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SI.com: Gary Van Sickle: Y.E. Yang is my Sportsman choice

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.. Son of the Wind. It sounds like an artsy Kurosawa film. Actually, it's the nickname given to your PGA Championship winner, Yang Young-eun (Y.E. Yang to us Americans) by the Korean golf media because the consistent Yang comes from the beautiful -- and very breezy -- Jeju Island off the southern tip of Korea.

SI.com: PGA Championship TV Schedule

The 91st PGA Championship is being held this week at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. TV coverage will be proved by TNT on Thursday and Friday, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

SI.com: Damon Hack: The Courage of Lee Elder

Through the mist he appeared in a doorway of the Augusta National clubhouse, his forehead creased, his eyes heavy from haunted sleep. Out stepped Lee Elder, dressed in shades of green, carrying his thoughts into the moist Georgia morning. For months the hate mail had said he would never make it to this day in April 1975. Watch your step when you get to Augusta, other letter writers warned him. There will be blood.

SI.com: Mickelson says the best is ahead of him

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- At times Tuesday, it was hard to tell if Phil Mickelson was a promoter for the PGA Tour or a contender for the PGA Championship.

SI.com: Colonial Times

TULSA, Okla. -- Phil Mickelson was just off the course Tuesday when he was asked if Southern Hills, site of the 89th PGA Championship this week, reminded him of Colonial Country Club, the cozy little track in Ft. Worth, Texas, that also features more doglegs than the Westminster Kennel Club.

SI.com: Still a Tossup

TULSA, Okla. -- It seemed like 2000 again in Akron, Ohio, on Sunday, when Tiger Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational by eight strokes, lapping the field at Firestone Country Club. It was the sixth time he's won on Firestone's South Course.

SI.com: Chef tells how he pocketed Tiger's ball

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- No longer affiliated with Tiger Woods or the tournament he won five times, American Express signed an endorsement deal Friday with the PGA of America that showed how it has shifted its strategy in golf.

SI.com: Amex dumps Woods, signs PGA

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- No longer affiliated with Tiger Woods or the tournament he won five times, American Express signed an endorsement deal Friday with the PGA of America that showed how it has shifted its strategy in golf.

SI.com: Dom Bonvissuto: The 2000 PGA Championship

Editor's note: We asked SI.com writers to share their memories from the best game they've ever seen. Here are their stories:

SI.com: Ballesteros withdraws from Senior PGA

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- Five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros withdrew from this week's Senior PGA Championship for personal reasons.

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