Ryder Cup News

Sergio Garcia has escaped punishment for what could be construed as a racist remark about Tiger Woods after offering an unreserved apology.

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LOTHIANS star Stephen Gallacher reckons Paul McGinley's wild-card change for next year's Ryder Cup has made it harder for him to get in the team for Gleneagles.

THE Scot threw his weight behind the anchor stroke ban despite using a belly putter to secure victory at the 2004 Ryder Cup.

Richard Masters secured a career-best finish at the Senior PGA Professional Championship to book himself a date with former Ryder Cup-winning captains Ian Woosnam and Sam Torrance.

Sept. 30, 2012: Europe's Martin Kaymer celebrates with Sergio Garcia after winning the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill.

"We know that not everyone will agree with our final decision," said chief executive Peter Dawson at a press conference held in the Ryder Cup room of the Wentworth clubhouse.

Hallberg was a state high school champion at Barrington, an Illinois Open winner twice, an NCAA champion at Wake Forest and the first player to earn PGA Tour playing privileges without going to qualifying school.

Golf's governing bodies have ruled that the use of controversial anchored putters will be banned from 2016, following several months of consultation that drew strong U.S. opposition to the planned change.

So Tiger Woods doesn't want to make friends. That's just fine with Sergio Garcia, who underscored the enmity between them at Wentworth after Woods said in America that he was not interested in any reconciliation.

Sang-Moon Bae shot a one-under-par 69 to win the 2013 HP Byron Nelson Championship by two strokes on Sunday, beating out major champion Keegan Bradley at the TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas.

Dow Finsterwald Jr. arrived in Fort Worth 26 years ago as green as historic Colonial's lush fairways, but what he lacked in résumé credentials he more than made up for with a princely golfing pedigree and gumption.

Watson will be playing a lot of golf as well as keeping an eye on things as captain of the U.S. team for the 2014 Ryder Cup competition.

Ken Venturi walks on the 18th green of the renovated Olympic Club golf course, one the S.F. native knew well.

Golf's governing bodies are widely expected to announce whether they will go ahead with a controversial proposed ban on players anchoring putters to their body when they hold simultaneous news conferences next week.

Tom Watson wanted it that way. As the United States captain for the 2014 matches at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland, Watson wanted an additional player to qualify on merit.

DREAM final at 2014 Ryder Cup venue Gleneagles is up for grabs for amateur Nick Apperley and his Ludlow PGA professional Russell Price in Europe's biggest pro-am competition - The Lombard Trophy.

Dottie Pepper is returning to golf broadcasting, signing a deal with ESPN that she calls a perfect fit of TV work and promoting junior golf.

Sergio Garcia, of Spain, left, shakes hands with Tiger Woods at the conclusion of the third round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

His triumph at Muirfield came completely out of the blue, but for the Northern Irish veteran Darren Clarke, it was just reward for what had been a good career.