the barclays

How Justin Rose made Phil Mickelson jealous at Barclays

Justin Rose might not have won the Barclays Sunday at Bethpage, but he did show off his Olympic gold medal. Rose, who was paired with Phil Mickelson in Sunday’s final...

Even Jason Day's bad rounds are better than most golfers' best

Know how you’re the No. 1 golfer in the world? You play a FedEx Cup playoff event at one of the hardest courses on the PGA Tour, you feel like...

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....

Patrick Reed's Barclays mastery allows him Ryder 'sweet revenge'

Yes, there was a golf tournament to be won Sunday at Bethpage Black. But there was so much more going on in the final round of The Barclays, so many...

Two horrific holes spoiled Phil Mickelson's Barclays surge

It looked like Phil Mickelson was going to make the New York fans happy early on Saturday afternoon. The galleries swelled as he crossed Round Swamp Road for his final...

Patrick Reed slips up and calls Bethpage crowd 'obnoxious'

Near the end of a round like this, it would be easy to understand Patrick Reed showing some frustration. So in the context of saying that the New York fans...

Adam Scott gives master course on how to deal with golf demons

Adam Scott finally had enough. He was tired of watching his game flatline because of his faulty flat stick and decided — to borrow from Peter Finch in the movie...

How Mickelson, MLB's Arroyo have brightened one girl's life

More often than not, high-profile athletes perform charitable acts in relative anonymity. Sometimes you hear about them, but mostly you don’t. In the case of a young girl from Jacksonville,...

The Ryder Cup hangs over battle atop Barclays' leaderboard

They won’t be playing for Olympic gold, but there will be plenty at stake on Sunday when Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed pair in the last grouping for the final...

Jason Day learns about Bethpage Black the hard way

Jason Day was cruising along on the front nine of Bethpage Black during Friday’s second-round of The Barclays, rolling in birdies as if he were playing, well … a local...

How Rory McIlroy blew his chance at a great round

After struggling in the opening round, Rory McIlroy made a move up the leaderboard at The Barclays, shooting a 2-under 69 Friday to stand six shots off the lead entering...

Rising stock: Patrick Reed maintains lead at Barclays

Patrick Reed began the week breaking the gavel while ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Now he’s trying to lay the hammer down on...

Jordan Spieth 'got really screwed' then caddie saved him

Jordan Spieth had been here before, at the first FedEx Cup playoff event, last year’s Barclays, about to flame out and fail to make it to the weekend. His second-round...

Wind stirs up controversy during Rory McIlroy's tough first round

It looked like Rory McIlroy might be the latest victim of “the ball-moving-at-address” rule that has haunted the PGA Tour this year. McIlroy was playing the par-5 fourth hole, his...

'Behemoth' Bethpage takes toll on best golfer in the world

Jason Day never had been to Bethpage Black before he arrived for the Barclays this week. By the time he completed his 3-under 68 to stand two shots out of...

Jordan Spieth needs big-event win to erase Masters flop

Jordan Spieth is the defending FedEx Cup champion, though it doesn’t feel like it. Spieth, once the next best thing in golf, is trying to do something at the end...

Ryder Cup push: Reed leads Barclays, Fowler one back

Rickie Fowler knows exactly where he stands and what he needs to do. So does Patrick Reed. So do J.B. Holmes, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk and every other...

How Rory McIlroy's dealing with Nike's exit from golf

When news of Nike shutting down its club manufacturing business broke, it left a number of top players who use the company’s equipment in a quandary. Other than Tiger Woods,...

World's best golfers fretting about Barclays' terror of a course

It speaks volumes for a golf course when it is as much the draw for a big tournament as the world’s top players who are playing on it. Such is...

Why Rory McIlroy ate his words on Olympic golf

No player among the top stars who opted against going to the Olympics spoke stronger, more negative words about golf in the Games than Rory McIlroy. Now, having had the...