Making golf prognostications is downright impossible. Heck, as a co-host of a golf gambling podcast, I’m well aware of how rarely we ever get anything right ahead of time. But in theory, this should be different when you’re talking about Ryder Cup Team USA personnel moves. And you’re talking about a MEMBER of Team USA. Read more…
ROME — Europe is off to a roaring start in the first Ryder Cup ever played in Italy. With a historic sweep of the morning foursome matches, the home team took a 4-0 lead over the Americans as Europe tries to win back the Cup it lost handily two years ago in Wisconsin. Europe had Read more…
Luke Donald has handled everything so far this at the Ryder Cup in Rome—specifically, one cringeworthy question from a reporter on the eve of the event.
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 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…
The Ryder Cup Race ranks up there with all of them. Thanks to the return of the largest crowds since before the pandemic, Friday morning at Marco Simone Country Club was quite the spectacle.
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…
ROME — Over the course of two days, 24 players sat on the relative hot seat in the Ryder Cup interview room. They were mostly insightful, enthusiastic, introspective, rarely touchy and, most welcomed of all, sometimes hilarious. These guys are the most sought-after interviews in the game, and they can sometimes switch into auto-response mode. Read more…
Golf club parking is always a tricky subject, but it rarely necessitates setting someone’s house ablaze. Well, 40-year-old Nicholas Lorin Bromeling of Detroit Lakes might disagree with that sentiment as he threatened exactly that during an unhinged meltdown at Detroit Country Club back in August. A neighbor to the course, Bromeling furiously charged over to Read more…
ROME — You won’t see players on opposing sides agreeing on much this week, especially with the contest officially underway. Yet cruising around the grounds this week, there’s one exception: A VISIO practice mat training aid, which has been littered around the Marco Simone Golf Club and used religiously by players on both sides. By 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…
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