collin morikawa

Collin Morikawa’s first British Open could not have gone any better.

On YES last Friday, David Cone said it as a brief aside, as if it were a throwaway thought barely worth his breath. In the bottom of the sixth of a scoreless game, Rays catcher Mike Zunino squared to bunt on the first two pitches, both balls. He then flew out on a 2-0 count. …

SAN FRANCISCO — All week, the talk at this PGA Championship was about the big hitters and how much of an advantage they’d have at TPC Harding Park, which players were calling “a big-boy golf course.’’ All week, 23-year-old Collin Morikawa, slight of build when compared to the brutes like Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin …

SAN FRANCISCO — The PGA of America probably couldn’t have placed the pieces on the leaderboard in more favorable positions had it mapped it out in advance of Sunday’s PGA Championship final round at TPC Harding Park. The 54-hole leader at 9-under par after a third-round 65, Dustin Johnson, is prone to final-round drama (both …