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One of Steve Stricker’s first tasks when he is certainly named 2020 USA Ryder Cup captaincy on Wednesday will be speak about growing unsavoury crowd behaviour at the bienniel event. Stricker, and like Harrington being handed the European Team leadership, is very much the stand-out choice to the lead the American team into competition later next year at Whistling Straits. And like Harrington, Stricker ticks all the USA captaincy boxes and more. Stricker is extremely popular among his PGA Tour peers ...

It’s finally confirmed and with Rory McIlroy indicating he has not re-joined the European Tour ahead of this week’s WGC – Mexico Championship and the first of eight events this year where prize-money earned counts on both the PGA and European Tour’s. Following his revelations at last year’s DP World Tour Championship that McIlroy was turning his focus purely on the PGA Tour, he had never been asked in his two events of 2019 whether he had in fact joined or decided not to re-join the European ...

Pacific Palisades, California … Four-time Major winning Jordan Spieth sank to his highest score in over four years in posting a shock final round 81 in the rain-affected Genesis Open at Riviera. Spieth who was near the lead thanks to a 64 at the end of the opening day and then was sharing eighth place with a round to play, slumped to an eventual tie for 51st place at one-over par. The Texan’s last round began on a positive note with a first hole birdie but the current World No. 23 proceeded ...

Pacific Palisades, California …. Tiger Woods, and clutching a hot cup of coffee, spoke of his clear delight in having played 72 holes in three days and thanking officials in managing to play all four rounds of the Genesis Open before confirming he will travel on Tuesday for this coming week’s WGC – Mexico Championship. Woods ended his round with a closing one-over par 72 for a six-under tally and then clubhouse share of 16th place under bright but extremely cold and windy conditions ...

Rory McIlroy had just 30 minutes to grab a quick bite before heading straight into his final round of the rain-affected Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club. In fact, McIlroy sprinted-up the 53 stairs at the back of the 18th green to end his third round with a two under par 69 and be lying fourth at nine-under par. McIlroy was tailing eight shots behind the tearaway Justin Thomas who posted scores of 66, 65 and 65 to end the third round leading by three shots at 17-uinder par. “A lot of birdies ...

Pacific Palisades, California …. After brilliantly jumping nearly 40 places on the leader board, Tiger Woods indicated he was probably looking at a 2 to 3am wake-up call before he eventually resumes at 6.45am local time Sunday his third round in the rain-interrupted Genesis Open. Woods, and starting from the 10th hole at 3.40pm local time, had played seven holes and was staring at a 90-yard third shot into the par-5 17th or his eighth hole when the siren sounded to halt play. As is allowed, players ...

Pacific Palisades, California … Tournament host Tiger Woods breathed a huge sigh of relief making it two cuts from two new season starts at the rain-affected Genesis Open in suburban LA. Woods was among half the field back to the course early on Saturday local time to complete their second rounds and Woods, who had six holes to play, capped his morning holing a 24-footer from just off the green at his last. It handed Woods, who posted just 27 official putts and seven fewer than a day, a 71 ...