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.
MEDINAH, Ill.—Nick Taylor was 150 yards away knowing anything less than great was no good. He and Corey Conners were 1 up with one to play against Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, but Taylor hit a foul ball off the tee that forced Conners to lay up. The Internationals were still away as Taylor stood Read more…
Last week, golf fans watched with a mixture of shock and awe as Alejandro Tosti’s caddie Cliff Ellis took off his bib and quit midway through the Argentine tour pro’s opening round at the Biltmore Championship.
MEDINAH, Ill. — “Let’s be savages for everybody this week!” When U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker uttered those words on the first tee late Thursday morning at Medinah Country Club before the first tee shots of the 16th Presidents Cup, the initial thought from this corner was, “You had two years and that’s what you came Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — Everyone Likes to be Liked. That was a chapter title in Jack Nicklaus’ 1996 autobiography, My Story. For several years Jack Nicklaus was considered the villain as he overtook the immensely popular Arnold Palmer as the best player in professional golf. Eventually, fans came around to appreciate the Golden Bear for his Read more…
Few things are more important in team sports than team chemistry. That may sound obvious, but the U.S. has struggled to grasp the concept in recent years, appearing fragmented and listless in international competition. The Presidents Cup has been the lone exception to that rule over the past half decade. That’s partly due to the Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — Ten yards to Justin Thomas’ right sat the player he used to be. Jackson Koivun is this Presidents Cup’s curiosity, a 21-year-old who months ago was competing against college kids and now commanded a not-small horde of reporters wondering what it’s like to be golf’s next big thing. Thomas spent much of Read more…
It was Fred Couples who first paired Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay together in 2019. Seven years and 15 matches later, their friendship-turned-formidable partnership remains a cornerstone of the US team at Medinah.
Justin Thomas is the man many Medinah members credit for the club’s $26 million course redesign, and he heads into the Presidents Cup knowing the new layout better than anyone else on the US team.
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