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California teenager Rose Zhang won the longest U.S. Women's Amateur title match in 54 years, denying Gabriela Ruffels a repeat victory Sunday when the 20-year-old Australia missed a 3-foot par putt on the 38th hole.

Tiger Woods rediscovered his putting stroke Sunday to put together a solid round, but he finished well off the pace at the PGA Championship.

Andy Sullivan held off a spirited challenge from Spain's Adrian Otaegui to lift his fourth European Tour title at the English Championship in Hertfordshire on Sunday.

Sean Zak at Golf.com sums up the whirlwind energy booster that was Phil Mickelson’s booth (audition?) appearance on Saturday’s CBS PGA Championship coverage.

Mickelson joined the national broadcast for 90 electric minutes shortly after his third round Saturday, and despite the golf at TPC Harding Park being plenty entertaining on its own, what Mickelson brought to the booth was a breath of fresh air. A liveliness filled with information. If social media was any indication — and in this case it probably is — Mickelson’s performance was a hit. Once he really found his groove, it was perhaps his best work on the golf course this season.

The appearance, at least the part I could hear between some other duties and golf watching on site, was this: while over-caffeinated, Mickelson gave the show a jolt of life and inside-the-ropes energy akin to what Tony Romo has brought to CBS’s NFL coverage. Delineating something as small as the difference between missing the 4th fairway right, instead of left, just took you into that mindset of an all-time great who is also competing this week.

But more than that, he just brought a willingness to talk, inject life and make things fun. Generally, I’d say he was almost talking too much, but he also dispelled the myth that golf announcing has to be hushed. Golf needs this kind of analysis and energy to match the increased quality of the pictures and overall production delivery (which CBS is doing this week…along with help from the Kaze drone team and Goodyear Blimp crews bringing the prime cut eye candy).

Now, Phil’s energy level does call into question his motives. Maybe he just had a stronger than usual coffee that is the secret to his weight loss. Or, has he realized his future and it involves getting fit for an IFB and blue CBS blazer? Could he bring a similar passion when under contract and with nothing to prove? Or when he’s not actually playing that week?

There are plenty of players within reach of the PGA Championship. Two names stand out most: Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka. But there are others with a shot. It's time to assess the notable names on a jam-packed leaderboard.

Dustin Johnson sank eight birdies on his way to a 5-under 65 on Saturday and will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the PGA Championship.

Here are the tee times for the final round of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park.

Will Brooks Koepka, the two-time defending champion, make it three in a row? Will Dustin Johnson hang on to get his second major title? Or will someone else from a crowed leaderboard hoist the Wanamker Trophy? We make our picks.

Holy Harding Park do we have a zany Sunday on tap at the 2020 PGA:

—2 players a shot back of Dustin Johnson.

—Eleven within three strokes of Johnson.

—Sixteen within four.

For what it’s worth—weather forecast is a crapshoot here—sun and good breezes are forecast for the leaders window Sunday. They were Saturday as well when the fog returned and the wind largely stood down.

Lydia Ko shot a 3-under 68 on Saturday and has a 4-shot lead over Danielle Kang heading into the final round of the Marathon Classic.

Gabriela Ruffels rallied late to win both of her matches Saturday and will play Rose Zhang for the U.S. Women's Amateur title on Sunday.

Jordan Spieth's quest for a career Grand Slam at the PGA Championship ended early, while Justin Thomas found himself just outside of contention heading into Sunday.

Tiger Wood's inability to adjust to greens that weren't as fast as he prefers led to a 2-over-par 72 during Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship at Harding Park.

Andy Sullivan is closing in on his first win in almost five years after a third-round 64 on Saturday gave him a five-shot lead at the English Championship.

With prime time and the Woods-McIlroy-Thomas grouping in the main ESPN window, the worldwide leader had a strong Friday from Harding Park.

For Immediate Release:

The live telecast of the second round of the PGA Championship on ESPN on Friday, Aug. 7, from TPC Harding Park in San Francisco attracted an average audience of 1,763,000 viewers, the event’s largest second round viewership since 2015 and an increase of 20 percent over TNT’s telecast of the second round last year.

The numbers continued the momentum ESPN established with its live coverage of the first round on Thursday, which averaged 1,246,000 viewers, making it the event’s most-viewed first round telecast since 2015 and the second-best opening round in the last 10 years. Friday’s telecast was up 42 percent in viewership from Thursday’s first round.

With golf superstars including Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy in competition during East Coast prime time, ESPN’s audience built early in their rounds and peaked with 2,260,000 viewers from 7-7:15 p.m. ET. The telecast, which ran from 4-10:45 p.m., averaged more than 2 million viewers from 6-10 p.m.

Through two rounds, ESPN is averaging 1,507,000 viewers, including 349,000 viewers in the 18-49 age group. The numbers are up 21 percent and 37 percent, respectively, from TNT’s telecasts of the first two rounds in 2019 and represent the most-viewed first two rounds since 2015.

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Brooks Koepka is in position to grab another Wanamaker Trophy. Tiger Woods still thinks he has a shot. And there are a few unknowns looking to steal the show on the weekend.

Although Brooks Koepka needed treatment from his trainer to loosen his tight left hip on three occasions, he still shot a 68 on Friday and trails PGA Championship leader Li Haotong by two shots as he looks to win the event a third straight year.

Here are the tee times for the third round of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park.

His putter betrayed him on the first hole, and it didn't get any better the rest of the way. He did make the cut. And when that's the lone positive, you know it was a long day.