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43rd Volvik World Long Drive Championship Airs Sept. 4-5 at 9 p.m. ET Live on Golf Channel

Airing Back-to-Back Nights Live on Golf Channel Tuesday-Wednesday; Will Award World Championship Belts to Open, Women’s, Masters Divisions  Open Division Field Led by Six of Top Seven in World Long Drive Rankings; Masters Division Champion to be Decided During Tonight’s Telecast Sixteen of the longest hitters in golf will be on display tonight, as the […]

What's in the bag: Dell Technologies winner DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau won the second playoff event, the Dell Technologies Championship. Here’s what’s in his bag: Driver: Cobra King F8+ (8 degrees), with TPT 14 MPK LT shaft  Fairway woods: Cobra King LTD Black (14.5 degrees), King F8+(17.5 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Black 85X shafts  Irons: Cobra One-Length Utility (4, 5),  Cobra King Forged One Length (6-PW), with True Temper X7 shafts […]

DeChambeau cracks OWGR top 10 at 7th

With his victory in the Dell Technologies Championship, Bryson DeChambeau moved up five spots to a career high of seventh in the Official World Golf Ranking. DeChambeau, who began the year ranked 99th, was ranked 12th coming into the Dell. He was coming off a win in the first FedExCup Playoffs event, The Northern Trust. […]

Men's quarters, women's semis set at Volvik WLD Championship

The men’s Open Division was whittled down to eight, while four women remain at the Volvik World Long Drive Championship. Sixteen men battled on Tuesday night for a spot in the quarterfinals at WinStar Resort and Casino in Thackerville, Okla., where an inch-and-a-half of overnight rain created a very slow grid [460 yards long, 50 […]

Duval 'shocked' and honored to be U.S. vice captain

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – David Duval was answering questions in the back of a hotel conference room, and Zach Johnson couldn’t help but point out the irony. “What is this? Media interviewing media?” he asked. Duval, Johnson and Matt Kuchar were announced as U.S. Ryder Cup vice captains Tuesday night by Jim Furyk, who also named […]

Tiger: 'Vice captains' hinted I might be a pick

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – There was little doubt Jim Furyk was going to select Tiger Woods with one of his four Ryder Cup captain’s picks. But just in case there was any doubt in the 14-time major winner’s mind, he sounds as though he was able to leak a little info to himself. Asked when exactly […]

Furyk on 12th man: 'A few guys' have separated from pack

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk is down to one final wild-card pick, and he said Tuesday that he’s narrowed down his list of contenders to fewer than a half-dozen players. This week’s BMW Championship outside Philadelphia is the final chance for players to audition for a spot on Furyk’s U.S. team, […]

Adieu? Paris might be Phil's final Ryder Cup away game

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – The last time a United States team competed for the Ryder Cup without Phil Mickelson – at the Belfrey in 1993 – Bryson DeChambeau was born eight days later. On Tuesday night outside Philadelphia, 25 years later, Mickelson and DeChambeau were seated next to each other as two of Jim Furyk’s captain’s […]

Goal! Woods back to being a cup player

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Maybe the canned video message should have tipped us off. In the 20-second clip that was aired during a Ryder Cup news conference inside the PGA of America headquarters on Feb. 20, Woods read from a teleprompter that he was “thankful” to be named a U.S. vice captain and “excited about the […]

DeChambeau: Once a spectator, now a Ryder Cup player

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – The last Ryder Cup captain may have had an inkling that Bryson DeChambeau was going to be a member of the U.S. team one day. U.S. captain Jim Furyk announced DeChambeau as one of his three picks on Tuesday night, but once DeChambeau took the stage, he started telling a story about […]