Medinah, Illinois: Tiger Woods was recalled to the US Ryder Cup lineup for Saturday afternoon's fourball matches after being benched for the morning session. The former world number one and his playing partner Steve Stricker were given the morning off after losing both of their matches on Friday. But US captain Davis Love III gave the pair another chance after the American team opened up a commanding 8-4 lead halfway...
11:35 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Medinah: Keegan Bradley went from a rookie to a rock star in the Ryder Cup, and Phil Mickelson saw it coming. Moments after Bradley poured in an 18-foot birdie putt on the second hole Friday morning, Mickelson stood off to the side of the tee box to watch Bradley prepare to smash another drive. He nodded in the direction of Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia, who had never lost a...
09:10 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Medinah, Ilinois: The United States and Europe split the opening foursome matches at the 39th Ryder Cup on Friday after a gripping, birdie-filled session that tested the nerves and skill of every player. Despite trailing early on in all four alternate-shot encounters, the Americans fought back to tie the scores at 2-2 after the morning session. They earned their first point when Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson beat Britain's Luke...
11:30 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Medinah: The Europeans are making a run at the Ryder Cup and have an early 2-0 lead. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell have birdied three straight holes to go 1-up on Brandt Snedeker and Jim Furyk, while Lee Westwood and Francesco Molinari are 1-up after a bogey by Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson. The Americans got a little boost from Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker. The American anchors fell behind...
07:32 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Medinath, Illinois: Northern Irish world number one Rory McIlroy plans to lead by example out on the course at this week's Ryder Cup but says he prefers to play a background role in the European team room. While McIlroy is the only multiple major winner in the 12-man European lineup, he knows he still has much to learn about the Ryder Cup as a 23-year-old making only his second appearance...
10:02 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Medinah, Illinois: During the heyday of Tiger Woods's reign as world number one, Englishman Ian Poulter cockily proclaimed that he was the man to challenge Tiger Woods at the top of world golf. Poulter never made good on that boast, but the confident Briton, in contrast to Woods, has been as good as they come under the intense pressure of the Ryder Cup and the 36-year-old relishes another chance to...
09:55 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Illinois: Tiger Woods may be the greatest golfer of his generation but at the Ryder Cup he has been Joe Average and on Tuesday accepted responsibility for the dismal US showing for the past 15 years. During a period where Woods reigned supreme over the golf world winning 74 PGA Tour titles, including 14 majors, he has been unable to extend his dominance to the biennial competition that pits the...
08:57 AM, Sep 26, 2012
England's Ian Poulter and Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium were named by captain Jose Maria Olazabal on Monday as Europe's two wildcard picks for next month's Ryder Cup. World number 26 Poulter and 35th-ranked Colsaerts join 10 automatic selections in the 12-man team for holders Europe for the September 28-30 match against the United States at the Medinah Country Club in Illinois. "Every one of you pretty much guessed Ian was...
09:20 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Virginia Water, England: European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal announced three of his four vice captains on Thursday, picking Irishmen Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley and Thomas Bjorn of Denmark for the match against the United States. The 46-year-old Olazabal, who played in seven Ryder Cup matches, was a vice captain alongside his three picks for the 2010 event at Celtic Manor, which Europe won 14 1/2 - 13...
07:44 PM, Aug 16, 2012
London: English golfer Paul Casey will miss the first two months of 2012 after dislocating his right shoulder on a snowboarding holiday, dealing a major blow to his chances of qualifying for Europe's Ryder Cup team. The 20th-ranked Casey will be unable to defend his Volvo Golf Champions title in South Africa this month and will also miss the European Tour's entire Middle East swing, including the Abu Dhabi Golf...
11:53 AM, Jan 07, 2012
A year that witnessed the passing of one European golfing legend may have heralded the arrival of another. The death of Spanish great Seve Ballesteros in May following a three-year battle with a brain tumor hit the golfing fraternity hard, although the outpouring of grief for the popular winner of five Majors extended far beyond sport. It was fitting, then, that the player who did so much to revive a...
10:28 AM, Dec 28, 2011
London: Twice US Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal would accept the 2012 European Ryder Cup captaincy if he was offered the role, according to his manager Sergio Gomez. Olazabal has previously said health worries could force him to turn down the chance to succeed Colin Montgomerie as skipper but his long-time manager said the 44-year-old was now ready to take on the United States in Medinah, near Chicago, in two...
01:18 PM, Dec 22, 2010
Newport: Captain Colin Montgomerie, who has held his emotions in check during a dramatic and trying week, choked back the tears on Monday after Europe regained the Ryder Cup with victory in the final singles match. Graeme McDowell's 17th-hole win over Hunter Mahan took the hosts to the magical mark of 14 1/2 points after the holders had produced a great comeback to almost snatch victory. "I'm so proud, very...
10:05 PM, Oct 04, 2010
Newport: Lee Westwood and Luke Donald set the tone as Europe made a storming fightback in the unfinished third session of the weather-hit Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor on Saturday, leading in all six matches. Trailing holders the United States 6-4 after the rain-delayed foursomes were completed earlier, Europe rallied superbly in the two foursomes and four fourballs when play was halted in fading light. Britons Westwood and Donald, in...
10:31 AM, Oct 03, 2010
Newport: The United States, inspired by a sizzling birdie run from Stewart Cink, came from behind to seize control in Friday's unfinished fourball matches after the Ryder Cup was severely disrupted by torrential rain. Play was suspended for more than seven hours at a waterlogged Celtic Manor before the Americans ended a frustrating day for the players and fans by leading in two of the four encounters and trailing in...
08:42 AM, Oct 02, 2010
Newport, Wales: Europe had established early control in Friday morning's opening fourball matches at the Ryder Cup when play was suspended due to unplayable conditions at a waterlogged Celtic Manor Resort. With heavier rain expected to sweep across the Twenty Ten course later in the day, there was little chance of the afternoon's foursomes matches being completed. Europe led holders the United States in three of the four encounters out...
03:54 PM, Oct 01, 2010
Newport: American Dustin Johnson struck the first shot of the 38th Ryder Cup on Friday, finding the right rough off the tee at the par-four opening hole to launch the morning fourball matches in pouring rain. The big-hitting rookie partnered four-times major champion Phil Mickelson for holders the United States while world number three Lee Westwood and US PGA champion Martin Kaymer led off for hosts Europe in the first...
12:51 PM, Oct 01, 2010
Cardiff: US and European players have been banned from using Twitter and other social networking sites during the Ryder Cup. US captain Corey Pavin and European counterpart Colin Montgomerie say there will be a blanket ban in place this week to keep players focused on the three-day competition, which begins on Friday at Celtic Manor. "We have decided as a whole to not tweet this week," Pavin said. "It can...
11:08 AM, Sep 28, 2010
New York: Tiger Woods is going to the Ryder Cup as a captain's pick with his 71 victories and 14 majors. So is 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, who has never won anything at all. Corey Pavin made an obvious choice and a surprising one on Tuesday morning at the New York Stock Exchange when he added Woods and Fowler, along with former major champions Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink, to an...
09:25 PM, Sep 07, 2010
Kohler, Wisconsin: US Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin denied reports Tiger Woods was guaranteed a place on the American team if he failed to secure automatic selection, insisting the world number one will be treated like everyone else. Although considered a foregone conclusion that Woods would be offered a wildcard if he missed out, Pavin said a US media report that Woods had been given assurances was incorrect. "There's nobody...
12:37 PM, Aug 12, 2010
