It’s the Ryder Cup’s dirty little secret. Apart from his picks and choosing the pairings and lineup order, course setup is a home captain’s most potent lever to influence the matches.
In naming Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry and Ian Poulter, the European Ryder Cup captain has added a total of 15 past appearances in the biennial contest, even with Lowry, a rookie, in that mix.
Featuring a pair of former world No.1s, Major winners, cash cows and Ryder Cup stalwarts, here are six surprising names on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup bubble heading into this week.
The upstart golf league that seeks to challenge the PGA Tour has progressed to the offer-making stage and hopes to be operational by 2022, according to a report from the British outlet The Telegraph.
The first and third rounds will feature four-ball play, with the second and final rounds foursomes. For many in the field, it’s a proposition that perhaps takes a little adapting to, given the scarcity of which it is experienced.
A program of this kind had been in discussion for multiple years, and the tour’s Player Advisory Council always understood the value in rewarding the tour’s highest-profile players.
The news of Tiger Woods’ car accident in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning generated a strong and passionate response from the golf community, the sport sharing their prayers and well-wishes to Woods.
At least for those with any kind of realistic ambition to ease him out of top spot in the world ranking, Johnson’s latest win was achieved with a disconcerting ease.
The two events’ proximity to the Masters surely plays a role in the star-studded fields. And both tournaments are an opportunity to get four guaranteed rounds in, as each features a 78-man field with no cut.
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