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Ryder Cup 2025: First-tee announcer apologises and quits after leading crass chant directed at Rory McIlroy
The Ryder Cup is already over for one of the participants ahead of the final day. It’s just not a player.
Ryder Cup 2025: Grading all 24 players, from Fleetwood’s A+ to Burns’ F
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Two years ago in Rome, and two years before that in Whistling Straits, we justified running our Ryder Cup report card on Saturday, rather than after the event concluded Sunday, by saying that “the match is tipping toward a conclusion before anyone hits a shot in Sunday singles.” Well, folks, here we Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Forget US woes, Europe is playing historically well
With one more day like this, Europe will cap one of the most dominant wins in golf history. And it’s been a true team effort.
Ryder Cup 2025: Justin Thomas had a decision to make. He chose class
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — “I don’t think there’s anyone else on our team that would have handled that round like that.” Those were the words of a member of the backroom European staffer to Mike Thomas, the father of Justin Thomas, on the back of the 18th green, after his son and Cameron Young lost a Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Rory McIlroy had the perfect response when asked if the crowd took it too far on Saturday
As many on the grounds reported, Rory McIlroy (and Shane Lowry, too) caught a ton of abuse from the New York crowd during Saturday afternoon’s fourball session at the 2025 Ryder Cup. It was so ugly that McIlroy was well within his rights to take the American fans to task after he and Lowry disposed Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Scottie Scheffler made the wrong type of history at Bethpage Black
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Scottie Scheffler made the wrong history on Saturday at the Ryder Cup. The World No. 1 could not right the ship during the morning or afternoon sessions at Bethpage Black. Scheffler and Russell Henley lost 1 up in foursomes to Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland in Session 3, and a superstar team-up Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Explaining the heated argument between the Europeans, caddies and Bryson DeChambeau
For the second consecutive Ryder Cup, we’ve got some heated exchanges between players and caddies that bubbled over late on Saturday afternoon.
Ryder Cup 2025: Walking with Rory McIlroy amid the shower of F-bombs and abuse as Bethpage crowd crosses a line
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The backstroke was aborted as a “F*** YOU RORY” arose from the right side of the fourth green. Shane Lowry came over to comfort Rory McIlroy, who had walked away from his ball after the shout, shaking his head in dazed resignation that the Ryder Cup had come to this. Lowry whispered Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Watch Justin Rose walk in a birdie bomb, heaping more misery on hapless Yanks
The U.S. Ryder Cup aren’t the only ones getting dog-walked at Bethpage on Saturday. Amid an increasingly chippy Saturday fourball session, Justin Rose added a little sizzle to the European’s steak (and a little salt in the USA’s wound) with an early-walk birdie that Brad Faxon called the greatest he’s ever seen. Grab that leash Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Jon Rahm has mastered one of Seve’s key matchplay principles
The third principle of Seve Ballesteros’ handwritten advice to his players during his Ryder Cup captaincy in 1997 is very telling.
Ryder Cup 2025: Why Viktor Hovland’s injury could lead to this obscure rule being used for the first time in three decades
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — With a clutch 12-foot par putt on Bethpage Black’s 17th hole Saturday morning, Viktor Hovland took a big step toward having the Ryder Cup wind up in Europe’s hands again. But that could also turn out to be the final highlight of the Norwegian’s week. Shortly after, Hovland was a late scratch Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Phil Mickelson makes a bold prediction for US team
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Phil Mickelson is not at the Ryder Cup, this despite the fact that Keegan Bradley (and many others) predicted he would be the American captain at Bethpage Black. But he weighed in on the proceedings from afar with a prediction that the U.S. players will appreciate. After a rough Saturday morning that Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: NYC gentleman’s club offers free dances to Team USA – if they win
Team USA is in dire straits. Keegan Bradley’s squad trails 8.5 to 3.5 heading into Saturday afternoon, and even the fans are embarrassing themselves at Bethpage Black. Luckily, Manhattan’s Headquarters Gentleman’s Club has stepped in and made an offer to (hopefully) entice every American on the course to get their game together and figure things Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: The US is cooked but Cam Young is the best player at Bethpage
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Consider this your “silver linings America” post as we approach the afternoon fourball session on Saturday with the home team trailing 8½ to 3½ and seemingly on the verge of a historic and very embarrassing home loss. Nevertheless, although the news is dire, it’s not universally dire, and that’s thanks to New Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Things are getting so out of hand at Bethpage Black, J.J. Watt texted Jon Rahm asking him to ‘settle down’
If U.S. Ryder Cup fans woke up on Saturday hoping for a change in the wind, they didn’t get it. Team Europe won three of four morning foursomes matches to extend their lead, and a big reason for that was the play of Jon Rahm. The Spaniard played like a man en fuego, holing a Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: Rory McIlroy tells crowd to ‘shut the f–k up’, promptly ends match in most ballsy move imaginable
A note to the American golf fans travelling to Bethpage Black this weekend – please stop antagonising Rory McIlroy. It’s not working.
Ryder Cup 2025: Keegan Bradley’s avoidable disaster signals a bigger problem
Why the US system lacks the checks and balances present in with the European team is worth serious discussion after this week.
Ryder Cup 2025: Team Europe’s biggest bogey this week has nothing to do with golf – and even former players have taken notice
It was a dream Day 1 for Team Europe at the Ryder Cup as the boys in blue and yellow jumped out to a three-point lead. But they did make one big bogey at Bethpage Black that had many of Golf Twitter—including former players—pointing it out. It just had nothing to do with the team’s Read more…
Ryder Cup 2025: The subtle way Europe has cracked the code to motivating its players
Where the US players may only see PGA of America personnel at the PGA Championship or Ryder Cup, the European crew see most of the top name players on their team 10 to 15 times each year.
Ryder Cup 2025: This failed attempt at a chant by the US fans might be the most CRINGEWORTHY moment in Ryder Cup history
One common refrain you’ll hear from European fans on Ryder Cup week is that US fans don’t know how to banter. They aren’t creative with their chants and chirps. That’s why things tend to take an ugly turn on American soil, as over-served spectators resort to name-calling and personal attacks. Well, folks, the Europeans may Read more…
