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Ever since Greg Norman's memorable final-round implosion let Nick Faldo win the Masters in 1996, a generation of fine English talent has come up short in golf's four major championships.With his seven top-3 finishes, Lee Westwood's near misses are a thing of golfing folklore. Luke Donald has been ranked No. 1 but never come that close down the stretch in a major tournament. Ian Poulter saves his best for the Ryder Cup, while Paul Casey's star has fallen since his breakthrough year in 2009.Finally, after a 17-year wait, England has a major winner in U.S. Open champion Justin Rose.The English public has long held high hopes for Rose, ever since he chipped in on the final hole to finish fourth at the 1998 British Open at Royal Birkdale as a skinny 17-year-old amateur. His career has taken many twists and turns since then, but he realized his vast potential with a one-shot win at Merion on Sunday.Rose is England's first U.S. Open champion since Tony Jacklin in 1970."He had that audacious c...
Even as he approaches the prime of his career, the best times for Sergio Garcia seem to be so far behind him.Think back to that Sunday afternoon at Medinah in the 19...
Three-time champion Tiger Woods, 2011 titlist Rory McIlroy and Masters winner Adam Scott will play the first two rounds together at the U.S. Open starting next Thurs...
Davis Love III carded a 4-under 66 on Thursday to grab a share of the lead after the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Classic.Love was joined atop a crowded leaderb...
Tom Watson is giving back one of his captain's picks for the Ryder Cup.In his first big move since he was appointed U.S. captain last year, Watson said Wednesday he ...
Jason Dufner wants American players to have more input in choosing the Ryder Cup captain.Paul McGinley was chosen this week as Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 201...
Darren Clarke says he is out of the running for Europe's Ryder Cup captain as he looks to concentrate on his golf game.The decision by the 2011 British Open Champion...
Paul McGinley is Europe's captain for the 2014 Ryder Cup.The Northern Irishman defeated Colin Montgomerie in a vote of the European Tour's tournament committee in Ab...
Darren Clarke says he may pull out of the race to become Europe's Ryder Cup captain for 2014 because of the impact it would have on his career in the next two years....
The PGA Tour supplied the best tonic possible Tuesday to cure the Americans of a Ryder Cup hangover.It staged a press conference to mark the official one-year countd...
The PGA of America officially announced on Thursday that Tom Watson will again lead the United States Ryder Cup team in 2014 at Gleneagles.Watson, 63, captained the ...
Rory McIlroy is No. 1 in the world, and Jim Fury says that makes him a marked man at the Ryder Cup.McIlroy has won three of his last four tournaments, starting with ...
Brandt Snedeker had nothing more than big hopes and another strong finish when he left the TPC Boston, expecting to wait deep into the night for a phone call from Ry...
Five things to look for Saturday in the third round of the U.S. Open:____WILL PHIL HANG ON? Phil Mickelson has a checkered history in the U.S. Open and, unfortunatel...
Miller Barber, the unique-swinging golfer who made the most combined starts on the PGA and Champions tours, has died. He was 82.The PGA Tour said Wednesday that Barb...
Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarterfinals of the World Match Play Championship.McDowell ...
Europe captain Paul McGinley has given himself an extra pick for next year's Ryder Cup, copying American counterpart Tom Watson's decision to choose three players.Mc...
United States President Cup captain Fred Couples named former Ryder Cup captain and close friend Davis Love III as one of his assistants for this year's competition ...
Adam Scott wants to make it perfectly clear that he isn't suing the PGA Tour.Scott, the Australian who used the anchored putting stroke to win the Masters in April, ...
The PGA Tour is done with its Texas two- step and the European Tour has finished its flagship event, where many of the top names played miserably.The best players in...