Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley and R&A chief executive Mark Darbon have echoed Rory McIlroy’s sentiments from the recent controversial Ryder Cup at Bethpage that golf should be held to a higher standard of fan behaviour than other sports.
Participating in a media event for the Travelers Championship on Monday, Bradley spoke for the first time since Europe closed out its 15-13 victory over the US, and he was depressingly honest about how he has felt in the three weeks afterwards.
Europe would have triumphed at Bethpage with or without “the envelope rule”, having won by a score of 15-13. But that doesn’t make Hovland feel any less bad about the ordeal.
Collin Morikawa called for “absolute chaos” in an effort to rally American fans ahead of the Ryder Cup, and he was asked in Japan about those comments.
The Ryder Cup was over four days ago and rather than most of the talk being focused on Europe’s 15-13 victory and the American push on Sunday singles, the biggest headlines in the aftermath have been about the nasty fan behaviour.
With the US team charging and the crowd raging, Lowry stood over a six-footer for a birdie to halve the match and give Europe the crucial half-point they needed to retain the Ryder Cup. With the weight of a continent on his shoulders, he buried it.
Here’s a simple idea to help the Americans win the Ryder Cup that requires no task force. We need to play foursomes. All of us. It’s a cultural change that must take root at every course, public and private, in our golfing nation. Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses of 25-handicap weekend Read more…
By now you’ve heard the news. If not on the television or the Internet, then at least on the Richter Scale. Team Europe has won the 2025 Ryder Cup 15-13, staving off a late Sunday charge from the U.S. to claim their third away Ryder Cup win this century. As soon as the final putt Read more…