Mickelson doesn't need win to validate a good year
Phil Mickelson is running out of time to validate what quietly has been a good year, minus only a victory. He is not running out of patience. Mickelson expects the disappointment from his runner-up...
View ArticleThe Losing Game: 'Politics and money' continue to crush the Olympic dream for...
BELO HORIZONTE // On a nondescript court inside a nondescript mall in the southeast Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, two men stand, squash racquets at the ready, preparing to play a sport enjoyed by...
View ArticlePGA Championship: McIlroy left frustrated by 'pathetic' putting
(CNN)Rory McIlroy didn't hold back when asked by reporters where it all went wrong after he missed the cut at the US PGA Championship. The Northern Irishman and four-time major winner bogeyed the last...
View ArticleBrazilian selected to hit golf's first shot in 112 years
RIO DE JANEIRO — The first Olympic golf shot in 112 years will be hit by the lone Brazilian in the men's field. The International Golf Federation tapped into what few Olympic roots it has Monday by...
View ArticleRio Olympics: Padraig Harrington tipped to be one of six Irish medallists
Ireland's Padraig Harrington has risen 26 places in the latest world rankings after he tied for 13th at the US PGA Championship in Baltusrol last night, giving cause for optimism heading towards the...
View ArticleOlympics | Golf: Brazilian selected to hit golf’s first shot in 112 years
RIO DE JANEIRO — The first Olympic golf shot in 112 years will be hit by the lone Brazilian in the men’s field. The International Golf Federation tapped into what few Olympic roots it has Monday by...
View ArticleRio 2016 Olympics: The Zika Factor—Who's In and Who's Out?
The 2016 Olympic Games was plagued before it had even begun. An outbreak of the Zika virus , an infection suspected of leading to babies being born with underdeveloped brains, in Brazil this year has...
View ArticleStephanie Meadow: I'll learn a lot working with McGinley at Olympics
Jordanstown golfer Stephanie Meadow is relishing the chance to work with Europe's victorious Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley at the Olympic Games. In Rio, McGinley will be Ireland's Olympic golf...
View ArticleHow sides were drawn to give us watered-down Olympic golf
A confluence of short-sightedness from some of the top-ranked players concerning the schedule and an increase in the visibility of the Zika virus, and now the world is left to wonder what golf’s return...
View ArticleRio 2016: Pádraig Harrington gearing up for golden moment
A gold medal comes with some fringe benefits for whoever manages to claim the accolade on golf’s return to the Olympics, a fact of which Pádraig Harrington is only too well aware: having failed to play...
View ArticleHarrington makes move before rains sweep through Baltusrol
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — His time seemed to have passed. He's ranked 150th in the world and almost surely won't be playing on Europe's Ryder Cup squad. His chances for making the FedEx Cup playoffs are...
View ArticleHarrington chooses fun over golf
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- His time seemed to have passed. He's ranked 150th in the world and almost surely won't be playing on Europe's Ryder Cup squad. His chances for making the FedEx Cup playoffs are in...
View ArticleMark Herrmann: Ireland’s Padraig Harrington proud to be Rio-bound
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Truth be told, Padraig Harrington recognizes that many of his fellow golfers have very legitimate reasons for skipping the Olympics this year. The younger players are sincerely...
View ArticleHarrington pushes for Olympic golf and now gets to play
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Padraig Harrington was a strong voice in golf’s bid to become an Olympic sport for the first time in more than a century. And then golf’s image took a hit as players began...
View ArticleHarrington eyes Olympic glory
Neither man was first choice for Ireland with world number four Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell ahead of them in the pecking order. But with McIlroy and Lowry citing concerns about the...
View ArticlePadraig Harrington hoping Ireland can Power their way to Olympic glory
Until recently, Padraig Harrington would have struggled to pick Seamus Power out of a line-up, but the three-time major winner would now like nothing more than to battle his team-mate for Olympic...
View ArticlePadraig Harrington all in for golf's Olympic return
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Padraig Harrington was among the players who lobbied the International Olympic Committee when it was making a decision...
View ArticleAs Olympic Golf Tees Off, the Sport May Have Already Won
All victories are not created equal, and some don't even come with a trophy, a medal or a check. Jim Furyk became the latest such example when he shot a final-round 58, the lowest 18-hole score in the...
View ArticleIt’s golf’s time to deliver a good show at the Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — Men’s golf gets four days to make up for four months of negative chatter about whether it even belongs in the Olympics. Not even a dreary sky with occasional rain could dampen the...
View ArticleRio Olympics: Ireland's Padraig Harrington launches attack on the 'sheep' who...
Padraig Harrington has branded some of those who stayed away from the Rio Olympic golf tournament as "sheep" after shooting a solid opening one-under round of 70. Revealing that he is getting...
View ArticleOlympic golfers embrace 'grow the game' mission
If this were the Zurich Classic or Memorial Tournament or even the PGA Championship, Anirban Lahiri would have stayed home. His aching right shoulder needs two to three weeks of rest. On top of that,...
View ArticleOlympic golfers embrace ‘grow the game’ mission
RIO DE JANEIRO — If this were the Zurich Classic or Memorial Tournament or even the PGA Championship, Anirban Lahiri would have stayed home. His aching right shoulder needs two to three weeks of rest....
View ArticleGolf’s answer to absent stars is a dramatic duel
RIO DE JANEIRO — When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) examines every event to decide its fate beyond 2020, golf will make a simple case to offset absent stars — remember the golden duel....
View ArticleMcGinley’s Rallying Call: Embrace the Olympics (PGA - Professional Golfers'...
(Source: PGA - Professional Golfers' Associations of Europe) Anyone who listened to Paul McGinley's impassioned rhetoric during his inspired captaincy of Europe's Ryder Cup team in 2014 will appreciate...
View ArticleOlympic golf comes up smelling like a Rose
Golf’s elders and future planners can breathe more easily. With a simple birdie putt and a clenched fist, Justin Rose relieved Canadian George Lyon of the Olympic golf title he has held for 112 years....
View ArticleRio Olympics wreaking havoc on PGA schedule
The Rio Olympics has caused an unprecedented reshuffling of the 2016 PGA Tour schedule, which is why the PGA Championship is being played in July two weeks after the British Open. Also impacted is the...
View ArticleDay misses all but 1 hole of Olympic golf
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Jason Day only watched one hole of golf from the Olympics, but at least he picked the right hole. Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were never separated by more than a shot in the...
View ArticleIt's golf's time to deliver a good show at the Olympics
Men's golf gets four days to make up for four months of negative chatter about whether it even belongs in the Olympics. Not even a dreary sky with occasional rain could dampen the enthusiasm Wednesday...
View ArticleRio Olympics Harringtons Dream Golf
FILE - In this July 28, 2016 file photo, Padraig Harrington, of Ireland, watches his tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Baltusrol Golf Club in...
View ArticleBorges: Golfers skip Rio Olympics for good reasons
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Although this will come as news to the International Olympic Committee, the major championship season for golf is over. It concluded yesterday on the soggy links at Baltusrol, where...
View ArticleShane Lowry determined as Ryder Cup team takes shape
Shane Lowry will put the disappointment of missing the cut at the last two majors behind him and will now focus on attempting to qualify for the European Ryder Cup team, which will be named later this...
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