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This is how Tiger, Phil stop being rivals and start being partners
CHASKA, Minn. — They were once fierce rivals, who couldn’t stand each other — if you believe a lot of the chatter during those first few years when Tiger Woods...
Team USA's Ryder Cup trash talk gets under Europe's skin
CHASKA, Minn. -- The first ball of the 41st Ryder Cup will not be struck until Friday morning, but tweaks have been trickling in from both the United States and European...
Bubba Watson pity role has potential for Ryder Cup disaster
CHASKA, Minn. — Davis Love III was supposed to make his last captain’s pick Sunday night when he selected Ryan Moore to complete the 12-man U.S. Ryder Cup team that...
Stop pretending Ryder Cup captains have any effect on play
Come the Super Bowl professional experts say insightful things such as, “It comes down to which team wants it more.” In other words, both teams were motivated to make it...
Prickly Bubba Watson gets tweaked in Ryder Cup snub
When Davis Love III unveiled his big reveal Monday — announcing three of his four captain’s picks for the U.S. Ryder Cup team that he hopes will put an end...
Davis Love III is looking for one big thing in Ryder Cup picks
Three quarters of Davis Love III’s 12-man U.S. Ryder Cup team is set. The automatic eight are in place. Now the hard part comes for the U.S. captain, who will...
Rickie Fowler collapsed — and proved he's Ryder Cup material
Rickie Fowler knew Patrick Reed would be tough to beat in the final round of the Barclays on Sunday at Bethpage Black. What Fowler wasn’t counting on was beating himself....
Tiger Woods is keeping busy as a Ryder Cup nerd
The Americans might be entering the Ryder Cup next month with a secret weapon: the unending nerdiness of Tiger Woods. Although the 14-time major champion won’t be playing as he...
Ryder Cup pressure is so high players can barely talk about it
On Monday morning inside a Midtown hotel, 2016 US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III will conduct a press conference to discuss the first eight players who have made this...
Rory McIlroy's case for why PGA Championship will be his
Look out for Rory McIlroy at this week’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. McIlroy on Tuesday spoke like a player who’s expecting to win his fifth career major championship. “I’m feeling...
Amateur champ has one big rest regret after Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Just two days ago, Bryson DeChambeau looked like he might become the first amateur to win the Masters. He’ll have to settle for the honor — in...
Jack Nicklaus puts imprint on Ryder Cup one dinner party at a time
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — First came the task force. Then came a party. The Ryder Cup task force, formed to give the U.S. players more say in the decision-making...
Davis Love III's win at 51 is a golf tale everyone can love
As a player on the PGA Tour, Davis Love III was an afterthought a week ago. It’s not that the 51-year-old Love was irrelevant. He is, after all, the 2016...
Why a tough defeat was still a big victory for Jason Gore
The record books will indicate Jason Gore did not win last week’s Wyndham Championship. Yet as Gore stood quietly in a shady spot on the back side of the Plainfield...
Davis Love III turns back the clock with ferocious run for win
GREENSBORO, N.C. — At 51 years old, Davis Love III is supposed to be playing with golfers his own age on the Champions Tour and getting ready to captain the...
PGA pushes allegiance with Donald Trump to shadows
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — One of the things the PGA of America does at the PGA Championship is fly banners promoting its future championship sites, but at Whistling Straits this week...