Shane Ryan
Contributor at Golf Digest
Staff Writer at Paste
My new book on the Ryder Cup, 'The Cup They Couldn't Lose,' is out now. Order it here: https://t.co/PKRVnQHTHQ email shane.spr8 at gmail
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1 week ago |
golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan
You could be forgiven for missing it, since it happened the same weekend Rory McIlroy won the Masters and wrapped up his career Grand Slam chase. In early April, the U.S. National Junior Team defeated Team Canada, 16-8, in a three-day, Ryder Cup-style competition featuring three different match-play formats at Champions Golf Club in Houston. It follows a victory last year against Australia, and more matches planned for the future.
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1 week ago |
golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan
At the risk of sounding self-important, we should lead with the truth of the matter: This mystery could have been solved by anyone who took a few hours to track down results with a newspapers.com account. However, nobody seems to have done so before us, and we now have an answer to the following question: Who played the most holes ever at a single major? On the surface, it may sound like a stupid question.
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2 weeks ago |
golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan
On Tuesday morning, the PGA Tour announced that Brandt Snedeker (USA) and Geoff Ogilvy (International) would be the captains for the 2026 edition of the Presidents Cup, to be held at Medinah No. 3 outside Chicago. For the U.S. this signifies the re-establishment of a captaincy pipeline that seemed to vanish with the selection of Keegan Bradley as 2025 Ryder Cup captain.
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2 weeks ago |
golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan
If you're like me, your first reaction to this headline is bafflement: The season's halfway over??? It's not even May! But yes, somehow we're there, at least if you measure the season from the Sentry to the Tour Championship … which you should, since that's the PGA Tour season. That feels wrong, of course, with three majors and the Ryder Cup still to come, but we're talking tour here, and when you think about it, we've seen our share of action in the first 17 weeks of the season.
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2 weeks ago |
golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan
Following the shocking selection of Keegan Bradley as the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, a more predictable succession plan for the U.S. Presidents Cup team was unveiled Tuesday with the PGA Tour naming Brandt Snedeker as captain for the 2026 American squad that will compete at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago.
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