ROME—Scottie Scheffler fought the tears he knew were coming and it was a losing battle because tears cannot be controlled. They were not waterfalls, they were not of the variety that caught his breath, but his eyes were wet and his face was red and since TV cameras caught those tears the world could see Read more…
ROME — Rickie Fowler will not play at all on Saturday at the Ryder Cup, giving Fowler just one match played before Sunday’s singles format. Fowler participated in the first session of foursomes Friday morning with Collin Morikawa but neither played particularly well, as the American duo lost to Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka 2 Read more…
ROME — It wasn’t so much a shot as it was a formality, because Brooks Koepka’s ball had not stopped moving by the time his cap was off and his hand was extended to his opponents. The cockiest gunslinger in the game had been run out of town and in a manner that demystifies that Read more…
This is no eulogy because those are for the dead, and despite how dead they looked on Friday the Americans are still alive. But the US team and their Ryder Cup aspirations are on life support, and the priest is on call for last rights.
ROME—The Ryder Cup’s Friday morning session was not short on excitement. Unfortunately, that excitement was barely seen in the United States. “Not enough golf, too many commercials” has been a long-standing complaint from golf fans, but fans seemed particularly aggrieved during the opening play at Marco Simone. Many took to X (formerly Twitter) expressing their Read more…
As the sport collectively waits for the 44th Ryder Cup to begin in earnest, there is one aspect that cannot be delayed any further, and that is for the Cup to regain its competitive juice.
ROME—The time has come, ladies and gentlemen, to put our hearts on our sleeves and shout our final thoughts into the Roman ether. The Ryder Cup Radicals are on the ground in Rome, as Luke, Joel and Shane discuss the early-week proceedings at Marco Simone. The boys talk about the discourse around Justin Thomas, who Read more…
The Ryder Cup is one of the rare times golf – a sport that pulls for all of its competitors – turns provincial. Wyndham Clark is well aware of this dynamic, which is why he expertly quelled an attempt to turn his recents comments into a controversy.
For the United States side to pull off something it hasn’t done in 30 years, its fate will probably rest on the Thomas of now remembering how to be the Thomas of old.
ROME — There is a second glance that warrants a third, for the brain is temporarily broken and needs to confirm the eyes are not wrong. They are not; the figure in view is in fact Jordan Spieth, walking from the 16th green to the elevated 17th tee, corroborated by his swing and his voice Read more…
By name it is an exhibition, for there is no money or ranking points to be had, and it’s intended to be a showcase of the game and, by extension, a match of goodwill. But anyone who’s played in it, been around it, experienced it, understands the Ryder Cup transcends such simple constraints, because players Read more…
In an interview with FOX News, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he “doesn’t care” about sportswashing accusations regarding his kingdom’s sports investments, which include LIV Golf and a planned partnership with the PGA Tour.
Starting today (Wednesday in Hawaii), Kapalua’s Bay course is offering tee-times, with the more famous Plantation course set to re-open in mid-October.
It was Lucas Herbert’s first competitive start in two months and an impressive one at that, making 144 feet of putts en route to an opening 63 at the Fortinet Championship. But after his round Herbert’s score became secondary when the Aussie described what spurred the mini-sabbatical. Herbert, speaking to the media Thursday at Silverado Read more…
Dustin Johnson is not a part of this year’s United States Ryder Cup team. According to the two-time major winner, that fate has more to do with where he plays than how he’s played.
The United States Senate has issued a subpoena to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s US subsidiary in wake of PIF’s planned partnership with the PGA Tour.
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