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Europe regain Ryder Cup as Molinari and Garcia become history men

  • Golf

Europe regained the Ryder Cup as they beat the United States 17½-10½ at Le Golf National in Paris, with

It's been a rough year.It was not Tiger Woods' or the United States' day at Le Golf National ©Getty Images

Some people say golf is boring," said Bjorn."Well, this is certainly not boring."


Michael Pavitt: Can more sports tap into Ryder Cup magic?

  • Inside the Blogs

A vast number of sporting fans across Europe and the United States have had their attention fixed on events in Paris over the past three days, as Ryder Cup fever has taken over.

excellent and excitable radio coverage.A good portion of those interested will be casual viewers of golf

unaware of other tournaments throughout the season.The Ryder Cup succeeds in drawing in these casual golf

patriotism and the uniting of Europe, which builds an atmosphere so different to your run of the mill golf

captains adds some intrigue off the course, as well as on it.The Ryder Cup catches the attention of casual golf


Europe maintain momentum and go into Ryder Cup final day 10-6 ahead

  • Golf

Europe go into the final day of the 42nd Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Paris tomorrow leading the

came a while ago to be honest, they spend a lot of time together and they get on really well off the golf

They really want to be on the golf course together, they have fun together, they work hard and they are

very serious with their golf."



Calm before the storm as Le Golf National prepares to host 2018 Ryder Cup

  • Golf

The biggest team competition in golf, the Ryder Cup, will begin in Paris tomorrow with Europe set to

Woods, who just last week won the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Tour Championship at East Lake Golf

feature in the team from the US.However, history shows the competition, which this year takes place at Le Golf

outskirts of the French capital, often favours the underdog.This year's Ryder Cup is taking place at Le Golf


Alan Hubbard: Now the eye of the born-again Tiger could be on an Olympic prize

  • Inside the Blogs

The timely comeback of Tiger Woods at the weekend may rank as surely the most remarkable resurrection since Lazarus. 

Cup in Paris this week ©Getty ImagesThe greatest player of all time was fearful of even sitting in a golf

Such was its significance, however, that it can be compared in golf to that of Jack Nicklaus winning

nine majors after the car crash in 1949 that doctors feared might mean he never walked again.Outside golf

a rebirth.He was achieving the impossible dream.Tiger Woods has had a difficult time on and off the golf


Paris 2024 claim Ryder Cup will help optimise plans for Olympic Games golf tournament

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has claimed the Ryder Cup will help to optimise their plans for the Olympic Games as France prepares to host the event for the first time this week.

Ryder Cup, which sees Europe take on the United States, will get underway on Friday (September 28) at Golf

club, which has undergone significant development in recent years.The course will also serve as the golf

“The staging of the Ryder Cup at the venue chosen to host golf events in Paris 2024 offers an invaluable

“And the Ryder Cup will allow us to lay the groundwork, together with the French Golf Federation (FFG

“This demonstrates both the strength of the Ryder Cup and the Olympic golf tournament.


Exclusive: “Last chance” for UCI as relations with teams reaches critical mass ahead of reform announcement in Innsbruck

  • Cycling

Relations between the International Cycling Federation (UCI) and the cycling team’s organisation AIGCP are at crisis point ahead of Monday’s announcement of major reform plans – with the teams claiming they will not accept the proposals as they stand.

create a new economic model for cycling based on the one that exists in other sports such as football, golf


Exclusive: UCI President "very positive" about team plans for bundling rights and maintaining numbers

  • Cycling

A leading representative of cycling’s team organisation, the AIGCP, has claimed that David Lappartient, the International Cycling Union (UCI) President, is "very positive" about its ideas for the sport’s reform, including bundling rights and increasing, rather than diminishing, the size and number of teams involved in the WorldTour.

“In saying this, we are looking at models already in place within sports such as golf, tennis and football



R&A and USGA release new "user friendly" rule book before 2019 changes

  • Golf

The Royal and Ancient (R&A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have published a new "players

' edition" of the rules of golf before major new changes that will come into force in 2019.

For the first time a shorter "more user friendly" version of the rules of golf is being made available

more direct" writing style.The players' edition is being launched alongside a modernised full rules of golf

changes to the rules in a generation and a major step forward in our efforts to make the rules, and golf

way we write and interpret the rules, and is central to our efforts to ensure a healthy future for golf

incur a penalty, with instead only the initial impact counting.A new official guide to the rules of golf



Four-way tie for lead at halfway stage of Evian Championship

  • Golf

Puerto Rican rookie Maria Torres is among the players locked in a four-way tie for the lead at the halfway stage of the Evian Championships in France in only her second major tournament.

Torres, the first Puerto Rican to earn an Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour card, had

begun the day as joint leader on 65 with Carlota Ciganda at the Evian Resort Golf Club.By the end

reach the halfway point one off the lead on seven-under-par.Four women jointly lead the LPGA Evian Golf