Even the Americans seem to be struggling to come to terms with their stunning success Saturday. "Good old-fashioned American teamwork," was one paper's rather ironic verdict. But it was teamwork, and of the highest order, in quite stark contrast to the m… more »

That must have been some team talk Gary Player gave his men Friday morning. I imagine he pointed out how close Thursday's encounters had actually been and how easily things might have tipped the other way, for all they ended in a near US whitewash. A few… more »

How's that for openers? And who said the US doesn't do team competitions? This might not be my favourite event, but that was as compelling a day's golf as I've come across in a while. The Americans really did seem fired up for the job. Worldgolf.com's… more »

Being European 'n'all, the Presidents Cup doesn't do it for me like the Ryder Cup. Strikes me as a consolation event for those golfers not privileged to be from the upper-right-hand-side of the Atlantic. This awkward concept of an "international" side in… more »

The story of how Steve Flesch suddenly began playing tournament-winning golf is a load of balls, quite literally. After duly wrapping up this one without too much sweat he talked of how his season had been going to hell in a handcart, to the point where… more »

Leading the straw-clutchers this Sunday are those playing up the fact that Steve Flesch is not one of the PGA Tour's most prolific last round scorers. He's 171st in the Tour list for last round scoring and those figures put him 57th of the 65 left in thi… more »

Memo to Atunyote golf course staff: stop watering the greens. The golfers are not going to straight out admit it, but in a roundabout way they have let the cat out of the bag - the greens are being a little too generous. Atunyote is a pretty generous c… more »

Maybe lengthening the Atunyote course has worked, because the bombers were not exactly in the ascendant in round one. Joint leader Jeff Gove is certainly no heavy hitter - he couldn't get his measured drives to average more than 274 yards when the distan… more »

Back to earth with a bang this week as we return to what the PGA season is like when there's no FedEx Cup competition around. Only one player ranked in the top 30 and that's the under-achieving Henrik Stenson. So all you FedEx naysayers would be happy wi… more »

Tim, well done. Can't say I was overly enthused by the way your new competition ended in a piranha-like feeding frenzy, but against what was achieved overall that's a minor quibble. You know Tim, you can be a bit of a mean mother at times, but maybe yo… more »

If there's one thing I'm pretty sure of, it's that this wasn't what Tim Finchem had in mind. The PGA Tour commissioner must have foreseen Tiger Woods walking away with his beloved brainchild, the FedEx Cup, without too much hassle. Indeed, despite all th… more »

Where's Rory Sabbatini when you need him? Too far down the table to warrant any provocative remarks about Tiger Woods, that's for sure. Instead the media, stuck for storylines now that Woods has virtually wrapped up two competitions in the same amazing f… more »

Of course it's a coincidence, but isn't it kind of spooky that East Lake sits gripped by a relentless heatwave all summer, then as soon as the PGA's band of brothers sets foot on the course the heavens open? Maybe there's a marketing opportunity here tha… more »

How green is my golf course? Depends on who you read. For some the state of East Lake's greens is shocking enough to warrant the sacking of PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem, others are wondering what the fuss is all about. I had visions of balls hopping, ski… more »

You'd think they'd know when to quit, the FedEx Cup naysayers. Even though two competitions of the utmost quality have blown the wind out of their sails they try to struggle on with the oars. So now the FedEx Cup is a disaster because the greens at East… more »