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PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan today formally confirmed major changes, and hinted recently, to the 2018/19 PGA Tour schedule with the Play-Off Series including reducing from four to three events and with a new final event scoring system. The will be a 50% increase in prize-money and with the winner to receive $15m as FedEx Cup champion while the FedEx Cup bonus pool is being increased from $25m to $60m. Also, there will be a new $10 Wyndham Rewards Top-10 with the leading 10 money winners up ...

Jordan Spieth insists the USA Ryder Cup team return to Europe next week in a better place four years on after the Gleneagles  ‘negativity’ and also one of the most public character assassination’s ever in sport. Those assembled, including defeated USA Captain, Tom Watson along with Spieth and five of his losing team-mates, in the Gleneagles media centre that Sunday afternoon were in shock after Phil Mickelson spoke. In being asked what the USA Team had done well in winning the 2008 Ryder Cup ...

European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn has responded to Rory McIlroy’s Ryder Cup cryotherapy pranks suggesting the four-time Major winner could find himself side-lined to the Sunday Singles at Versailles. McIlroy was seemingly at the heart of a prank orchestrated last week during the rain-affected BMW Championship in suburban Philadelphia. McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter and Tommy Fleetwood were all staying at the Marriott West hotel in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ and unveiled their ...

Harry Diamond’s first taste of the Ryder Cup was a dozen years ago and the joy from behind the ropes when Europe swept the States aside to win at the K. Club. Now in just over a week, Diamond will be by Rory McIlroy’s side walking the Le National fairways as Europe look to extend a ‘home soil’ dominance to 29-years. For the ‘Best Man’ at McIlroy’s wedding it promises the journey of a golfing lifetime and the Belfast-born caddy can’t wait. “I’m really excited to be heading to what ...

Super-talented Irish golfer Robin Dawson will make his professional debut after accepting an invitation to contest next week’s prestigious Portugal Masters. The 22-year old Tramore golfer indicated some time ago he would be turning professional following his appearance in the Ireland Home International side and with Ireland, who had lead on day two, overhauled by England by just half-a-point in the closing Singles in a dramatic closign day today (FRD) at the Conwy club in North Wales. Dawson will ...

There is always a sense of excitement each occasion you play a new golf course. You have the excitement in discovering where a new course will take you, what obstacles you may face, will the course be appeasing to the eye and, of course, most importantly whether or not your golf game is up to the challenge the 18 holes will present you. Best of all, you will stand on the opening tee with no real sense of fear unlike if you were playing at your home club and knowing there are areas of your own course ...

European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn has vowed to get ‘even’ with Rory McIlroy after the Northern Irishman was instrumental in taking the ‘proverbial’ out of the Dane. McIlroy was seemingly at the heart of a prank orchestrated last week during the rain-affected BMW Championship in suburban Philadelphia. McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter and Tommy Fleetwood were all staying at the Marriott West hotel in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ and unveiled their prank in gathering ...