BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -One shot was a little better, one cheer was a little louder, but when Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia climbed the hill to the 17th green and saw golf balls 10 feet and 4 feet from the cup, they didn't know which was which. They were tied for the lead Sunday afternoon in the PGA Championship. Advantage, Harrington. Even though the Irishman was farther away, memories were still fresh of his victory in the British Open last month, and his playoff victory... Read more

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Paul Azinger, the 1993 PGA champion, now age 48, closed with a 75 and posted a 19-over 299, and tied for a deep 63rd out of 73 finishers. Then he took off his golf cap and put on the one that marks him as captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup team, a job that will occupy even his sleeping moments for the next month or so, starting Monday morning, when he will begin answering a storm of questions. One question he won't have to answer concerns Ben Curtis, former British Open... Read more

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - At 7:24 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, Padraig Harrington dropped about a 15-footer on the 18th that was no more a clutch than, say, saving the Emerald Isle. And at 7:24:0001, or the Irish equivalent thereof - the pints were tilted and poised at the tap, you see - about a million handles were pulled, and the Emerald Isle was once again awash in joy. Not that the suds are joy in and of themselves, for a few do flow at odd times for the Irish. But this was Paddy again... Read more