Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson inspired a bold fightback by holders Europe in Friday afternoon's (local time) fourball matches before the United States ended a gripping first day at the Ryder Cup with a 5-3 lead.
The last time the United States swept the opening session 4-0 in a Ryder Cup was in 1975. Their captain that year was Arnold Palmer, who died on Sunday. His golf bag was on the first tee here in honour of the player they called the 'King'. However, these awesome foursomes were the most appropriate commemoration Davis Love III's team could have made.
When Europe players Rory McIlroy and Andy Sullivan were struggling to make a 12-foot putt on the eighth green, one of the spectators began to mock them, saying could make the putt.
Masters champion Danny Willett is "bitterly disappointed" with an article written by his brother which describes American Ryder Cup fans as a "braying mob of imbeciles."
Golf legend Arnold Palmer has passed away, according to Golf Digest. He was 87.
World No. 3 Rory McIlroy has survived a three-man sudden death playoff to secure the US PGA Tour Championship and with it the season-long FedEx Cup and a $US11.53 million ($A15.15 million) payday.
Australia has won the World Amateur Teams Championship on Mexico's Caribbean coast in dominant fashion.
Canberra golfer Matthew Millar finished third in the South Pacific Open at Tina Golf Course on Saturday.
Jason Day's US PGA Tour season has come to a sad and abrupt halt, with the world No.1 forced to give up the fight for the championship and lucrative FedEx Cup with a recurring back injury.
World No.1 Jason Day battled through back pain to be well placed in the chase for PGA Tour's richest payday after the opening round at the Tour Championship.
World No.1 Jason Day is putting a positive spin on his injury-enforced rest going into the US PGA Tour's mega-rich season finale.
How has golf got itself into a position where $US10 million ($13 million) does not really mean anything? Not to the players, by and large, and certainly not to the fans.
Jason Day and Adam Scott have been drawn to start side by side as they chase the biggest payday in Australian golf history at the US PGA Tour's season finale.
South Korea's Chun In-gee has won her second career major with a record-breaking victory at the Evian Championship in France.
The Perth International is set to be replaced by a new golf event featuring a match play component.
United States captain Davis Love III focused on "what fits best for our team" in naming Rickie Fowler, JB Holmes and Matt Kuchar as three of his four wildcard picks for this month's Ryder Cup against Europe.
World No.1 Jason Day's place in the lucrative season-ending Tour Championship is in doubt after he withdrew from the BMW Championship with a back injury through just eight holes of the final round.
World No.6 Adam Scott is trying to reel in the leaders midway through the third round of the US PGA Tour's penultimate playoff event at Crooked Stick Golf Club.
World No.1 Jason Day has welcomed the news Tiger Woods hopes to make his competitive return to golf next month, after spending more than a year on the sidelines.
Rory McIlroy left a summer of putting gloom behind him as he fired a brilliant 65 to win the Deutsche Bank Championship and so earn himself a tantalising shot at the PGA Tour's $US10 million jackpot.
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