The PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe avoided having “a yawner” of a Ryder Cup, in the words of U.S. captain Steve Stricker, if the two organizations had gone forward with the spectator-less 43rd edition of the matches in September. “A Ryder Cup without fans wouldn’t be much of a Ryder Cup,” Stricker said
Month: July 2020
With its late September 2020 date and a summer of potential progress toward fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the Ryder Cup became the one major golf event many hoped could avoid being impacted by COVID-19. But as the prospect of allowing fans to attend the match at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis., dimmed and resistance from
8:32 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders PGA Tour golf is back in full swing, albeit without the crowds we’re accustomed to. Bryson DeChambeau has been on fire and notched his first win since the season’s restart, finishing 23-under after a final-round 65 to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club last weekend. ESPN.com
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6:56 PM ET The decision has loomed for weeks, and the PGA of America will make it official Wednesday when it postpones the Ryder Cup for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A source who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter told ESPN on Tuesday that the event, scheduled for Sept.
Galaxy Watch Active2 Golf Edition Samsung has launched into the golf GPS watch market with two models which build on its existing smart watch range. Offering all the capabilities and functions of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch with the addition of the Smart Caddie App, Samsung’s new Golf Edition watch (£359) comes with 40,000 pre-loaded course maps,
The present belongs to Bryson DeChambeau. Mostly because he is bludgeoning golf courses into submission. Partly for all the affirmation he’s receiving, from his colleagues and himself. And, slightly, from the fact tha he is no stranger to confrontation. Whether a bulked-up Bryson is a true force of disruption is a separate conversation; that focus
I‘m hitting my sand shots closer now than in years past. Before the break, I was leaving them inside seven feet on average—and I was converting more, too. I think the improvement comes from the way I work on these shots, and my approach to club selection and technique. I’ve found it super useful to
For years, Tiger Woods has spoken in broad strokes about working on his golf game at home. But the actual canvas for that practice has largely remained a mystery. Unless you’ve been lucky enough to get an invite to the Woods house, your image of Tiger’s backyard practice setup is imaginary or non-existent. In episodes
6:58 AM ET Jack Nicklaus never had the opportunity to face world number one Rory McIlroy at the Open Championship but the R&A has brought the champions from different eras together at St Andrews using archive footage and modern technology. With golf’s oldest major cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the R&A has launched ‘The
A PGA professional and his children have died in a plane crash. Sean Fredrickson, president of the Pacific Northwest PGA Section, perished on Sunday after two planes collided and crashed into Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. Fredrickson’s wife April Upchurch confirmed to KREM.com that Fredrickson and their children
11:21 AM ET The Memorial Tournament has decided to go without spectators next week at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The tournament hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus was to be the first of the PGA Tour’s events in the reconfigured schedule to allow a minimum number of spectators. The plan was to
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In the absence of an actual men’s major championship to broadcast during Masters week in April, PGA Championship week in May and U.S. Open week in June, Augusta National, the PGA of America and the USGA (and their TV partners) chose what seemed like the next best thing: vintage footage of classic past championships to
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7:14 PM ET DETROIT — After six top-10 finishes in a row, Bryson DeChambeau has found the winning formula. After all the experiments, tinkering with equipment, angles, math, bulking up and adding distance, DeChambeau put everything together and won the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. He did it while many on the outside questioned if
The Bryson DeChambeau 240-pound era is here. It arrived, perhaps appropriately, in a city known for its muscle (Detroit), and in booming defiance, with little in the way of apologies to Donald Ross, the camera crew or the field he flattened with the force of a car crusher on his way to a three-stroke victory