Despite not hitting a single shot that counts yet, we’re pretty sure this is the best week of Robert MacIntyre’s life. Making his first appearance in the Ryder Cup, the 27-year-old Scot is soaking in every minute of the biennial event—even when he’s sleeping. On Tuesday night, MacIntyre made a final post before he turned Read more…
ROME — Ask Patrick Cantlay to name a quality that his friend and Ryder Cup teammate Xander Schauffele has that he doesn’t, and you won’t wait long for his answer: “He’s very positive.” The unspoken part—and the reason people in the media center laughed at the response on Tuesday afternoon—is that Cantlay himself is well Read more…
Rory McIlroy can’t seem to escape the topic of LIV Golf. But of all weeks in professional golf, the topic of the rival league was always going to come up at the Ryder Cup, given the impact Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia had on the European team over the past 20 years before joining LIV Read more…
While there is much talk on either side of the aisle about how much individual records are insignificant—“I’d happily not win a point if that means we win the Cup” is a typical refrain—don’t believe a word of it.
ROME—No player is working harder this week than World No.1 Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler has been pouring in the hours on the practice putting green in the lead up to the 2023 Ryder Cup. Alongside him throughout was his new putting coach the legendary guru Phil Kenyon. The pair started working together in the weeks leading Read more…
ROME – Tyrrell Hatton can’t help but be entertaining, regardless of time or location. Sometimes he’s expressing strong opposition to a golf course setup, or an errant shot. Other times he’s simply responding to esoteric questions, which was the case Tuesday at Marco Simone ahead of the Ryder Cup. The colourful Englishman’s press conference began Read more…
One of the saddest parts of the LIV Golf split, at least if you’re a Ryder Cup fan, is that we’ll be missing some of the biggest names in European Ryder Cup history for the first time in years. Players like Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia, mainstays of the European side and two of the Read more…
ROME — There’s a lot of hype surrounding one player at the Ryder Cup: Ludvig Aberg. The 23 year-old Swede who only turned pro in June, and became the first player in Ryder Cup history to make the team without playing in a major championship. The excitement around Aberg was apparent from the moment he Read more…
This year’s Ryder Cup is 1985 revisited, with the formula for success unchanged. If Europe is to win this Ryder Cup, the leading players are almost certainly going to have to step up. History says it is so.
Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we wish Taylor Swift was dating a professional golfer instead of a football player. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had some great celebrity couples to cover through the years—from DJ and Paulina to Tiger and Lindsey to Rickie and Allison—but Taylor is just a whole other level. 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…
Tom Kim has a checkered sartorial past. The world watched as he split his pants multiple times at the 2022 Presidents Cup and fell face first in a mud pit at Oak Hill. In fact, Kim was so traumatized by his fashion mishaps that he played his soggy opening round at the FedEx St. Jude Read more…
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