Donald Trump hosts two golf majors in 2017. (Getty Images) Three U.S. senators have formally asked the USGA to move the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open from the Donald Trump-owned Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a letter to the USGA — namely executive […]
Major trio produces minor results at the PGA Championship
July 29, 2016 by
Dustin Johnson, Danny Willett, and Henrik Stenson. (Getty) SPRINGFIELD, N.J.—There comes a moment in every tournament when a player knows the day is lost. That moment can come late in the proceedings, like in this year’s British Open, when Phil Mickelson dueled Henrik Stenson right to the final holes. Or it can come very, very […]
Darren Clarke names trio of Ryder Cup vice-captains
May 28, 2016 by
The European Ryder Cup leadership team is taking shape. On Friday at the BMW PGA Championship in England, 2016 European captain Darren Clarke named three vice-captains: three-time major winner Padraig Harrington, 1999 British Open winner Paul Lawrie and Ryder Cup stalwart Thomas Bjorn. Having all played in the era of European dominance of the biennial […]
