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Le Golf National outside Paris, the host course of the Ryder Cup next year, has been part of the European Tour schedule since 1991 and last year was the 25th time it has held the French Open.

So along with the European crowd, that’s one big advantage for the home team next year.

U.S. captain Jim Furyk hopes his American team can find time to see the course ahead of the September matches, even if they don’t play the tournament. The French Open is three weeks before the British Open, held the same week as The National on the PGA Tour schedule.

”We seem to have a bunch of players that hang out together,” Furyk said Tuesday in France. ”I would love to see them make a trip here before The Open Championship or after The Open Championship and see the golf course.”

He said he would extend the invitation to the top 15 or 20 players in the U.S. standings. Furyk understands each player sets his own schedule, which includes obligations and rest, and he said it’s not going to be a requireme..

Le Golf National outside Paris, the host course of the Ryder Cup next year, has been part of the European Tour schedule since 1991 and last year was the 25th time it has held the French Open.

So along with the European crowd, that’s one big advantage for the home team next year.

U.S. captain Jim Furyk hopes his American team can find time to see the course ahead of the September matches, even if they don’t play the tournament. The French Open is three weeks before the British Open, held the same week as The National on the PGA Tour schedule.

”We seem to have a bunch of players that hang out together,” Furyk said Tuesday in France. ”I would love to see them make a trip here before The Open Championship or after The Open Championship and see the golf course.”

He said he would extend the invitation to the top 15 or 20 players in the U.S. standings. Furyk understands each player sets his own schedule, which includes obligations and rest, and he said it’s not going to be a requireme..

Eleven months until the matches are played at Le Golf National, Ryder Cup captains Thomas Bjorn and Jim Furyk already have us anxiously awaiting the 2018 clash

It is inevitable when hearing that Tiger Woods has been cleared by doctors to resume full practice to start thinking about when we might actually see him play competitive golf again. Is this dangerously premature seeing how he hasn't played a tournament in eight months? Sure. Didn't his agent Mark Steinberg just say that the 14-time major champion would take things slow as a precaution? Maybe.
But in the event Woods' practice goes better than expected, he starts getting restless, and decides he's ready to take on all comers, we might as well consider some of his options.
Option 1: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Las Vegas, Nov. 2-5.
Odds of this happening: Slimmer than Charles Howell III on a juice diet.
Woods will have presumably only been practicing for a couple of weeks, and there will be plenty of rust to contend with. On the plus side, this is an event he won way back in 1996, and he might be motivated to reprise this photo.
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Jason MillerINDEPENDENCE, OH – SEPTEMBER 7: Isaiah Thomas is introduced as a Cleveland Cavalier at Cleveland Clinic Courts on September 7, 2017 in Independence, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)The NBA had arguably its busiest off-season in history, but one transaction stood out. The blockbuster trade between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics didn't just involve two of the league's best point guards — Kyrie Irving and Isaiah Thomas — swapping cities, but it also involved the two best teams in the NBA's LeastEastern Conference. But on the eve of a new season, Thomas took a jab from one of his new teammates, the mercurial J.R. Smith.
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BettmannBaseball doesn’t change much. That’s kind of the whole point of baseball, a sport where it’s still legal to throw baseballs at other players’ skulls under the guise of “tradition” in the year 2017. Lately, however, the MLB—through the implementation of the Wild Card games, video replay, and pace-of-play requirements—has been softening to the C-word, and the latest whispers out of the ol’ rumor mill seem to back up that sentiment…
For the first time since unveiling the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, the MLB is considering adding to their 30-team format.
FacebookPinterestRich PillingAs Tracy Ringolsby of Baseball America reports, there is “growing consensus” among baseball's big hitters, that expansion—and divisional realignment—are less a matter of if than when. And when that day does arrive, the most likely recipients of a shiny new major league ball club are said to be Portland and Montreal.
Portland, though small, makes some semblance of sense. ..

Jason MillerCLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 09: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving #2 react in the first quarter against the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the 2017 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 9, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)Good news, basketball fans: the NBA officially returns on Tuesday night! And while there's not a lot of drama when it comes to predicting the top two title contenders — the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers are huge favorites to meet in the Finals for a record fourth consecutive year — there are plenty of other fun NBA prop bets out there for the 2017-18 season. Here's a look at our seven favorites, courtesy of BookMaker.eu.
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Danielle Kang has always been one of the most effervescent players on the LPGA Tour.

Her enthusiasm grew, to the point of exhaustion, however, after capturing her first career professional tournament — a major no less — in July when she won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

In the following months, Kang has struggled to regain her form as she tries to balance the opportunities created by her breakthrough victory with the demands of travel on tour and the need to bring her best game to the course every week to be competitive.

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Kang, a 24-year-old Californian, is one of the 81 players in the field this week at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship.

She’s played in just seven tour events since her win, missing the cut in the first three (including the U.S. Women’s Open and the British Women’s Open), withdrawing from the fourth and finishing tied for 18th, 24th and 66th in the past three.

Kang birdied the final hole to win the Women’s PGA Champ..

Danielle Kang has always been one of the most effervescent players on the LPGA Tour.

Her enthusiasm grew, to the point of exhaustion, however, after capturing her first career professional tournament, a major no less, in July when she won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

In the following months, Kang has struggled to regain her form as she tries to balance the opportunities created by her breakthrough victory with the demands of travel on Tour and the need to bring her best game to the course every week to be competitive.

Kang, a 24-year-old Californian, is one of the 81 players in the field this week at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship.

She’s played in just seven Tour events since her win, missing the cut in the first three (including the U.S. Women’s Open and the British Women’s Open), withdrawing from the fourth and finishing tied for 18th, 24th and 66th in the past three.

Kang birdied the final hole to win the Women’s PGA Championship, edging the defending c..