Rival Captains Praise Teams On Dramatic Opening Hazeltine Day.
Chaska, Minnesota …
Rival Ryder Cup captains Darren Clarke and Davis Love 111 were quick to praise the efforts of their team on a dramatic changing opening day to the 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.
Clarke’s team fought back from a humiliating 4-nil Foursomes morning defeat to win three of the four afternoon matches and end the day trailing 3-5.
Coincidentally, it is the same margin Europe trailed four years ago at Medinah whereas two years ago at Gleneagles, Europe was ahead 5-3 after the first ...
McIlroy Issues Public Apology To ‘A J’ After Forgetting To Shake Austin Johnson’s Hand.
Chaska, Minnesota …
Rory McIlroy has issued a public apology to the brother to Dustin Johnson for inadvertently neglecting to shake the hand of caddy Austin Johnson in the euphoria of helping steer Europe back into the Ryder Cup.
McIlroy teamed with rookie Thomas Pieters to secure Europe’s third Fourballs point to trail 3-5 after the opening Foursomes 4 nil whitewash at Hazeltine.
It was the first time in 41 years, and when the late Arnold Palmer was USA Team captain, that a European side ...
Europe Turn Back Tsunami Of Red-White-&-Blue Winning Three Of Four Fouballs.
Chaska, Minnesota …
Darren Clarke’s underdog side turned back an opening tsunami of red-white-and blue to restore plenty of blue-and yellow pride and trail by two points heading to day two of the 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.
Europe went into the afternoon Fourballs humbled by a 4 nil white-wash in the opening Foursomes, and what was the first occasion in 41-years since Europe had been handed such a drubbing.
But Clarke’s team of ‘underdogs’ bit back winning three of the afternoon Fourballs ...
History Turns Quickly Against Europe Winning Four In Row – Only 3rd Side To Go Pointless In First Session.
Chaska, Minnesota …
History is already against the Darren Clarke European Team winning a fourth Ryder Cup in succession.
Bizarrely, not since 1975 when the now late Arnold Palmer captained the USA side has a European Team (or then GB & I side) have not won a single point in the first session of a Ryder Cup.
That was 41 years ago and with Palmer’s golf bag from that 1975 Ryder Cup on the first tee at Hazeltine like a beacon of inspiration to the 2016 USA team,
Before that the 1947 ...
Palmer Poignantly Remembered On Hazeltine First Tee.
Chaska, Minnesota …
The late Arnold Palmer was remembered on day one of the 41st Ryder Cup with his golf bag from being USA captain in 1975 placed on the first tee at Hazeltine.
Palmer passed away last Sunday aged 87 and cremated on Thursday, and with his ashes scattered from a private jet over his beloved Latrobe golf course in Pennsylvania.
There were just two clubs in Palmer’s bag and with many on the first tee, including European Ryder Cup vice-captain Ian Poulter grabbing the chance ...
Clarke Sends Out European Team Big Guns Rose & Stenson To Fire Opening Shots.
Chaska, Minnesota …
European Team captain Darren Clarke has elected to lead with his best by sending his team big guns – Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson – to fire the opening shots of the 2016 Ryder Cup.
The duo were first and second in the recent Rio Olympic Games and were set out first two years ago by Paul McGinley at Gleneagles.
And Europe was never behind with the Englishman and Swede handing out a 5 & 4 drubbing to Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson
And in a change from Gleneagles, ...
European Team Giant Chris Wood Looking Not To Buckle On Opening Hazeltine Tee.
Chaska, Minnesota …
European Team giant Chris Wood is hoping to ignore thoughts of watching the nervousness shown in 2004 by Luke Donald and not buckle in playing his opening Ryder Cup tee shot.
Wood, 29 is among a record-equalling six European Team rookies in Darren Clarke’s Hazeltine side.
The reigning BMW PGA Champion, who stands all of six foot, six-and-quarter inches, wound-up his Hazeltine practice yesterday (THU) morning in the company of Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer and fellow rookie ...
