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It was a quintessential Phil Mickelson round – two birdies, two bogeys and an adventurous quadruple bogey-8 that added up to a 4-over 75.
From Davis Love III’s ‘take ownership’ command to Europe’s curious captain’s picks, it was a the Ryder Cup-centric week.
Following an adventurous 70 on Day 1 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Jason Day’s Friday became much more stressful when he left TPC Boston.
Last year Marc Leishman missed the Deutsche Bank Championship cut and failed to advance to the third playoff event. This year the Australian got off to a much better start on Day 1 with an opening 68.
For perhaps the first time in a career that has spanned more than a decade Paul Casey is spending his fall fixating on things other than the Ryder Cup.
Money, for decades the primary measure of success or failure on the PGA Tour, will become even less important starting next season.
At 14th on the FedEx Cup points list, Kevin Na is poised to make a run at the season-long title but his campaign will have to wait a week.
It’s called the Billy Horschel rule, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the American is entirely comfortable with the distinction.
Rory McIlroy has engaged a putting coach, but he isn’t looking for a quick fix. His deadline isn’t until next spring at a certain big event.
Rory McIlroy applauded Darren Clarke’s Ryder Cup captain’s picks, saying it was a tough choice between Thomas Pieters and Russell Knox.
Rory McIlroy began working with English putting coach Phil Kenyon last week and according to the Northern Irishman the two have been busy.
Despite fading at The Barclays to a tie for seventh, Rickie Fowler was upbeat on Thursday as he prepared for this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship.
The eight players who have qualified for the U.S. Ryder Cup team gathered Wednesday night at the New England Patriots’ Gillette Stadium.
Davis Love III has four captain’s picks to make. He said he’ll rely on his current eight players and a bunch of numbers to make decisions.
Davis Love III’s message was clear on Monday morning: The eight automatic qualifiers for this year’s U.S. Ryder Cup must now step up.
The FedEx Cup Playoffs are underway and Bethpage Black is just one of four beasts the players have to tame.
No one was sure what to expect from golf’s return to the Olympics, but two weeks in Rio proved that the sport has a future in the Games.
When Inbee Park missed the cut at June’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship the pieces of her Olympic plan began falling into place.
Lydia Ko birdied three of her last five holes, including an 8-footer at the last to finish alone in second place at 11 under par, a stroke clear of China’s Shanshan Feng.
Inbee Park put on a Katie Ledecky-like performance, overcoming injury and intense pressure to win the gold.
India’s Aditi Ashok may not have finished the Olympic competition the way she would have liked, but that didn’t dampen the 18-year-old’s optimism that the event would help grow the game back home.
Winds were expected to gust again on Saturday at Olympic Golf Course, which prompted officials to post a reminder of Rule 18-2.
Inbee Park didn’t even know if she would play in the Rio Olympics. Now she is one round away from a gold medal for South Korea.
With a 54-hole top three of Inbee Park, Lydia Ko and Gerina Piller, the final round features a marquee cast of characters in pursuit of gold.