The days leading up to the Ryder Cup are notoriously slow on the media side, so it’s little surprise one of the biggest talking points this week has been money – specifically, whether players should be paid to compete. Here’s a breakdown of why it’s become a hot issue in 2025, explained in Q&A style.
One of the most beloved parts of the Ryder Cup is the chippiness. While pros play their cards close to the chest most of the year, the Ryder Cup offers a biennial opportunity to go all-in.
The path to victory at the Ryder Cup requires a different mindset than other golf tournaments. If you want to win (or predict the winner!), you can’t view these players as individuals. If you did, every list imaginable would put Scottie Scheffler at No.1.
Rory McIlroy told reporters overnight at the BMW Championship that members of the European Ryder Cup team have been wearing virtual reality headsets with programmed crowd abuse to simulate the potential reception at the Ryder Cup at Bethpage.
Whatever people see in this Ryder Cup Rorschach Test – real, imagined or somewhere in between – will define what it is and isn’t. Not that McIlroy is losing sleep over it either way.
Ahead of superstar Rory McIlroy headlining the 2025 Australian Open at Royal Melbourne, organisers have announced a rebrand in a bid to take the 121-year-old championship into a new era.
Even Scottie Scheffler had to break out into a broad smile after watching his playing partner, Rory McIlroy, convert a 17-foot birdie putt on the home hole at East Lake Golf Club Thursday afternoon.
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