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Philadelphia, PA …. Justin Rose has won 22 tournaments around the globe but there is only one city where he’s won more than once. That city is Philadelphia and venue for this week’s BMW Championship and the third event of the lucrative FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off’ Series. Philadelphia is known affectionately as the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ or ‘The Cradle of Liberty’ and it is where you will find a statue of the fictional Rocky Balboa of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky movies ...

Aronimink GC, PA … Red hot Bryson DeChambeau tees-up in suburban Philadelphia two days after being picked for a first Ryder Cup looking to become the first play to win three successive FedEx Cup events. DeChambeau’s selection on Tuesday as one of Jim Furyk’s France ‘wildcard’ picks was a mere formality for the Florida-based golfer. What is uncertain is if the new World No. 7 can now create PGA Tour FedEx Cup Play-Off history in winning three Play-Off Series events after capturing the ...

Newton Square, PA …. A  heat-exhausted Tiger Woods opted out of a first Pro-Am event this season while Japan No. 1 Hideki Maysuama withdrew after nine holes due to heat exhaustion in the near 100-degree Philadelphia heat. Woods was perspiring profusely during a nine-hole practice round Tuesday alongside Rory McIlroy and had remarked after signing autographs:“This heat is brutal”. The 14-time Major winner also declined a PGA Tour request to attend the Aronimink GC media centre ahead of ...

Philadelphia, PA ... Tony Finau is quietly confident of realising a childhood dream next Monday, and three days before his birthday, in being handed a ‘wildcard’ pick for the USA Ryder Cup team. Jim Furyk will announce his fourth and final France pick at 9am (US Eastern time) that will complete the final make-up of both 12-man Ryder Cup teams teeing-up on September 28th in Versailles. After confirmation in the selection of Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, Finau is a strong ...

Philedelphia, PA … European Captain Thomas Bjørn has provided no surprises in naming Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson to complete his 12-player team for The 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National, France. The four captain’s picks join Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Alex Noren, Thorbjørn Olesen, Jon Rahm and Justin Rose in Bjørn’s side to take on Jim Furyk’s United States team as Europe seeks to regain The Ryder Cup in Paris from ...

Philadelphia, PA … Three of Thomas Bjorn’s three ‘wildcard’ picks to be confirmed at 2pm Wednesday (UK time) for the Ryder Cup later this month seem crystal clear – Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Henrik Stenson. The fourth is clearly not! Bjorn is staring at a selection pool for a fourth ‘wildcard’ pick of some four players.  Two of them are Spaniards in Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Sergio Garcia and there is Belgium’s Thomas Pieters who distinguished himself ...

Philadelphia, PA .. Bryson DeChambeau was always going to be affored a first USA Ryder Cup team cap after winning the opening the two events of the FedEx Cup Play-Off series. But the ultra-confident 24-year old Florida-born did not expect to be taking a shower when US team vice-captain, Davis Love 111 phoned DeChambeau to advise he needed to phone team leader, Jim Furyk. Here’s Bernie’s ( www.golfbytourmiss.com) question to the newest 2018 USA Team rookie. Qn:  Bryson, I am curious, ...