MEDINAH, Ill. — The International team lost another Presidents Cup on Sunday, and it’s not a stretch to say that this was one they probably should have won. The perennial upstarts hadn’t had a better opportunity to beat the United States since the 2003 edition in South Africa, where they led by three going into Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — For better or worse, it seemed all too predicable. The International team built a three-point lead heading into the Sunday of the Presidents Cup with a legtimate chance to end a streak of 11 straight defeats. But the players from around much of the world simply can’t get out of their own Read more…
What a difference a day makes. On Saturday night, U.S. Presidents Cup captain Brandt Snedeker was practically despondent over the situation facing the Americans. They were trailing an undermanned International team 10½-7½, and Snedeker pointed a lot of the blame at himself for the situation they faced, a heavy favorite now looking at possibility of Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — For all that is made about how the Ryder Cup is more compelling than the Presidents Cup for myriad reasons, the junior of the international team competitions outdoes its elder in one compelling department: the session pairings. In the Ryder Cup, captains and their assistants have to decide on their lineups and Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — The United States needed closers on Saturday. It needed more Cameron Young and Chris Gotterup. The Americans find themselves trailing for just the fourth time in the Presidents Cup heading into singles competition, their inability to hold onto a lead proving their undoing against a rather pesky International team. It’s quite astonishing Read more…
Golf finally has what it has spent three decades demanding from the Presidents Cup—a real contest, with the Internationals carrying a three-point lead, 10½-7½, into Sunday—and almost no one seems sure what the heck to make of it.
Rally caps were the apparel of choice Saturday morning at the 16th Presidents Cup, and both the United States team and the International team had their reasons to feel some satisfaction for their resilience.
The SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is getting ready to host the first WTGL matches in November. Twenty-five LPGA players make up five teams that will compete in the same format as the men’s TGL. Top-ranked players and some of the most popular women in pro golf will be playing, including Charley Hull, Read more…
Few places in golf have witnessed more historic moments than St Andrews. And on Friday morning, the “Home of Golf” marked another historic day when Claire Dowling, the first ever female captain of the R&A, began her captaincy with the club’s traditional driving in ceremony.
MEDINAH, Ill. — Seconds after they wrapped up their greenside television interview, best friends Sam Burns and Scottie Scheffler smiled wide and wrapped their arms around each other to share a best-friend hug. The occasion was a win four years in the making. They finally got off the schneid. Their 1-up victory over Min Woo Read more…
Adam Scott, Ryan Fox and Min Woo Lee are all back in action as the Internationals chase points in Friday’s foursomes at Medinah, trailing the US 3-2 after Day 1.
Wyndham Clark wants more from the Medinah crowd after a strong Day 1 performance, admitting the atmosphere felt “kind of dead” at times during the Presidents Cup.
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