The jokes about Viktor Hovland’s short game used to be everywhere. Heck, he even used to join in on them. But the guy who once said he “sucks” at chipping is all grown up now. In fact, he’s now grown into a short-game master. Hovland’s hands were on full display on Friday morning at the Read more…
The sun had only just risen from behind the Lazio hills when Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton stood on the Marco Simone’s first tee to lead out the opening match of the 44th Ryder Cup. Just after daylight had broken, “Nessun Dorma,” an opera song from Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, belted out over the speakers.
The Americans had life. At least, in one Friday morning match. The scoreboard in Rome was a sea of blue already at the 2023 Ryder Cup, but the final foursome on the course was up in the air with two holes to play after the Americans won the 16th hole to claw to within one. Read more…
ROME — Depending on your affiliation, you may be ecstatic about Europe’s 4-0 thrashing of the U.S. in foursomes on Friday morning in the 44th Ryder Cup, or you may be disheartened. But there’s one thing you shouldn’t be, and that’s surprised. Why? Because while the players and courses change from year to year, the Read more…
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…
The anticipation for Day 1 of the 2023 Ryder Cup has been building since … well, since a jubilant American team walked out—sipping champagne and smoking cigars—of their post-event press conference at Whistling Straits nearly two years ago. A 19-9 runaway victory over the Europeans, the biggest winning margin in 40 years, was a statement Read more…
A small city in Georgia has fired its golf course superintendent, not for his work on the greens, but for trying to hire a hit man to kill his brother more than a decade ago. The wild story was first reported by Georgia TV station WJCL-TV and involves a man named Jim Roy Watkins Jr., Read more…
The undisputed King of golf impressions cooked up his latest video, and it’s a freaking masterpiece. It’s honestly impossible to pick a favourite moment.
Editor’s Note: Sir Michael Bonallack, a standout amateur and former secretary and captain of the R&A died on Sept. 26 at age 88. Jack Nicklaus, who first met Bonallack as an amateur golfer in 1959, reflects on their relationship, and Bonallack’s sizable impact on the game. My nearly 65-year friendship with Michael Bonallack began at a Read more…
Michael Jordan is about four things: basketball, sneakers, gambling and golf. The man has been known to make a bet or seven, and with such a competitive spirit, you know he’s doing his due diligence ahead of the 2023 Ryder Cup. MJ has been a Ryder Cup staple for decades, so we trust his takes 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…
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