Ryder Cup 2016: Winners and Losers from Day 1

Day 1 of the 41st Ryder Cup started with a sweep and ended with an eagle. Team USA’s foursomes exited the morning matches 4-0 on the heels of its two young guns, the balloon of which was soon punctured by the FedEx Cup winner. ESPN golf writer Michael Collins said it best when Team USA’s Patrick Reed hit his tee shot on the first hole: “For the U.S. team it can’t be overstated... 

Power Ranking the 2016 Ryder Cup Competitors

Despite Europe’s dominance in the Ryder Cup over the years, it enters this latest renewal at a decided disadvantage in one key category: experience. Looking at the rosters, Europe will tee up six rookies in Rafael Cabrera Bello, Thomas Pieters, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Andy Sullivan, Chris Wood and Masters winner Danny Willett. Aside from Willett, none of those players are inside the top 30 (Cabrera... 

PGA Championship 2016 Odds: Favorites to Win the Wanamaker Trophy

The pace of the majors on the PGA Tour calendar succumbs to gravity like no other this year. For the first four months of the season, it’s a long march uphill to the Masters, pushing that major piece of granite to the top. A little over eight weeks later, we get the U.S. Open. From there, it’s as if the PGA Tour has had enough with waiting, as the rock gathers up a full tank of Newtonian... 

The Open Championship Odds 2016: Favorites to Win the Claret Jug

The Open Championship is a weather fanatic’s dream. With whipping wind, zigzagging rain and billowing wind breakers, the Open Championship is a golfer’s nightmare. That’s what makes it so fun to watch from the comforts of our homes. If the year’s first two majors are any indication, we could be in for a surprise this week. Danny Willett and Dustin Johnson became first-time... 

The Top 10 Golfers in the World Under 30 Years Old

Looking at the best golfers in the world, a large swath tend to be in their 20s. That’s the physical prime and, more often than not, a confidence prime based on youth and relative naivete. They grew up watching Tiger Woods in his prime and missed the Richter-scale shaking nature of the Woods-induced fear he imparted on the PGA at large. The players on this list account for eight majors over... 

Masters 2016: The Top 10 Storylines Heading into Augusta National

This 2016 Masters field feels about as deep as any in recent memory. Maybe as many as 20 different players could win this tournament and it wouldn’t be a surprise. Some golfers enter Georgia magnesium-hot (Jason Day, Adam Scott), while others are a bit cool to the touch and in need of a defrost cycle in the above-oven microwave (Jordan Spieth). Of course, this lends itself to some scintillating... 

Masters Odds 2016: Favorites to Win the Green Jacket

The 2016 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club creeps into the fray this weekend, a time signifying the true start of spring. “The Masters is within 10 days away,” Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion, said in Jason Sobel’s ESPN.com story. “Just saying that makes you just want to go out and do pushups or something. It makes you really, really excited.” He’s not... 

Predicting If Golf’s Top Stars Will Improve or Regress in 2016

Looking at the results of the game’s stars, you realize two things: Golf has never been deeper in talent, and these guys make a lot of money. Sure, they shell out a lot of dough getting to and from tournaments—something nobody ever talks about—but, man, these guys are helping the U.S. Treasury like nobody’s business. Several of these golfers had banner years in 2015. Looking... 

PGA Tour 2016: Who Are the Favorites to Win Next Year’s Majors?

Sure, it’s October, a full six months before the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, but is it possible to be too early when discussing the tent poles of the 2016 golf season? We know who the big guns are. There’s no real surprise waiting around the corner. There’s no 21-year-old wunderkind ready to take the tour like a Category 5 hurricane. The real question is how will the favorites... 

PGA Tour: What Can Jordan Spieth Do as an Encore to 2015?

Hear no evil. See no evil. Spieth no evil. Imagine, for a moment, being 21 years old. For most that turns your once-suffocating drivers license into a golden ticket. Now imagine Jordan Spieth, starting the season at said age, and having for himself one of the best—certainly the richest—years in the history of golf. With slightly more than $12 million in tournament earnings plus a $10 million... 

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