Shane Ryan

5 days ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

About 10 years ago, deep in my tennis obsession, I played a one-day singles tournament near my home here in North Carolina. It was a brutal day, like a lot of brutal summer days, but I thought if I drank a ton of water, I'd be fine. And I drank a ton of water. By the fifth match of the afternoon—yes, I was stupid—I hit a wall. I told my opponent that I was sorry, but there was no way I could keep going.

5 days ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

If you were an American with an interest in the Ryder Cup circa 2007, you could look back through history and see a story that kept getting worse. Starting in 1927, and through 1981, the U.S. dominated Great Britain, and then Team Europe, to an absurd degree, losing just three times in more than 50 years. To an extent, it was a miracle of sorts the event continued at all.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

Believe it or not, we’re just three months and change from the 45th Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, which means it’s just about time to start obsessing about every detail—who’s making it automatically, who’s getting a captain’s pick and, of course, which team will win on Long Island. Today, we’ve assembled two of our greatest Ryder Cup minds to start the debate.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

OAKMONT, Pa. — Picture the scene, just after 4 p.m. Eastern, after the horn blew in the final round of the U.S. Open. Play suspended. Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, alone in the locker room, with an air conditioner unit pointing at his wet shirt, hoping it would dry off before they started again. He had chatted for a few minutes with his girlfriend, Shannon Hartley, and his manager Iain Stoddart, but now he kept his mind as blank as possible as the air blew.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Shane Ryan

OAKMONT, Pa. — Now comes the hard part. Sam Burns held strong on Saturday, handling the nerves of the 36-hole lead at the U.S. Open and parlaying it into the 54-hole lead with a gritty third-round 69. At four under, he's a shot ahead of both his final-round partner Adam Scott and his partner Saturday, the equally determined J.J. Spaun. Together with Viktor Hovland, they're the only four players under par heading into Sunday.