MEDINAH, IL. — Somehow they did it! The U.S. needed an unlikely eight wins in Sunday’s 12 singles matches to retain the Presidents Cup and extend its winning streak to 11 in the biennial golf matchup against an International team that had players from around the world minus Europe. That big deficit at the start…
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U.S. win streak is in serious jeopardy in the Presidents Cup
The International team’s shocking five-match sweep on Friday was an afterthought after two sessions at Medinah on Saturday, but the U.S. could well see its winning streak in the Presidents Cup come to an end after Sunday’s 12 singles matches. A U.S. loss would be huge for the Internationals, a team that won…
Internationals sweep Presidents Cup matches as Scheffler struggles
Scottie Scheffler has been the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer for several years, but his struggles in team play have been noteworthy for the wrong reason. Playing with good friend Sam Burns, Scheffler has struggled mightily in Presidents and Ryder Cup play. Scheffler and Burns got their first win as a team in Thursday’s opener to…
Presidents Cup emerges as a golf event like no other
MEDINAH, IL. – The first golf tournament I ever attended was on Medinah’s No. 3 course. My mother took me to the 1962 Western Open in hopes of stimulating my interest in the sport. She succeeded. I returned to Medinah many times though nearly 60 years of writing about golf for various news outlets. …
Bridgeman, Koivun show they’re ready for the Presidents Cup
The Chicago area was an annual PGA Tour site for decades, but not so recently. This week’s Presidents Cup at Medinah is the circuit’s first visit since Olympia Fields hosted the BMW Championship in 2023. While the area hosted big team events in the 2009 Solheim Cup at Rich Harvest Farms and the 2012 Ryder…
Gotterup, Koivun highlight Presidents Cup selections
The Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club is still three weeks away, but now the golfers who will be playing in the team event have been revealed. U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker and Geoff Ogilvy, his counterpart on the International side, completed their 12-man rosters on Tuesday. Snedeker made two most notable selections in his six…
Ghim takes another shot at getting his first PGA Tour victory
SILVIS, IL. – The John Deere Classic is known for its record number of champions who notched their first PGA Tour win here. There have been 34 of them in the tourney’s first 54 years and, on Sunday, the next one could be Doug Ghim. Ghim grew up in Arlington Heights and had a great…
Veterans may finally have their day in the John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – In its first 54 stagings Illinois’ only annual PGA Tour stop was dominated by golf’s young guys. Twenty-four of them won their first PGA Tour event in the John Deere Classic, and that’s the most of any event on the circuit. In this year’s 55th playing, however, things may…
Fitzpatrick’s strong finish is too much for Lipsky at the Valspar
PALM HARBOR, FL. – The Valspar Championship came down to a duel between two former Northwestern golfers, though that might be a bit of a stretch. Matt Fitzpatrick, a champion for the third time on the PGA Tour, only attended NU for one quarter in 2013. After helping the Wildcats to two in five tournaments…
Ghim may have let a good chance for first PGA Tour win get away
PALM HARBOR, FL. – Doug Ghim, one of the few Chicago area players left on the PGA Tour, has yet to win in his nine pro seasons, but he seemed to have a chance midway through the Valspar Championship at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort. Ghim, from Arlington Heights with stints at Buffalo Grove…