If the Swedish rookie receives a captain’s pick for this month’s Ryder Cup, he will become the first player in history to make a team without ever having played in a major championship.
In the run-up to any team contest, a few sporting metaphors invariably spring to mind when it comes to the various decisions, behaviour and carefully considered comments required of the two captains. “Jockeying for position” comes to mind. So does “shadow boxing.” And, from cricket, “playing a straight bat.” Still, after all the preamble has Read more…
You may have heard this before in a golf context. Walker Cups, like every other golf competition, are played on grass and not, as the tired old cliché has it, on paper.
Rory McIlroy opened the Tour Championship with an even-par 70 and proclaimed he was “over the moon” with that result, considering his lower back was seizing up for a couple of days.
A judge has partially denied a request from the New York Times to unseal documents pertaining to the litigation battle between the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
This week’s European Challenge Tour event is using an artificial mat on one of the holes. You don’t see that every week in pro golf. Heck, you don’t see that ever, really.
At 2 pm local time on Thursday at the Tour Championship, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler had a two-shot lead when he teed off. Two hours later, he had a five-shot advantage at East Lake. But by the end of the day, he was, somehow, one shot behind.
Australian Golf Digest
