in major championship history

CHASKA, Minn. — The fans stopped at the crosswalk on No. 3 and pulled out their course maps.

13 Facts and figures for the PGA Championship

CHASKA, Minn. — A brief look at the 91st PGA Championship, which starts Thursday (all times EDT):

PGA Champions dinner gets an Irish gift and Irish humor

CHASKA, Minn. — The defending PGA champion not only hosts a dinner for past champions, he selects a special gift. Shaun Micheel gave them a guitar at the 2004 dinner, while Phil Mickelson gave the champions a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from their PGA victory.

After tending to his wife and mother, Mickelson puts his focus back on golf at PGA

CHASKA, Minn. — Phil Mickelson got lost on his way to the putting green.

PGA goes to great lengths at the last major of the year

CHASKA, Minn. — Paul Azinger pulled the driver from his bag because there really is no other option at Hazeltine. The sign post on the opening hole has two words and two sets of numbers that serve as a not-so-subtle welcome to the PGA Championship.

10 years after dueling Woods to finish at Medinah, Sergio Garcia still looking for 1st major

CHASKA, Minn. — Sergio Garcia’s news conferences at the majors are starting to sound like therapy sessions.