Exactly what was being said between the two main protagonists in their many private moments will remain something of a mystery. Neither man had anything to say publicly at the conclusion of their rounds.
Situated on Bow Butts, the grassy bank that sits directly behind the Royal & Ancient Golf Club’s clubhouse, the “Grand Old Man of Golf” gazes straight down the 18th fairway of the game’s most famous course.
If Matt Fitzpatrick wants to be part of the season-ending playoff events in the Middle East, he is going to need something approaching the victory he posted in this event last year.
[PHOTO: Ross Parker – SNS Group] Rory McIlroy wanted nothing to do with speaking to the written press on the eve of the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. But the Belfast lad did give a two-and-a-half-minute interview to BBC Northern Ireland on the subject of, you guessed it, the symbolism of the men Read more…
Towards the end of a season dominated by a mixture of mediocrity and disappointment, this was finally supposed to be a good time for Jon Rahm to be aLIVe. Two weeks after claiming the $US18 million bonus that came with victory in the LIV Golf League season points title and just five days after becoming Read more…
WENTWORTH, England — At least in Europe, there’s really no comparison. Which is what you would expect when comparing the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup. The Old World is strictly neutral when it comes to the match between the United States and the International squad. Or is it? “Not quite” is the unspoken reality. Read more…
Fittingly as things would later transpire, it was on the ninth tee in the final round of the BMW PGA Championship on Wentworth’s West Course that things started to go south for Matteo Manassero and north for the eventual champion, Billy Horschel.
Experience in golf, as in life, can be a valuable thing. And nowhere does that truism seem truer than on the West Course at Wentworth. With one round to play in the DP World Tour’s so-called “flagship event,” the BMW PGA Championship, three past-champions sit atop the leaderboard. Matteo Manassero, the 2013 winner, leads the Read more…
The son of an Indian father and a Kenyan mother, the 29-year-old Englishman is unfailingly polite and the product of a culture that prides itself on that admirable characteristic.
WENTWORTH, England — There is something intriguing about Matteo Manassero contending after the opening round of the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship, a five-under 67 leaving him tied for fourth, two strokes off the lead. It was at the Wentworth Course, 11 years earlier, that the first act of the 31-year-old’s professional career peaked. Read more…
WENTWORTH, England — That so few American players compete in the BMW PGA Championship, the DP World Tour’s flagship event, is an annual disappointment for the Old World circuit. And this time round is no different. Led by Billy Horschel, the event’s 2021 champion, only eight players this week’s U.S. contingent at Wentworth is only Read more…
Riding a potent combination of good fortune and stellar shot-making over the closing nine holes at Royal County Down, Rasmus Hojgaard overhauled McIlroy’s long-time lead to shoot 65 and walk off with the Irish Open title.
If the former Masters and US Open champion, and now LIV Golf League player, wishes to be eligible for what would be his fourth Ryder Cup appearance for Europe next year, he has a decision to make. And soon.
SUNNINGDALE, England — It’s official. Catriona Matthew is now the most successful captain of Old World golf teams—male or female—in trans-atlantic competition. Tony Jacklin led Europe to two successive Ryder Cup victories in 1985 and 1987 and followed that with a draw against the United States in 1989. But that best is now previous. After Read more…
SUNNINGDALE, England — Two captains, two different moods. Armed with a two-point advantage, 7-5, going into the eight Sunday singles that will provide the climax to the 43rd playing of the Curtis Cup at Sunningdale, Great Britain & Ireland captain Catriona Matthew, in her patented quiet way, was exuding an air of confidence laced with Read more…
SUNNINGDALE, England — Almost three decades have passed since a Women’s Amateur champion teed up in the Curtis Cup wearing America’s colors. Kelli Kuehne was the last to do so in 1996. But this week at Sunningdale the answer to that particular trivia question changed. Melanie Green, who ironically won the 2024 “British” at Portmarnock Read more…
SUNNINGDALE, England — You thought the Curtis Cup was a three-day event? Think again. Now it’s only two. With 14 points still available, the 43rd encounter between Great Britain & Ireland and the United States is tied at 3-3 at the end of Day 1. It is an obviously intriguing situation, one that provided non-playing Read more…
SUNNINGDALE, England — In a contest founded by famous golfing sisters, it was fitting that the opening match in the 43rd edition of the Curtis Cup contained a pair of siblings. Playing for Great Britain & Ireland, the Rhodes sisters, Mimi and Patience, were defending both national honor and an unbeaten record in foursomes play Read more…
SUNNINGDALE, England — Advice, especially the good stuff, is always useful when it comes to playing golf in unfamiliar territory or conditions. Knowing that obvious truism only too well, both sides in the Curtis Cup at Sunningdale are taking advantage of those with experience in the run-up to what will be the 43rd meeting between Read more…
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