The Tour Championship is a lot tougher than it needs to be for Justin Thomas.

US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III insists his final pick will be the best fit and not necessarily the best player.

Overnight leader Dustin Johnson survived an early wobble to win the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick and move top of the FedEx Cup standings with one event to go.

Martin Kaymer’s strong performance at the PGA Championship has catapulted Germany’s double major winner into the mix for Europe’s Ryder Cup team to play the US next month.

Shane Lowry left Augusta National with a wide smile on his face and a piece of crystal that was his reward for a hard and sometimes difficult week’s work at the Masters.

There’s no such thing as a sure thing in golf and while Paul McGinley believes the stars will align and Rory McIlroy will soon put together a performance for the ages, there is no guarantee it will happen in the Masters.

Jordan Spieth spent the first official practice day of the new year in good company.

Davis Love III has named Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker as three of Team USA’s vice-captains for next year’s Ryder Cup in Minnesota.

Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke says there will be no controversial gamesmanship at next year’s competition following the uproar at the women’s Solheim Cup.

After weeks of dealing with Ryder Cup captaincy matters, Darren Clarke can at least for the next fortnight get back to focusing fully on his chosen profession.

After completing his commitments in San Antonio, Texas, Shane Lowry’s full attention now turns to his next tournament and a maiden Masters appearance. 

It did not need George O’Grady to tell us it is Darren Clarke’s time to captain Europe at the Ryder Cup, writes Simon Lewis.

Darren Clarke admits his lack of experience as a skipper will leave him heading into the unknown at Hazeltine in 19 months’ time.

Ted Bishop spent Tuesday trying to salvage whatever was left of his legacy as the 38th president of the PGA of America.

After recently reluctantly agreeing to be photographed with the Claret Jug in France, Graeme McDowell will turn down a request to pose with the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy, the prize in capturing next week’s USPGA Championship.

It was a loaded question and Rory McIlroy delivered the correct answer when asked what would be the perfect 25th birthday gift this coming Sunday, which is also the final day of the Wells Fargo Championship.

Pádraig Harrington’s Masters aspirations look more distant after he slumped to an equal worst PGA Tour round in shooting 80 on the final day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.

Newly-appointed European Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley stressed he intends playing a ‘straight bat’ with US opponent Tom Watson in terms of the course set-up and placement of pins at Gleneagles.

Moments after Tommy Gainey narrowly missed his putt for a 59, he walked off the 18th green at Sea Island with a two-shot lead over Jim Furyk and Davis Love III, who still had 10 holes to play in the McGladrey Classic.

Jim Furyk opened up a two-shot lead after seven holes of his third round at The McGladrey Classic at Sea Island.

John Daly slumped to a wretched 15-over-par 86 to tumble out of contention at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.

Davis Love III returned to the day job and found an American who failed to make his Ryder Cup team just too hot to keep pace with at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Days after that fateful Sunday in Chicago, Davis Love III is still wondering and second-guessing himself on the ‘Miracle of Medinah’.

When Kilkenny and Galway finished all square in their initial All-Ireland hurling final meeting four weeks ago, there were more than a few writers who leaned instinctively on that brilliant old quote about how a draw was like kissing your sister.

Paul Lawrie yesterday revealed just how bad it was for Europe’s player to compete in front of the Chicago crowd at last week’s Ryder Cup.

Belief is a valuable asset in any walk of life and golf more than most.

The champagne had not even dried on the European team room walls before thoughts turned to the next Ryder Cup trophy defence and, more pertinently, who will succeed Jose Maria Olazabal as captain at Gleneagles in 2014.

It was a comeback that has already established itself among the most astonishing in the annals of sport and must have come as a relief to victorious European captain Jose-Maria Olazabal, who would have serious questions to address had his side have been wiped.

A US congressman failed in his attempt to ban Irish bookmaker Paddy Power from skywriting over Medinah Country Club.

When Jose Maria Olazabal delivered his final team speech on Saturday night, he would have been buoyed by the late heroics of his men who, for much of the day, looked and performed like a dispirited bunch of also rans.

United States captain Davis Love III felt he had done all he could to win back the Ryder Cup for his country.

Europe’s bid to retain the Ryder Cup on American soil will need a resuscitating at Medinah Country Club today after last night’s second session saw the United States take a firm grip on the contest with a 5-3 lead.

As a player, José Maria Olazabal formed a dominant partnership with the late great Severiano Ballesteros that was second to none.