The last three major championship winners will play together in the first two rounds of the Evian Championship. Rolex world No. 1 Sung Hyun Park, No. 2 Ariya Jutanugarn and No. 8 Georgia Hall will go off together on the first tee at 6:59 a.m. ET on Thursday and on the first tee at 2:14 […]
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Maybe this is the year the jewel regains its sparkle. The Evian Championship has the makings of something spectacular as the LPGA’s fifth major, with its picturesque backdrops on the mountainside above Lake Geneva in the shadow of the French Alps. The setting is majestic, the views breathtaking. LPGA commissioner Mike Whan imagines Evian with […]
Rory McIlroy will kick off the new year in Hawaii for the first time in his career. The four-time major champion has officially committed to make his tournament debut in the winners-only Sentry Tournament of Champions, held Jan. 3-6 in Maui. He qualified by virtue of his three-shot victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in […]
The Rolex world No. 1 ranking is up for grabs yet again at the Evian Championship this week. The top five in the world all have a chance to leave France with the top ranking. With so many world-ranking points up for grabs, Sung Hyun Park has some work to do to extend her reign […]
Georgia Hall was inspired seeing fellow Brit Justin Rose rise to world No. 1 in men’s golf on Monday. Hall will tee it up at the Evian Championship this week No. 8 in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings. After winning the Ricoh Women’s British Open last month, she became the first English woman to crack […]
Each week on GolfChannel.com, we’ll examine which players’ stocks and trends are rising and falling in the world of golf. RISING Keegan (+8%): How satisfying it must feel, to get his first victory since the anchor ban while pacing the field in putting for much of the BMW. Like Webb Simpson before him, Bradley’s drought-busting […]
Ariya Jutanugarn is the favorite to win the Evian Championship. Ladbrokes lists Jutanugarn at 8/1 odds to win in France this week. She’s favored by all the major oddsmakers overseas. Jutanugarn won the U.S. Women’s Open at Shoal Creek in June. She won the Ricoh Women’s British Open in 2016 for her first major championship […]
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Overshadowed by all of the résumé comparisons and back-room politics is the best story of this Ryder Cup: Tony Finau, the most improbable U.S. team member ever. Improbable not because of his record – with 11 top-10s and major cameos this year, he is certainly deserving of the final pick on […]
The 42nd Ryder Cup won’t be short on drama as Europe and the United States go head-to-head in a match play competition on European soil at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National outside of Paris, France. Team USA looks to defend the cup, with Captain Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and U. S. […]
With the last pieces now firmly in place for this year’s Ryder Cup in Paris it’s time to pivot from endless speculation over potential picks and detached vetting, to possible pairings and matchups. Although captains care little for marquee value and entertainment purposes when filling out their dance cards – opting instead for statistical similarities […]