Roundup: Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm finish in top 5 at PGA Championship

Tiger Woods is back, y’all. The former Stanford great finished second at the PGA Championship Sunday in St. Louis, leading Tod Leonard of the Los Angeles Times to write that Tiger Woods’ golfing future looks much brighter now than it did at the beginning of 2018. Back-to-back top-10 finishes at the last two majors of the season ain’t too shabby. Also, shout out to former Sun Devil Jon Rahm for finishing in a tie for fourth.

Former Cal swimmers Ryan Murphy and Nathan Adrian won more gold medals on the final day of the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, with Murphy taking first in the 200-meter backstroke, while Murphy and Adrian helped the USA take gold in the 400 medley relay.

Former Oregon baseball standout Ryon Healy hit a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning to help the Seattle Mariners complete a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros (on the road, no less). The Mariners have to be the luckiest team in baseball this year.

JRich Cimini of ESPN reports that New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold took the majority of first-team reps for the first time in a joint practice with the Washington Redskins. Can the former Trojan nab the starting job by Week 1?

The Wall Street Journal is getting in on the New Leadership Model, as Matthew Gutierrez whips up this piece on how Arizona State is trying to run its football program like an NFL team.

Check out Nick Daschel’s Oregon State football scrimmage report from Saturday (The Oregonian/OregonLive).

Peep what Arizona football coach Kevin Sumlin has to say about the backup quarterback race, linebackers and newcomers to the squad in this article from Michael Lev.

Brian Howell updates us on the Colorado football backup quarterback situation. QB’s coach Kurt Roper currently has Sam Noyer a touch in front of Tyler Lytle for the No. 2 spot behind Steven Montez.

Continuing along with her series featuring the top contenders for the UCLA starting quarterback job, Thuc Nhi Nguyen takes a look at Michigan transfer Wilton Speight in this piece.

Christopher Kamrani of The Salt Lake Tribune features Utah defensive line coach Lewis Powell, honing in on how important he is in bringing international players to the SLC.

Adam Jude features the Washington football receiving corps and how going up against a loaded secondary in practice every day is helping them gear up for the 2018 season.

Check out this Washington State women’s soccer season preview (Pac-12.com). The Cougs reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament last season.