The 42nd edition of the biennial Ryder Cup Matches tees it up in just six days at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club just outside Rome. It was 91 years ago that the inaugural matches were contested and at the moment Team USA has a 27-14 lead over the European Team. Of course the history of the game has exactly zero impact upon today’s professionals, some of whom are Ryder Cup stalwarts while others are rookies.
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The Fed Ex Cup playoffs concluded last Sunday in Atlanta with Viktor Hovland taking home the $18 million first place check. He also garnered an additional $4 million the weekend before when he won stage two of the playoffs in Chicago. It has been a very good year for the 25 year old from Norway who won the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach in 2018, was the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award as the top college golfer in 2019, and turned professional that summer. It didn’t take Hovland long to make his mark with the game’s top players as he won the Puerto Rico Open in February of 2020. He won at Mayakoba in December of 2020 and followed that up with a win in Mexico in November of 2021.
Just four years after turning pro, Viktor Hovland has become the FedExCup champion. He’s the third-youngest player to win the PGA TOUR’s season-long points titl