Europe and the United States are locked at 4-4 after a dramatic first day of action at the Solheim Cup, the women’s golf equivalent of the men’s Ryder Cup. The Americans, defending the trophy won in Virginia two years ago, seemed set to establish a narrow lead on Friday by shading the afternoon fourballs at Read more…
Local hope Jeff Winther has won his national tournament in thrilling style by shooting a five-under 67 to take the European tour’s Danish Championship.
Australian Jack Buchanan fired a four-under 68 to sit inside the top 10 after round one of the Danish Championship, three shots behind Frenchman Felix Mory’s course record seven-under 65.
Participating in a media event for the Travelers Championship on Monday, Bradley spoke for the first time since Europe closed out its 15-13 victory over the US, and he was depressingly honest about how he has felt in the three weeks afterwards.
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.
I suspect this will be one of the least popular posts about golf I ever write, because it’s so easy for the other side – the wrong side – to appeal to emotions, but there is a simple principle that applies here and is the bedrock of every argument I’m about to make.
The PGA of America is hoping to break all sorts of attendance and viewership records with the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, but one shattered early was the ticket price.
Scott Hend won the European Legends Cup, hosted by José María Olazábal, by two shots after holding off the challenge of Adilson Da Silva and Stephen Gallacher at Basozábal in Northern Spain.
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.
Brooks Koepka should be included on this year’s US Ryder Cup team. That’s the opinion from across the aisle of European Ryder Cup stalwart Rory McIlroy. As for LIV golfers playing for the host team this September in Rome, that’s another story.
Perhaps predictably, certainly unluckily and surely understandably, any first mention of David Drysdale tends to include the fact that the Scot has never finished first in any of the 574 tournaments he has played so far on the DP World Tour.
The Europeans announced it will mirror the United States’ selection method, with six players earning their way to the 12-man team through automatic bids while captain Luke Donald will round out the other six via wildcard picks.
Henrik Stenson confirmed in a statement that he is defecting to LIV Golf following Wednesday’s announcement that he had been stripped of his European Ryder Cup captaincy, while claiming he made efforts to keep the honorary role.
Even if he hasn’t been frequenting any social-media sites, or reading the newspapers, Harrington is well aware that questions are being asked of his decision-making last week.
Australian Golf Digest
