12:00 AM ET PARIS, France — Your palms are sweaty, your tense arms are ready, you’re standing on the first tee, nerves aplenty. Well, it’ll go something like that and you hope they didn’t eat spaghetti. When Jon Rahm stands in front of perhaps as many as 10,000 fans on the first tee on Friday
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4:49 AM ET PARIS — As dawn broke over Le Golf National, the grandstand behind the first tee was already long full. Marshals got the order at 6:45 a.m. local time to turn hopeful spectators away. You had to be up and queuing long before common sense dictated to get a seat in the 6,500-seat
10:02 AM ET Brooks Koepka was left shaken when his tee shot at the short par-4 sixth hole at Le Golf National on Friday hit a female spectator in the face and led to her going to the hospital as a precaution. After completing a victory in the morning four-balls at the Ryder Cup with
9:20 AM ET PARIS — Tiger Woods looked considerably different than the guy who was holding his arms up in triumph just five days ago in Atlanta at the Tour Championship. Perhaps his 80th PGA Tour victory, the emotion of winning for the first time in five years, and the hectic aftermath of coming to
9:36 PM ET Associated Press GARLAND, Texas — Tony Romo was 11 over par for 27 holes Thursday in the first stage of the Web.com Tour’s Qualifying Tournament. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback opened with an 8-over 79 at Firewheel at Garland Bridges, and had a 3-over 39 on the Masters Nine. He was 74th
6:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Shannon Johnson birdied the par-5 18th hole to beat defending champion Kelsey Chugg 1 up Thursday in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur final at Norwood Hills Country Club. The 35-year-old Johnson, a sales representative for Ping Golf from Norton, Massachusetts, reached the 18th green in two with a
8:25 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kevin O’Connell won an all-North Carolina final in the U.S. Mid-Amateur, beating Brett Boner 4 and 3 on Thursday at Charlotte Country Club for a likely Masters invitation. O’Connell, a 30-year-old former golf equipment representative from Cary, also earned spots in the U.S. Open next year at
2:22 PM ET PARIS — Michael Jordan met the U.S. Ryder Cup team Wednesday and passed on words of advice on how to block out the noise and cope with playing on the road. Jordan was a spectator at Paris Saint-Germain’s match against Stade Reims on Wednesday, but managed to pay a visit to the
12:41 PM ET PARIS — Tiger Woods returns to the Ryder Cup for the first time in six years with a first-day pairing with one of America’s best in the competition of late, Patrick Reed. They will take on Open champion Francesco Molinari of Italy and England’s Tommy Fleetwood in the final match of the
5:07 AM ET PARIS — Practice is over. Preparation is done. It’s time to decide whether the United States can retain the Ryder Cup it won two years ago at Hazeltine or if Europe can maintain its dominance on home soil and take control of the Cup again. Here is a look at what to