Ryder Cup

Americans look to snap Ryder Cup losing streak in Europe

September 27, 2023 The Associated Press

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — What must have seemed like a long time to the Americans back then surely doesn’t now. They beat Europe on its home turf at The Belfry in 1993, winning the Ryder […]

Young U.S. team puts Europe in its biggest hole at Ryder Cup

September 24, 2021 The Associated Press

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Americans were looking for a fresh start in the Ryder Cup with its youngest team ever, and it worked out even better Friday than they imagined at windswept Whistling Straits. Dustin […]

Half-dozen rookies populate US Ryder Cup team

September 15, 2021 The Associated Press

The only experience that matters to Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker is how the youngest U.S. team in history prepares for Whistling Straits in a bid to win back that shiny gold chalice. Equipped with […]

Stricker fills out US team with 4 more Ryder Cup rookies

September 9, 2021 Doug Ferguson, Associated Press

Equipped with the most captain’s picks in Ryder Cup history, Steve Stricker added four more rookies to his American team that included a mixture of obvious choices and perhaps a surprise, but no Patrick Reed. […]

Quail Hollow’s Presidents Cup pushed back to 2022, Ryder Cup postponed until ’21

July 8, 2020 The Associated Press

Seth Waugh knows how a Ryder Cup is supposed to look and how it should sound. In his first week as CEO at the PGA of America, Waugh was in the 72-foot high grandstand behind […]

100 in 100: Cumberland County’s Raymond Floyd, 4-time major winner

April 22, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]