MEDINAH, Ill. — The International team lost another Presidents Cup on Sunday, and it’s not a stretch to say that this was one they probably should have won. The perennial upstarts hadn’t had a better opportunity to beat the United States since the 2003 edition in South Africa, where they led by three going into Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — The United States needed closers on Saturday. It needed more Cameron Young and Chris Gotterup. The Americans find themselves trailing for just the fourth time in the Presidents Cup heading into singles competition, their inability to hold onto a lead proving their undoing against a rather pesky International team. It’s quite astonishing Read more…
Rally caps were the apparel of choice Saturday morning at the 16th Presidents Cup, and both the United States team and the International team had their reasons to feel some satisfaction for their resilience.
MEDINAH, Ill. — Seconds after they wrapped up their greenside television interview, best friends Sam Burns and Scottie Scheffler smiled wide and wrapped their arms around each other to share a best-friend hug. The occasion was a win four years in the making. They finally got off the schneid. Their 1-up victory over Min Woo Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — Everyone Likes to be Liked. That was a chapter title in Jack Nicklaus’ 1996 autobiography, My Story. For several years Jack Nicklaus was considered the villain as he overtook the immensely popular Arnold Palmer as the best player in professional golf. Eventually, fans came around to appreciate the Golden Bear for his Read more…
Justin Thomas is the man many Medinah members credit for the club’s $26 million course redesign, and he heads into the Presidents Cup knowing the new layout better than anyone else on the US team.
MEDINAH, Ill. — Perhaps no rookie in the history of the Presidents Cup enjoyed a better start to his week in this biennial match-play event than Jacob Bridgeman. Winning a PGA Tour event is always cause for celebration, but seldom does the victory come with the kind of reception he received from his teammates upon Read more…
David Graham and Hale Irwin agree that while the International team has cultural challenges to overcome that European players do not, the talent on the International side has been sufficient to contend more than it has.
PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp did not mince words in relaying that the returning member program that enabled Brooks Koepka to compete on the tour this season is off the table going forward.
Scottie Scheffler came from behind to win the Tour Championship and claim a second FedEx Cup title, capping a season he called “a big battle” and surpassing Tiger Woods on the career money list.
ATLANTA — Ryan Gerard spent last week trying to be as “authentic” as possible while being mic’d up for the PGA Tour Studios special production, “Chasing Sunday: BMW Championship,” that aired on the tour’s YouTube channel on Tuesday. The chase was rather futile as Wyndham Clark, also one of the subjects of the special, forged Read more…
With little wind and receptive greens at East Lake Golf Club, the chances that Young remains atop of the leaderboard are slim, but at least he is back in contention at the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale.
Now close to fully recovered from hand, foot and mouth disease, Scheffler is likely to display more of the game that enabled him to win the FedEx St Jude Championship two weeks ago by a season-high eight strokes.
The PGA Tour has confirmed a major overhaul of its season finale from 2028, introducing a bifurcated schedule and a two-week match play Tour Championship for the top 32 players. Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy, Wyndham Clark and Alex Fitzpatrick share their reactions to the new format.
PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp pushed some serious chips on the table overnight with the unveiling of a thorough remaking of the Tour Championship.
Half of the Presidents Cup teams are now set, with Scottie Scheffler leading the US automatic qualifiers, while Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee hold the inside track for the International team.
ST. LOUIS — Wyndham Clark believes he is one of the best players in the world, and now at No. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking, he has that statistical marker to buttress his claim. Whether he is the best player on the PGA Tour this year is determined by his peers, but Clark Read more…
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