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30-04-2025
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Snedeker, Ogilvy to skipper Presidents Cup teams: PGA Tour
Snedeker will be charged with extending the USA's dominance of the biennial team tournament while Ogilvy will aim to become the first winning International captain since Peter Thomson in 1998. "Very humbled and kind of shocked, to be honest," Snedeker said in a conference call on Tuesday. "I got the call a couple weeks ago. Trying to wrap my head around what this is going to look like and then what this is going to entail. "Super honored to be leading this team and be part of this great history of the Presidents Cup." The USA retained the most recent Presidents Cup with a crushing 18.5 to 11.5 victory at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Canada last year. Ogilvy meanwhile was a member of three losing International Presidents Cup teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011. "It's a great honor," the 47-year-old said. "I'm really looking forward and excited for it." Snedeker, who played on the 2013 US Presidents Cup team as well as the 2012 and 2016 Ryder Cups, will also act as a captain for this year's Ryder Cup in September. "Brandt Snedeker is among the game's most respected players and one who has garnered the utmost admiration from his peers throughout his 21-year career," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said. "Brandt is a proven leader on and off the golf course ... I know he will be a tremendous captain and asset for the US Team in 2026." The 2026 Presidents Cup will take place from September 22-27 next year.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
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Snedeker, Ogilvy to skipper Presidents Cup teams: PGA Tour
Brandt Snedeker will captain the United States at next year's Presidents Cup golf tournament (Chris Graythen) American golfer Brandt Snedeker and Australia's Geoff Ogilvy will be the respective captains of the United States and International Teams for next year's Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday. Snedeker will be charged with extending the USA's dominance of the biennial team tournament while Ogilvy will aim to become the first winning International captain since Peter Thomson in 1998. Advertisement "Very humbled and kind of shocked, to be honest," Snedeker said in a conference call on Tuesday. "I got the call a couple weeks ago. Trying to wrap my head around what this is going to look like and then what this is going to entail. "Super honored to be leading this team and be part of this great history of the Presidents Cup." The USA retained the most recent Presidents Cup with a crushing 18.5 to 11.5 victory at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Canada last year. Ogilvy meanwhile was a member of three losing International Presidents Cup teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011. "It's a great honor," the 47-year-old said. "I'm really looking forward and excited for it." Advertisement Snedeker, who played on the 2013 US Presidents Cup team as well as the 2012 and 2016 Ryder Cups, will also act as a captain for this year's Ryder Cup in September. "Brandt Snedeker is among the game's most respected players and one who has garnered the utmost admiration from his peers throughout his 21-year career," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said. "Brandt is a proven leader on and off the golf course ... I know he will be a tremendous captain and asset for the US Team in 2026." The 2026 Presidents Cup will take place from September 22-27 next year. rcw/wd
Yahoo
29-04-2025
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Scottie Scheffler uses high numbers on his golf balls for a reason
Rory McIlroy, of North Ireland, left, reacts as he and teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, ready to tee of the first hole during the final round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) FILE - International Presidents Cup team player Geoff Ogilvy, from Australia, gestures after winning the second hole of his singles match against United States' Steve Stricker at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Nelly Korda stands on the third tee during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 27, 2025, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Scottie Scheffler lines up a putt on the 16th green during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Scottie Scheffler lines up a putt on the 16th green during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Rory McIlroy, of North Ireland, left, reacts as he and teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, ready to tee of the first hole during the final round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) FILE - International Presidents Cup team player Geoff Ogilvy, from Australia, gestures after winning the second hole of his singles match against United States' Steve Stricker at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Nelly Korda stands on the third tee during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 27, 2025, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Scottie Scheffler lines up a putt on the 16th green during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Scottie Scheffler's golf balls are among the easiest to identify because of the numbers. Since his early days on the PGA Tour, he uses only golf balls marked by the numbers 5, 6, 7 or 8. The change was prompted by Scheffler hitting the wrong ball in college — twice. Advertisement One of those occasions is known by now. His coach at Texas, John Fields, last year on the 'Subpar" podcast told the story of Scheffler and Beau Hossler playing an event in Lubbock, Texas, when Hossler walked past the first golf ball in the fairway assuming his was farther up. Only after Scheffler hit did they realize he hit Hossler's golf ball. Fields referred to it as an 'almost fight.' The other time was at a college tournament in Arizona. 'I hit it in the desert,' Scheffler said. 'I looked at the ball in the bush. I said, 'Hey guys, I'm going to mark and identify it.' I marked it, picked it up, looked at it and said, 'Oh, cool, Titleist 4.' I put it back down in the bush.' Advertisement What followed is a shot Scheffler described as one of his best, somehow getting out of the bush and onto the green. He went to mark the ball on the green, picked it up and noticed the ball had an Arizona logo on it. 'My ball is sitting clean in the desert,' Scheffler said. 'I told my coach, 'I'm sorry. I marked it and identified it and it's not my ball.' There's not much to say.' But it clearly annoyed him, and it lingered. 'When I got on tour," Scheffler said, "I saw somebody only using higher numbers, and I said, 'Let's do that.'' A new year Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda have endlessly preached moving forward without dwelling too much on the past, and one only has to consider the results. Advertisement At this time a year ago, they had combined to win nine times, each winning the first major of the year. Korda's victory in the Chevron Championship was her fifth in a row to tie an LPGA record. Scheffler won four out of five during one particularly torrid stretch. Both now are 0-for-2025. Scheffler's season was slow to start because of minor surgery to the palm of his right hand. He still has five top-10 finishes in his eight tournaments. Korda has gone four straight events out of the top 10, not unusual because she had a streak of five tournaments out of the top 10 a year ago. It was a minor victory to make the cut at the Chevron, particularly after opening with a 77. Advertisement 'Walking onto 8 tee on Friday, I was 7 over. So I'm proud of my fight,' Korda said Sunday after she tied for 14th. 'Obviously, I have a lot to work on. Last year was last year. Such an amazing year, but it's in the past. It's not going to help me with my future.' The words ring familiar with what Scheffler has said since he started the season in February. Both remain No. 1 in the world and are not in immediate danger of losing that. Scheffler is playing in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson this week, the start of a busy stretch in which he has six tournaments in eight weeks, including two majors. Medinah Makeover Advertisement Geoff Ogilvy sees one big advantage from his design company OCM renovating the No. 3 course at Medinah in time for the Presidents Cup next year. It has more to do with Ogilvy as a proud golf course architect than his appointment as captain of the International team. The first real competition will be match play, not a major. Score is kept by holes won, not how many under (or over) par. The last time Medinah held the world's best players was the 2019 BMW Championship, when Justin Thomas finished at 25-under 263 for a three-shot victory. That was seven shots lower than what Tiger Woods shot when he won the 2006 PGA Championship at Medinah. Advertisement 'I think the golf world in general are a bit too focused on score relative to par deciding whether a course is good or bad, and it's really arbitrary where you put par,' Ogilvy said Tuesday. 'So I don't think it really matters, but everybody does focus on it.' With match play, Ogilvy believes, more attention will be on how the course plays, the decisions it requires and the shots that are hit. 'Having a match play event the first time anybody goes there is really unique, and I think a unique opportunity for the work that we did for Medinah,' he said. 'It feels like it's going to ask some tough questions, but the courses that ask tough questions usually have enjoyable results to watch and play. 'Hopefully it turns out well, and it is nice.' Advertisement LIV and OWGR? Sportico is reporting that LIV Golf and the Official World Golf Ranking are in 'serious discussions' about ranking points for the Saudi-funded league of 54 players. Still unclear is whether LIV has submitted a new application with the OWGR, after withdrawing its application a year ago when the ranking board did not see a way forward without changes. The biggest problem the OWGR found was measuring some two dozen other tours around the world against LIV, the only league that had a set (and small) roster for an entire season. Since LIV withdrew its OWGR application in March 2024, Greg Norman has been replaced as LIV CEO by Scott O'Neil, while Peter Dawson retired as OWGR chief and was replaced by former Masters champion Trevor Immelman. Advertisement The OWGR typically has a meeting of the technical committee each July at the British Open, the final major of the year. Divots Nine players at LIV Golf Korea competed at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club when it hosted the Presidents Cup 10 years ago. ... India has another spot on the European tour schedule. The DP World India Championship will be held Oct. 16-19 at Delhi Golf Club with a $4 million purse, the largest ever for a European tour event in India. ... Paula Creamer is returning as an assistant captain, this time for Angela Stanford, at the 2026 Solheim Cup in the Netherlands. Stanford previously announced Kristy McPherson as one of her assistants. ... The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is honoring the parents of the late Grayson Murray with its 'Survivors of Suicide Loss Lifesaver Award.' Eric and Terry Murray will receive the award Thursday at the organization's annual gala in New York. ... The PGA Tour Champions is adding a tournament to the 2026 schedule. The Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic will be held the last week in September in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Stat of the week Advertisement In his six individual starts on the PGA Tour, Rory McIlroy has won three times and earned $13,257,558. In his six starts in the LIV Golf League, Joaquin Niemann has won three times and earned $12,604,524. Final word 'Going back to Portrush is going to be incredible. Rory going back as the Masters champion now is going to take a little bit of heat off me again, so I'm pretty happy with that.' — Shane Lowry, who won the British Open in 2019 the last time it was at Royal Portrush. ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
29-04-2025
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Geoff Ogilvy and Brandt Snedeker selected as Presidents Cup captains for 2026 at Medinah
FILE - Brandt Snedeker hits his third shot on the 14th hole of the La Quinta Country Club course during the first round of the American Express golf tournament, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in La Quinta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File) FILE - International Presidents Cup team player Geoff Ogilvy, from Australia, gestures after winning the second hole of his singles match against United States' Steve Stricker at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE - International Presidents Cup team player Geoff Ogilvy, from Australia, gestures after winning the second hole of his singles match against United States' Steve Stricker at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE - Brandt Snedeker hits his third shot on the 14th hole of the La Quinta Country Club course during the first round of the American Express golf tournament, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in La Quinta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File) FILE - International Presidents Cup team player Geoff Ogilvy, from Australia, gestures after winning the second hole of his singles match against United States' Steve Stricker at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy of Australia and Brandt Snedeker have been selected as captains for the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah, the venerable course in the Chicago suburbs that Ogilvy recently renovated. Ogilvy will head an International team that has won the Presidents Cup just one time — in 1998 at Royal Melbourne — since the matches began in 1994. Advertisement He has been an assistant captain the last four times and played in three straight Presidents Cups. Ogilvy, the 2006 U.S. Open champion at Winged Foot, now devotes a majority of his time to design work with Australia-based OCM. Among its recent work was the renovation of Medinah No. 3, where the Presidents Cup will be played Sept. 24-27, 2026. The two-year project includes larger greens, wider fairways and new routing on the back nine. It reopened last summer. Snedeker played in only one Presidents Cup in 2013 at Muirfield Village, along with two Ryder Cups. He has nine career PGA Tour wins and captured the FedEx Cup in 2012. The Americans have won the last 10 times in the Presidents Cup dating to a tie in South Africa in 2003. The International team — players from countries outside Europe — have been gaining ground since taking over more control of its team from the PGA Tour, which owns the event. The U.S. won last year at Royal Montreal, 18 1/2-11 1/2. ___ AP golf:
