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USA Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk was full of praise for Tiger Woods at this morning’s press conference in St. Louis. With the conclusion of the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive, eight of the 12 spots on Ryder Cup USA have been filled by automatic qualifiers. Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson – in that order – are the automatic qualifiers for the 2018 U.S. team. All but Fowler and Spieth have tasted ...

St. Louis, Missouri …. Shane Lowry can take further comfort he’s got what it takes to be a Major Champion after just missing out on a top-10 showing in the PGA Championship in St. Louis. Lowry was right in the thick of the final action up to the final few holes before eventually settling for a round of 70 and a then share of 12th place at eight-under par on the Bellerive course. “I’m very disappointed obviously because I had a great chance,” he said. “I even felt I had ...

St. Louis, Missouri … ‘Nothing Memorable’ is how Rory McIlroy summed-up his efforts in the year’s four Majors. McIlroy had been in contention for a ‘Grand Slam’ Masters triumph, missed the cut in the US Open, finished joint runner-up in The Open but hardly raised a whisper bogeying the Bellerive last in a final round 70 for a distant share of 51st place. McIlroy looked again to be simply going through the motions managing four birdies and just as many bogeys. His last round of the ...

St. Louis, Missouri …. Russell Knox was left lamenting a penultimate double-bogey that pulled the carpet from under a possible top-20 PGA Championship finish in St. Louis. The lone Scot in the year’s final major was lying just outside the leading 20 standing on the 17th tee when his drive clipped a tree branch and dropping stone-dead and less than 100-yards off the tee. Knox and his caddy could not believe their misfortune and after having managed back-to-back birdies from 27-feet at the ...

St. Louis, Missouri ….. Tiger Woods has clearly forced the hand of USA Ryder Cup captain, Jim Furyk folllowing his second place finish in the PGA Championship. Woods produced a thrilling final round 64, and easily the lowest over the last day, to finish second to fellow American Brooks Koepka. Koepka captured a third Major Championship in some 14-months thanks to a closing round 66 for a two-shot victory at 16-under par and become also the just fifth player, and with Woods among the five, to ...

St.Louis, Missouri … American Brooks Koepka has joined an elite group of just 45 players in the history of the ‘modern era’ to win three or more Majors.    

St. Louis, Missouri …. It will be advantage Rory McIlroy in eight months time at Augusta National after Jordan Spieth’s likely top-20 showing in the 2018 PGA Championship. Spieth arrived in St. Louis looking to upstage McIlroy in becoming only the sixth player in the history of the game to win all four Majors. However, the Texan was never really a threat in posting scores of 71, 66, 69 and a final day 66 on the Bellerive course. It means that McIlroy will now tee-up in next April’s ...