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With inclement weather in the forecast for Thursday the PGA of America moved the Ryder Cup opening ceremony to Wednesday at Bethpage.
The raucous crowds promise to be as much of a test as Bethpage Black’s narrow fairways and rugged bunkering. But it just won’t be the Europeans who will need to embrace the mayhem.
The results were mixed for the U.S. Ryder Cup team on the Thursday leaderboard at the Procore Championship, which is doubling as a tune-up for this month’s matches. But this week is about more than just birdies and bogeys.
Starting next season, the number of fully exempt players via the Tour’s FedExCup points list will be slashed from 125 to 100.
Selecting Bradley, who at 39 years old is still in the prime of his competitive career, was very much an outside-the-box move, even for an organization with a tendency of zigging when everyone anticipates a zag.
If there was a perfect Ryder Cup captain’s resume it would likely look much like Larry Nelson’s.
The sign of any good Ryder Cup captain is not leaving anything to chance, and Keegan Bradley is off to a solid start.
On Tuesday at Silverado Resort some of that work was on full display as 10 of Bradley’s dozen players for this year’s matches headed out to prepare for the Procore Championship.
As expected, the Procore Championship will serve as a Ryder Cup tune-up for 10 of the 12 players on the U.S. team.
The team, Donald and support staff will take a charter flight from London on Sunday following the final round of the DP World Tour’s flagship event.
On social media Sunday, Scottie Scheffler’s longtime caddie Ted Scott addressed the family emergency that kept him from caddying for the world No. 1 at last week’s penultimate playoff event.
President Donald Trump weighed in on the game’s most hot-button topic, announcing on social media that Keegan Bradley, the captain of this year’s U.S. Ryder Cup team, “should DEFINITELY” be a playing captain at next month’s matches.
Rain and preferred lies have led to players firing at pins for three days at East Lake Golf Club.
Reengineering this week’s leaderboard with starting strokes is the best and most efficient way to prove that the Tour’s decision to revert back to the traditional format was worthwhile.
With Arnold Palmer reminder and a 63, Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup situation more intriguing than ever
Keegan Bradley did not need a reminder he is on the brink of a potentially historic week, but it was waiting for him on Tuesday at East Lake Golf Club, nonetheless.
Scheffler is five shots behind co-leaders Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley, which is one shot worse than he was after 36 holes last week at the BMW Championship. He won that event by two strokes.
Players at the British Masters can still earns points to crack the top 6 automatic qualifiers, but those at the Tour Championship cannot.
Bradley will become the first Ryder Cup captain in the modern era to face the ultimate dilemma on Wednesday when he makes his captain’s picks for this year’s matches.
McIlroy’s greenside bunker shot nearly led to a suspension of play, but a “lucky” break worked in favor of McIlroy and playing competitor Scottie Scheffler.
A number of players vying for a positive Keegan Bradley call next week got off to a good start Thursday at the Tour Championship.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said Wednesday at the Tour Championship that he anticipates not incremental change, but “significant change” as the circuit moves forward.
New committee’s goal is a “holistic relook of how we compete on the Tour,” and will focus on both the regular season, playoffs and off-season.
It was telling that when asked his favorite memory from East Lake, Thomas didn’t pick winning the season-long title in 2017.
Instead of trying to concoct a new way to mandate participation in top events, the Tour would be better served by focusing on building a better schedule.