Here are the matchups for tomorrow’s singles at Hazeltine Natonal as the 2016 Ryder Cup turns towards the Sunday Singles. 1. PATRICK REED (USA) V. RORY MCILROY (EUR) Ohhhh, grab your popcorn. We finally get the marquis matchup we wanted to see at a Sunday singles. You KNEW Reed had to lead off, and you KNEW Europe had to front load, and for once, the stars...
I caught up with Graeme McDowell, Kevin Streelman, Sergio Garcia, and golf course architect Rees Jones while roaming the grounds, while Phil, Henrik, and Danny Willett and more dropped by the media center for interviews. You can read all about it Golf News Net. We’ll have more all week from Baltusrol, as well as an extended dance version of the Jay’s...
We’ve said it from day one – golf didn’t need to be in Olympics. This was just a money grab for the networks, the IOC, and the PGA and European Tours. We’ve steadily reported about the terrible format of the tournament, the devastating Zika virus, the filthy water conditions sickening athletes by the dozens, and the security risks. Now Sally...
PITTSBURGH, PA – —The noise afterwards, It rises up like a storm, As if you were the Thunder God himself. Proximo to Maximus the Gladiator— Like a scene from Gladiator, the roar of adulation rang from Erie to Allentown and from Scranton to Akron. No mere coliseum could match it. Conquering heroes were returning home, and this is Pittsburgh. When you...
HAVEN, WI – With a tip of the hat and a golf clap to Una Jones of the PGA of America, here’s everything you need to know about the magic number – 63, now accomplished 27 times. HIROSHI IWATA JOINS CLUB 63 With a 9-under-par 63 in the second round, Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata tied the all-time 18-hole scoring mark in a major championship...
World Number 1 golfer Rory McIlroy was given only a 10% chance of defending his Open Championship title at St. Andrews next week when he suffered a “total rupture of his left ATFL” on Saturday. He posted a photo of himself on crutches and in a cast on various social media sites Monday afternoon GMT. “Total rupture of left ATFL and associated joint...
It’s one thing to lose when you’re expected to get beat. It’s another thing altogether to go with a whimper instead of a bang. So it was that the 2014 U.S. Ryder Cup team closed the 40th Ryder Cup with a flaccid performance in the singles, absorbing a 16.5-11.5 loss to Europe. It was the U.S.’s their third consecutive defeat and eighth in the...
There is one indisputable truth about U.S. National Sports teams: the more underrated and hungry they are, the better they play. When many an American team goes into an international competition with a “swagger,” or an “attitude,” they frequently fall on their face. That sense of complacency takes root and the weed of overconfidence spreads...
10. Wow, Michelle Wie really needs to shave her legs. 9. That’s not Ian Poulter, it’s a villain on “Doctor Who.” 8. IJP Designs EPIC FAIL! 7. I thought the guys in DEVO all wore funny hats? 6. The art of Seduction…NOT! 5. Okay, I’m ready for another Ice Bucket Challenge. 4. This is what happens when you lose a bet to Joost Luiten...
PINEHURST, NC – Martin Kaymer may have won this U.S. Open at breakfast this morning – he walked into the Pinehurst Starbucks and ordered oatmeal. Who does that? Normally it’s grande lattes with cloyingly sweet flavor syrups, or fattening sugary donuts, or some meat, egg and cheese calorie bomb. Ordering oatmeal at Starbucks when everybody else is...
Donald Trump gets a major, (insert joke here). Too bad it’s not funny. In fact, with his outright swoop-in like Rodan purchase of Turnberry, he may get two. This may all be small peanuts if in two years we’re calling him President-elect Trump… AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you that much. Anyway, Trump...
Great catch here by Tony Korologos on poor Pablo getting stung 20 times by vicious hornets, then making a birdie. Well done, Pablo!
You know what we say at moments like this – That’s Reedonkyoulous!! Let’s go to the video:
I’m sure Brian Keogh at Irish Golf Desk will have the story soon. For now, here’s the BBC story about this great news – Royal County Down is back! From the article: “The 2015 Irish Open is to be staged at Royal County Down, three years after Royal Portrush successfully hosted the European Tour event. It will be the first time in 75 years that...
He only has Antarctica is left. With a new course opening in Ecuador this fall, golf architect Steve Smyers will have designed on six of Planet Earth’s seven continents, joining only a handful of architects to do so. “It’s called Costa Jama, and it has four different ecosystems,” explains Smyers energetically, as his eyes light up and he beams...
Here are all the 63s in golf’s majors so far: Masters Nick Price, 1986, third round (9-under) Greg Norman, 1996, first round (9-under) U.S. Open Johnny Miller, 1973 (Oakmont), final round (8-under) Jack Nicklaus, 1980 (Baltusrol), first round (7-under) Tom Weiskopf, 1980 (Baltusrol), first round (7-under) Vijay Singh, 2003 (Olympia Fields), second round (7...