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PGA of America chief plans to apologize to Team Europe for abusive behavior of fans at Bethpage

PGA of America chief executive Derek Sprague said Thursday he will apologize directly to Rory McIlroy and the rest of Europe’s Ryder Cup team and their families for the abusive behavior they suffered from some spectators during last week’s contest. The apology follows Europe’s 15-13 victory over the United States...
‘Ashamed’ Tom Watson apologizes for ‘rude’ Ryder Cup crowds

Tom Watson is United States golf royalty. And, along with Tiger Woods, he may be the most popular American golfer on both sides of the Atlantic. Watson won eight major titles, five of them overseas at the Open Championship. He was awestruck of the play by the victorious Team Europe...
Rory McIlroy calls out ‘unacceptable and abusive behavior’ from Bethpage fans at Ryder CupVideo

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy won the Ryder Cup and then called out the hostile New York crowd for “unacceptable and abusive behavior.” Over his five matches at Bethpage Black, McIlroy endured a torrent of insults about everything from his personal life to past failures on the golf course. People...
Europe holds off rally by U.S. to win Ryder CupVideo

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Two years ago in Italy, a jubilant Rory McIlroy made a bold guarantee. “I think one of the biggest accomplishments in golf right now is winning an away Ryder Cup,” McIlroy said. “And that’s what we’re going to do at Bethpage.” It took far, far longer than...
Europe takes record lead over U.S. heading into Ryder Cup’s Sunday singlesVideo

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Europe painted Bethpage Black in blue scores Saturday with exquisite golf that demolished and disheartened the Americans, and proved to be the best response to a New York Ryder Cup crowd that was so hostile that extra security was brought in to keep it from getting worse....
Europe gets out to solid lead on 1st day of Ryder Cup

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy stared down Patrick Cantlay through the home stretch and made sure a European advantage wouldn’t be dented at the last moment. Thanks to stellar performances from McIlroy, Jon Rahm and their compatriots, Team Europe leads the United States, 51⁄2-21⁄2, after the opening day of the...
DeChambeau, Thomas lead off for U.S. vs. Europe’s Rahm and Hatton in Ryder Cup

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas will face Jon Rahm of Spain and Tyrrell Hatton of England in the opening foursomes match of the Ryder Cup on Friday at Bethpage Black. United States team captain Keegan Bradley and Team Europe captain Luke Donald revealed their first lineups of...
Analysis: Ryder Cup has power to divide — or unite — during fraught, fragile time in U.S.Video

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Often sports, at their best, are the purest form of competition. They offer a chance to pick winners and losers in showdowns between rival teams, countries, sometimes even worldviews, in an arena where the games are played for high stakes but, ultimately, not for life and death....
Ryder Cup banter, blunders get started at Bethpage without a shot being hitVideo

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The opening tee shot still two days away, the gamesmanship at the Ryder Cup began Wednesday when European captain Luke Donald took a few subtle jabs on pay-for-play during his speech at the opening ceremony. “We’re fueled by something money cannot buy,” Donald said. Europe, 1 up....
Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald asks friend Michael Jordan for some advice

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Long before Luke Donald was Europe’s captain at the Ryder Cup, he was an amateur golfer at Northwestern in the late 1990s and early 2000s. That time in the Chicago area overlapped with the tail end of Michael Jordan’s heyday winning six NBA titles with the Chicago...
Scottie Scheffler is No. 1 in the world and one of 12 at the Ryder Cup

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Scottie Scheffler has been the standard everyone is chasing for the last 856 days. That’s how long he has been No. 1 in the world, the longest stretch in golf for anyone since Tiger Woods. Now he is one of 12 at the Ryder Cup. His matches...
‘You deserve to be on this team’: Veteran US players get rookies like J.J. Spaun ready for Ryder Cup

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — It was the wisdom U.S. Ryder Cup rookie J.J. Spaun needed, even after winning a major, climbing to No. 6 in the world and automatically qualifying for the team. Justin Thomas, who has played in more Ryder Cups than anyone on this American squad, told the U.S....
Patrick Cantlay brings reputation of clutch putting, unwanted attention at Ryder Cup

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Patrick Cantlay, often better at asking questions than giving answers, had one question as he walked up the final hole at Marco Simone two years ago at the Ryder Cup. Why is everyone waving their hats? “I knew they were yelling at me,” Cantlay recalled in a...
Historic Bethpage Black set to host ‘biggest golf event ever’ with 2025 Ryder Cup

NEW YORK — Team USA’s Justin Thomas didn’t downplay the hype. “I think it’ll hands down be the biggest golf event ever,” Thomas wrote on social media. Long Island’s Bethpage Black has been home to numerous historic golf events this century, but arguably none bigger than the upcoming Ryder Cup,...
RYDER CUP ’25: For Cameron Young, a New York homecoming in the works for 12 years

NAPA, Calif. — Bethpage Black is a big ballpark on Long Island that made the boy feel even smaller. He was holding his father’s hand on Father’s Day in 2002 as they watched the U.S. Open won by Tiger Woods. It was Cameron Young’s first glimpse of golf at the...
Scottie Scheffler being the last Ryder Cup pick in 2021 played a part in him becoming world No. 1

NAPA, Calif. — Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in golf, still remembers the time he was last. The Ryder Cup being next on the horizon serves as yet another reminder of how quickly his absurd level of dominance came together. The day Scheffler arrived in Napa was the four-year...

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