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 […]
Italy to host 2022 Ryder Cup matches
December 15, 2015 by
Italy will host the Ryder Cup for the first time, witth the European Tour announcing Monday that a club near Rome’s city center will host the biennial matches in 2022. Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, about 11 miles from Rome’s city center, will host the competition pitting a dozen European-born players against 12 Americans. […]
Italy to host 2022 Ryder Cup matches
December 14, 2015 by
Italy will host the Ryder Cup for the first time, witth the European Tour announcing Monday that a club near Rome’s city center will host the biennial matches in 2022. Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, about 11 miles from Rome’s city center, will host the competition pitting a dozen European-born players against 12 Americans. […]
Podcast: Reacting to Tiger, Furyk and Stricker as Ryder Cup assistants
November 19, 2015 by
Davis Love III named Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker as 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup assistant captains, but what does that announcement do for the team and what impact do assistant captains really have on the biennial matches? We discuss. We also implore Adam Scott to stop complaining about the Olympic format. Finally, we […]
Paul Casey may miss Ryder Cup by declining Euro Tour membership
September 30, 2015 by
Paul Casey may have to take a pass on the 2016 Ryder Cup. The Englishman, who enjoyed a resurgent PGA Tour season that included two playoff losses, will not split time between the PGA Tour and European Tour unless the latter reduces the minimum number of events to maintain tour status from 13 to 11. […]
Love installed as 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain with reformed system
February 25, 2015 by
Common sense prevailed. The PGA of America revealed a new approach to the Ryder Cup at its Florida headquarters on Tuesday, fronted by a familiar face. Davis Love III was formally introduced as the 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, and he will complete his team with more time to find the hot hands that can […]
Trevino: Mickelson should’ve kept “mouth shut” after Ryder Cup loss
February 21, 2015 by
Lee Trevino thinks Phil Mickelson wasn’t the right guy to call out Tom Watson after the American Ryder Cup team lost for a third straight time. “If Phil Mickelson wants to say what he said, it’s up to him,” Trevino said to Golf.com. “I thought it would have come out a lot better from someone like […]
Azinger says he had no interest in 2016 Ryder Cup captaincy
February 18, 2015 by
Thanks, but no thanks. Paul Azinger, the last man to lead the U.S. to a win in the Ryder Cup back in 2008, didn’t want another crack at the job in 2016. “I had no interest in being the captain in 2016 for many reasons, personal and business,” Azinger said, according to Golf Channel. […]
Reports: Davis Love III will be 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain
February 17, 2015 by
Davis Love III will get a chance to avenge the “Meltdown at Medinah.” According to a report by Golfworld’s Tim Rosaforte and a tweet from former PGA of America president Ted Bishop, Love will be named 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Sources say Davis Love next US Ryder Cup Captain. #DoOver […]
Montgomerie: Phil Mickelson should step up and be ’16 Ryder Cup captain
January 24, 2015 by
Colin Montgomerie has a bright idea: Phil Mickelson should be the 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup captain. Monty, speaking with Kicca.com, a new sports-geared social media site in the U.K., laid the gauntlet to the left-hander. “Phil Mickelson’s comments were heard and read around the world,” Montgomerie said. “A lot of people were thinking ‘Stand up […]
