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Team USA hasn't had a repeat Ryder Cup captain since 1949. Could Tiger Woods be next?

Oct. 03, 2023 15:42 PM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Team Europe already has voiced its preference that it would like to see Luke Donald return as captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. If that's the choice, he would be the first repeat captain since Bernard Gallacher in 1991, 1993 and 1995. ...

Column: Team USA always comes home with some drama. Just never the Ryder Cup

Oct. 03, 2023 11:32 AM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Americans always seem to come home from the Ryder Cup with plenty of drama. Just never the trophy. Maybe they need another task force to figure out a way to tip their caps — whoever is wearing one, anyway — and congratulate...

The PGA Tour goes to Mississippi while LIV golfers on the Europe tour play at Dunhill Links

Oct. 03, 2023 11:01 AM EDT

PGA TOUR SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Jackson, Mississippi. Course: Country Club of Jackson. Yardage: 7,461. Par: 72. Prize money: $8.2 million. Winner's share: $1.476 million. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m....

Luke Donald urged to stay as European captain for Ryder Cup defense as new generation emerges

Oct. 02, 2023 17:21 PM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech in front of a giddy crowd at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him started a chant that quickly swept through the grandstands. “Two more years” was...

Europe celebrates another big Ryder Cup win at home in Rome

Oct. 02, 2023 09:37 AM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Rory McIlroy referred to that “Miracle in Medinah” as a happy accident, a Ryder Cup that Europe was never meant to win because the matches favor the home team. In the month leading to Rome, he considered a road Ryder Cup win among the biggest feats in golf. ...

Fleetwood won the Ryder Cup for Europe at the reachable 16th. Just as it was planned

Oct. 02, 2023 08:09 AM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The reachable par-4 16th at Marco Simone was designed to decide the Ryder Cup, and that’s exactly what happened. Rickie Fowler dumped his tee shot into the pond on the right and then Tommy Fleetwood stepped up and drove the green on the 277-yard...

Rookie Hae Ran Ryu of South Korea wins in Arkansas for her first LPGA Tour title

Oct. 01, 2023 19:58 PM EDT

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Hae Ran Ryu completed a wire-to-wire run to her first LPGA Tour title, a three-shot victory Sunday at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. The 22-year-old rookie from South Korea had four birdies and an eagle in her last nine holes at Pinnacle Country Club to...

Wedding bells for Cantlay and alarm bells for the Americans after another Ryder Cup loss in Europe

Oct. 01, 2023 14:54 PM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Only one American truly had reason to celebrate after the Ryder Cup ended with another home win for Europe. Patrick Cantlay is getting married Monday. The rest of the U.S. players were glum as could be as they sipped beers during the...

Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for the Europeans. The US loses its seventh straight in Europe

Oct. 01, 2023 14:50 PM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The best collection of players at Marco Simone had flags from their eight countries draped around their shoulders as they took turns clutching and thrusting the gold Ryder Cup, the very trophy that turns them into one nation, one team, with one purpose. ...

Live updates | Europe beats United States 16 1/2-11 1/2 at Ryder Cup

Oct. 01, 2023 11:37 AM EDT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The final score is in: Europe beat the United States 16½-11½. Robert MacIntyre defeated Wyndham Clark 2 and 1 in the bottom singles match, before Shane Lowry and Jordan Spieth tied the last match out on the course. ___ ...