U.S. Routs European Team to Take Back the Ryder Cup

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports Collin Morikawa’s birdie putt on No. 17 secured the half-point the U.S. team needed to clinch its victory against Europe on the way to a 19-9 rout.https://nyti.ms/3CQcb9k

U.S. broadcast highlights on Saturday morning include gold medal games in baseball and soccer.

By BY ERIC MORSE from NYT Sports The United States and Japan will play for top honors in baseball, while Brazil and Spain meet for the soccer title. Women’s golf, men’s volleyball and water polo are among other events with gold medals on the line.https://nyti.ms/37n6RwJ

Xander Schauffele wins the gold medal in golf.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports It was the first American gold medal in golf since 1904, a gap explained by the sport being dropped after those Games and returning only in 2016.https://nyti.ms/3lfbfG8

Swimming and golf wrap up as track and field heats up on Day 9.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Men’s golf heads into the final round, while the last medals are awarded in swimming. Men’s tennis holds its final as well.https://nyti.ms/3fgLuS7

Collin Morikawa Wins the British Open

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports The American golfer, playing in the major tournament for the first time, began the final round at Royal St. George’s one stroke behind the leader Louis Oosthuizen.https://nyti.ms/2Thufbk

Co-Leaders Lizette Salas and Nelly Korda Put on a Golf Clinic

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports The Americans played together in the third round at the Women’s P.G.A. Championship and are tied at 15 under par heading into Sunday’s final round.https://nyti.ms/3gUlfC1

Nelly Korda Ties a Record, and Michelle Wie West Breaks Through

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports On a day when Korda shot a record-tying nine-under-par 63 to take the lead at the Women’s P.G.A. Championship, Wie West made her first cut at a major since 2018.https://nyti.ms/3jc118s

At the P.G.A. Championship, Lizette Salas Finds Her Groove

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports The leader after the opening round of the women’s major said talking about her anxiety had been more helpful than keeping it bottled up, and her game is starting to show it.https://nyti.ms/3gZpLzr

L.P.G.A. Elites Embrace Olympic Golf. P.G.A. Stars, Not So Much.

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports This year, as in 2016, golf’s shallow roots in the Games are being exposed by the men’s limited interest. The women are a different story.https://nyti.ms/3x5ekvi

In Sprint to Reopening, Sports Hits Pandemic Obstacles

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports There is perhaps no greater hurdle to a return to normalcy in sports than the hesitancy among some elite athletes to be vaccinated.https://nyti.ms/3wBCvl3

At the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods Still Looms Large

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports The 2008 championship would be the last major tournament victory for Woods until the 2019 Masters. Rocco Mediate, the golfer he beat in an epic 19-hole playoff, remembers every putt.https://nyti.ms/3wxxsCc

Jon Rahm Returns to the PGA Tour, Ready for the U.S. Open

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports The golfer, who was forced to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament with a six-stroke lead after a positive coronavirus test, said Tuesday, “It happened, that’s life.”https://nyti.ms/35qq2EI

U.S. Women’s Open: Yuka Saso Wins, Extending a Majors Drought by Americans

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports Yuka Saso of the Philippines won her first major, beating Nasa Hataoka of Japan in the first sudden-death playoff hole after they remained tied after two-hole aggregate playoff.https://nyti.ms/3pqlNCp

At U.S. Women’s Open, a 17-Year-Old Amateur Puts Herself in Contention

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports Megha Ganne seemed at ease as she moved to the top of the leaderboard during her second round at the Olympic Club. She held a share of first place after the early wave of competitors finished.https://nyti.ms/3fTExHc

Phil Mickelson Wins the P.G.A. Championship

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports Mickelson, who will turn 51 next month, became the oldest winner of a major golf tournament.https://nyti.ms/3hKpWiI

Brooks Koepka Appears Back in P.G.A. Championship Opening Round

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports After missing the cut at the Masters, the world No. 13 played with a chip on his shoulder, putting himself in the hunt for a fifth major with a three-under-par 69.https://nyti.ms/3vbdKeH

Rory McIlroy, With a New Coach and Returning Galleries, Has Rebounded

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports His world ranking dropped to as low as 13th this spring. But coming off a victory, McIlroy has returned to the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, where he ran away with the P.G.A. Championship in 2012.https://nyti.ms/33TrHlu

The Ocean Course, Long Absent From Golf’s Spotlight, Is Back

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports The masterpiece on Kiawah Island, designed by Pete and Alice Dye to be as challenging as it is breathtaking, has not been the site of a major tournament in almost a decade.https://nyti.ms/2S3XT32

When Are the Olympics? Here’s the Schedule for Tokyo.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The opening ceremony will be held July 23, with gymnastics, swimming and other sports beginning soon after.https://nyti.ms/2RbepxK

Lydia Ko Stops Worrying About Winning, and Starts to Win Again

By BY KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports Sean Foley, who coached Tiger Woods for four years, has helped Ko, a former world No. 1, connect her body with her mind. She’s playing her best golf in years.https://nyti.ms/3tJOhIs