Golf

Seth Waugh, the chief executive of the P.G.A. of America since 2018, is ready to hold the biennial Ryder Cup, a year after it was postponed because of the pandemic. The Ryder Cup, with 12 golfers from the United States pitted against 12 from Europe over three days starting on Friday at Whistling Straits in … Read more

The nature of fans is that the opposite side does not always agree. “Crenshaw at Brookline whipped the fans up,” said Andrew “Chubby” Chandler, a longtime agent for players on the European Tour. “It was a pretty unpleasant atmosphere. It was about as volatile an atmosphere as I’ve ever been to at a Ryder Cup.” … Read more

Steve Stricker, who lives in Wisconsin and is captain of the U.S. team, said Kohler put Wisconsin on the golf map. “Whistling Straits is a tremendous test, a beautiful piece of property,” he said. “It’s just one of those iconic places here in our state thanks to Herb and his family. It started right here … Read more

The measure of Tony Jacklin can be taken in the half-smile and shoulder shrug he offers when asked why he has chosen to speak so openly about some of the most personal and devastating moments in his life. ‘It’s just the truth,’ he calmly replies. ‘It’s the way things happened.’ Such honesty, self-awareness and pragmatism … Read more

Perhaps it should have come as no surprise, given the gargantuan task they face, that Mount Everest got a mention. More than 5,700 hardy climbers have conquered the brutish, imposing beast (no Bryson DeChambeau jokes at the back), the motivational video told the European underdogs as they settled in for their first night at the … Read more

Bryson DeChambeau insists he has had ‘great conversations’ with Brooks Koepka over the past few weeks and the pair will announce something ‘fun’ together in the near future. Do not hold your breath on that meaning a pairing for Friday afternoon in the 43rd Ryder Cup. Now that would be fun. It is safe to … Read more

Russo, who has a Ph.D. in organizational leadership, has a deep familiarity with the personality tests that Azinger used 13 years ago. Stricker, who was on the 2008 team, last week conceded that he would employ a variety of tactics to devise his pairings, although he declined to be specific on whether he would use … Read more

‘This time I know I am ready!’: Matt Fitzpatrick insists he is a different player having ‘evolved’ after his 2016 Ryder Cup horror show at Hazeltine Matt Fitzpatrick’s Ryder Cup debut in 2016 couldn’t have been more calamitous He didn’t play at all on the first day and then suffered defeats in his two matches … Read more

Tiger Woods will NOT be at the Ryder Cup this week, reveals Steve Stricker as he continues his recovery from a car crash – as USA captain insists it is ‘not a good time’ for the golf legend to return Tiger Woods will not be part of the USA team for the start of the … Read more

Build it and they will come. If you think that is the sort of cheesy line belonging only to the world of Hollywood movies about sport, then welcome to the back end of beyond otherwise known as wild and wonderful Whistling Straits. Here amid the wheat fields of Wisconsin and the seemingly endless miles of … Read more