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KOHLER, Wis. – This was when they were going to push back. The European Team, beaten every which way through the first three sessions of the 43rd Ryder Cup, had been pushed to the brink before lunch was served Saturday.

KOHLER, Wis. – Take one spin around Whistling Straits, with its winding fairways, cresting dunes and undulating greens, and you’ll by struck by the natural beauty of its rugged terrain. You’ll also leave with an unmistakable conclusion: there are tons of places here where things can go wrong.

Foresomes will open play on Friday

It’s been a long time coming, but Lucas Glover is once again a PGA TOUR Champion. Glover finished two shots ahead of the field at the John Deere Classic, ending a winless drought that stretched more than 10 years since his last TOUR victory at the 2011 Wells Fargo Championship).

It took 80 holes, but Harris English is a PGA TOUR champion for the second time in 2021. After nailing an electrifying putt on the 72nd hole, English went head-to-head with Texan Kramer Hickok in an eight-hole sudden-death playoff, before finally sinking a 16-foot birdie to claim the Travelers Championship title and his fourth career PGA TOUR victory.

Phil Mickelson is no stranger to setting records. Most Ryder Cup appearances, most Ryder Cup fourball victories – in fact, he still holds the record as the last amateur to win on TOUR, dating back to his 1991 victory in Tucson as a then-Arizona State student.

Despite a two-hour weather delay that left rivers running down the fairways at TPC Craig Ranch, nothing was going to rain on K.H. Lee’s parade, as the South Korean native picked up his first PGA TOUR victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson.

The year is 2010. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy has just won the Wells Fargo Championship, shooting a final-round 62 to set a new course record at Quail Hollow and pick up his first PGA TOUR victory.

Louisiana native Sam Burns picked up his inaugural PGA TOUR victory at this week’s Valspar Championship, becoming the second-youngest winner in tournament history, at age 24. The win catapults Burns from 37th to 24th in the U.S.