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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Luke Donald was almost perfect with his putter on the way to an 8-under 64 at Kingsbarns on Sunday that gave him a one-stroke lead over Rory McIlroy and Simon Dyson in the weather-delayed third round of the Dunhill Links Championship.

Donald had nine birdies and just one bogey, at the 15th.

SAINT-NOM-LA-BRETECHE, France (AP) -- Britain and Ireland led 3-2 over Europe after Thursday's opening fourballs of the Vivendi Trophy, a matchplay event on the European Tour.

Captained by three-time Ryder Cup winner Paul McGinley, Britain and Ireland had leads of 2-0 and 3-1 but Continental Europe hit back each time at the Saint-Nom-la-Breteche Golf Club on the outskirts of Paris.

The Vivendi Trophy, formerly known as the Seve Trophy after Seve Ballesteros, was created in 2000. Europe won the inaugural event before Britain and Ireland won it four consecutive times.

It seems almost like clockwork, that at some point during your week you'll find out that Colin Montgomerie is not happy about something. Maybe it's Sandy Lyle, saying he cheated. It could be a trigger-happy photographer that didn't know of Mrs. Doubtfire's wrath. Or it simply could be a painter that refuses to brush Monty on a canvas because of his man boobs.

What is certain is he does tend to toss shoes around a lot, and his recent Nike discharge flew directly at England's own Ian Poulter, who after missing out on the Tour Championship, decided that he wouldn't be accepting an invitation to the Vivendi Trophy match in Paris (previously called the Seve Cup), and that rubbed the 2010 Ryder Cup captain the wrong way.

The list of players, both young and old, who would challenge Tiger Woods is a lengthy one. Thirteen years after Woods turned pro, we're still waiting.

Phil Mickelson has always been in the conversation, but names like Charles Howell and David Gossett were gone faster than they came. Sergio Garcia was the clear choice in the late '90s and early '00s, but 10 years after bursting on the scene at the '99 PGA Championship as a 19-year-old phenom, he's still searching for his first major victory. Real life sidetracked David Duval, also a legit threat to Tiger's legacy around the time of Garcia's emergence.

And now, Camilo Villegas, Anthony Kim and Andreas Romero are often mentioned as likely candidates to unseat the world's best player.

It was "glory's last shot" at Hazeltine National, and a first for modern day golf fans. Our best golfer failed to win a tournament he was leading, leaving the door open for a basic unknown. So who left Minnesota with smiles on their faces, and who will be trying to Scope that bad taste out of their mouths? Below are the winners and losers from PGA Championship week.

Winners

Y.E. Yang -- Sometimes it's best to admit when you were completely and utterly wrong. On Sunday morning, I tweeted the following -- "over/under on Y.E. Yang's score today? I'd set it at 75.5. Thoughts?" Yep, Yang surprised just about everyone at Hazeltine, being paired with the best in the world, matching him shot for shot and eventually using a gutsy 3-iron to end a round that couldn't have been finished better if you were playing Hazeltine on a video game (say, Tiger Woods 2010, perhaps?). Not only was his win historic, taking down Woods for the first time when he was leading a major championship after 54 holes, but it made an entire group of people excited about this fantastic sport.

Yang will be known as the man who defeated Tiger to us, but on the other side of the globe, he will simply be the native who won a major championship for the first time.

All day Friday, the FanHouse Twitter machines will be pumping out updates on the PGA Championship. We will be focused on following Tiger Woods' second round, as he's the leader after turning in a first-round 67 (a few made putts and it could have been a 64). If he continues to hit the ball like he did in the first round, five-under is about as high as he will possibly shoot.

Others to watch besides Tiger include Padraig Harrington (battling Tiger), Phil Mickelson (near the cut line) and Rory McIlroy (just a few shots back of Tiger).

Join us all afternoon as myself and Greg Couch bring you original, interesting and entertaining (at least we think so) info on the PGA Championship.

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Just like we did with Augusta, Bethpage Black, and Turnberry, we present your Regular Joes who will have a good chance at the PGA Championship. Hazeltine National is hosting its first major since the 2002 PGA Championship, and has been extended to a ghastly 7,678 yards of pure major championship nastiness. Which players do we like to jump out of the bottom of the pack and contend over the weekend? Check back on your Sleepers as we present the Regular Joes.

It happens more often than you'd think. As with the rain in London, the weather during the summer in Scotland has lead some locals to tell you simply, "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes."

Some days you'll land beautiful skies with hardly a hint of wind, and some days it'll blow like you're on the set of "Top Gun." Thursday at Turnberry, the conditions were benign and many golfers not named Tiger Woods took complete advantage. The one that went the lowest? Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, who at 6-under 64 is a shot ahead of the field at the British Open.

Camilo Villegas is currently 4-under, good for second place at the Open Championship, one shot behind 59-year-old Tom Watson. It's early in Round 1 (at least on the East Coast; it's mid-afternoon in Scotland), but Villegas' Thursday 66 is noteworthy because, well, I picked him to win this week.

Actually, Camilo was my non-Tiger choice, but that's only because I'm not contrarian enough to pick against the best player in the galaxy when he's in the field. Whatever, as far as I'm concerned, it counts.

While Tiger Woods struggled his way around Turnberry, Villegas is in the clubhouse after an impressive round that started slowly -- a bogey on No. 1 -- and then got rolling. He went out in even par, but closed with three consecutive birdies, four in his final five holes.

Just like we did with Augusta and Bethpage Black we present your "Regular Joes" for the British Open. Turnberry is hosting its first Open Championship since 1994, and most players have never played a competitive round at the beautiful course on the west coast of Scotland. So who are the Regular Joes who might be a little overlooked when the big boys tee it up on Thursday? Here's a list of five.

Retief Goosen -- Best Finish: t-5 -- He is everything you want in an Open Championship pick. Playing well heading into the tournament (t-6 at last week's Scottish Open), has won already this year (at Transitions Championship), is a major championship winner and has fared well in British Opens in the past.