Danny Willett has revealed his parents and wife were targeted by rowdy Ryder Cup fans.

Danny Willett has revealed his parents and wife were targeted by rowdy Ryder Cup fans.

The blame game is par for the course in the Ryder Cup, writes Kevin Markham.

Rory McIlroy left Hazeltine exhausted on Sunday after the most emotionally draining week of his career but in positive mood for the end of the season and a Ryder Cup renewal in Paris in 2018.

Maybe we have been spoiled by recent European domination but lest we forget, there was a time when Americans made a habit of bullying their way to Ryder Cup success.

Danny Willett would have been trying to keep his head down today after his brother's controversial attack on Americans.

Paul O’Connell went into the European Ryder Cup team room on Tuesday night with no intention of providing inspiration, merely to talk about what being a team player meant to him. 

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

There will have been no tears from Shane Lowry as confirmation came that Darren Clarke would not be making him one of his captain’s picks for Hazeltine next month.

No-one should underestimate the importance of next Tuesday in the golfing life of Darren Clarke, because it is then that he will have to reveal his hand.

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 is determined to defend his WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title and get his Ryder Cup campaign up and running with a badly-needed win over the next four weeks.

Rest up or tune up?

Shane Lowry has vowed never to change despite promising PGA Tour officials that he’ll do his best to watch his language from now on.

European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke will gain pre-Hazeltine leadership experience in being named today as captain of the 2016 EurAsia Cup.

Ernie Els has always been a rugby player at heart, a big and bruising heavyweight champion in a sport, golf, that doesn’t fancy itself for that weight class.

Rory McIlroy believes the USA are ‘desperate’ to end Europe’s dominance in the Ryder Cup.

Great communication skills and the respect of players made Darren Clarke the only choice for Hazeltine.

Pádraig Harrington’s future as a Ryder Cup player looks less certain than ever after he admitted his appointment as one of Paul McGinley’s five Ryder Cup assistants is a test to see if he’s got the right stuff to become captain himself.

Tournament officials insist they have no regrets about their handling of the final day of the US PGA Championship, which finished in near-darkness and unusual circumstances at Valhalla.

Ireland’s Paul McGinley closed in on the 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy last night after one of his key rivals, compatriot Darren Clarke admitted: “As much as I would dearly love to be captain, this may not be my time.”

Darren Clarke, many people’s favourite to lead Europe at the next Ryder Cup, said today: “As much as I would dearly love to be captain, this may not be my time”.

Even if prize money for the Dubai World Championship is to be slashed by as much as 25% – as widely expected – three of Europe’s best-known names still want to be part of it.

Padraig Harrington saw his US PGA Championship defence implode on the eighth hole at Hazeltine National but the three-time major winner insisted he was on the right path to becoming a better player.

South Korea’s YE Yang made history as he became the first man to overturn a Tiger Woods 54-hole lead in a major and claimed the US PGA Championship at Hazeltine National.

Having spent more time with one another in the last week than most married couples, the good news is Tiger Woods and Pádraig Harrington were still talking with one another after a four-and-a-half hour walk.

FOR years we’ve been waiting for someone to stand up and take on Tiger Woods in a major. Finally, it appears that Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington is ready to throw down the gauntlet.

SHANE LOWRY picked up a cool $36,000 for finishing 77th on his American debut but in terms of experience it was a priceless for the Irish Open champion.

Only one good thing can be said about Europe’s golfers in the majors so far this season. They have been getting closer.

Tiger Woods welcomes the PGA Tour to his AT&T National tournament at Congressional Country Club near Washington DC tomorrow looking to be the worst host possible.

WORLD number three Paul Casey will go into this week’s US Open at Bethpage Black aiming to break a 39-year English drought in America’s national championship.

The strongest field ever assembled in golf tees off in the United States PGA championship in Minnesota tomorrow.

SLOWLY but surely, the Americans are beginning to realise if they continue to sell beer in large quantities at their golf tournaments and then allow it to be carried all over the course that they are headed for serious trouble.

HAVING been put through the mill at the recent Open Championship because the host club, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield, didn’t allow women members, Tiger Woods should have no such worries at Hazletine.

YOU'RE lucky to get 2 to 1 against Tiger Woods winning his ninth major at Muirfield this week.