ROME — Brooks Koepka has always seemed slightly uncomfortable as a LIV Golf spokesperson, which was never more apparent than in the moments after he won this year’s PGA Championship. When asked about the benefit to LIV Golf at his victory press conference, Koepka’s answer was brief and probably unsatisfactory to almost everyone on any Read more…
It has been 14 long years since Brian Harman took down Rickie Fowler in an epic match at the 2009 NCAA Championship, a result that apparently left Fowler fighting back tears on the 18th green Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Enough time has passed where, by now, you’d think the Ryder Cup teammates could have Read more…
Long, long before the world was obsessed with the relationship of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, the golf world got all worked up over an even more athletic celebrity couple. You had PGA Tour star Rickie Fowler and Allison Stokke of track-and-field fame. Again, it wasn’t quite Taylor-Travis, but it was exciting times around here. Read more…
The Ryder Cup is one of the rare times golf – a sport that pulls for all of its competitors – turns provincial. Wyndham Clark is well aware of this dynamic, which is why he expertly quelled an attempt to turn his recents comments into a controversy.
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…
ROME—Wednesday was the first day the place felt like a Ryder Cup was in town. The crowds were bigger and more boisterous. A jovial, but nervous energy flowed between players. And perhaps more so than other days, each team felt more bonded than in the days previously. For Shane Lowry, that didn’t turn out so Read more…
There is no money at stake when it comes to the Ryder Cup, but you don’t tell that to the designers and interior decorators for Team Europe at Marco Simone. Captain Luke Donald, who has a future in HGTV presenting, walked us through the squad’s digs and they aren’t just a perfect home-away-from-home, but perhaps Read more…
There’s no doubt that it’s been a big year for Austin Reaves. The 25-year-old guard emerged as a key cog for both the Lakers and Team USA, signed a four-year, $56 million contract to stay in Los Angeles, and was even (falsely) linked to Taylor Swift long before Travis Kelce came along. But it’s on Read more…
For the United States side to pull off something it hasn’t done in 30 years, its fate will probably rest on the Thomas of now remembering how to be the Thomas of old.
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…
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