DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Europe controls the Ryder Cup, helped by the most lopsided match in history that brought Scotty Scheffler to tears. Americans can only hope, and for that they have Patrick Cantlay to thank. He birdied his final three … Read more
DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy – LIV Golf defections have deprived Europe’s Ryder Cup stalwarts, some of them for the first time in three decades. Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday they miss the Ryder Cup more than Team Europe. Marco Simone’s squad is … Read more
STEVE DOUGLAS Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELLIO, Italy — Sepp Straki’s mother is American, he attended an American university, lives in the United States, and his undeniably American accent has a Southern drawl. Yet he was there on Tuesday, dressed in the white, yellow and blue … Read more
ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Rory McIlroy’s chances of winning the Italian Open a year ago at the Marco Simone Course, which hosts the Ryder Cup this week, ended when his tee shot on the accessible par-4 16th fell into a pond … Read more
ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — When Lara Arias began her job as course superintendent at Marco Simone Golf Club near Rome, where the Ryder Cup will be played next week, there was barely any grass to manicure, no bunkers to rake and … Read more