Tiger Woods was a no-brainer as a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup.
Tiger Woods was a no-brainer as a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup.
Tiger Woods is going to the Ryder Cup as a captain's pick with his 71 victories and 14 majors. So is 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, who has never won anything at all.
Edoardo Molinari of Italy came up a big winner twice on Sunday - first winning the Johnnie Walker Championship, then becoming one of three captain's picks for Europe's Ryder Cup team.
Paul Casey had not checked his cell phone after his final round at The Barclays to see if he had made the Ryder Cup team for Europe.
British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen is tied with Richard Green for the early lead at the Scandinavian Masters after shooting a 5-under 67.
Tiger Woods was great from tee to green, but a less-than-perfect putter kept him from making an early move on the first day of the U.S. Open.
The trees, the rough, the rocks: Phil Mickelson found them all Thursday, as the problems and possibilities of Pebble Beach greeted him and many others on a sunny, breezy start to the U.S. Open.
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