Darren Clarke now has his nine automatic qualifiers for the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) Nine of the 12 players who will represent Europe in the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National have been decided — and a week ahead of the cutoff. Matt Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan locked up spots the two final automatic qualifying spots […]
European Ryder Cup team has its nine automatic qualifiers
August 22, 2016 by
Darren Clarke now has his nine automatic qualifiers for the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) Nine of the 12 players who will represent Europe in the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National have been decided — and a week ahead of the cutoff. Matt Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan locked up spots the two final automatic qualifying spots […]
LPGA star Lewis would advocate for team portion to Olympic golf
August 17, 2016 by
Stacy Lewis prepares for the women’s Olympic golf tournament. (Getty Images) One of the drags on golf’s return to the Olympics — at least within golf circles — was the format of the two 60-player tournaments that would unfold in Rio. Yet another 72-hole, stroke-play, no-cut event? Don’t we have enough of those? Many in […]
Matt Kuchar thought Olympic golf was a team competition; it's not
August 5, 2016 by
Matt Kuchar is one of four U.S. men in the Olympic golf tournament (Getty Images) Matt Kuchar is part of the seven-player — four men, three women — American contingent taking part in golf’s return to the Olympics next week in Rio de Janeiro. Apparently, until Wednesday, he figured he would be representing the U.S.A. […]
Woods won’t play Wells Fargo but still could make Ryder Cup team
April 30, 2016 by
That rumored Tiger Woods comeback isn’t happening next week in Charlotte. The entry deadline for the Wells Fargo Championship came and went on Friday afternoon, and Woods did not show up on the final entry list. Meanwhile, Woods was in Las Vegas for his annual Tiger Jam event to support his Tiger Woods Foundation. During […]
Euro Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke labels his team underdogs
December 30, 2015 by
The European Ryder Cup team has won eight of the last 10 biennial matches. Their only losses in that stretch have come on American soil, thanks to the Miracle at Brookline in 1999 and a Paul Azinger-led trouncing in 2008 at Valhalla. The Ryder Cup returns to American soil next fall, with the Americans looking […]
Bubba Watson to team with Mark Wahlberg at Pebble Beach in Feb.
December 23, 2015 by
There’s going to be a funky pair come February at Pebble Beach. Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson is returning to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Feburary for the first time since 2007, and it’s for one reason and one reason only: to team up with Mark Wahlberg. The pair are apparently friends, and, […]
Snedeker, Dufner team up to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout
December 12, 2015 by
Jason Dufner and Brandt Snedeker closed 2015 with a bang on Saturday with a win at the Franklin Templeton Shootout. The duo shot a 11-under 61 in the final round of the two-man, 54-hole event to win by two shots over the team of Harris English and Matt Kuchar on 30 under par. Daniel Berger […]
U.S. Am champion Bryson DeChambeau leaving SMU men’s golf team
October 15, 2015 by
Reigning U.S. Amateur and NCAA men’s golf champion Bryson DeChambeau is leaving the Southern Methodist University golf team. “To best prepare myself for the next six months of competition and future events, I felt it was appropriate to make this decision now to be fair to my coaches and team,” he said to Golf Channel. […]
Motivated by controversy, U.S. Solheim Cup team wins with biggest-ever comeback
September 20, 2015 by
Call it karma. Call it righting a wrong. Use whatever cosmic terms you want, but the U.S. Solheim Cup team completed the biggest comeback in the history of the biennial matches, rallying from a 10-6 deficit to defeat the European team for a 14.5-13.5 victory at Golf Club St. Leon-Rot in Germany. There’s no doubt the […]
