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HERE IS A GRAB BAG of Ryder Cup stuff. Above is a "Getting Ready for Hazeltine" video, courtesy of Airvuz.com

On Tuesday I talked about Arnold Palmer and the Ryder Cup with host Steven Bortstein on Fox Sports New Mexico.

I had the good fortune to be on the "That Golf Kid" podcast last Saturday. Matthew Clark hails from Nova Scotia, where he played high school golf and is looking ahead to college as a journalism major.


Source: 2016 Ryder Cup: Hazeltine Drone Video and Radio/Podcast Previews

2016 RYDER CUP ODDS courtesy of Bovada.

Odds to win the 2016 Ryder Cup
2016 Ryder Cup Odds
USA -190 (10/19)
Europe +150 (3/2)

Margin of Victory Props
Overall Correct Points Score
USA to Win 14.5 - 13.5 10/1
USA to Win 15 - 13 9/1
USA to Win 15.5 - 12.5 9/1
USA to Win 16 - 12 10/1
USA to Win 16.5 - 11.5 12/1
USA to Win 17 - 11...

By SI Communications

THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL COVER OF Sports Illustrated features the late Arnold Palmer, with the cover line, "KING OF KINGS." This marks the 12th time that the iconic professional golfer has graced the cover of Sports Illustrated.

[See all 12 of Arnold Palmer's SI covers here: http://bit.ly/2dxjpaD ]

SI senior writer Michael Bamberger writes an ode to "The King" and his legendary career, during which he won 62 times on the PGA Tour, 10 times on the senior tour and put the sport of golf on the map. Palmer passed away last Sunday at the age of 87....

RORY MCILROY DEFEATED RYAN MOORE on the fourth hole of sudden-death playoff to win the 2016 Tour Championship. And it was dramatic. The Irishman holed out his second shot on the par-4 16th hole for an eagle, climbing the leaderboard and crashing the playoff.

"It was incredible," McIlroy told Golf Channel's Steve Sands. "As I said at the start of the day, all I wanted to do was concentrate on winning the Tour Championship. I couldn't control what anyone else did. I just needed to come out here and play a really good round of golf. I somehow was able to tie it up in regulation."

Firing a final-round 64, McIlroy also won the 2016 FedEx Cup and the $10 million bonus.

"I just wanted to go out here and play the way I've been playing," Rory added. "I've played really well this week and feel like my game is coming together at the right time. Two wins in the last three feels pretty...

ARNOLD PALMER DIED ON SUNDAY IN PITTSBURGH. HE WAS 87.

"Arnold Palmer will always be a champion, in every sense of the word," the United States Golf Association said in a statement. "He inspired generations to love golf by sharing his competitive spirit, displaying sportsmanship, caring for golfers and golf fans, and serving as a lifelong ambassador for the sport. Our stories of him not only fill the pages of golf’s history books and the walls of the museum, but also our own personal golf memories. The game is indeed better because of him, and in so many ways, will never be the same."

"Arnold transcended the game of golf," Jack Nicklaus said....

We had seen golf in all its splendors, heard the text that nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.
– (not said by) Sir Ernest Shackleton

Biographical note: Ernest Shackleton was an Irish explorer who, along with his crew, survived a famous ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic.

This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer.
Getting it wrong for the love of the game.


Source: Oops! ARMCHAIR GOLF Misquotes Ernest Shackleton

By Golf Channel Communications

The PGA TOUR season will culminate at the TOUR Championship in Atlanta, with each of the top-5 players in the current FedEx Cup standings guaranteed to claim the FedEx Cup and accompanying $10 million bonus with a victory this week. NBC Sports Group will provide more than 20 hours of live tournament coverage from East Lake Golf Club, and once the final pairing makes the turn to the back nine on Sunday, NBC will present the duration of its final round coverage free of national advertisements.

PGA TOUR

TOUR Championship
Dates: Sept. 22-25
Venue: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Ga.

Tournament Airtimes on Golf...

By John Coyne

Copyright © John Coyne. Used with permission.

While interviewing golf legends for my book Playing with the Pros: Golf Lessons from the Senior Tour (1990), I arranged some of their answers into a separate chapter I called "Playing Clinic." Following are words of wisdom from some of the best players.

Next up is Harry Cooper (August 4, 1904 - October 17, 2000). Nicknamed "Lighthorse Harry," Cooper won 30 PGA Tour titles and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. He also was awarded the inaugural Vardon Trophy in 1937, a year in which he won seven times on tour.

Q. Do you ever master the game of golf?

COOPER: No. I...