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On a weekend full of football, there was still plenty to watch for the golf fanatics. There was all the drama of the United States vs. Europe in the Solheim Cup.
The Americans won 15.5-12.5 to claim the Cup for the first time since 2017.
Also Rory McIlroy was near the lead at the Irish Open being played at Royal County Down. The course is close to where the golf superstar grew up. He ended one shot behind Rasmus Højgaard.
Colorado Christian men's golf opens title defense with dominant win | Golf Insider The only problem was the coverage that was rather troublesome as the Irish Open was tough to even find, it was on the NBC Sports app, and the Solheim Cup had its own fair share of coverage and spectator issues. The golf fan deserves better. "The Solheim Cup cut away from Lexi (Thompson) basically making her last meaningful putt in competition that we're ever going to her at for a playing through commercial ," Fairway Rollin' podcast co-host Nathan Hubbard said.
Lexi Thompson was getting ready to putt on the 18th green in her Sunday match against Celine Boutier at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. The broadcast cut away while Thompson was getting ready to putt and it returned right before she hit the ball. Thompson missed the putt and lost the match.
"I think there's so much more we can do with the product," Hubbard said. "I just couldn't believe they actually cut away from Lexi in that moment." The Solheim Cup golf continues to deliver.
The three-point win by the United States was the biggest winning margin since 2017. The last four Solheim Cups have been decided by a total of six points. The Ryder Cup on the men's side has not been within five points the last four times it has been played.
"The Solheim Cup continues to deliver," No Laying Up's Chris Solomon said on their podcast. It was a missed chance to showcase stars in women's golf like Nelly Korda, Charley Hull, Rose Zhang and more. It was just not by odd television choices.
It was nearly impossible to get to the course on Friday morning, which led to a strange and quiet crowd on the first tee. The LPGA did not have enough shuttle buses to get fans from the parking lots to the golf course. Fans waited several hours for transportation to the course.
It was fixed for Saturday and Sunday, but it was a bad look to have fans miss the first shots. "Several friends of mine experienced multiple hours of waiting to get on one of the seven shuttle buses that the LPGA arranged on the first day," Joe House, who is Hubbard's co-host on Fairway Rollin', said. "In addition to ticking off your devoted fans, they missed out on the critical mass of human beings surrounding that first tee, for the first tee balls in the air, that big tension and all that drama.
" The LPGA figured it out and the Solheim Cup was still great despite the coverage and on-site problems. There were even problems with the trophy ceremony where it was cut off early. Women's golf and professional golf as a whole is in a weird spot right now.
Ratings are struggling so when you have a strong product, it needs to be presented well and easily accessible for fans. "Women's sports is having a moment and it's having a moment in the WNBA and it's having a moment in golf," Hubbard said. " This is great.
But the people who have invested so much in this and have been partners along the way have to be ready when the demand shows up." *** The Rams used some home-field advantage to take home the title at the Rams Masters Invitational at Fort Collins Country Club. The Rams' Jake Rodgers powered the team title with a three-round total of 9-under.
His teammate Alessandro Trenta also finished in fourth place at 6-under par. The CU Buffs also had a strong showing in the event by finishing in a tie for fourth place. Justin Biwer shot 6-under for fourth place while Hunter Swanson finished ninth.
*** “That was the longest hour and a half of my life. I'm not going to lie. It just felt like it was never going to end.
Just really nerve-wracking. You felt pretty helpless.” -- U.
S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis waiting for her team to clinch the win *** Odds to win the BMW PGA Championship Rory McIlroy+550 Tommy Fleetwood +1000 Shane Lowery +1400 Adam Scott +1400 Aaron Rai +1800 Billy Horschel +2000 *** European Tour BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Virginia Water, England Course: Wentworth Club (West). Yardage: 7,267.
Par: 72. Prize money: $9 million. Winner's share: $1.
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Defending champion: Ryan Fox. LPGA Tour KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Maineville, Ohio Course: TPC River’s Bend. Yardage: 6,705.
Par: 72. Prize money: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.
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Winner's share: $345,000. Television: Friday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
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Yardage: 7,422 Par: 71. Prize money: $1.5 million.
Winner's share: $270,000. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 2-4 p.m.
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