From Rory McIlroy to Jon Rahm, 11 members of the European Ryder Cup team were at the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. But they were all upstaged by Alex Noren, who will be one of their five vice-captains at Bethpage next week.
It’s better to be lucky than good. It’s an old saying and not an altogether true one, but you wouldn’t have known it if you were watching the final hole of Jon Rahm’s second round at the BMW PGA Championship.
We’ve seen various viral videos through the years of golfers failing to keep a shot within a practice net, but never one quite like the one currently making the rounds.
Just listen to Tyrrell Hatton, who told the story of the ‘messy night’ he spent partying with Jon Rahm after learning he had automatically qualified for the 2025 European Ryder Cup team.
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.
The LPGA rookie was able to deliver in a moment when crumbling would not have been unexpected. But Wang knows pressure, as she’s had to hit shots as though they have everything riding on them before.
It’s the first time the 22-year-old Spaniard has made it to the quarters in all four tennis Grand Slams in one season. It was a big moment, which he commemorated with a big celebration.
Top End heat and hot, blustery winds baking out the golf course in real time, Palmerston Golf & Country Club threw everything it had at players over the final 18 holes.
Australian Golf Digest
