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Pebble Beach, CA … Shane Lowry was in an upbeat despite dropping a shot at the last for a 70 in miserable wet and windy conditions on day one of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Lowry was sharing sixth place coming down the famed 18th but after sending his 50-yard wedge shot just off the back of the green his fourth, a chip shot, hit the flagstick but rolling eight feet past from where he two-putted. His round of six birdies and four bogeys handed him a clubhouse share of ninth spot but just ...

Pebble Beach, CA … As the role of Captain of the 2018 USA Ryder Cup side sinks in, Jim Furky admits his Stars and Stripes team face a daunting and difficult task defeating a European Team not happy with the 2016 Hazeltine result. Europe’s defeat late last year at Hazeltine was the first occasion since 2008 they had lost a Ryder Cup. New European Team Captain, Thomas Bjorn and along with the backing of the European Tour, brought in a lot of change to qualifying that have already been well ...

Pebble Beach, CA … USA Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk insists changes he announced to qualifying for the 2018 USA Ryder Cup team is all about ‘growing and getting better’ following last year’s Hazeltine success. Furky has played in nine USA Ryder Cup sides and under eight different USA captains. In his 34 matches Furyk has won 10 and halved four so he knows a thing or two about the Ryder Cup. However the now 46-year old will lead a team to France not having won himself on European ...

Pebble Beach, CA … USA Ryder Cup Captain Jim Furyk today announced the selection criteria for the U.S. Team in advance of the 42nd Ryder Cup, which will be played September 28-30, 2018 at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France. All U.S. players will have the opportunity to earn points beginning in 2017 and concluding August 12, 2018.   Ø  2017 Major Championships o   1 Point per $1,000 earned The Masters; U.S. Open; Open Championship; PGA Championship   Ø  2017 WGC Events ...

Scottsdale, AZ … Shane Lowry heads to Pebble Beach this week staring at a third attempt to break back into the top-50 on the World Rankings after failing to rise into the elite group at the Phoenix Open. Lowry went into the final round of only his second event of the New Year at nine under par but it was a frustrating start to the day for the World ranked No. 53 in ideal scoring conditions on the TPC Scottsdale course. In fact, as the leading players began chipping away with birdies Lowry was ...

It had been a red-hot putter that help send Martin Laird into winning contention but it was an ice-cold flat stick that denied him victory in the Phoenix Open. Laird went into the final round just a shot off the lead but the shortest stick in the Scot’s bag soon began his biggest concern. The triple PGA Tour winner parred the opening two holes of the TPC Scottsdale course before three-putting the third hole from 27-foot for bogey. And from there on it was a case of being on the dance floor but ...

Scottsdale, AZ … Former Open Champion, Louis Oostuizen was quick to sing the praise of ‘Old Faithful’ in finishing third on debut in the Phoenix Open. The winner of golf’s oldest major in 2010 at St. Andrews birdied three of his closing four holes in a best-of-the-week 65 to end just a shot out of the play-off  at TPC Scottsdale. And all thanks to ‘Old Faithful’ – his Open winning putter. It has been customary in past seasons for Oosthuizen to commence ...