It was a dream Day 1 for Team Europe at the Ryder Cup as the boys in blue and yellow jumped out to a three-point lead. But they did make one big bogey at Bethpage Black that had many of Golf Twitter—including former players—pointing it out. It just had nothing to do with the team’s Read more…
Where the US players may only see PGA of America personnel at the PGA Championship or Ryder Cup, the European crew see most of the top name players on their team 10 to 15 times each year.
One common refrain you’ll hear from European fans on Ryder Cup week is that US fans don’t know how to banter. They aren’t creative with their chants and chirps. That’s why things tend to take an ugly turn on American soil, as over-served spectators resort to name-calling and personal attacks. Well, folks, the Europeans may Read more…
FARMINGDALE, N.Y.v— How do you respond to a hostile crowd chanting expletives at you? Just ask Rory McIlroy. Rory’s been the center of the Bethpage crowd’s attention throughout the week. Among the heckles this week: Jabs at his personal life Chants of “a–hole” Tormenting about “chokes” On the first tee on Saturday morning, perhaps sensing Read more…
What gives? Why is Scottie Scheffler, the world No.1 ubermensch who seems to win or come close to winning in every event he plays, now 0-2, and staring down a 2-4-3 career record that parallels in miniature Tiger Woods (13-21-3), the only golfer this century who played at his level?
Scottie Scheffler is greatest golfer on the earth right now. Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer on earth … perhaps ever. As Scheffler has racked up wins and accolades over the past several years, his career—both broadly and statistically—has been compared to Woods’ time and time again. That includes Friday at Ryder Cup, but this Read more…
They were large in number but not in voice. This Ryder Cup crowd was supposed to be America’s secret weapon – so spirited it would rattle European nerves and perhaps cross every line of decorum. Instead, the loudest sound at Bethpage Black was the lack of it, delivering an unmistakable verdict: European fans simply do it better.
After a surprisingly mild morning foursomes session at Bethpage Black, things have gotten a bit spicier during the afternoon fourball session, particularly in the Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry vs. Patrick Cantlay/Sam Burns match. With things all tied through five holes, McIlroy came alive as he so often does in this event, making back-to-back birdies at the Read more…
On the opening hole of the Ryder Cup, Bryson DeChambeau unleashed a monster tee shot that landed just shy of the first green. Due to heavy rains the night before, lift clean and place was employed, leading to this exchange between commentators Terry Gannon and Notah Begay. “You’re not only able to lift the ball, Read more…
Ryder Cup preview week finally, mercifully has ended and everyone is ready for the real thing to start on Friday evening (AEST). But while we eagerly await watching the golfers hit shots that actually matter, it was a fan at Bethpage Black who provided Thursday’s top highlight.
Despite the fact that not a single shot has been hit yet, much has been made about what the American crowd might do or could say at this weekend’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.
I suspect this will be one of the least popular posts about golf I ever write, because it’s so easy for the other side – the wrong side – to appeal to emotions, but there is a simple principle that applies here and is the bedrock of every argument I’m about to make.
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