Friday 28 September 2018
Europe triumphed in the afternoon Friday foursomes session at the Ryder Cup, winning all four points for the first time in the team’s history. But it wasn’t the only record to be broken or matched on Friday. Sergio Garcia tied the record for the most foursomes points won in the Ryder Cup by any player after his win with Alex Noren, joining...
Friday 28 September 2018
The European team completed the first ever foursomes whitewash at the Ryder Cup on Friday afternoon, taking the overall lead of 5-3 at the end of the first day Team Europe ended the morning fourball session 3-1 down, but as the wind picked up on Friday afternoon they took advantage of their course experience to complete a 4-0 victory in foursomes...
Friday 28 September 2018
FRIDAY FOURBALLS: USA 3: EUROPE 1 MATCH 1: USA WIN Brooks Koepka & Tony Finau defeated Justin Rose & Jon Rahm 1UP Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau claimed an unlikely win over Justin Rose and Jon Rahm in the opening match of the Ryder Cup. Rose and Rahm took control early in their match and despite a Finau eagle they held the lead for...
Thursday 27 September 2018
Thomas Bjorn opted to play four of his five rookies in the Friday morning fourballs, resting Ryder Cup stalwarts Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia, along with 2018 Le Golf National champion Alex Noren. Thomas Bjorn decided not to play three of his four wildcard picks during the first session on Friday, opting instead to put out a rookie in...
Thursday 27 September 2018
The first four matches have been announced for the Ryder Cup. Here’s a closer look at how each team matches up ➤ How to watch the Ryder Cup 7.10am MATCH 1: Justin Rose/ Jon Rahm vs Brooks Koepka/ Tony Finau Europe: Justin Rose is the most experienced player in this match up, having appeared in four Ryder Cups and winning 12 points in his career. He’ll...
Thursday 27 September 2018
How do the two Ryder Cup sides match up? European Ryder Cup wildcard Paul Casey admitted during his press conference that Europe are wary of their opponents. “We’re playing against a brilliant U.S. team and we have massive respect for them,” Casey said. “You know, on paper, they are better than us on paper.” And he’s not wrong. With more winners this year,...
Wednesday 26 September 2018
“I don’t think you’ll go anywhere else where you’ll see as many fist-pump pars”: Players from both teams give their verdict on Le Golf National Justin Rose: “This week, you’re going to see a lot of holes won with par” It’s a very fair setup and it’s a very challenging setup. Especially with the wind direction that we played yesterday, there’s...
Monday 17 September 2018
Ryder Cup: When are the Ryder Cup Pairings and tee times? And how can I watch? The Ryder Cup takes place at Le Golf National from Friday 28th – Sunday 30th September, but when does it all kick off? There are other events on the days leading up to the main event, including a Celebrity Ryder Cup match, Junior Ryder Cup GolfSixes...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 24 September 2018
Was Tiger Woods’ victory at East Lake the greatest sporting comeback of all time? Tiger Woods is already widely regarded as the GOAT, but what about his comeback? Less than a year ago it was doubtful whether Woods would ever tee up in a professional setting ever again, let alone be able to play golf at all. Yet having returned this season the...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 24 September 2018
Justin Rose birdied the final hole on Sunday to win the season-long FedEx Cup title as Tiger Woods ended a five year drought for victory at the Tour Championship Justin Rose became the deserved champion of the FedEx Cup on Sunday at East Lake, finishing in a tie for 4th and capping off an impressive season that recently saw him become...
Written by Camilla Tait on Sunday 23 September 2018
Tiger Woods completed his comeback season with a sensational victory at the Tour Championship to claim his 80th PGA Tour title He’s back. Tiger Woods ended his return season on a high, posting a final round 71 to win his first tournament in five years at East Lake and finish second in the FedEx Cup to Justin Rose. And the win was a...
Sunday 23 September 2018
PGA Tour win No. 80: Find out what Tiger Woods said after ending his sensational comeback season with victory at the Tour Championship About what the win means to him/ where it ranks… It means a lot. It really does. You know, the people who are close to me saw the struggles and what I was going through, and some of the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Sunday 23 September 2018
The Tiger is back…. Tiger Woods completed one of the greatest comebacks in golf and sporting history by capturing the end-of-season Tour Championship amidst unbelieveable scenes at East Lake, Atlanta, tonight. Eighteen months ago the 14-times major winner’s future was in serious doubt as he underwent critical back surgery and slumped to 1119th in the world rankings. But somehow Woods fought back from...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 21 September 2018
Oli Fisher earned a place in the golfing history books today when he became the first-ever European Tour player to break the 60 barrier. Fisher, who turned 30 last week, handed himself a belated birthday present with a record-breaking score of 59 in the second round of the Portugal Masters. It was the performance and round of a lifetime by Fisher who...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 21 September 2018
Paul McGinley is one of Europe’s most successful Ryder Cup captains ever, a man who brought a new way of doing things to Gleneagles in 2014. He brought an inspirational and analytical approach to the captainy, leaving nothing to chance. Every detail was worked out in advance; pairings, course set-up, motivational messages in the team room, running orders for each session,...
Written by French European Tour winner Alex Levy on Friday 21 September 2018
If you wanted someone to give you the lowdown on the 18 holes the 24 players playing in the 2018 Ryder Cup will face, Alex Levy would be somewhere near the top of the list. The world’s top-ranked Frenchman has played in his home Open at Golf National every year since 2011 and has made the cut in the last six,...
Tuesday 18 September 2018
Tour Championship Preview: Who to back and how to watch the FedEx Cup Finale East Lake plays host to the final stop of the PGA Tour season for the Tour Championship this week, with the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings all competing for the season-long prize. Last year Xander Schauffele became the first person since Phil Mickelson to win...
Written by Camilla Tait on Tuesday 18 September 2018
FedEx Cup Changes: A new Tour Championship scoring system, an increase in prize money and a new regular season programme named the ‘Wyndham Rewards Top 10’ PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan has unveiled big changes for next year’s FedEx Cup. It includes an increased focus on the regular season with the “Wyndham Rewards Top 10” (sponsored by Wyndham Rewards) and a new simplified...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 17 September 2018
Sang-moon Bae regains PGA Tour card with win at Albertsons Boise Open In 2015, Sang-moon Bae finished T18 at the Tour Championship and then left the PGA Tour to fulfil his two-year military obligation in South Korea. When he came back at the start of the 2017-18 season, he struggled – making just five cuts in 17 starts and finishing 202nd...
Written by Camilla Tait on Monday 17 September 2018
10 things you missed: Angela Stanford snatches maiden major victory; Sang-moon Bae regains PGA Tour card; Wu edges out Wood for 3rd Tour win; Fujikawa becomes first male player to come out as gay; World Cup of Golf players announced; Kaymer and long-term caddie split; R&A confirm new 2019 rules of golf; DJ issues statement over Paulina rumours; Rose becomes...