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Philadelphia, PA .. Tiger Woods was always going to be picked to contest this year’s Ryder Cup. Woods had gone close to victory earlier in the year at the Valspar Championship, he lead late on Sunday at The Open and he went within one place of capturing this year’s PGA Championship before finishing second and his best finish in a Major in a decade. So, just when was Woods informed he would be travelling to Versailles not as a USA vice-captain but as a playing member of Jim Furyk’s ...

Philadelphia, PA .. As expected, Bryson DeChambeua, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods will be heading with their golf clubs to this year’s Ryder Cup. There was no surprises when USA Team captain, Jim Furyk revealed his three captain’s picks within a conference room at the Mariott West hotel in Philadelphia, with DeChambeau, winner of the past two events on the PGA Tour, Furyk’s first pick followed in ordere by Mickelson and Woods. Furyk heaped particular praise on 14-times major champion ...

Newton Square, PA … Tiger Woods had two putters in the bag when he played practice round Tuesday ahead of this week’s BMW Championship. Woods played the front nine of the Aronimink GC course with his famed Scotty Cameron in the bag and also the black copper TaylorMade ‘Juno’ putter he took into competition last week in Boston. But it was the multiple Major winning Scotty Cameron putter that saw the most use in the sweltering conditions, and with Woods winding-up some 20-minutes ...

Newtown Square, PA …. Rickie Fowler returns to competition at this week’s BMW Championship following a three-week injury absence confident to play all five sessions later this month in the Ryder Cup. Fowler has been side-lined since the PGA Championship with a partial tear in this right oblique and with the injury forcing him out of the Northern Trust and last week’s Dell Technologies Championship in Boston. The current World No. 9 posted a video last Wednesday hitting iron shots for ...

TPC Boston, MA … Rory McIlroy arrived into Philadelphia early Monday evening local time and for this week’s BMW Championship having being bumped from No. 7 in the world by the rampaging Bryson DeChambeau. The back-to-back Northern Trust and Dell Technologies winner jumped five places on the Rankings following his comfortable two-shot success at TPC Boston. McIlroy is now the new World No. 8 with the next four players – Rickie Fowler (new No.9), Jordan Spieth (10), Jason Day (11) ...

Justin Rose has urged his European team captain, Thomas Bjorn of the pitfalls in choosing a sixth Versailles ‘rookie’ when the Dane formalises his 12-man side on Wednesday. Bjorn already has five rookies rookies in his team – Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Alex Noren, Tyrrell Hatton and Thorbjorn Olesen. Four of the five are within in the top-25 on the World Rankings and with Olesen, who secured the final automatic qualfying place on Sunday, presently ranked 40th. Bjorn will confirm ...

TPC Boston,  MA … Phil Mickelson insists being handed a 12th USA team cap later tonight (TUES) UK time would be the most memorable of his Ryder Cup career. Mickelson, 48 boosted his goal of competing in France later this month in posting closing rounds of 67 and sizzling final round 63 for an eventual 10-under par total and a share of 12th place. Mickelson had faced an anxious wait late on Saturday before the assurance his two-over 36-hole effort was good enought to make the cut right on ...