NORTON, MA – SEPTEMBER 02: Bubba Watson waits to play his shot on the 12th green during the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston on September 2, 2016 in Norton, Massachusetts. (Photo by Ryan Young/PGA TOUR) Bubba Watson is a two-time major winner, an Olympian and the No. 7 player in […]
Love adds Fowler, Kuchar, Holmes with three Ryder Cup wild-card picks
September 12, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. If you were hoping the new Ryder Cup selection process would lead to some unpredictability and fireworks with the wild-card picks added to the team, then you were probably somewhat disappointed by the three players U.S. captain Davis Love III named to his team on Monday. At Ryder Cup […]
U.S. Ryder Cup wild-card hopefuls pressing to make final impression
September 10, 2016 by
J.B. Holmes is powering his way around Crooked Stick. (Getty Images) U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III has the task of selecting three of his four wild-card picks on Sunday after the BMW Championship. Conventional wisdom would suggest the captain’s microscope would be fixed on the players who came up just short of finishing […]
Jim Furyk's FedEx Cup playoff run is over, left to wait for Ryder Cup pick
September 6, 2016 by
Jim Furyk is out of the FedEx Cup playoffs. (Getty Images) Jim Furyk’s truncated PGA Tour season ended on Monday, with the 2003 U.S. Open champion failing to finish high enough in the Deutsche Bank Championship to advance to the next stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs. With Furyk outside the top 70 in points, […]
PODCAST: Assessing the 2016 Ryder Cup teams
September 2, 2016 by
Darren Clarke now has his nine automatic qualifiers for the Ryder Cup. (Getty Images) We now know 20 of the 24 players who will compete in the 2016 Ryder Cup. On this week’s podcast, I look at the 12 European players and the potential snub of Russell Knox, as well the eight automatic U.S. qualifiers […]
U.S. Ryder Cup team visits Gillette Stadium before Deutsche Bank
September 1, 2016 by
The current U.S. Ryder Cup team. (New England Patriots on Twitter) The New England Patriots weren’t in Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Wednesday night, so the U.S. Ryder Cup team as currently constituted took the field. Captain Davis Love III and three of his four vice-captains — Steve Stricker, Tom Lehman and Jim Furyk, […]
Report: Darren Clarke to add Westwood, Kaymer, Donald to Ryder Cup team
August 30, 2016 by
Luke Donald would be a surprise pick for the Ryder Cup team. (Getty Images) They call them wild-card picks for a reason. Sometimes, they’re unexpected, and signs point to European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke reaching deep down the points list to find one of his three captain’s picks. According to multiple reports, including from […]
European Ryder Cup team has its nine automatic qualifiers
August 23, 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 […]
