May 24, 2013

Ryder Cup captain slams Seve Trophy no-shows

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(Reuters) – Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal has slammed the likes of major champions Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell for not making the effort to compete in the Seve Trophy. Olazabal was in France overseeing the biennial tournament won by Paul McGinley’s Great Britain and Ireland on Sunday by three points over [...]

Golf: McIlroy to meet McDowell in World Match Play

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Rory McIlroy in action during the group stages of the World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin in Spain. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio/ CBC Sports) – Seven months after joining forces to help Europe reclaim the Ryder Cup, Northern Irish duo Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will take each other on when they go head [...]

Golf: Ballesteros, 54, dies of brain cancer

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MADRID (AP) — Golf great Seve Ballesteros has died. He was 54. According to a statement on his website, Ballesteros died early Saturday surrounded by his family at his home in the northern Spanish town of Pedrena. The Ballesteros family said it “is very grateful for all the support and gestures of love that have [...]