Mackenzie Hughes leads in Napa as Ryder Cup teams gets mixed results
NAPA, Calif. — Mackenzie Hughes of Canada quietly went about his work with a 9-under-par 63 on Thursday to lead the Procore Championship. The big crowds followed Scottie Scheffler and the U.S. Ryder Cup team and saw mixed results. For the longest time, Ryder Cup rookie Ben Griffin wasn’t even...
Scottie Scheffler leads Ryder Cup crew in Napa
Scottie Scheffler was on the tee with three other Ryder Cup teammates during a practice round at the Procore Championship, a rare sight at a regular PGA Tour event in September. His caddie, Ted Scott, was offering options on which club to hit and the best lines, along with information...
Ryder Cup preparations for US team begins in wine country
NAPA, Calif. — Justin Thomas is in northern California’s wine country for a final tune-up before the Ryder Cup, just like he was two years ago. Only now he has plenty of company. The U.S. team, determined not to repeat the mistakes of two years ago, has 10 of its...
Tale of two cups: Ryder Cup has Seve and Europe, and Walker Cup has only American dominance
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The late British golf writer Peter Dobereiner never liked the idea of continental Europe being invited to take part in the Ryder Cup, regardless of the Americans winning all but one time over the previous 30 years. He no doubt would feel the same if that...
For McIlroy and the Europeans, the Ryder Cup buildup starts now
On paper, the European team heading to New York to defend the Ryder Cup hardly could be more similar to the winning lineup two years ago. Look closer, and plenty of things are different. Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton have moved to LIV Golf. Bob MacIntyre, a rookie in Rome,...
Fox Chapel grad David Fuhrer II stronger, more confident entering sophomore season with George Mason men’s golf team
The Fuhrer name carries a lot of weight in Western Pennsylvania golf circles. Frank Fuhrer Jr. was instrumental in staging the former Family House Invitational, a two-day event that attracted PGA Tour pros and ran for more than a decade, and later the Frank B. Fuhrer Invitational. Frank Fuhrer III,...
Miranda Wang wins 1st LPGA title at FM Championship. Lawrence wins in Switzerland
Miranda Wang lost the lead to the No. 1 player in women’s golf and then delivered the clutch shots over the final three holes for a 2-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Jeeno Thitikul on Sunday in the FM Championship for her first LPGA title. Wang became the seventh...
Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley leaves himself off the U.S. team for Bethpage Black
U.S. captain Keegan Bradley decided the best way to win back the Ryder Cup was to leave his golf clubs at home. Bradley filled out his 12-man roster Wednesday with six captain’s picks for the September matches that did not include himself. He had considered becoming the first playing captain...
Masters will take winners of 6 national opens and eliminate invitations to PGA Tour fall winners
The Masters is making a rare change to its qualifying criteria by eliminating invitations to PGA Tour winners in the fall and joining the R&A in recognizing winners of six national opens on every main tour in the world. Augusta National and the R&A announced plans Tuesday to align aspects...
Keegan Bradley makes the right decision only if the Americans win the Ryder Cup
ATLANTA — There is only one way out of this mess for U.S. captain Keegan Bradley, and that’s for the Americans to win the Ryder Cup. Anything else will result in endless second-guessing of what Bradley calls the biggest decision of his life. That starts Wednesday when he goes to...
Tommy Fleetwood wins Tour Championship for FedEx Cup, 1st PGA Tour titleVideo
ATLANTA — Tommy Fleetwood of England ended a summer of heartache with the richest prize on the PGA Tour, winning the Tour Championship on Sunday for his first tour title to capture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million reward. Fleetwood got plenty of help at the start when Patrick...
Trump says he’ll be at Ryder Cup and he thinks captain Keegan Bradley should play
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump says he will be at the opening round of the high-charged Ryder Cup next month in New York, and he thinks U.S. captain Keegan Bradley should be playing. Trump posted Saturday night on his social media site that he would be there on Friday, Sept....
Cantlay and Fleetwood tied for Tour Championship lead. Ryder Cup captain Bradley in the mix
ATLANTA — One swing cost Tommy Fleetwood the lead Saturday in the Tour Championship. Another great closing stretch gave Patrick Cantlay a shot at the ideal ending to three years without winning. Cantlay birdied four of the last five holes on a rain-soaked course at East Lake for a 6-under-par...
Fleetwood and Henley share Tour Championship lead in a tight race for a $10M prize
ATLANTA — Tommy Fleetwood is a familiar story hopeful of a different ending, posting eight birdies in his round of 7-under-par 63 to share the lead Friday at the Tour Championship with Russell Henley in what was shaping up as a tight race for the $10 million prize. Fleetwood, increasingly...
Russell Henley birdies last 3 holes for 61 to lead Tour Championship over Scottie SchefflerVideo
ATLANTA — Russell Henley hardly missed a putt. Scottie Scheffler hardly missed a fairway. They led a parade of players who seized on the soft conditions at East Lake to begin the race for the Tour Championship and the season-ending FedEx Cup title. Henley one-putted six of his last seven...
Scottie Scheffler doesn’t like comparisons to Tiger Woods, but Tiger inspired him
ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler shies away from comparisons to Tiger Woods even as the numbers are starting to make that inevitable. Scheffler has been No. 1 in the world longer than anyone since Woods. He is the first player since Woods to have five-plus wins in back-to-back years. He comes...
Scottie Scheffler rallies from 4 shots down and wins BMW Championship for 5th victory of the year
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The numbers Scottie Scheffler is compiling have been drawing comparisons with Tiger Woods. The world’s No. 1 player had a Tiger-like moment with the trophy on the line and a club in his hand Sunday in the BMW Championship. His 82-foot chip on the 17th —...
Robert MacIntyre holds 4-shot lead in BMW Championship
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Robert MacIntyre ducked his head under the branches and climbed into a mess of bushes behind the fifth green without a golf club, first seeing if he could find his ball and then deciding if it was worth trying to play it. Through an opening he...
Donegan advances to U.S. Amateur semifinals to delight of his large, vocal gallery
SAN FRANCISCO — Niall Shiels Donegan, the Scot who grew up in nearby Mill Valley, advanced to the U.S. Amateur semifinals Friday at The Olympic Club to the delight of his large, vocal gallery. Donegan — set for his first season at North Carolina after two years at Northwestern —...
Bengals assessing options at safety with starter Geno Stone sidelined because of injury
CINCINNATI — After the Cincinnati Bengals secondary struggled in the preseason opener, starting safety Geno Stone learned that he has a soft tissue injury that has him out on a “week-to-week” basis. Those recent developments gave the Bengals a lot to discuss and work on heading into their second preseason...
Sebastian Munoz of Colombia shoots a 59, with a double bogey, at LIV Golf Indianapolis
WESTFIELD, Ind. — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia recorded the third sub-60 score in LIV Golf, making birdie on 13 of his last 14 holes and becoming the first player to shoot 59 with a double bogey. He responded from that early blunder by chipping in for birdie on the sixth...
MacIntyre posts a 64 and builds 5-shot lead over Scheffler at BMW Championship
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — One day it was the putter, another day it was the irons. No one had a lower score than Robert MacIntyre both of those rounds at the BMW Championship, and his reward for his 6-under-par 64 on Friday was a five-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler going...
Robert MacIntyre runs off 6 birdies in a row for 62 to lead BMW ChampionshipVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Robert MacIntyre seized on a softer Caves Valley after a two-hour storm delay and rode the best putting round of his year with six straight birdies to post an 8-under-par 62 for a three-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood in the BMW Championship on Thursday. MacIntyre finished...
Neal Shipley celebrates Tour card with 63 on Korn Ferry Tour
Neal Shipley was surprised to learn that he earned his PGA Tour card on the Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday. Shipley went out and celebrated by shooting an 8-under par 63 on Thursday and is tied for second place with three others, including points leader Johnny Keefer, a shot behind...
Mt. Lebanon’s Neal Shipley earns PGA Tour card, learns news on Pat McAfee ShowVideo
When Neal Shipley was invited on the Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, he was excited to be on the show. The Mt. Lebanon native did not know something big was planned. McAfee, a Plum native, gave Shipley some exciting news: “You’ve officially locked up your PGA Tour card. You’re #TOURBound,...
