Rory McIlroy and Tony Finau faced off in Saturday’s fourball session at the Ryder Cup. And, as McIlroy posted to his Instagram account, it’s not the first time they dueled on the course. McIlroy showcased this classic photo of the two of them as kids. View this post on Instagram The last time I played […]
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – With the U.S. facing an 8-4 deficit at the Ryder Cup, captain Jim Furyk has opted to sit Phil Mickelson for the third time. Phil Mickelson won’t make an appearance during Saturday foursomes, making this the second straight Ryder Cup in Europe in which Mickelson has sat an entire day. His lone appearance […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth know all too well the power of the final point in a session. They watched it swing the momentum of the Ryder Cup on Friday. That’s when Tommy Fleetwood ran in a series of clutch putts to power the Europeans to their lone point in morning fourballs, […]
Updated at 8:12 a.m. ET Patrick Reed made an international name for himself four years ago, shushing crowds at Gleneagles on his way to a singles victory over Henrik Stenson. He furthered his cup persona in 2016 at Hazeltine, shushing not the crowd, but singles opponent Rory McIlroy, on his way to a dramatic win. […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – For the second consecutive day, Tiger Woods and Patrick Reed lost to the European power duo of Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood. Woods and Reed fell behind early in their morning fourball match before a Woods-led rally at the turn squared the bout. But the Europeans pulled away with three consecutive birdies, […]
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 […]