Saturday 29 September 2018
After setting up a 10-6 lead following the second day of the Ryder Cup, European Captain Thomas Bjorn wants his team to refocus on what’s ahead Wary of what happened in Brookline (The USA came back from a 10-6 defecit to win) and Medinah (Europe overturned a 10-6 defecit to win), European Ryder Cup Captain Bjorn is keen to make sure...
Saturday 29 September 2018
Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari made history at the Ryder Cup on Saturday, becoming the first European partnership ever to win four matches in a row Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari helped their side to a 4 point advantage over the USA heading in to the final day of the Ryder Cup after becoming the first European partnership to win each...
Saturday 29 September 2018
Europe made sure to build on their advantage, following up a foursomes whitewash with a 3-1 victory in the Saturday morning fourball matches The European team expected a big fight back from the American’s during the four morning matches on Saturday, but instead Europe pushed ahead further as the U.S side failed to gain back any momentum and the points gap...
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
Ryder Cup Tee Times and Pairings for the Saturday Morning fourball matches as Europe hold a 5-3 lead over Team USA Jim Furyk had plenty to think about after Europe overturned a 3-1 lead to end the first day 5-3 in favour of the home side, but rather than change up his choices – the American Captain stayed firm, putting up...
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...
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 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 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,...
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...