America’s Ryder Cup Task Force has surprised many observers by picking Davis Love III to captain its team for the 41st matches at Hazeltine in 2016. The 50 year old led the US to a famous defeat at Medinah in 2012, and it was widely expected that either Paul Azinger, who was in charge of a winning team in 2008, or Fred Couples, who has captained the US Presidents Cup team so successfully, would more likely candidates for the role. […]
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America’s Ryder Cup Task Force has surprised many observers by picking Davis Love III to captain its team for the 41st matches...
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Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke has been elected to captain Europe in the 2016 Ryder Cup. A five-man panel selected the 46-year-old to lead the team in Hazeltine in 18 months’ time ahead of Miguel Angel Jimenez and Thomas Bjorn. Clarke has won the tournament four times as a player and was a non-playing vice-captain for wins in 2010 and 2012. The 2011 British Open champion has lost just once in the seven times he has been involved in the Ryder Cup, […]
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Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke has been elected to captain Europe in the 2016 Ryder Cup. A five-man panel selected the 46-year-old to...
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Following last week’s decision to move live television coverage of the Open Championship to Sky, today (Feb 16) saw the Ladies Golf Union announce that its flagship event, the Women’s British Open, is to follow suit, taking all live coverage to Sky from 2017. The Ladies Golf Union and IMG, which manages the championship, have secured a five-year deal with the satellite broadcaster. All four days of the 2017 tournament, which is being held at Kingsbarns in Scotland, will be shown […]
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