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Golf Channel Jordan Spieth pulled a rabbit out of his hat Friday morning at the 43rd Ryder Cup during foursomes. In doing so, he nearly baptized himself in the process. Paired with Justin Thomas facing World No. 1 Jon Rahm and veteran teammate Sergio Garcia, the Americans needed to win the final two holes just

7:43 AM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Tiger Woods won’t be playing in this week’s Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. Neither will Phil Mickelson, though he is here and will serve as a non-playing assistant captain for the United States team. Six rookies are giving a face-lift to the American side, which has lost four of

Actor Tom Felton collapsed on the 18th hole at Whistling Straits on Thursday ahead of the Ryder Cup and had to be carted off the course due to a medical emergency. Felton, the British actor best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” franchise, was participating in the celebrity event ahead of the

An American squad featuring nine of the world’s 11 top-ranked golfers tries to reclaim the Ryder Cup from Europe this weekend, aided by 40,000 loud supporters and a home course edge. The European side, however, has won nine of the past 12 editions of the biennial team matches, including three of the past six on

Sergio Garcia’s wife wants U.S. fans to be nice.  Ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup, Angela Akins Garcia made the plea in an interview with CNN while chiding past U.S. fan behavior as “embarrassing.” Akins Garcia, who is American, recounted a less-than-cordial fan encounter she experienced during the 2016 Ryder Cup held at Minnesota’s Hazletine

Bettors are confident in the United States’ chances of winning the Ryder Cup on home soil.  The American team’s odds are now at -190 at BetMGM ahead of the tournament beginning on Friday. The U.S. opened at -140 to win and the odds have grown as the U.S. has gotten nearly 49% of wagers and

Getty Images The 2020 Ryder Cup — being played in 2021 — gets cranking this week in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, as the United States looks to bounce back from a tough defeat a few years ago. The Americans are looking to win their second straight Ryder Cup on their home soil, though Team USA is just

Though Brooks Koepka was battling a wrist injury at the end of the PGA Tour season and sounded like he didn’t care about this week’s Ryder Cup, U.S. team captain Steve Stricker doesn’t have any doubts that Koepka is ready to go this week in Wisconsin. Stricker said Monday at Whistling Straits that he’s spoken

7:37 AM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. — Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are unlikely to sit together, eat together or chit-chat together this week at the Ryder Cup. But what if they played together? Would the previously derisive “Brooksy” chants from the gallery then be considered complimentary? As silly as all that sounds, that is where

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Max Homa’s decision to give up his poplar and often comical golf podcast to concentrate on his game is already paying off. Homa holed out from the rough from 95 yards for eagle on the par-4 12th to start a back-nine comeback and added three birdies for a 7-under 65 and

Getty Images Compared to the events that surround it on the golf calendar, this week’s Fortinet Championship is about as low-key as it gets. That could pave the way for a great start to both the fall golf season as well as the 2021-22 PGA Tour season. It’s fitting that this tournament is played in

Carlota Ciganda shook off an early double bogey Thursday to post a four-under par 68 and join a three-way tie for the lead in the LPGA Portland Classic in Oregon. Spain’s Ciganda, coming off Europe’s victory in the Solheim Cup match play clash with the United States, said the chilly morning temperatures required some adjustment.

J.R. Smith is a two-time NBA champion and a former Sixth Man of the year who earned millions of dollars over the course of his 16 seasons.  When he retired after his second title, with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, he could have done just about anything. Smith had enjoyed a long basketball career,

As far as Paul Azinger is concerned, Brooks Koepka doesn’t need to be at Whistling Straits next week with the U.S. Ryder Cup team. If he doesn’t like the event, the former team captain and current Golf Channel analyst said Wednesday, Koepka should give up his spot. “I’m not sure he loves the Ryder Cup

Getty Images The 2021 Fortinet Championship is the start of the new PGA Tour season, and three of last season’s four major champions will be on hand when it tees off Thursday in Napa Valley. World No. 1 Jon Rahm leads the field and will be joined by PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson and Masters

8:15 AM ET Golf never really ends, it just takes a brief break. This year, it’s a grand total of one week. The actual number of days between PGA Tour events will be 11. Before the 2021-22 seasons begins on Thursday in Northern California, a look back at the 2020-21 “super season” that saw 50

9:02 AM ET Associated Press Patrick Cantlay was voted PGA Tour player of the year on the strength of his four victories, including a 1-shot advantage at East Lake that made him the FedEx Cup champion. Tuesday’s announcement was another big step for Cantlay, a 29-year-old Californian who went from being the No. 1 amateur

Eleven of U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker’s troops showed up for a two-day reconnaissance excursion at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin ahead of next week’s biennial battle with Europe, with all playing the Straits Course that will be home to the 43rd edition of the matches in rain, sunshine and warm temperatures while dealing with