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The Fed Ex Cup playoffs concluded last Sunday in Atlanta with Viktor Hovland taking home the $18 million first place check.  He also garnered an additional $4 million the weekend before when he won stage two of the playoffs in Chicago.  It has been a very good year for the 25 year old from Norway who won the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach in 2018, was the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award as the top college golfer in 2019, and turned professional that summer.  It didn’t take Hovland long to ma...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- John Gough of England won both his matches Saturday at St. Andrews and Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) built a three-point lead ove

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — John Gough of England won both his matches Saturday at St. Andrews and Great Britain & Ireland built a three-point lead over the Americans in

Mike McCoy, the US captain, paid the ultimate compliment to his ten players for the 49th Walker Cup at St Andrews this weekend as human beings. “If you had a daughter, you’d want her to marry any of them,” he declared in his final press conference ahead of an event taking place on the 100th anniversary of its first staging on the Old Course.

Galway golfer Liam Nolan is keen to make a good year great when he joins up with his GB&I Walker Cup teammates in St Andrews this weekend

Thousands of golf fans are expected to descend on St Andrews from Friday as the Walker Cup swings into action.

Gordon Sargent, the standout Vanderbilt junior, had a successful summer on the amateur and professional golf circuit, winning low-amateur honors at the U.S. Open and retaining his world No.1 amateur golf ranking. Sargent was recently recognized for his performance with the Mark H. McCormack Medal this past Wednesday, given to the top men’s amateur golfer....

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — Nick Dunlap capped a big summer with his biggest title yet, winning the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills on Sunday to join Tiger Woods as the only players to win the U.S...

Nick Dunlap now has something in common with Tiger Woods. Dunlap never trailed in his 4-and-3 victory over Neal Shipley to win the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills. Dunlap won the U.S. Junior two years ago. That makes Dunlap and Woods the only players to win the U.S. Junior and the U.S. Amateur. Dunlap is a 19-year-old at Alabama. He capped off his big summer with the biggest amateur title of them all. Both players get into the Masters next year. Dunlap also gets a spot in the U.S. Open and the Brit...

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