SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – The United States wouldn’t have had to play a little bit better Friday afternoon; it would have had to play a lot better, and the Americans might still have gotten blanked. “If you look at the scores, I realize it’s match play, but the European side played very good golf this afternoon,” […]
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Six days after winning the Tour Championship, Tiger Woods finds himself in the role of underdog as he looks to help extricate the Americans from an early Ryder Cup deficit. Woods and Patrick Reed lost their opening fourball match against Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari, and with the four men again set […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Should the U.S. go on to lose this Ryder Cup, Jim Furyk’s decision to put Phil Mickelson out in Friday’s foursomes session will be one of the most popular targets for second-guessing. Mickelson didn’t come into the matches with much current form to speak of, and his erratic play off the tee […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Surely, the temptation was there. Thomas Bjorn had just watched months of planning and four days of on-site preparation begin to crumble before his eyes. In the span of a critical hour during the opening session at the Ryder Cup, Bjorn’s European squad went from eyeing a 3-1 lead to staring at […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – The smiling, bouncing, ebullient Rory McIlroy has gone missing this year. The brooding started when he got blown away by Patrick Reed at the Masters. It continued with forgettable final rounds at Carnoustie, Firestone and Aronimink. And it rolled right into the Tour Championship, where on Sunday, with a face-to-face showdown against […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – After his team was thoroughly dominated in the second session of the Ryder Cup, Jim Furyk is doubling down. Furyk opted to stick with the same four pairings that gave his team an early 3-1 lead, putting out a nearly identical fourballs lineup for the second straight day. He’ll be banking on […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – It’s been documented, and documented, and documented again; Sergio Garcia has not had the most successful year. Garcia’s form was brought into the spotlight more two weeks ago when European Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn selected Garcia as one of his captain’s picks. Bjorn never wavered. “I’ve known him for so many […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Europe just found another dominant duo. Sure, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson fit that bill. Those two combined to win for the fifth time together in the Ryder Cup on Friday afternoon in foursomes by defeating Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, 3 and 2. But even better than that for Europe was […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Turns out U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk’s idea to break up Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed wasn’t so bad after all, at least for Spieth. On an American team that is underperforming at almost every turn, Spieth and new partner Justin Thomas have played great together and have recorded a 3-1 […]
Phil Mickelson was benched for all of Day 2 at the Ryder Cup after a disastrous Friday fourballs session, but like a true team player he found other ways to contribute … like letting his teammates rub his belly. Yes, you read that right. Mickelson has been part of plenty silly superstitions and celebrations throughout […]