SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – After a 10-year absence from one of golf’s biggest events, Paul Casey is savoring his Ryder Cup return. The Englishman played on three straight European squads between 2004-08, but he was famously left off Colin Montgomerie’s 2010 squad despite being ranked inside the top 10 in the world. That sparked a domino […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Don’t expect the dizzying display of birdies and eagles like at Hazeltine. Quite the opposite, in fact. “I don’t think you’ll go anywhere else where you’ll see as many fist-pump pars as you’ll see this week,” Jordan Spieth said. The difficult course setup for this Ryder Cup didn’t come as much of […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Profound transformations rarely have such a distinct tipping point, but the U.S. Ryder Cup team’s journey from perennial loser to heavy favorite can be traced to a single and seminal moment. “When some dumb ass opened his mouth,” Phil Mickelson shrugged two years ago following the U.S. side’s victory at Hazeltine, its […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – For the first time in six years, Tiger Woods arrived at the Ryder Cup with his golf clubs. No more earpieces. No more two-way radios. No more golf carts. No longer relegated to the vice-captain position because of injury, Woods returns to his usual role this week as the most important American […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Henrik Stenson’s left elbow continues to give him problems, but he insists that it won’t hamper his game this week at the Ryder Cup. The injury popped up in early July when Stenson withdrew from the Scottish Open. He played The Open the following week at Carnoustie, though he was clear that he […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – You can spend as much time as you want envisioning what it might be like. The feel of the crisp morning air. The cacophonous serenade of the fans. The unsettling, enveloping, intoxicating sense of apprehension that consumes the body. But when it comes down to it, the only way to prepare for […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Before the U.S. Ryder Cup team heads out in front of a boisterous, packed house at Le Golf National, they heard from a guy who has plenty of experience playing before a hostile crowd. Michael Jordan is back for yet another Ryder Cup, and on Wednesday night he dished to the team […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Tony Finau began playing golf in the summer of 1997 when he was 8 years old, which makes the ’99 Ryder Cup his first memory of the matches. “It’s still one of the coolest moments for our American team to look back and reflect on that win, the comeback,” he said. “It […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – We’re on the eve of the 42nd Ryder Cup, where the U.S. is looking to keep the cup and also win on foreign soil for the first time in 25 years. With that, our team at Le Golf National weighs in with answers to three key questions. WHO WILL BE THE MAN […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – In the eyes of many casual fans, Brooks Koepka more closely resembles an NFL safety than a PGA Tour player. It’s no surprise, then, that he’s fully embracing the team dynamic in play this week at the Ryder Cup. Koepka made his event debut two years ago at Hazeltine, and he was […]