INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA | The best matches of the week at the UL International Crown will take almost that long to finish. From the beginning, the most anticipated matchup in the first three sessions was between the No. 1 seed home team, South Korea, and the grittiest team in the field, England. Because they were […]
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On Wednesday, Mark Lichtenhein, the chairman of the Ladies European Tour, was in Strasbourg, France, to announce a 2019 Women’s European Open, an event which will be part and parcel of the European Commission’s Week of Sport from 23-30 September and BeActive campaign. “It’s a very strong announcement – and where better to have the […]
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA | The weather problems that have plagued the 2018 LPGA season continue. This time, it’s Typhoon Kong-rey barreling down on the Korean peninsula as a Category 1 storm. With a potential washout in mind, times for the second-day matches at the UL International Crown have been moved up at follows: (all times […]
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA | Whew, what a relief. They didn’t say it out loud but that was the reaction of the four South Korean players after they won both their opening four-ball matches against Chinese Taipei at the UL International Crown. Expectations have been so extreme leading into this event that, at times, it seemed […]
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA | Leaders and leadership are two very different things. Leaders often inherit their roles or have the title given to them by virtue of their age or status – think His Royal Highness King Such-and-Such or the distinguished senior senator from state X. Leadership, however, is forged by the fire. Whether you’re […]
Maybe Jordan Spieth versus Patrick Reed on Thanksgiving weekend would be more interesting than the Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson match. And, according to various confirmed reports, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka already have had their head-to-head battle Sunday night in the European team room at the Ryder Cup, where they had to be separated from each […]
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA | You knew they were coming long before you saw them. When the four players representing South Korea walked out of the clubhouse at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea at 7:25 on Tuesday morning for team photos, fans swarmed like bees, obscuring So Yeon Ryu, Sung Hyun Park, I.K. Kim and […]
After seven years as a professional and more than $2 million in earnings in 93 PGA Tour starts, John Peterson wants his amateur status back. His petition is sure to stir some debate. The post Column: An Amateur Reinstatement Debate is Brewing appeared first on Global Golf Post.
This American Ryder Cup team was supposed to be different and it could have been. But the Europeans outplayed them with “exquisite golf,” said Phil Mickelson. The post Column: Stunned Americans appeared first on Global Golf Post.
They trooped in to be interviewed, not as rowdily as in the past, many of them with European scarves tied fashionably around their necks, and some, Sergio Garcia for example, with broad grins on their faces. The post Column: The Qualities of a Winning European Team appeared first on Global Golf Post.