ROME — Swagger has no kinship with self-awareness. It only lives in the moment. In the 11th match of the 44th Ryder Cup, the U.S. team finally put a win on the board when rookies Max Homa and Brian Harman defeated Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka, 4 and 2, in Saturday’s third foursomes match. The Read more…
ROME — It wasn’t until 2:01 p.m. local time that the U.S. Ryder Cup team gained its first faint glimmer of hope. Justin Thomas holed a nine-footer for birdie, and America had its first lead of the day. Yep, that’s right. Five hours and 26 minutes after the 44th Ryder Cup had begun, there finally Read more…
ROME — The British tabloids called him “Brian the Butcher,” and they may come to regret that. He also was referred to as “the Butcher of Hoylake,” and, naturally, “the Big Game Hunter,” given his affinity for the sport, especially the bow-hunting variety. Of course, the big game Brian Harman bagged in July at Royal Read more…
ROME — Sophie Spieth is a Ryder Cup baby. Not because of intent but because of timing. Jordan Spieth and his wife Annie welcomed the baby girl, their second child, on Sept. 12, enabling the three-time major champion to compete for the U.S. in his fifth Ryder Cup this week at Marco Simone Golf & Read more…
Because he joined the LIV Golf League, Johnson reminded the media in Rome that DeChambeau was not eligible to compete on the PGA Tour and so collected points in the U.S. team standings in just four events: the four major championships.
America’s well-documented road woes in the Ryder Cup are worse than you might realize. It’s not just that the U.S. team has failed to win in Europe since 1993. Rewind the tape back to 1979, when European players were added to the biennial competition, and you can see that only twice has the U.S. triumphed Read more…
When Jim Gallagher Jr. returned home from his only appearance in the Ryder Cup in 1993, he was greeted by his 2-year-old daughter Mary Langdon, who was wearing a shirt that read, “My daddy beat Seve.” Gallagher, who will serve as a hole announcer for NBC Sports’ coverage of next week’s Ryder Cup at Marco Read more…
During a conference call leading up to coverage of the 44th Ryder Cup at Marco Simone in Rome, NBC’s lead golf analyst Paul Azinger declined to speculate whether or not Mickelson could one day be a Ryder Cup captain.
Mike Thomas could only laugh. Having just completed a four-hour practice session with his son, two-time major winner Justin Thomas, on Wednesday morning, he was amused to learn that his role as his son’s teacher had changed. News reports Wednesday suggested that Justin had struck out on his own, parting ways with putting coach John Read more…
Hovland established a record for low score in a FedEx Cup Playoff event as well as his career low while winning his fifth PGA Tour title and second this year.
For all the jockeying for position over 72 holes at Olympia Fields Country Club, for all the drama as players moved in and out of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points standings, only one player – Matt Fitzpatrick – was able to play his way into the Tour Championship.
British Open champion Brian Harman was able to put a more compelling—and colourful—spin on Lucas Glover’s resurgence by paraphrasing a line from the film, “The Shawshank Redemption.”
Davis had his sights set on making the top 50 since the PGA Tour announced in March that reaching that status will exempt players into the more lucrative $US20 million ‘signature’ events in 2024.
Keegan Bradley enters this week’s BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club in 11th place in the FedEx Cup standings and 11th in the US Ryder Cup standings. The latter depends on improving in the former. But guess which one means more to him. A lot more.
The win was the sixth of Glover’s career and continued an amazing run for the 43-year-old, who in June wasn’t even in the running to keep his PGA Tour card.
Among the infinitesimal number of factors large and small that might encroach on a golfer’s ability to post a score, we can now add a member of the Lepidoptera order of flying insects.
Monahan couldn’t provide many concrete details to the ongoing discussions with PIF’s proposed investment in what is called the “NewCo” but is confident that an agreement can be reached by year’s end.
“A work in progress.” That’s how PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan described his biggest challenge to date. He was referring to himself. Monahan on Wednesday revealed that anxiety-induced “mental and physical health challenges” precipitated his decision to take a leave from his day-to-day duties with the tour for slightly more than a month. He further Read more…
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