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Team USA pairings at Medinah will shape this Presidents Cup before the first tee shot ever climbs into that Chicago sky. Medinah is not just another stop on the rota. It is a place American golf still remembers with its jaw clenched. Europe came from 10 to 6 down there in 2012 and stole the Ryder Cup 14.5 to 13.5, so every U.S. player who arrives in September will hear that old noise again, whether he admits it or not. The ghosts are real enough. The course is new enough. The pressure feels exactly the same. That is why this…

Mike Weir’s International Squad still feels like the right phrase because Medinah is not the sort of place that rewards caution for very long. It rewards nerve. It rewards players who can hear a loud American crowd and answer with something even louder, even if the answer is only a flushed long iron, a reckless driver line, or a grin that says the hole belongs to them now. The official details are no longer fuzzy. Geoff Ogilvy is the confirmed International captain for the 2026 Presidents Cup. The matches are set for September 24 through 27, 2026, at Medinah Country…

Birkdale in a crosswind sounds manageable until you stand on the 1st tee at Royal Birkdale, glance right at the out-of-bounds line, catch the bunker sitting left at about 230 yards, and realize the so-called safe club already feels like a concession. The place looks neat. The corridors sit clean between the dunes. The white clubhouse still gives the property that polished, almost controlled look. Then the air off the Irish Sea starts leaning on the ball. A 3 wood feels timid. A choked-down driver feels greedy. That is the first argument waiting for the field when The Open returns…

Riviera’s barranca is the first honest thing this property tells you. The clubhouse gives you polish. The trees give you shade. The history gives you glamour. Then the ground breaks open, the edge turns ragged, and the fairway stops behaving like a fairway and starts feeling like a warning. That truth will matter in June 2026, when the U.S. Women’s Open arrives at The Riviera Country Club for the first major women’s event ever staged there. The date carries weight on its own. So does the gap. Riviera hosted the 1948 U.S. Open, won by Ben Hogan, and has spent…

By the middle of May, the air outside Philadelphia carries that strange mix only spring can manage. Damp, cool mornings settle over the property. Dogwoods brighten the edges near the fairways. Even the turf looks almost too clean for the kind of damage the week can do. Then a shot lands on the wrong shelf at Aronimink, and the whole place changes tone. Chatter thins out. Spikes click across bentgrass. Off to the side, a caddie lowers his voice, because the next decision matters more than the swing that created the mess. That is the right way to enter the…

The Winner’s Walk at Memorial Park starts before the last putt drops. You can hear that much in your head even from a distance. A cheer leaks across the property. Cart paths click. The range stays alive. Cars keep moving beyond the trees. This place does not cocoon a player the way old major venues often do. It leaves her exposed. That is the first reason this finish feels different. The second sits in the tournament’s history. The Chevron Championship began in 1972, became a major in 1983, and built one of women’s golf’s most durable closing images with Amy…

Aronimink’s Second Shot Major starts on the first fairway, where the land drops away, the green rises in the distance, and the scorecard begins lying before the week has properly started. The men’s PGA Championship has not come back here since 1962, when Gary Player won. Still, that gap should not fool anyone into thinking this place has gone quiet. Aronimink hosted the 2020 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, too, and the same pressure point showed up again. Hit the second shot with conviction or let bogey walk into the round. Donald Ross built this course to stress long iron play,…

Chasing Hold on Firm Greens starts with a noise every serious golfer knows. It is that dry click when a flushed iron lands on a surface that wants to give nothing back. Soft greens can flatter a swing. They can take a slight miss and dress it up as control. Firm greens rip that disguise off in a hurry. They expose the strike, the window, the spin, the nerve, and the honesty of a player’s plan. Aronimink is now officially set to host the 2026 PGA Championship from May 11 through 17, the club’s first PGA since 1962, which means…

There is a specific silence that follows a pure drive at Aronimink. Not the sound at impact. Not the gallery murmur when the ball starts on the right line. This one comes later, once the player reaches the ball, looks up at the green, studies the angle, feels the lie under his shoes, and understands the truth. The drive was good. The next shot is rotten. That is what I mean by The Ross Trap at Aronimink. It is not an official course term or the name of some famous bunker tucked into the property. Instead, the phrase gives shape…

Best Sports Bars in Mexico City to Watch the MLB International Series stops being a search term the second you realize the weekend is already moving. MLB has the series on the calendar for April 25 and 26, 2026, with the Padres and Diamondbacks at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú. The league’s ticket pages make clear that seats are limited. That is the first thing to know. The second is better news. Mexico City does not need the stadium to make baseball feel alive. The city already knows how to build a night around noise, traffic, beer, and the kind of…