CASERAS, Spain — As a Solheim Cup player, Suzann Pettersen brought her own distinctive level of drive and intensity to the nine European teams she was a part of. The Norwegian remains the only player from either side in the biennial contest to unwittingly utter a four-letter curse word live on national television, a feat Read more…
More than even the major championships, the biennial contest between Europe and the United States takes the game born in Scotland into the hearts and minds of those who elsewhere go about their business blissfully ignorant of all things golf.
Bucking the normal tediousness that typically tends to mark pre-match press conferences at team contests, the US Solheim Cup captain managed to be both thought-provoking and interesting during a 20-minute media session.
CASERAS, Spain — U.S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis summarized what could surely be transformed into a stirring speech to her players, one designed to get the blood flowing and the brains buzzing. Asked if there was a special message or theme she would like to convey to her team, the former Women’s British Open champion Read more…
The 28-year-old Floridian has not played anything like her best in 2023. In fact, she had been a lot closer to her worst, a depressing state of affairs for a player good enough to win a major title while still a teenager.
Catriona Matthew, skipper for the victorious European teams in 2019 and 2021, explains what practices are really like, how to manage expectations and making tough decisions.
At the end of a week in which just about every conversation and scrap of speculation revolved around the upcoming Ryder Cup, the winner of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth turned out to be someone who will never play for either side in the biennial trans-Atlantic tussle.
VIRGINIA WATER, England — Having just signed for a closing 72 and a five-under-par total of 283 for the week, Justin Rose was well aware he was not going to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. But, no matter, at the end of a week in which he “hasn’t wasted any putts, for sure,” Read more…
Just longer than three months into a professional career that has already spawned one victory in his first nine events, Ludvig Aberg leads the biggest tournament on the DP World Tour, the BMW PGA Championship, with one round to play.
Speaking to reporters just before last month’s Tour Championship at East Lake, Masters champion Jon Rahm expressed concern over the increase in rowdy spectators and the prospect of their gambling habits causing players to be deliberately distracted during rounds. There was an incident just a week earlier at the BMW Championship when a fan shouted “pull Read more…
VIRGINIA WATER, England — As golfers tend to be, Jon Rahm was in fine fettle after a five-under-par 67 in the second round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Even better, the Masters champion compiled such a creditable figure after a double-bogey-par-bogey start to his day that surely had him, at least briefly, considering Read more…
Yes, Adrian Meronk is still upset, which is fair enough, given the level of disappointment he has experienced recently. Eleven days from hearing he was not going to be part of the European Ryder Cup team later this month, the 30-year-old from Poland is riding a wave of sympathy from all corners of the DP Read more…
VIRGINIA WATER, England — Given his fair complexion, Sepp Straka would never pass a Hollywood audition for the part of “tall dark stranger.” But there is no doubt the 30-year-old Austrian is, at least within the team room, the least known member of the European Ryder Cup side that will attempt to wrestle the trophy Read more…
Rory McIlroy. Jon Rahm. Victor Hovland. The three best players on the European Ryder Cup side all had plenty to say about the most unlikely member of the team, Ludvig Aberg.
Speaking on the eve of the BMW PGA Championship, the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the world No.2 was close to his interesting and informative best during a 20-minute joust with the media.
While a selection case could certainly be made for the inclusion of former Open champion Shane Lowry, the presence of the Irishman ahead of Poland’s Adrian Meronk was a shock for many observers.
Predictably, the course plays a big part in Horschel’s enthusiasm for an event that has (under various sponsorships) been a permanent fixture at DP World Tour headquarters since 1984.
Europe’s newest Ryder Cup player, Ludvig Aberg, turned professional just three months ago. But the former Texas Tech University business marketing graduate has been acting and playing like a pro for a lot longer.