The keys to the European Ryder Cup machine have officially been handed over to Padraig Harrington. The 47-year-old Irishman was named captain for the 2020 matches at Whistling Straits during a Tuesday announcement at European Tour headquarters, taking over for Thomas Bjorn as he looks to continue a run of continental dominance in the biennial […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING X-Man (+9%): Clearly comfortable as a chaser, Xander Schauffele’s last three wins have come against the best fields –the top 30 in the FedExCup (2017 Tour Championship), the top talent in the world (2018 […]
Padraig Harrington played in six consecutive Ryder Cups, helping Europe to four victories in the biennial matches in that span. But the most distinct match memory for Europe’s 2020 captain came from one of his team’s most bitter defeats. Harrington was a rookie during the 1999 matches at Brookline, when the Europeans built a seemingly […]
Three decades ago José de Jesús Rodríguez crossed the Mexico-U.S. border unsure whether he would survive. The post ‘The most unbelievable story in golf’: A treacherous border crossing was just the beginning of José de Jesús Rodríguez’s journey to the PGA Tour appeared first on Golf.
The number of Sunday swoons from Rory McIlroy grew again at the Tournament of Champions, and has us wondering what’s happening to the four-time major winner
Prince’s Golf Club in Kent has risen ten places into the top 50 of Golf World magazine’s latest Top 100 England rankings following the redevelopment of its Himalayas nine. The Sandwich-based club enlisted golf course architects Mackenzie & Ebert to handle the changes to the Himalayas, and work has already begun on improving the Dunes nine, […]
BOCA RATON, Fla. – It’s Morgan Pressel’s major. Nobody will show up with better equipment or more determination to win one. With the newest Kathryn Krickstein Pressel Mammovan parked behind the driving range at St. Andrews Country Club Monday, Pressel welcomed her remarkable community to join her life’s work again, to tee it up in […]
The European Tour didn’t surprise anybody in naming Padraig Harrington the Ryder Cup captain for 2020 at Whistling Straits
The PGA Tour’s fortnight in Hawaii continues with the Sony Open. Here are the key stats and information for this week’s event at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. How to watch on Golf Channel Thursday, Round 1: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Friday, Round 2: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Saturday, Round 3: 7-10:30 p.m. ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Sunday, Round 4: […]
HONOLULU – The year’s first full-field PGA Tour event is normally a time to assess the annual free-agent signings with players trotting out new equipment deals. But compared to previous years, this offseason proved to be relatively quiet. The highlight of the new signings is Justin Rose’s move from TaylorMade to Honma, a Hong Kong-based equipment […]