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Woods Drops PGA; SNL Veterans Retire; Denver Snow: Weekend in Photos

It was a busy weekend as NBA and NHL championships advance, bizarre weather hits Denver, Tiger Woods drops out of PGA Tour and more!

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Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the 17th hole during Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.
Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the 17th hole during Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ACROSS AMERICA — A lot happened over the weekend, as the summer heat seems to be making an early visit — unless you're in Denver, Colorado, that is. A spring storm hit the intermountain West area, bringing with it freezing temperatures and heavy, wet snow. Aside from the stunning weather, a rare tornado found its way over to Northern Michigan, leaving two dead and homes destroyed.

Over in Oklahoma, Tiger Woods dropped out of the PGA championship on Saturday after posting his worst score in the event. Justin Thomas was later crowned the winner of the golf tournament as he collected the Wanamaker Trophy. In professional hockey, the New York Rangers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in game 3 of the second playoffs round. In basketball, the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics, gaining a 2-1 lead in the NBA championship series.

Four longtime cast members of "Saturday Night Live," including Pete Davidson and Kate McKinnon, announced their retirement from the comedy sketch show. The horse Early Voting reigned victorious in the Preakness Stakes, with Epicenter coming in at a close second.

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Check out photos of some things you may have missed over the weekend:

Justin Thomas Wins PGA Championship Golf Tournament

Justin Thomas holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament in a playoff against Will Zalatoris at Southern Hills Country Club Sunday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

4 Longtime SNL Cast Members Say Goodbye

This combination of photos shows cast members from "Saturday Night Live" (from left) Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney, who departed the sketch institution after Saturday's 47th season finale, leaving the show without some of its most famous names. (AP Photo)

Miami Defeats Boston, Gaining 2-1 Lead In Championship

Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo (13) celebrates after scoring against the Boston Celtics during the second half of Game 3 of the NBA basketball playoffs Eastern Conference finals Saturday in Boston. Miami defeated Boston 109-103 to lead the series 2-1. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Early Voting Crowned Winner Of Preakness Stakes

From left, Jose Ortiz, riding Early Voting, edges out Joel Rosario and Epicenter, and Brian Hernandez Jr., atop Creative Minister, to win during the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Snow In Denver, Colorado

Snow tops flowers in a planting outside a home after a spring storm swept over the intermountain West and blanketed the region with up to 2 feet of snow Saturday in Denver. The storm brought freezing temperatures and wet, heavy snow to a region that has been in severe drought for months. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Rare Tornado Hits Northern Michigan
Resident Stephanie Kerwin (center) holds her baby, Octavius, in one arm and dog, Pixie, in the other as she and her family carry what they could salvage from their home in Nottingham Forest Mobile Home Park on Saturday in Gaylord, Michigan, following a tornado the day before. "This morning is when it first hit me. ... I could have lost people that I really love. I am so grateful," Kerwin said. (Jake May/MLive.com/The Flint Journal via AP)

Victims Of Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Are Memorialized

A group prays at the site of a memorial for the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting outside the Tops Friendly Market on Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y. Tops was encouraging people to join its stores in a moment of silence to honor the shooting victims 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the approximate time of the attack a week earlier. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown also called for 123 seconds of silence from 2:28 p.m. to 2:31 p.m., followed by the ringing of church bells 13 times throughout the city, to honor the 10 people killed and three wounded. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

Zibanejad Leads Rangers To Victory Against Hurricanes

New York Rangers' Mika Zibanejad reacts after scoring a goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in the first period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

'What's Up, Jackie?'

The Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson runs to first base after hitting a single during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday against the New York Yankees in New York. A brawl nearly erupted when the Yankees' Josh Donaldson reportedly said ,"What's up, Jackie?" to Anderson multiple times, calling it an inside joke because Anderson had referred to himself in an old interview as a modern-day Jackie Robinson, but Anderson said the comment was a "disrespectful" racial slur. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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