This has been a season of comebacks. The sport got an assist from the pandemic as new and old golfers doubled down on their play—it started in 2020 and continues this year. The industry has benefited in every metric of participation and consumption. I give you two examples: If you invested $1,000 in Callaway stock
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8:58 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Things went so well for the U.S. Ryder Cup team this week that by the end of the 19-9 blowout victory, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka were hugging. Several times. The superstars — who had a months-long spat play out on social media, causing U.S. captain Steve Stricker to
The party is still raging among U.S. golf fans after the enormous Ryder Cup triumph in Wisconsin, but the new PGA Tour season resumes this week in Jackson, Miss. Even Spaniard Sergio Garcia, the defending champion at the Sanderson Farms and a rare bright spot for the European Ryder Cup team, plans to tee it
9:46 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — K.J. Choi shot a closing 4-under 68 on Sunday for a two-shot victory over Bernhard Langer and Alex Cejka at the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach for his first PGA Tour Champions win. Choi, 51, reeled off four consecutive birdies on Nos. 5-8 and played
The Ryder Cup narrative completely shifted in a matter of 57 hours. Before Friday morning’s first tee shot at Whistling Straits, the Americans were a highly talented squad with chemistry issues and a distinct lack of success in the biennial matches. The Europeans were an aging but cagey side counting on a battle-tested core to
3:46 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Delayed a year due to the pandemic, the much-awaited Ryder Cup delivered, even if the final-day drama was missing. Plenty of passion and pageantry, a slew of impressive shots and putts, the usual nitpicky irritation between both sides and — in the end — a joyous winning team and
8:56 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — As the United States team celebrated wildly around the 18th green after winning the Ryder Cup in a record-breaking 19-9 rout at Whistling Straits on Sunday, the 12 European players and captain Padraig Harrington sat on stools in a nearby tent for postmatch interviews. With Queen’s “We Are the
HAVEN, Wis. — The Americans embarrassed the Europeans and took great joy in doing so. The blowout was truly historic; the 19-9 score is the most lopsided victory since the Ryder Cup has been the United States vs. Europe. And there is so, so much to discuss. Here are 18 parting thoughts from Whistling Straits.
8:15 PM ET SHEYBOYGAN, Wis. — United States Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker is a crier. It’s known enough that he gets considerable, good-natured grief about it. You could have made money if you bet the under on when the tears would start flowing during his opening ceremony speech. He is one of golf’s good
Tiger Woods might not have been physically present at the 43rd Ryder Cup, but his presence was felt throughout the week among members of Team USA. On Thursday night, Woods sent U.S. captain Steve Stricker a text message to try to pump up the team ahead of Friday’s opening session. Stricker passed it along to
1:04 PM ET It took a grand total of one swing — his very first of the day — for Bryson DeChambeau to take over Sunday at the Ryder Cup. In his singles match against Europe’s Sergio Garcia, DeChambeau grabbed his driver — to the delight of the thousands of fans in the bleachers surrounding
Few things are left to be decided on Sunday at Whistling Straits. Of them: A) the final margin of victory for Team USA and B) what to call this American beatdown. We have a few ideas, ala “War by the Shore” and “Miracle at Medinah”: “Slaughter at the Straits,” “Dire Straits” (for the Europeans) or
HAVEN, Wis. — Dustin Johnson didn’t just beat Europe four times over the last two days at Whistling Straits. He gave a middle finger to everyone who has continued to ridicule him for a rules blunder 11 years earlier here of which no one wants to let go. He should raise another middle finger. For
1:01 AM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — K.J. Choi shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday for a two-stroke lead over Alex Cejka and Bernhard Langer after two rounds of the PGA Tour Champions PURE Insurance Championship. Choi followed an opening 67 with a bogey-free round that included three birdies on the front nine
10:42 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — After taking it on the chin from the Europeans in the Ryder Cup for much of the past two decades, the stage is set for the U.S. With an 11-5 lead heading into Sunday, the U.S. team needs only 3.5 points in 12 singles matches to reclaim the Ryder
The Americans have history on their minds entering Sunday, attempting to open the largest margin of victory by a Ryder Cup side (they’ll need eight of a possible 12 points to exceed 18½, achieved twice by Europe in 2004 and 2006 and once by the Americans in 1981). Can they do it? As you might
1:29 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The feistiness that gives life to the Ryder Cup returned in a couple of notable instances Saturday, ratcheting up the intensity and leading to some head-shaking reactions. But the result was more of the same. Europe looked to close the gap at Whistling Straits but in the end won
It’s safe to say that Nasa Hataoka is liking the par 3s at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. She’s made a hole in one in each of her first two rounds at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Ark. The first came at the 135-yard 11th hole in the first round. The second was 180 yards
7:21 AM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The European team arrives at Day 2 of the Ryder Cup with some serious work to do. After a dreadful opening day — Europe won just one match and fell four points behind — it is hoping a new day at Whistling Straits will bring new results. While American
(Scroll down for the latest updates) Here’s the latest from Day 2 of the 2021 Ryder Cup (all times in eastern): 9:09 a.m.: Still early but still somewhat bleak for Europe. Little bit of a break in the action here, so we’ll give you a quick scoreboard update: Koepka/Berger 2 UP over Rahm/Garcia thru four holes
9:41 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — For the first time in his Ryder Cup career, Rory McIlroy will sit out a session of the event when play resumes Saturday morning. McIlroy, 32, is one of the European Ryder Cup team’s leaders, having competed in all 24 sessions from 2010 through 2018 and compiling an 11-9-4
There have been some shining moments for the U.S. in past Ryder Cups, but not many. Nothing compares to the enormity of what Team USA did on Friday at Whistling Straits. In many ways, this young, talented U.S. squad tore up the pages out of Ryder Cup teams of the past and threw them into
3:32 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Bryson DeChambeau‘s remarkable length off the tee is already providing an advantage for the United States at the 43rd Ryder Cup. DeChambeau, who led the PGA Tour in driving distance last season, took a very aggressive line on the 581-yard, par-5 fifth hole in Friday afternoon’s four-ball match. He
On his opening shot of his first match of the event, DeChambeau drilled a spectator with a wild drive. Then proceeded to hit a ridiculous flop shot to set up a birdie. But that had nothing on what he did four holes later. The par-5 fifth hole at Whistling Straits is a 600-yard beast that
7:00 AM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — After a one-year delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 43rd Ryder Cup is finally here for an American team that is trying to end two decades of frustration. The Friday morning foursomes matches, in which players alternate until the hole is completed, include a heavyweight bout right out
The 43rd Ryder Cup is finally upon us. A year after its postponement, we’ve endured that brutal extra Thursday of waiting (can we draft a petition to start this on Thursday?!); a brutal opening ceremony—and Day 1 is here. (Scroll down for the latest updates) Foursomes to start is a bold strategy for Team USA,
6:29 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The United States duo of Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth will get the Ryder Cup started early Friday morning at Whistling Straits, taking on the European team of Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia, both from Spain. The format for the first session is foursomes, also known as alternate shot.
Golf’s longest wait is finally over. We’re not just talking about the Ryder Cup opening ceremony—it’s been 1,089 days since the Europeans celebrated their 2018 win at Le Golf National. Finally, golf’s version of the Super Bowl is upon us. Betting the Ryder Cup is one of our favorite activities. And though we’re sure you’ve
2:24 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The U.S. Ryder Cup team includes eight of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, an Olympic gold medalist and the reigning FedEx Cup champion. On paper, at least, the Americans are once again stacked, and they’re playing at home in front of a decidedly pro-U.S.
HAVEN, Wis. — It appears our wishes to have Bryson DeChambeau hit the ceremonial opening drive Friday morning at the Ryder Cup with fireworks and F-15 flyovers have gone unheeded by the powers that be, which frankly is a loss for us all. However, the beefy man showed he’s capable of creating plenty of pyrotechnics