Author: Bob

TOLEDO, Ohio – Before the second match of the day was announced, there was already blue on the board on Day 2 of the Solheim Cup. Madelene Sagstrom rolled in a birdie putt on the first hole and Europe was …

U.S. wins three morning foursomes on Day 2, cut deficit to 1 point at Solheim Cup Read more »

TOLDEO, Ohio – U.S. team members were sporting the words “Happy Birthday” on their hats on Day 2 of the Solheim Cup. The tribute was for LPGA player Jane Park’s daughter, Grace, who turned 1 on Sunday. Grace Park was …

U.S. Solheim Cup team paying tribute to Jane Park’s ill daughter on birthday Read more »

ATLANTA – Bryson DeChambeau isn’t afraid to take an aggressive line off a tee if he thinks it will give him an advantage, but it almost cost him a shot Saturday at the Tour Championship.  DeChambeau launched his drive at …

Bryson DeChambeau’s aggressive line off tee results in fan snatching ball at Tour Champ. Read more »

ATLANTA — Patrick Cantlay finished with a 25-foot birdie putt that gave him a two-shot lead over Jon Rahm in the Tour Championship on Saturday and set the stage for a sprint to the $15 million prize. It might not be …

After 54 holes at Tour Champ., Patrick Cantlay has FedExCup, $15 million in sight Read more »

ATLANTA – We may have wanted Brooks-Bryson, but that’s not the way rivalries work. If reality flowed from fiction we’d have a month of Sunday showdowns between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to cherish. Instead, the two greatest players of …

Jon Rahm-Patrick Cantlay is the game’s best legitimate rivalry, not Brooks-Bryson Read more »

ATLANTA – Billy Horschel knows the Tour Championship doesn’t double as a U.S. Ryder Cup team qualifier. If it did, his victory in 2014 at East Lake would have come with a spot in the U.S. team room in Scotland. …

East Lake muddles Steve Stricker’s list of potential Ryder Cup picks Read more »

TOLEDO, Ohio – After taking a three-point lead on Day 1 of the Solheim Cup, European captain Catriona Matthew sees little reason to make a lineup overhaul. Matthew is sending out three of the same teams she used in Day 1 …

Morning foursomes matches on Day 2 of the Solheim Cup Read more »

TOLEDO, Ohio – It took most of Day 1 before there was a rules controversy at the Solheim Cup, but a rules controversy there was. Nelly Korda was putting for eagle at the par-5 13th in her fourball match when …

Euros lose hole when Madelene Sagstrom picks up Nelly Korda’s ball too early Read more »

ATLANTA – Brooks Koepka withdrew from the Tour Championship with a left wrist injury midway through his third round at East Lake. Koepka was 3 over for the day through 12 holes when he withdrew and 18 shots behind front-runner …

Brooks Koepka WDs from Tour Championship with a left wrist injury Read more »

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Nicolai Hojgaard shot a 65 to take a one-stroke lead Saturday entering the final round of the Italian Open — a week after identical twin brother Rasmus won on the European Tour in Switzerland. “Seeing Rasmus …

Nicolai Hojgaard, twin of last week’s Euro Tour winner, takes Italian Open lead Read more »