DAVIS LOVE III

It was hard not to think about Saudi-funded LIV Golf at the Presidents Cup.

Team USA needed a big Sunday to fend off a charging International Team at the Presidents Cup and got a major performance from Jordan Spieth.

The Presidents Cup stays with the Americans, just like it always does.

The matches were close at the end.

Neither did Max Homa. Young buried a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th hole as he and Collin Morikawa closed out Tom Kim and K.H. Lee 2-and-1. Homa and Tony Finau won a tight match by making par on the 18th hole after Mito Pereira hooked his drive into the trees.

The Presidents Cup is set to tee off Thursday afternoon at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the field looks a bit different.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — (AP) — The American team room at Quail Hollow has photos of winning teams from the Presidents Cup over the years, and it's a wonder there's room for all of them. It's one thing to have captured the Presidents Cup the last eight meetings against the International team, and 10 out of 12 times (one ended in a tie). “We're used to being called the favorite, even when we lose three Ryder Cups in a row,” said Love, who was on six “favored” teams that didn't win a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup. This team is so young that the player with the most Presidents Cup experience is Spieth, who turned 29 this summer and is playing for the fourth time. He has eight Presidents Cup rookies on this team.

The Americans are big favorites in the Presidents Cup.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — (AP) — LIV Golf is turning up the heat on the Official World Golf Ranking, asking in a letter to Chairman Peter Dawson that its results be included retroactively in the world ranking. LIV Golf, which has 48-man fields that play 54 holes with a shotgun start each day, applied to be included in the world ranking on July 6. He has finished in the top 10 at all five LIV Golf events (including a win and a runner-up finish in the last two). LIV Golf has 13 of the top 50 players in the world ranking, led by Cameron Smith at No. LIV Golf would be quick to seize on the fact that world ranking points are offered to a 20-man field.

LIV Golf is turning up the heat on the Official World Golf Ranking.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — (AP) — The last Presidents Cup was so close the International team walked away with renewed hope that it had enough game and enough fight to conquer the mighty Americans. Sure, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Presidents Cup back a year. Louis Oosthuizen, so good in the Presidents Cup he had a winning record while never playing on a winning team, was among the first to go back in June. Immelman brings eight Presidents Cup rookies to Quail Hollow. Players who signed up for Saudi riches at LIV Golf knew they faced PGA Tour suspension, which meant not competing in the Presidents Cup.

So much has changed since the International team nearly won the Presidents Cup the last time.

Billy Horschel finally made a U.S. team as one of six players added Wednesday to a stacked American team that will try to win the Presidents Cup for the ninth straight time. Immelman lost four players who otherwise would have been on the team, including British Open champion Cameron Smith and Louis Oosthuizen. But he never made it through qualifying or was picked for a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, usually a case of bad timing. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, PGA champion Justin Thomas, Sam Burns and Tony Finau. Kisner went 2-0-2 in the 2017 Presidents Cup at Liberty National.

Billy Horschel finally gets to play golf for the Stars and Stripes as a pro.

Trevor Immelman is using five of his six captain’s picks on Presidents Cup rookies.

Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake in the second FedEx Cup playoff event.

(Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)Davis Love III has appointed his final two assistant captains for the Presidents Cup. Love officially named Webb Simpson and Steve Stricker as assistant captains on Tuesday for the Presidents Cup battle next month at Quail Hollow. The 36-year-old has played on three Presidents Cup teams, including in 2019 when the United States beat the International Team 16-14. Stricker played on five Presidents Cup teams, most recently in 2013, and he served as the Presidents Cup captain in 2017 for their win at Liberty National. Stricker also was the Ryder Cup captain in 2021 at Whistling Straits, which made him just the third person — along with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer — to captain a winning Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup team.

Shanshan Feng was planning to retire after 10 years of professional golf.

Rocket Mortgage Classic Golf Taylor Pendrith drives off the 11th tee during the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament, Friday, July 29, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (Carlos Osorio)DETROIT — (AP) — Taylor Pendrith of Canada shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Nobody heard of him and next thing you know in one year he’s on the Presidents Cup team, and Cam’s headed that way, too. And in Detroit, Young showed Love up close what he can do. Pendrith said matter of factly that he can compete with the best when he's healthy and has showed that so far at Detroit Golf Club.

Taylor Pendrith of Canada shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Jordan Spieth is the 11th player to cross the $50 million mark in career PGA Tour money, and he's also the youngest.

Tiger Woods introduced his son to the spotlight at the PNC Championship the last two years.

Matt Kuchar finds the PGA Tour's guideline on requiring releases to play conflicting events to be awkward.

John Daly and his college son won the PNC Championship.

Talor Gooch of Oklahoma had no problem with 25 mph wind that swept over Sea Island.

Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka are finally getting their day in the sun.

Davis Love III was in contention, as if anyone cared. “Bring it on home Mr. Woods,” the well lubricated shouted from the hillsides as Woods surged into contention in the Las Vegas Invitational, a tournament that was suddenly the hottest ticket in town. “Tiger, Tiger, Tiger,” they chanted as they strained, jostling one another to get a glimpse of the greatness to come.

The PGA Tour is moving the Farmers Insurance Open off a big NFL Sunday.

Sergio Garcia is still the youngest Ryder Cup player in history.

Phil Mickelson is returning for his 13th consecutive Ryder Cup, this time without his clubs.

A look back at the U.S. Open from 10 years ago to 100 years ago offers a mixture of record performances and blown putts, of playoffs and perhaps one of the most underappreciated victories by a major champion.

Jordan Spieth returns to competition after four weeks off following the Masters.

Cameron Smith birdied the difficult 17th and 18th holes at Harbour Town to shoot a 9-under 62 and take a one-stroke lead over Stewart Cink at the RBC Heritage.

The PGA Tour has selected Love to be U.S. captain for the Presidents Cup in 2022 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was captain when Europe rallied from a 10-6 deficit to beat the Americans in the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, and he was Ryder Cup captain for a rare U.S. victory four years later at Hazeltine. He also was an assistant captain in the Ryder Cup under Corey Pavin in 2010 and Jim Furyk in 2018 and is on the staff of Steve Stricker this year. The Presidents Cup was supposed to be played this year until the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Ryder Cup being postponed one year to this September. ... Tony Finau has 35 finishes in the top 10 since the start of the 2016-17 season on the PGA Tour without winning.

Johnson grew up about an hour away in South Carolina, and the Masters is the one major every Southern kid dreams about winning. Johnson already had become owner of a label not talked about enough: The best player to have only one major. He went from a 12-foot eagle putt for the win to a three-putt par to finish one shot behind. And then he delivered the key shot, an 8-iron down the slope to a pin tucked on the corner shelf. It will be the shortest time any Masters champion gets to keep the green jacket with him.

He won as a rookie and reached the Tour Championship in Atlanta, where one of the perks was attending a ceremony to watch Jay Haas accept the Payne Stewart Award. It brought Johnson to tears 16 years later when he was selected Wednesday to receive the Payne Stewart Award. As it enters its second decade, the award now is regarded as the most prestigious on the PGA Tour. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan referred to Johnson as a fearless underdog and a statewide hero in Iowa for his charitable work in his home state. Zach would say hes just a normal guy from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but in truth, he has one of the most compelling stories on the PGA Tour in the last 25 years, Monahan said.

Tiger Woods toss a ball down on the 17th hold during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)SAN FRANCISCO Tiger Woods appears to have something new in store for this PGA Championship: his putter. THE FIELDThis PGA Championship might have set a record for most players who decided not to play. He is the 11th player to withdraw from the PGA Championship since the field was first released six days ago. PACKING FOR A SUMMER MAJOR IN AMERICAThe PGA Championship in August for years meant heat and plenty of sweating.

Casey watched plenty on TV, and he was watching more than the golf. PAIRINGS WITH A PURPOSEThe PGA Tour has four groups of featured pairings for its PGA Tour Live," and then the rest of the field is supposed to be relatively random depending on a player's category. Oak Hill last hosted the PGA Championship in 2013 won by Jason Dufner, while Tiger Woods won his fourth PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2007. DIVOTSHilton Head has some of the smallest greens on the PGA Tour, and Abraham Ancer hit 65 out of 72 of them in his runner-up finish. FINAL REBUTTALFascinating stuff. CBS analyst Nick Faldo, watching Koepka tee off on the 18th hole and telling viewers he would listen to what Koepka had to say.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. The ambiance of Hilton Head doesn't change, a most peaceful setting among shade of oaks along the Calibogue Sound. Adding to the serenity this week is the absence of spectators for the second straight week on the PGA Tour. I need to have a few good weeks here to kick off this restart, but I haven't played a lot of golf, Johnson said. It was an eerie feeling for five-time champion Davis Love III, playing Hilton Head for the 31st time. But when the U.S. Open moved to September and the Canadian Open couldn't be played, there was room for Hilton Head.

The St. Simons Island, Ga., home of two-time Players Championship winner Davis Love III burned down early this morning after a fire began in garage. "Davis Love has been wonderful to our fire department in the past," he said. Love has lived on St. Simons Island with his family since he was in junior high school. His father, Davis Love Jr., was the longtime director of instruction at the Sea Island Club's golf academy. "Weve been proud members of the St. Simons Island/Sea Island community for many years and will continue to be for many more," Love said.